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Movie Review – Ready Player One (2018)

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Ready Player One, 2018. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Hannah John-Kamen, Ralph Ineson, Mckenna Grace, Win Morisaki, Susan Lynch, and Philip Zhao. SYNOPSIS: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he […]

Movie Review – Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)

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Batman: The Killing Joke, 2016. Directed by Sam Liu. Featuring the voice talents of Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise, Maury Sterling, and Robin Atkins Downes. SYNOPSIS: Based on the acclaimed graphic novel of the same name, Batman: The Killing Joke takes a journey into the dark psyche of the Clown Prince of […]

Showtime scraps The President is Missing series

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After cancelling the second season of On Becoming a God in Central Florida a few days ago, Showtime has scrapped another series before it even began production. The President is Missing, an adaptation of the thriller novel by James Patterson and former US President Bill Clinton with Mission: Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie, will no longer be developed at […]

Mindy Kaling’s The Sex Lives of College Girls finds its cast

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HBO Max has announced the cast for The Sex Lives of College Girls, a new comedy series from Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project). Starring in the series is Pauline Chalamet (The King of Staten Island), Amrit Kaur (The D Cut), Renée Rapp (Broadway’s Mean Girls) and newcomer Alyah Chanelle Scott. The show will follow four college roommates […]

This is Us season 5 premiere moved up by two weeks, new promo released

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NBC has announced the fifth season of its hit series This is Us will begin much sooner than expected. Originally set to premiere November 10, it will now air with a two-hour premiere on October 27. Check out the season’s poster and watch the teaser below… The series follows the drama of the Pearson family, bouncing between […]

Tony Goldwyn replaces Liev Schreiber in King Richard

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Deadline reports Liev Schreiber is no longer among the cast of King Richard, but is now being replaced by Scandal’s Tony Goldwyn due to a conflict in Schreiber’s schedule. King Richard, which is a biopic of tennis coach Richard Williams with Will Smith starring in the role, was three weeks into production before shutting down due to […]

The Animamiacs are back in first clip ahead of November premiere

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They’ve been gone a long time, but The Animaniacs are set to return next month on Hulu. The first clip of the rebooted series was shown at the New York Comic-Con with a riff on Jurassic Park‘s Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler and Ian Malcolm with Animaniacs producer Steven Spielberg filling in for John Hammond. Animaniacs first premiered in 1993 […]

Ready Player Two plot revealed by Ernest Cline

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The sequel to Ready Player One will hit bookshelves in a few weeks and now the plot has been revealed. author Ernest Cline revealed Ready Player Two‘s story in a virtual appearance with Wil Wheaton at the New York Comic Con. You can watch the panel below… Cline appeared with Wheaton, who will narrate the Ready Player Two audio […]

The Expanse season 5 gets a trailer and December premiere date

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The fifth season of The Expanse has a premiere date along with a newly released trailer from New York Comic Con. Watch the trailer below… Season 5 of the sci-fi series will premiere on December 16th on Amazon Prime. The season consists of 10 episodes and, unlike the fourth season, will have the first three episodes […]