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BBC casts David Oyelowo, Dominic West and Lily Collins in Les Miserables adaptation

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Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is one of the most well known and adapted stories, being turned into a hit play and numerous adaptations on the big and small screen, the most recent of which was the 2012 feature film starring Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway. Now it is getting another adaptation on the BBC as a […]

Millie Bobby Brown cast as Sherlock’s sister Enola Holmes in film series

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After her stunning performance in Netflix’s Stranger Things, Millie Bobby Brown is set to star in a film series based on Nancy Springer’s Enola Holmes Mysteries book, which explore the adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister Enola. Per Deadline, Brown will also produce through her company PCMA Productions. The novels followed Enola, Sherlock’s teenage sister, as […]

Watch Mark Strong in first trailer for Deep State

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Having appeared in spy films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the two Kingsman films, Mark Strong is now set for his first leading spy role in FOX’s upcoming series Deep State. The network has released the first trailer for the series, and we have it for you below… Easton is a retired spy whose past comes back to […]

Comic Book Review – Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny – Leia

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny – Leia… Branching out from the animated series that began last fall, IDW begins its miniseries of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny with a comic about the galaxy’s favourite princess and rebel leader, Leia. Set slightly before The Empire Strikes Back, the comic sees Leia on Hoth trying to […]

Blu-ray Review – It (2017)

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It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton, and Bill Skarsgard. SYNOPSIS: A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children. I saw the original miniseries of It when I […]

Exclusive Interview with Batman: Nightwalker author Marie Lu

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Ricky Church chats with Batman: Nightwalker author Marie Lu… Last week the second book in the DC Icons line, Batman: Nightwalker, was released. It was a tale of a teenage Bruce Wayne before he became Batman. Written by Marie Lu, the book is a compelling and interesting take on young Bruce, who becomes embroiled in a […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers vs Visionaries #1

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers vs Visionaries #1… After the events of First Strike, Hasbro and IDW have brought together the Transformers and Visionaries franchises together for the first time. A part of Cybertron has been transformed into the homeworld of the Visionaries thanks to the wizard Merklynn, draining much of Cybertron’s valuable energon in an already tumultuous political landscape. The […]

Comic Book Review – Justice League: The Darkseid War Saga Omnibus

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Ricky Church reviews Justice League: The Darkseid War Saga Omnibus… When DC’s New 52 was coming to an end, Geoff Johns ended his Justice League run in an epic fashion. Being one of the very few writers who stayed on a title from beginning to end, Johns brought it back to the beginning when Darkseid returns to […]