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Marvel’s Inhumans Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Divide and Conquer’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Marvel’s Inhumans… Having established the majestic setting and regal qualities of this royal family before undermining it with mutiny, Inhumans has put firm foundations. Episode three only carries on these themes as further plotting, social manipulation and infighting continues. What we have here then is a comic book tent […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Last Jedi runtime and trailer description, Snoke’s force powers, Episode IX details, Star Wars Rebels season 4 trailer and more

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The Week in Star Wars returns (sorry) with details on The Last Jedi including rumoured runtimes and trailer descriptions, Episode IX comments, Star Wars Rebels’ return and more… Let’s kick things off with Star Wars: The Last Jedi and we’ve got a couple of rumours to run through. First up is a rumoured description for […]

Mr. Mercedes Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream’

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Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Mr. Mercedes… There are whispers around the campfire that David E Kelley might be in contention for an Emmy award. Mr. Mercedes has made a lot of noise with the focus on character, slow burn approach and uncompromising attitude towards its source material. Harry Treadaway and Brendan Gleeson […]

Huge Last Jedi character news, big Avengers: Infinity War character confirmed, Blade Runner 2049 box office and more – Daily News Roundup

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SNOKE SECRETS There has been a big question mark over the head of Supreme Leader Snoke since his debut in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the latest edition of Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know has given us brief insights. Turns out the character is a master of telekinesis and telepathy, as well as force […]

Sonic the Hedgehog movie moving forward, Bob’s Burgers movie announced, Heroes For Hire heading to Netflix and more – Daily News Roundup

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HE’S THE FASTEST THING ALIVE The live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie has been in development over at Sony for a few years now, but it was announced recently that the project has now moved to Paramount, with Deadpool‘s Tim Miller in the producer’s seat. It isn’t the first attempt to bring the fastest thing alive […]

Jared Leto is Hugh Hefner, Optimus Prime in Bumblebee, Halloween casting and more – Daily News Roundup

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IN LIKE HEFF Less than a week since his passing and Brett Ratner’s Hugh Hefner biopic is picking up steam, announcing yesterday the casting of Jared Leto as the Playboy creator. “Jared is an old friend,” Ratner told The Hollywood Reporter. “When he heard I got the rights to Hef’s story, he told me, ‘I want […]

DC Extended Universe is connected after all, M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass gets underway and more – Daily News Roundup

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100% CONNECTED There’s quite a lot of confusion around Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe, with reports a few days ago that films would no longer be connected the same was as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Well, conversely, Geoff Johns has now said on Twitter that the DC Universe is “100%” connected. Try and work this […]

Sex and the City 3 canned, huge Terminator 6 update, It becomes the biggest horror film of all-time and more – Weekend News Roundup

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GIRLS GONE COLD After making over $700 million across two films (although the second took a major dip in box office receipts), Sex and the City 3 seemed like a sure thing. The film had been in development for some time and a lot of talks were taking place, but it looks like the movie […]

The Orville Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘If The Stars Should Appear’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of The Orville… There are scant moments of genuine humour this week in an episode which feels like someone kicked into autopilot. ‘If The Stars Should Appear’ is a by the numbers Star Trek mission which verges on cliché rather than pastiche. For once the limited run time hampers […]