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NBC renews This Is Us for two more seasons

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NBC has really doubled down on the success of This Is Us by ordering not one but two new seasons, with a minimum order of 18 episodes per season. This Is Us premiered to very strong ratings last September and has stayed fairly consistent since. At least 72 million total viewers have watched the first 10 episodes, […]

The Walking Dead’s Sonequa Martin-Green cast as the lead in Star Trek: Discovery

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There has been a lot of mystery surrounding the lead character of Star Trek: Discovery, aside from the information that she will only be known as Lieutenant Commander  or Number One in the first season. However, CBS has now revealed the identity of the actress playing her. with The Walking Dead‘s Sonequa Martin-Green cast as the series’ lead. […]

Daredevil Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘.380’

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Ricky Church reviews the eleventh episode of Daredevil season 2… While it was a good episode, ‘.380’ is where Daredevil’s second season started slipping a bit for me as it began juggling a little too much. Picking right up from ‘The Man in the Box’, The Hand assaulted the hospital to gain back the children. […]

DC announces Rebirth creative teams

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Ever since DC Comics began promoting Rebirth, fans have wondered if it means the company will once again reboot the DC Universe and which series will be cancelled, created or retooled. While Rebirth isn’t strictly a full out reboot as The New 52 was, it’s a clear shift in their creative line-up, attempting to return […]

Daredevil Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘Seven Minutes in Heaven’

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Ricky Church reviews the ninth episode of Daredevil season 2… Earlier this season Daredevil once again got a fight in a tight hallway outnumbered by a bunch of thugs. It was a very well filmed and choreographed scene, showcasing Daredevil’s fighting skills, but this time The Punisher got his own hallway fight scene and showed […]

Countdown to Batman v Superman – Superman Unchained

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Superman Unchained… With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice getting its wide release Friday, its time for the final entry into our Countdown for the film and, funny enough, the final story that I recommend is one made by an entirely different […]

Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Clive Owen and Common set to star in thriller Three Seconds

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Quite a cast has assembled for Andrea Di Stefano’s upcoming film. Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Clive Owen and Common have been cast in Three Seconds, an action thriller based on the novel of the same name by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström. The screenplay is from Matt Cook, Rowan Joffé and Alex Garland, with Di Stefano […]

Dennis Quaid cast as George W. Bush in Katrina: American Crime Story

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Katrina: American Crime Story, the second instalment of the anthology series, has found its President. Actor Dennis Quaid has been cast as former President George W. Bush in the second season of Ryan Murphy and FX’s breakout show. The season will follow the events leading up to and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation […]

Countdown to Batman v Superman: DC: The New Frontier

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with DC: The New Frontier… With a week to go until Batman v Superman is released in theatres, anticipation has been steadily building to see DC’s most famous heroes – Wonder Woman included – on the big screen. There’s a bit more to […]