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Comic Book Review – Transformers #11

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers #11…Brian Ruckley took a big leap forward in Transformers #11 as several story threads came together and left fans on a big cliffhanger that only spells doom for the Autobots and all of Cybertron. The story was very focused and on point with great charactizations of most of the cast, particularly Megatron. Out […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers ’84 #0

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers ’84 #0…With the 35th anniversary of The Transformers soon approaching, IDW is celebrating the franchise’s longevity through the Transformers/Ghostbusters crossover and Transformers ’84 #0, a prequel to the first issue of Marvel Comics’ original Transformers series that helped start it all. Writer Simon Furman returns to the franchise he helped create in the comic medium for this special […]

What We Hope to See in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series

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Ricky Church on his hopes for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars TV series…When it comes to characters in the Star Wars saga, there are several who stand out as fan-favourites. Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, Boba Fett, Darth Maul, R2-D2, Rey, etc. There are too many to name, but they’re all beloved for various reasons. One character that […]

Power’s Lela Loren cast in the second season of Altered Carbon

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Netflix has announced a new piece of casting for the upcoming second season of Altered Carbon. Lela Loren (Power) has joined the cast as a series regular for the show’s anticipated return.Altered Carbon takes place in a future where the human mind can now be digitized and downloaded into a “cortical stack” and placed into new […]

Joker gets a final trailer and new posters

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After director Todd Phillips teased it earlier this week, Warner Bros. has now released the final trailer for its anticipated film Joker. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime in this R-rated origin story set outside the DCEU. Check out the trailer below, along with three new posters…Joker centers around Arthur Fleck, […]

Mortal Kombat casts Chin Han and Hiroyuki Sanada as Shang Tsung and Scorpion

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It seems Mortal Kombat wasn’t quite done with its casting announcements for the day. Just hours after word came the film had cast its Sonya Blade and Kano, Variety has revealed that Chin Han (Skyscraper) will play the villainous Shang Tsung while Hiroyuki Sanada (Westworld) as the fan-favourite Scorpion.Both original characters to the first game, Shang Tsung […]

Henry Thomas cast in The Haunting of Bly Manor

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Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) is set to star in The Haunting of Bly Manor, the second season of Netflix’s horror anthology series. Thomas previously starred in The Haunting of Hill House and is the third cast member from that series to return for this second season, albeit as a different character.The Haunting of Bly Manor is based […]

Sacha Baron Cohen stars in first trailer for espionage drama The Spy

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Sacha Baron Cohen has always been known for his outlandish and often crude comedy, but the Borat actor is taking his first real step into a drama role with Netflix’s The Spy. The streaming service has released the first trailer for the 60s-era espionage series in sees Cohen star as real life ex-Mossad agent Eli Cohen and his […]

Mr. Robot’s final season gets a poster and trailer

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After a nearly two-year hiatus, Mr. Robot is set to return for its final season. USA Network released a new trailer for the series’ fourth and final season while also revealing it will premiere October 6th.Mr. Robot stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a former cyber-security engineer who becomes a part of a hacker group after getting recruited […]

Yesterday’s Himesh Patel joins Christopher Nolan’s Tenet

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Christopher Nolan has just made a new addition to his upcoming action thriller Tenet. According to Variety, Yesterday‘s Himesh Patel has been cast in one of the last available roles in Nolan’s highly anticipated project.As with almost everything else regarding Tenet, Patel’s role is being kept under wraps. Nolan wrote script himself and will produce alongside Emma Thomas […]