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Suicide Squad review

Cast and crew gave each other tattoos. Writer/director David Ayer (Training Day (opens in new tab), Fury (opens in new tab)), an ex-Navy man, used military tactics to reduce his cast to a state of physical and mental exhaustion. A psychiatrist was available on set. Cara Delevingne, playing a witch, …

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Alien 5 is going to happen and Hicks is definitely in it

The Alien sequel that everyone’s gunning for is the one that remains up on blocks. Neill Blomkamp teased an Aliens follow-up in early 2015 with a bunch of concept art that left jaws on the floor. Ripley *and* Hicks… ALIVE? Say it ain’t so! Since then, the project went from …

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Petes Dragon review

Largely dismissed as an artistic and commercial disappointment – despite landing a Best Song Oscar nod for Helen Reddy tearjerker ‘Candle on the Water’ – 1977’s Pete’s Dragon might seem an odd choice to receive a CGI makeover. But not half as odd as the Mouse House handing the directorial …

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