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London MCM Expo – The Losers: Idris Elba interview

By anthony | Published: October 25, 2009
At this weekend’s London MCM Expo I have the privilege of taking part in a roundtable interview with actor Idris Elba from the upcoming comic book movie The Losers , based on the comic book by writer Andy Diggle and artist Jock. Elba has previously starred in Ultraviolet, Obsessed and The Wire , and in The Losers he plays the character of Roque, the scar-faced second-in-command, whose only motivation is the money. So how did you get The Losers then? I had worked with Joel Silver b
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What Not To Do: The Flash, 1990-1991

By admin | Published: September 30, 2009
You can debate with your friends over which movie actually kicked off the comic book movie trend that is currently inundating the American blockbuster film landscape, but you can’t deny that comic book films are here to stay – at least for a few more years. Some suggested Watchmen might help the subgenre “jump the shark” since it deconstructed the comic book movie as effectively as Alan Moore’s original comic series deconstructed superhero comics in the 1980’s. But with DC’s announcement of a Gr
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