The Matrix Resurrections was always going to struggle to bring back all of the cast members they wanted, due to the huge time gap since the original trilogy came to a conclusion in 2003. While Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Jada Pinkett Smith have all reprised their roles, others such as Laurence Fishburne and Hugo
Month: December 2021
There’s no doubt Bryan Cranston would do a phenomenal job playing Lex Luthor in a movie, and a new fan-made poster teases the potential casting. Ever since the immense success of 2019’s Joker, a standalone film that serves as an origin story for Batman’s arch-nemesis, fans have been wondering which other supervillains may be getting
The new film Spider-Man: No Way Home is certainly not short on fan service, but we could have gotten several more surprises. Featuring a storyline with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange fracturing the multiverse, the film allows for characters to come in from alternate movie universes. This might seem obvious by this
Marvel fans are known for getting a little overexcited at times, and the wave of elation that many are riding at the moment on the back of the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home is one that has everyone even more expectant than normal. When Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man stunt double made a comment online in
The worlds of Marvel and DC comic books are divided into their out and out superheroes, lesser-known heroes, anti-heroes and their very firmly supernatural and horror-based content. For DC, the latter of these was fully realized in 2011 when the New 52 launch brought a new team to the fore with Justice League Dark, a
Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial was billed as the moment, after years of waiting, when we would get answers. In reality, the woman at the centre of the case revealed almost nothing, and the courtroom drama, scheduled to last six weeks, was over in three. Maxwell did not take the stand, and her defence offered little
A past settlement between sex offender Jeffey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, which could be key to a legal case involving Prince Andrew, is set to be made public next week. The 2009 agreement between Epstein and Ms Giuffre, formerly Virginia Roberts, will be released on or around 3 January following an order by US judges.
Taunton has been named as the house price hotspot of 2021, with average values rising 21.8% this year – three times the UK average of 6.2%. Prices in the Somerset county town increased by £56,546 to £315,759, according to Halifax. Newark in the East Midlands had the second-largest growth as values rose 20% in a
Newly-released files from the National Archives have revealed George W Bush’s worries over his experience, negotiations over Diana’s funeral, and mooted plans to redesign the House of Commons. Here are some of the key revelations from the release of Cabinet Office and Number 10 files from the first years of Tony Blair’s premiership between 1997
Rapper and producer Dr Dre – who is worth $820m – has finalised his divorce from Nicole Young with a $100m (£74m) settlement. The artist, whose real name is Andre Romelle Young, was married to Nicole Young for nearly 24 years, and the two have two adult children, Truice, 24, and Truly, 20. Under the
A tiger has died after being shot when it bit the arm of a cleaner at a zoo in Florida. Eko, an eight-year-old Malayan tiger, was found with the man’s arm in its mouth at Naples Zoo on Wednesday. A sheriff’s deputy attempted to get the tiger to release the man but was forced to
Accusers, family members and lawyers are among those who have reacted to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction, The 60-year-old former British socialite and ex-girlfriend of late billionaire financier Epstein is now facing the prospect of years in prison, after being found guilty on five out of six charges against her. She was accused of recruiting
Labour has written to Michael Gove to ask why his department reportedly supported an award of £330,000 from a government fund for a bid to fill potholes on a former Conservative peer’s driveway. In a letter, shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy demands Mr Gove release the criteria on which the decision was made, explain
Boris Johnson has praised the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for saving “many millions of lives” as the UK marks becoming the first country to approve the COVID vaccine exactly one year ago. On 30 December 2020, the Oxford/AstraZeneca shot became the second coronavirus jab approved by the UK’s independent medicines regulator – after Pfizer/BioNTech. To date, almost
Men’s tennis world number one Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Serbia team for the ATP Cup in Sydney, casting further doubt on whether he will defend his Australian Open title next month. “Team Serbia will now be led by world number 33 Dusan Lajovic,” organisers of the team event said in a statement. There
Nicola Sturgeon has said it is her “expectation” that new COVID restrictions in Scotland will be in place until 17 January, as she urged people to “stay at home right now more than normal”. Since 27 December, nightclubs in Scotland have been forced to close unless they operate as a pub with table service and