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American Gods begins production, casts Peter Stormare and others

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For the past several months Starz’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel American Gods has been picking up a lot of steam, casting The 100’s Ricky Whittle and Deadwood’s Ian McShane in the two lead roles of Shadow Moon and Mr. Wednesday respectively. Now comes word that American Gods has started shooting its 10 episode […]

Favourite Video Game Soundtracks – Mass Effect 2

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With the resurgence of vinyl, and many classic game soundtracks seeing a re-release on the format, the Flickering Myth writers look back at some of their favourites; next up is Ricky Church with Mass Effect 2… For anyone who has played the series, the Mass Effect trilogy proved to be an incredibly ambitious space opera […]

Stephen Rea, Richard Schiff and Sarah Bolger cast in Counterpart

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Starz has cast three actors in their upcoming original series Counterpart: V for Vendetta‘s Stephen Rea, The West Wing‘s Richard Schiff and The Tudors‘ Sarah Bolger. They will appear in recurring roles in the series led by J.K. Simmons (Whiplash). Counterpart is the story of Howard Silk (Simmons), a lowly cog in a bureaucratic agency, who discovers that the agency […]

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 […]