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There have been rumors of a possible crossover on Marvel's AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. So will any of THE AVENGERS be invited? Joss Whedon spoke with IGN about a Hero for Hire, and the off chance that any superheroes might cameo when the show hits ABC this fall: IGN: Your fellow executive produce, Jeffrey Bell, told me that J. August Richards’ character is not Luke Cage. Is it someone we’d be surprised by? Read More

Jim Jarmusch's vampire film puts an original spin on a well-worn genre, but there's something unavoidably studenty about its fascination with muso philosophising and retro coolAt one moment in Jim Jarmusch's new movie, Tilda Swinton's character points to the night sky and says: "There's a diamond up there the size of a planet. It emits the music of a gigantic gong." Jarmusch, on the hand, emits movies as if he has been smoking a gigantic bong. Only Lovers Left Alive is an indulgent, eccentric midnight movie with a great deal of muso musing about vinyl and guitars and cool retro stuff. If there was a prize at Cannes for Most Studenty Film, this would absolutely walk off with it. We flit with bat-like swiftness from Tangier to Detroit and back to Tangier, as the story unfolds: the deadpan-funny tale of beautiful vampire creatures, exquisite aesthetes with fastidious tastes, razor-sharp canines and cheekbones, and long hair not dissimilar from that worn by Michael Sheen in the Twilight movies. They live their own crepuscular, eternal existence in the 21st century, having been born many centuries or millennia before.Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton play Adam and Eve, and Jarmusch playfully allows us to assume that they are the first humans, before cancelling or modifying that assumption by bringing in Eve's rock-chick sister Ava, played with a swinging Larndarn accent by Mia Wasikowska. Adam lives in Detroit, Michigan, a reclusive rock star, who has built up a huge cult following. Adam is a bit snobbish about humans, whom he calls "zombies", but has one with whom he's friendly-ish: Ian (Anton Yelchin), who gets him all the obscure and expensive stuff he likes. But basically Adam spends his cash on vast amounts of blood from a nervous hospital doctor, played by Jeffrey Wright — the most relaxed and funniest performance. Meanwhile, his love Eve has been spending some time away from him in Tangier; she gets her blood from Christopher Marlowe, played by John Hurt. She doesn't appear to know any vampires who are not legendary figures. Why doesn't Christopher Marlowe get to look super-cool and young, incidentally? Adam persuades Eve to come to see him in Tangier, and the re-igniting of their eternal affair brings them to a crisis.Adam lives in Detroit because of the musical connection, of course, but also because of its reputation as a ghost town, a bloodless city famously rendered undead by hard economic times: a lost world of wrecked and deserted buildings, and now the subject of hip "ruin porn" photography — and hip Adam loves to roam through the city streets among this eerie cultural wreckage, taking Eve with him. These are nice performances from Hiddlestone and Swinton, poised, if waxily self-conscious, although this is entirely appropriate for the characters, and Swinton's slight tendency to inert queenliness works well with Eve and her mysterious hauteur. Despite being lovers, they look more like well-born incestuous siblings, an impression which could, admittedly, just be due to the fact Adam was once acquainted with Byron.Jarmusch's movies are a taste which it is possible to de-acquire and re-acquire. His last film The Limits of Control was dire, reeking with supercilious smugness. Only Lovers Left Alive is definitely a step back up, made with droll suavity — though sometimes quirkiness is still occasionally an alibi for lack of ideas, comic or otherwise. As with all his films, you have to let it grow on you. There's a very funny line about the 17th-century funeral music of William Lawes.Rating: 3/5Jim JarmuschTilda SwintonCannes 2013Cannes film festivalFestivalsDramaComedyJohn HurtPeter Bradshawguardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

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Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) and Annabeth Chase (Alexandra Daddario) are showcased in a character banner for the 20th Century Fox sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. Thor Freudenthal directs this follow-up to 2010's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Lightning Thief, where Percy and Annabeth embark on a quest to find the Golden Fleece to save their mythical world. Stay tuned for more of these banners as we near closer to the August 7 release date.Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters comes to theaters August 7th, 2013 and stars Logan Lerman, Sean Bean, Nathan Fillion, Alexandra Daddario, Stanley Tucci, Missi Pyle, Jake Abel, Daniel Cudmore. The film is directed by Thor Freudenthal.

Director Marc Webb and screenwriter Alex Kurtzman are seen dressed up as hobos in the latest photo from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 set. The filmmakers are taking a break between scenes, sitting around an "Oscorp crater fire," which may indicate that Chris Cooper's Norman Osborn becomes the Green Goblin in this sequel. Of course, it's possible that villains Electro (Jamie Foxx) or The Rhino (Paul Giamatti) caused this sidewalk crater, but we don't know for sure. Take a look, along with shots from the last three days of production.Day 77. Never go full hobo.Writer Alex Kurtzman, Rocky and me making use of an Oscorp crater fire. twitter.com/MarcW/status/3…— Marc Webb (@MarcW) May 24, 2013Day 74. Fan art. twitter.com/MarcW/status/3…— Marc Webb (@MarcW) May 20, 2013Day 75. Peter parked. twitter.com/MarcW/status/3…— Marc Webb (@MarcW) May 21, 2013Day 76. Suit up! Let's play. twitter.com/MarcW/status/3…— Marc Webb (@MarcW) May 22, 2013The Amazing Spider-Man 2 comes to theaters May 2nd, 2014 and stars Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Shailene Woodley, Sally Field, Dane DeHaan, Andrew Garfield, Martin Sheen, Felicity Jones. The film is directed by Marc Webb.