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Interview: Steve Carell talks The Big Short

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With the release of the Academy Award-winning comedy-drama The Big Short released today in the UK on Blu-ray and DVD, Steve Carell (Anchorman 2, Cafe Society) has been talking about the film, working with Adam McKay and his career in both comedy and drama. Could you explain the housing crisis in a sentence? No more […]

Star Trek – The Essential Picard: All Good Things…

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Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard… While the adventures of The Next Generation crew didn’t end with its series finale, ‘All Good Things…’ brought a sense of closure to Captain Picard and the Enterprise-D that was exciting, heartfelt and well-earned, bringing the series full […]

Star Trek – The Essential Picard: Tapestry

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Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard… Some of the best Star Trek stories aren’t big battles or galactic intrigue, but rather introspective episodes for the characters that challenged their assumptions and choices. Already on the Essential Picard list there have been two such episodes […]

Star Trek – The Essential Picard: Chain of Command

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Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard… Every now and again the Star Trek franchise dips into some fairly dark territory with heavy subject matter. Audiences got a bit of a taste with that in The Next Generation‘s ‘Best of Both Worlds‘ with Picard’s assimilation […]

Star Trek – The Essential Picard: The Inner Light

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Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard… Taking a break from the gloom and doom of Picard’s life in the recent episodes that have been discussed, ‘The Inner Light’ doesn’t offer any deep changes to the Star Trek franchise or to Picard’s life, yet it […]

Interview – Philip Oliver discusses SkySaga at PLAY Expo

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Villordsutch interviews Philip Oliver and they talk about SkySaga… I met Andrew Oliver earlier in the day as he was setting up the SkySaga stall. Philip had decided to drive up.  The stand place was already getting busy and I was also chatting with Boomkin the Community bod.  When I returned later for my interview, […]

Report: Play Expo at EventCity in Manchester

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Villordsutch reports from PLAY Expo at EventCity in Manchester… PLAY Expo, at EventCity in Manchester this year has to be possibly one of the best events Replay Events have produced to date.  From a visitors perspective this event is going to be a very difficult couple of days to top.  Everything was catered for whatever your gaming […]

The Calloway Way – Why The New Alien Movie Might Disappoint

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This week Neil Calloway is wary of Neill Blomkamp’s Alien film… When Neill Blomkamp released some of the artwork for his proposed Alien film, I was impressed – concept art for science fiction films is often better than the films themselves – and mentally filed it in my “great unmade films” drawer. It sat there […]

Neill Blomkamp is directing a new Alien movie – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react… It all started with some concept art, then some chat from Sigourney Weaver the director himself and then the full confirmation. Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie) will be helming a new Alien movie. But what did the Flickering Myth writing staff think of this news? Chris Cooper: If it includes Ripley […]