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HBO’s The Tale starring Laura Dern gets May premiere date and teaser trailer

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Before she returns for the second season of Big Little Lies, Laura Dern is set to star in the TV drama mystery film The Tale for HBO. Set for a premiere date of Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 10 PM EST, the film is written and directed by documentary filmmaker Jennifer Fox (Beirut) in her first narrative […]

Batgirl film back on as Warner Bros. hires Christina Hodson to write script

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After Warner Bros. was rumoured to have made Batgirl less of a priority after Joss Whedon stepped down as the writer and director when he realized he “didn’t really have a story”, it seemed it might be a while before we heard any movement, if any, on the purported project. Though its been a couple months, The […]

Production begins on Rob Zombie’s Devil’s Rejects sequel 3 From Hell

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Rob Zombie has announced not only his next project, but that production has already begun on 3 From Hell, the sequel to House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects. Zombie announced the news via his Instagram page, saying “It’s all true! Day One shooting Three From Hell! The murder and madness continues.” He also revealed his wife Sheri […]

Dave Bautista to star in action comedy from Red writers

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With Avengers: Infinity War releasing soon, Drax actor Dave Bautista is already lining up his next project after the massive Marvel crossover. Bautista will star in an untitled action comedy to be written by Job and Erich Hoeber (Red, The Happytime Murders) for STXfilms. The film will see Bautista as a hardened CIA operative who finds himself at […]

Krypton Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Rankless Initiative’

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Ricky Church reviews the third episode of Krypton… Krypton took an interesting turn this week in the latest episode, ‘The Rankless Initiative’, that saw the first glimpse of how much of a threat Brainiac is. There were some great elements here as several story points converged, from Brainiac’s sentry to Lyta-Zod taking soldiers into the Rankless […]

Comic Book Review – Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 2 – Knightquest

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Ricky Church reviews Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 2 – Knightquest… The aftermath of Batman’s confrontation with the supervillain Bane is one of Batman’s most famous eras not only for his broken back, but also because of who took up the mantle of the bat during Bruce’s recovery. Rather than handing it off to Nightwing or […]

Kathryn Hahn to star in HBO’s Mrs. Fletcher pilot

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A new comedy series may be under way at HBO as the network has ordered a pilot for Mrs. Fletcher starring Katheryn Hahn (Transparent). According to Variety, Hahn will star in the lead role for the pilot, based on the book of the same name by Tom Perrotta. Mrs. Fletcher is described as a dual coming of age […]

Book Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry… Usually when a big blockbuster movie comes out the novelization is timed to coincide with its release, but in the case of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Lucasfilm decided to release the novelization of the Rian Johnson-directed film three months after the filme. Fry writes […]

Eric Bana and Connie Britton to star in Dirty John

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Eric Bana (The Finest Hours) and Connie Britton (Nashville) are set to star alongside each other in the first season of Bravo Media’s Dirty John. The TV anthology series is based on articles and the true crime podcast of the same name from Christopher Goffard, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Bana will star as […]