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Where would Marvel Studios be without the guiding hand of Kevin Feige? The architect of the MCU talks about his plans for the future and whether he'll stick around.
Fans of the Netflix MCU shows have had a pretty rough end to the year. Despite season 3 of Daredevil picking up accolades from critics and audiences alike, the show was unexpectedly cancelled. It joins Iron Fist and Luke Cage in the dustbin of televised history and it's not too difficult to read the writing on the wall and predict that Jessica Jones and The Punisher will be soon to follow. The cancellations brought shock, sadness and fury from fans of the show who vehemently protested its cancellation. Now, as if to rub salt into the wound, Netflix has sent out a customer survey asking fans how disappointed they'd be if their shows were cancelled.
Despite the variable quality of movies that it features in, the Predator is one of the most memorable and striking monster designs in cinema history. From its neon green blood to the plausible feeling biomechanical armor to the signature laser sights to that mandibled "ugly motherfucker" of a face - it's just excellent and a testament to Stan Winston's skill at creature design. But it could have been so very different and much much worse if the original creature design was used - and a reference to this neat bit of sci-fi trivia is contained in Shane Black's The Predator.
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly's Holmes & Watson is currently being utterly barbecued by critics and audiences alike. Earlier in the day (at the time of writing), it was sitting at a kinda impressive 0% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes. We say 'kinda impressive' because not many films have managed that.
Billy Dee Williams has just picked up the Hollywood Legacy Award at the American Black Film Festival, which he richly deserves after a fine career appearing in movies like Brian's Song, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany, Nighthawks and Batman (I'm still miffed we never got to see his Harvey Dent become Two-Face). But let's face it, there's really only one role people associate with Williams, and that's Lando Calrissian.
The lack of a Christmas Day Doctor Who special has left the holiday feeling like it's got a bit of a hole on it. For the benefit of non-British readers, this annual episode has quickly established itself as a tradition, and it gives me a kick to think of the nation gathering around the television with their families to watch an idiosyncratic, strange and generally pretty weird science fiction show about a time-traveling alien in a magic box. I know we've got the New Year's Day episode to look forward to in a week, but let's face it, it's just not the same.