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The success of Transformers 4 and Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie is having an unpleasant side effect… This weekend just gone saw two critically-reviled movies top the box office charts of the US and the UK. And thats just in America. The film has hit $300m worldwide, and it lands in British cinemas this weekend. It might find unexpected competition, however. Nice Things Ad content continues below Firstly then, its best I make my own position clear....

There are conflicting reports on how much Transformers 4 made its opening weekend. But why is it so important to the industry? Harrowing words from a filmmaker who knows the blockbuster business better than almost anyone. )and there is a shiver of Spielbergian prophecy running down their accountants spines. Indeed, it could even appear like Paramount is whistling past the graveyard. Way behind summer juggernautsThe AvengersandThe Dark Knight Rises. But none of them are wowing at the U....

First-time feature filmmaker Dave Green talks about his family sci-fi adventure, Earth to Echo. Den of Geek: This is your first feature after making a lot of short films. How did it come your way? And then after school I kept making shorts and never really stopped doing that. I like your comedy chops and I like your cutting style. We have this project that I think you might dig....

The budget for development has similarly shrunk. At the same time, the demand for development scuttlebutt has increased exponentially. There seems to be less interest in willing these developments into fruition. At first, writer-director Stephen Norrington (Blade, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen) was attached. Then in 2008, it was to be shorts director Ruairi Robinsons first feature, with Leonardo DiCaprio producing. The project was shut down again in January 2012....

The Daya, Bennett, Mendez love triangle comes to a head in this OITNB episode. I was not pleased to see Pornstache exit stage left this episode. Caputo was only too happy to have Pornstache fired/arrested while on duty. Ah yes, machismo. Such an important quality in your baby daddy even if it has to come with a prison sentence. Especially in this economy. That might be a better description. We learn that Piper hooked up with Alex while Alex was still living with her ex-girlfriend....

(or some variant thereof) and Im there. In the same way, Ive always been a sucker for sideshow banners promising The Human Jellyfish! Alive on the Inside! The problem is, as with those sideshow banners, the promises rarely pay off. But still they keep promising, and still I keep buying my tickets. Scan through the newswires any random day and its amazing weve survived this long. The movies help us realize this on a grand scale, experiencing the worst possible scenario by proxy....

That kind of duality is not uncommon in what we think of as good scripted TV. Within that range, I think its sentimentality all the same. Julia, the woman Spike had fallen in love with, had been Vicious girlfriend. InSympathy For The Devil, they face off against a nearly century-old foe who looks like a little kid. That dynamic has helped to essentially drive the guy, once a music prodigy, to power-hungry bitterness....

Who is Azor Ahai? Who are the heads of the dragon? We tackle the spoiler-filled, big questions of the Game Of Thrones novels… Warning: contains spoilers forA Song Of Ice And Fire, all the way up toA Dance With Dragons. Martins seventh or eighth, according to recent rumours book in the series finally hits the shelves. Some are raised by prophecies (who will be the Valonquar? Who is Azor Ahai?...

The Legend of Korra: Book Three kicks off with a stellar premiere that leaves fans giddy. Read the review here! Meanwhile, Bumi goes out on a limb. How this guy has lived this long is a goddamn mystery to me. That kid needs so much Ritalin. Like…SO MUCH. According to Beifong, Bumi isnt the only new airbender. But Korra can and she convinces him to meet Tenzin, so he can learn how to master airbending....

We also dont go because theres always the risk of accidentally going to see the wrong film. The movies on this list wont give you that problem. Theres something to be said about a character that can be identified solely by the silhouette of his hair. Especially when hes running around through a montage of everything you could think of from the 1940s. Im glad they didnt make him all modern and gritty by giving him an ex-wife and an alcohol problem....

We cast our eye over some of the theories surrounding the George R.R. Martin books being adapted for HBOs Game Of Thrones. Warning: contains many, manyA Song Of Ice And Firespoilers all the way up toA Dance With Dragons. A Song Of Ice And Firereaders are a curious people. Wise to the ways of our master, George R.R. Martin, weve grown suspicious over the years. A character gets an axe to the head?...

The remnants of humanity circle the globe on a supertrain in Bong Joon-hos sci-fi epic Snowpiercer. At least thats the idea. Not at all, but thats not really the point. Snowpierceropens in limited release on Friday (June 27). Like us onFacebookand follow us onTwitterfor all news updates related to the world of geek. AndGoogle+, if thats your thing! Rating: 4 out of 5

Mark looks back at Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s ahead-of-its-time animated MTV series, Clone High… Now the clones are sexy teens and theyre gonna make it if they try. Their latest,22 Jump Street, takes the undercover antics of detectives Schmidt and Jenko into college. There are some other guest star cameos that date the show slightly. Of course, the controversy that looms over the series is its most eclectic character....