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5 days ago | 
empireonline.com | John Nugent
A man (Nicolas Cage) looking to buy a house in a seaside community comes into increasingly violent conflict with a territorial group of surfers. Original Title:The SurferWe never learn the name of Nicolas Cage’s character in The Surfer.
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1 week ago | 
empireonline.com | John Nugent
When radical environmental terrorists led by Marcus Blake (Clive Owen) attack a corporate function in a London skyscraper, only former-soldier-turned-window-cleaner Joey (Daisy Ridley) can stop them. Every generation gets its own Die Hard. So potent is the power of John McClane that the animated comedy Rick And Morty even devoted an entire episode to Rick imploring his teenage granddaughter to “do a Die Hard” in a space station.
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2 weeks ago | 
empireonline.com | John Nugent
After being hired by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a group of mercenaries find themselves teaming up. Original Title:ThunderboltsIf the Avengers are Marvel’s A-team, the Thunderbolts feel a little like the B-team.
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2 weeks ago | 
empireonline.com | John Nugent
Down-on-his-luck detective ‘Big Nick’ O’Brien (Gerard Butler) tracks his former foe, bank robber Donnie Wilson (O'Shea Jackson Jr), to a diamond heist in Antwerp. Reunited in France, the pair form an uneasy alliance. Original Title:Den Of Thieves 2: PanteraGerard Butler is one of those actors who exists in a category all of his own: a subgenre unto himself.
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3 weeks ago | 
empireonline.com | John Nugent
Warning: this article containers spoilers for The Last Of Us Season 2, Episode 2. Firstly — to quote a British daytime TV presenter — are you ok? Anyone who has had even a passing interest with The Last Of Us, either in its original video game form or its television adaptation, should be used to experiencing high stress by this point.
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1 month ago | 
thenews.com.pk | John Nugent
Starring: Bella Ramsey, Catherine O’Hara, KaitlynDever, and Pedro PascalCreated by: Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmannf there was ever even a “video game curse” — the claim that games could never be successfully adapted into film and television — then The Last Of Us definitively disproved it. The 2023 television series was a masterclass in adaptation, faithfully matching (and in some case besting) the groundbreaking 2013 game.
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1 month ago | 
empireonline.com | John Nugent
Six more stories of near-future tech dystopia. An actor is transported into a classic movie; a woman is gaslit by a former classmate; and an eccentric loner fosters cute digital creatures. Streaming on: NetflixEpisodes viewed: 6 of 6In 2023, writer Charlie Brooker decided to do something different with the sixth season of Black Mirror, his long-running, darkly dystopian tech-noir anthology series.
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1 month ago | 
empireonline.com | John Nugent
In post-apocalyptic America, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are now living quietly in Jackson, Wyoming. But the arrival of Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) threatens their peace. Streaming on: Sky / NOWEpisodes viewed: 7 of 7If there was ever even a “video game curse” — the claim that games could never be successfully adapted into film and television — then The Last Of Us definitively disproved it.
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1 month ago | 
empireonline.com | John Nugent
In the very near future, Marvel’s First Family will finally come home. It is just four months until The Fantastic Four: First Steps debuts — the culmination of a long-held desire of Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige to bring the iconic superhero team into the Marvel Cinematic Universe fold.
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1 month ago | 
empireonline.com | John Nugent
While on their way to a high-powered workplace retreat, attorney Elliot Kintner (Paul Rudd) and his daughter Ridley (Jenna Ortega) accidentally hit a unicorn with their car. A family of unicorns seek revenge — with deadly consequences. Original Title:Death Of A UnicornThe opening titles arrive at exactly the right moment. When a mythical horned equine suddenly expires, accidentally struck by a car, the words “Death Of A Unicorn” immediately fill the screen.
