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The Crown adds Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret for final season

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Netflix has announced Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) has been cast in the fifth and final season of The Crown as Princess Margaret. She joins Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter), who will play Queen Elizabeth II. The Crown has followed the lives of Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family from the 1930s to the following decades as they adapt […]

Henry Cavill addresses Superman rumours and the Snyder Cut of Justice League

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As rumours around Warner Bros. and DC’s future film slate continue to swirl, one constant question has been Henry Cavill’s continued involvement as Superman in the DC franchise. Cavill of course portrayed Superman in Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League, but any further films starring him have been back-and-forth on the rumour […]

The Midwich Cuckoos adaptation in the works from The Night Manager writer and Sky

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According to Deadline David Farr, the writer behind AMC’s The Night Manager adaptation and Amazon’s Hanna, is developing a new eight-episode series that will adapt John Wyndham’s 1957 novel The Midwich Cuckoos, which was previously adapted twice as the Village of the Damned films. He is teaming with the European broadcaster Sky to bring it to TV. […]

Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege gets a batch of character posters

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With just under a month until Netflix and Rooster Teeth’s Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege premieres, a batch of character posters have been released. The posters show Autobots Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ultra Magnus and Elita-1 and Decepticons Megatron, Starscream and Jetfire in their Generation One-inspired designs. Check them out here… SEE ALSO: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege […]

Comic Book Review – Superman Vol. 3: The Truth Revealed

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Ricky Church reviews Superman Vol. 3: The Truth Revealed… Every new writer coming aboard a big superhero series always strives to make their own mark on that hero whether its through an interesting new story or, more often that not, a huge shake up in the hero’s status quo. Brian Michael Bendis isn’t done shaking […]

Movie Review – The Oak Room (2020)

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The Oak Room, 2020. Directed by Cody Calahan. Starring R.J. Mitte, Peter Outerbridge, Ari Millen, Nicholas Campbell, Martin Roach, David Ferry, and Amos Crawley. SYNOPSIS: During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt […]

Movie Review – Artemis Fowl (2020)

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Artemis Fowl, 2020. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Tamara Smart, Nonso Anozie, Colin Farrell, and Judi Dench. SYNOPSIS: Artemis Fowl, a young criminal prodigy, hunts down a secret society of fairies to find his missing father. For nearly two decades, various filmmakers and studios have attempted to adapt Eion […]

The Legacy of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 40 Years Later

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Ricky Church on the legacy of Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back… When Star Wars was released in the summer of 1977, it changed the face of cinema as audiences knew it with George Lucas’ sci-fi take on the fantasy genre, its imaginative world and brand new special effects. The film went on to […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Series Finale Review – ‘Victory and Death’

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Ricky Church reviews the Star Wars: The Clone Wars finale… After 12 years and two previous ‘endings’, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is finally given a proper and definitive conclusion in the series finale aptly titled ‘Victory and Death’. The finale delivered a tense and emotional ending with enough closure for The Clone Wars and this chapter in […]