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Comic Book Review – Batman Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles

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Ricky Church reviews Batman Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles…The Joker and The Riddler are two of Batman’s most well-known and popular villains with decades of stories behind them. With such a wealth of stories, its difficult to think of what recent stories they have that could last the test of time, but Batman writer […]

Comic Book Review – Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny – Leia

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny – Leia…Branching out from the animated series that began last fall, IDW begins its miniseries of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny with a comic about the galaxy’s favourite princess and rebel leader, Leia. Set slightly before The Empire Strikes Back, the comic sees Leia on Hoth trying to keep […]

Blu-ray Review – It (2017)

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It, 2017.Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton, and Bill Skarsgard.SYNOPSIS:A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children.I saw the original miniseries of It when I was 9 years old. […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers vs Visionaries #1

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers vs Visionaries #1…After the events of First Strike, Hasbro and IDW have brought together the Transformers and Visionaries franchises together for the first time. A part of Cybertron has been transformed into the homeworld of the Visionaries thanks to the wizard Merklynn, draining much of Cybertron’s valuable energon in an already tumultuous political landscape. The first […]

Comic Book Review – Justice League: The Darkseid War Saga Omnibus

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Ricky Church reviews Justice League: The Darkseid War Saga Omnibus…When DC’s New 52 was coming to an end, Geoff Johns ended his Justice League run in an epic fashion. Being one of the very few writers who stayed on a title from beginning to end, Johns brought it back to the beginning when Darkseid returns to Earth […]

DeWanda Wise joins Captain Marvel

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Marvel’s first female centric superhero film has gained another cast member. Joining Captain Marvel is DeWanda Wise in an unknown role. Wise also stars in Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It, a series based on Spike Lee’s 1986 film of the same name.Captain Marvel is being directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Mississippi Grind) and sees Brie Larson (Kong: Skull […]

George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers gets full series pick-up by SyFy

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Since SyFy ordered a pilot based on George R.R. Martin’s sci-fi novellas Nightflyers last fall, we hadn’t heard much else about the project aside from Martin saying it would have a “substantial” budget. However, SyFy has announced today it has given a full series pick-up for the next Martin adaptation.Jeff Buhler (Jacob’s Ladder) has written the […]

First trailer for Patrick Melrose starring Benedict Cumberbatch

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The first trailer for the upcoming Sky series Patrick Melrose has been released. Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the series as the title character in an adaptation of Edward St. Aubyn’s novels on the rich socialite. Check out the trailer below…The five-part series has been penned by David Nicholls (One Day) and each episode will be based on one […]

New Line’s Walter Hamada will lead DC on film for Warner Bros.

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Last month saw a bit of a shake-up over at Warner Bros. with the DC Extended Universe. Producer Jon Berg and DC CCO Geoff Johns, who were tapped to lead the DC film franchise after the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, were pushed aside in a restructuring in the wake of Justice League‘s disappointing […]