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The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Passenger’

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Ricky Church reviews the second episode of The Mandalorian season 2… This week’s episode of The Mandalorian was both a fun misadventure and tense fight for survival as Din Djarin came across yet another dangerous space creature – or this case creatures. The mix of comedy and tension worked well as Din took on a slightly unusual […]

Charlie Cox and Aidan Gillen to star in Irish gangster series Kin

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Charlie Cox (Daredevil) and Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones) are set to star in Kin, a new crime drama from Irish broadcaster RTÉ. Kin “charts the lives of a fictional Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and speaks to the enduring unbreakable bonds of blood and family.” It was created by Peter McKenna and Ciarán […]

William Jackson Harper to lead Love Life season 2 for HBO Max

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Deadline has reported HBO Max has found its new lead for the second season of its anthology series Love Life. William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) will take over Anna Kendrick’s role as the next season’s protagonist. The new season will again take place in New York City and follow Harper’s character as “he comes […]

Free Guy and Death on the Nile pulled from December releases

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There remains much uncertainty in the film exhibition market and with lockdowns beginning again in various areas worldwide, Disney has decided to pull both 20th Century Studio films Free Guy and Death on the Nile from their December release dates. The moves comes amid growing concerns over the continuing global health crisis. With major cities such as New […]

Scenes From a Marriage adds GLOW’s Sunita Mani

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HBO’s upcoming limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes From A Marriage has added GLOW‘s Sunita Mani to its cast, per Deadline. Scenes From A Marriage “re-examines the show’s iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple.” Mani joins Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game) and Oscar Isaac (Dune) […]

Jim Gaffigan joins DC series Stargirl as Thunderbolt

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Entertainment Weekly has revealed that comedian Jim Gaffigan has join The CW’s second season of Stargirl as Thunderbolt, a magical and powerful imp whose entity has been trapped inside a pink pen for years. Thunderbolt is a powerful, electrical being in the DC universe, but “the wishes he grants often cause more trouble than the wish-asker […]

Nobody Does It Better: The Legacy of Sean Connery

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Ricky Church pays tribute to the late Sean Connery… A beautiful woman plays cards against an unseen man. Cards are dealt and the mysterious man moves his hands, glancing at his cards and plays without a word. After a bout, he admires the woman’s gameplay as he takes a cigarette out of his shiny metal […]

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Marshal’

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Ricky Church reviews the premiere episode of The Mandalorian season 2… After nearly a year away, The Mandalorian has returned with its second season as Mando (now known to us as Din Djarin) is on a quest to reunite The Child with his mysterious species. The second season premiere, ‘The Marshal’, was a welcome return as Din […]

Mads Mikkelsen and Armie Hammer to star in Cold War drama The Billion Dollar Spy

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Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal) and Armie Hammer (Rebecca) are set to star in the true story Cold War drama The Billion Dollar Spy. The film will be directed by Amma Asante (A United Kingdom). The story was written by American journalist David E. Hoffman, who researched unclassified CIA documents and interviewed interviewed those involved. The script was […]