In life, there are many questions. Fish, or cut bait? Go for a jog, or nap? Tweet that dumb joke you just thought of, or let it disappear into the aether? But every year, on the eve of E3, we ask ourselves: Hype, or Not Hype? Your personal phrasing might …

That there is going to be a healthy amount of muscular good guys in Zack Snyder’s Justice League movies will come as a surprise to no one, but you probably weren’t thinking that one of those jacked heroes would be J.K. Simmons’ Commissioner Gordon. If there was any doubt that …

Phase Three of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe is laden with team-ups; Iron Man will be showing up in Spider-Man: Homecoming (opens in new tab), and Hulk will (probably) ragdoll Loki again in Thor: Ragnarok (opens in new tab). As far as we know Black Panther will be on his lonesome in …

Our new alien overlords have kept console gamers waiting long enough: XCOM 2 (opens in new tab) will be released on PS4 and Xbox One on September 6 in the US and on September 9 internationally. The sequel to the turn-based tactics game, which lets players mount a desperate resistance …

Out on Friday 10 June It’s sayonara from Studio Ghibli. Melissa McCarthy takes charge. Michael Moore takes a tour of Europe. Yes, here’s this week’s new releases. Click on for our reviews of When Marnie Was There, The Boss, Where to Invade Next, Fire at Sea, Learning to Drive, Mother’s …

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season 6, episode 7 – The Broken Man (opens in new tab). Turn away now if you haven’t seen it yet.  Strong female characters are nothing new to Game of Thrones (opens in new tab), but this week’s episode (opens in …

Ubisoft has been very clear that we’re in a new historical time period with a new Brotherhood of Assassins in the Assassin’s Creed movie (opens in new tab) but I’ve spotted more than a hint at a cameo from none other than Ezio Auditore.  Michael Fassbender’s Callum Lynch is trapped …

You won’t have to wait until E3 to get your first good look at Watch Dogs 2. A countdown clock on the official Watch Dogs site (opens in new tab) confirms a world premiere video set to debut on Wednesday, June 8 at 9 am PDT / 5 pm BST. …

The inevitable smooch between Steve Rogers and Agent 13 in Captain America: Civil War (opens in new tab) was met by claps and cheers from Cap’s buddies. However, there’s one member of the MCU who isn’t happy about that kiss at all – Hayley Atwell. As Cap’s wartime paramour Peggy …

 John Boyega will be leading mankind’s attack against the monsters in Pacific Rim 2. Deadline (opens in new tab) reports that the British actor has scored the lead role in the sequel, where he’ll appear as the son of Idris Elba’s character Stacker Pentecost.  After making a name for himself …