Ben Child is a Guardian film writer and the blogger behind The Week in Geek
September 2024
Week in geek
Can Travis Knight’s He-Man movie do for boys what Greta Gerwig’s Barbie did for girls?
It’s hard to imagine Masters of the Universe ploughing quite the same meta-infused furrow but in the right hands, it might be ripe for forward-thinking, culturally adept satire
August 2024
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Hugo Weaving says he spent too long on Middle-earth. But he’s not the first actor to detest a classic
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Marlon Brando had to be lured from his trailer with food to play Superman’s dad and Alec Guinness asked for Obi-Wan Kenobi to be killed off to spare him from the ‘awful lines’
Avatar, Tron, Fantastic Four and Star Wars: Disney rolls out raft of new films at fan event
The studio’s annual convention in Anaheim, California brought a blizzard of announcements for its most popular film series and franchises
Can the Game of Thrones universe ever return to greatness?
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Is this really the end of the line for Deadpool? Disney will never turn off the money tap
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Robert Downey Jr’s MCU return is like trying to bottle lightning twice. Can you hear the Marvel thunder?
July 2024
Now you've seen it
Deadpool & Wolverine: Marvel Jesus, potty mouths and bloody cameos – discuss with spoilers
The satirical superhero match-up broke rules and box office records, but what kind of Marvel cinematic universe has it left us with?
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Attack of the spoilers: are trailers giving away too much?
Don’t read this article if you would like to watch Deadpool & Wolverine or Alien: Romulus completely unsullied. Or Total Recall. Or Lord of the Rings. In fact, please go away now!
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Avenger angels: can the Russo brothers return to rescue Marvel?
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Deadpool & Wolverine sneak preview hints at a snarky satire on Marvel’s multiverse
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James Bond has an Andrew Tate problem. The answer is to set it in the 1960s
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June 2024
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Is Marvel breaking all its own rules with the new Fantastic Four movie?
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Alien: Romulus could be the back-to-basics Alien reboot we’ve all been waiting for
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Hunt for Gollum: are Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen being quietly dropped?
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Has Venom: The Last Dance’s trailer drawn Spider-Man: No Way Home’s sting?
May 2024
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Why should Furiosa’s disappointing box office stop a new Mad Max movie?
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It will be a real shame if George Miller doesn’t get to make his mooted follow-up, The Wasteland, because of the low takings of such a creatively ambitious and oddball film as Furiosa
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Shatner, Pine, or a Kirk triple whammy: where should Star Trek boldly go next?
With the fate of the next film up in the air, the original captain wants to get back on the Enterprise – it could be a genius feat of nostalgic casting or a desperate attempt to regain past glory
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Hollywood should look beyond Star Wars and Lord of the Rings retreads for sequels
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The Hunt for Gollum: are Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis making a Lord of the Rings fan film?
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Star Wars – The Phantom Menace: still terrible after all these years?
