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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 […]

DeWanda Wise joins Captain Marvel

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Marvel’s first female centric superhero film has gained another cast member. Joining Captain Marvel is DeWanda Wise in an unknown role. Wise also stars in Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It, a series based on Spike Lee’s 1986 film of the same name. Captain Marvel is being directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Mississippi Grind) and sees Brie Larson (Kong: […]

George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers gets full series pick-up by SyFy

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Since SyFy ordered a pilot based on George R.R. Martin’s sci-fi novellas Nightflyers last fall, we hadn’t heard much else about the project aside from Martin saying it would have a “substantial” budget. However, SyFy has announced today it has given a full series pick-up for the next Martin adaptation. Jeff Buhler (Jacob’s Ladder) has written […]