Win ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ soundtrack albums!

Silva Screen Records will release The Complete Hobbit & Lord Of The Rings Film Music Collection on Monday 4 May. To celebrate, we’ve got albums to give away to five of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV and RT for a … >

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‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ movie review (contains spoilers)

Marvel’s ambitious shared cinematic universe is now officially the biggest film franchise of all time. Much like Avengers Assemble marked the culmination of the characters’ first individual adventures, so Age of Ultron marks the culmination of Phase II of the project (even if this summer’s Ant Man officially still part of Phase II). But while … >

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The best and the worst belated movie sequels

More sequels than ever are at Cineworld this summer! Fast & Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron are tearing through our screens already, while the next few months will see Ted 2, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Pitch Perfect 2, Insidious: Chapter 3, Magic Mike XXL, Terminator Genisys and Despicable Me spin-off Minions arriving. However, … >

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Win new ‘Star Wars’ books!

From the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Star Wars: Crosscurrent comes an action-adventure featuring the two most feared and famous Sith Lords ever – Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine! Star Wars: Lord of the Sith, written by Paul S. Kemp, is published on Thursday 23 April by Century (£19.99). To celebrate, we’ve … >

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‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Blu-ray review

‘There and Back Again’. So reads the alternative title of J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit. It also once served as the planned title of this third and final instalment in Peter Jackson’s sprawling film adaptation. And, while ‘The Battle of the Five Armies’ is certainly a fitting title for a film dominated by war, that original … >

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Peter Capaldi keen for ‘Doctor Who’ movie to happen

Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has revealed that he thinks a movie adventure would be “great”. The possibility of a big-screen outing for the Doctor has been discussed many times over the past few years, with ‘The Day of the Doctor’ and ‘Deep Breath’ both receiving cinema releases in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Capaldi told … >

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Karen Gillan confirmed for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has announced that Karen Gillan is definitely returning for the hit Marvel movie’s sequel. The first Guardians of the Galaxy movie was released in UK cinemas last July and featured the Doctor Who actress as Nebula, the adopted daughter of Thanos. Answering questions from fans on Periscope, Gunn … >

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Watch the ‘SPECTRE’ teaser trailer in Lego

YouTube user kristo499 has recreated the recent teaser trailer for the new James Bond movie in Lego using stop-motion animation. Directed by Skyfall‘s Sam Mendes, SPECTRE sees Daniel Craig return as 007 for the fourth time and will be released in cinemas worldwide on Friday 6 November. Watch the original trailer…

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‘Fast & Furious 7’ movie review

The Fast & Furious franchise really is a curious beast. By all usual standards, it’s rubbish: the sort of straight-to-DVD fare that you wouldn’t glance twice at. The stilted dialogue, the hackneyed writing, the laughable performances and the frankly stupid action should lend it to little more than a late-night guilty pleasure at best. And … >

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Peter Firth is ‘very happy’ with ‘Spooks’ movie

Spooks star Peter Firth has revealed that the spy drama’s new spin-off movie is “the same deal [as the TV show] but bigger”. Spooks: The Greater Good arrives in UK cinemas on 8 May 2015. Firth, who appeared in every episode of BBC One’s long-running drama series, is back as MI5 chief Harry Pearce in the … >

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