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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5 gets a series of character portraits

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With just four days to go until the return of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., seven new character portraits have arrived online featuring Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), Daisy Johnson (Chloe Bennet), Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker), Agent Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie (Henry Simmons), Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez (Natalia Cordova-Buckley), and Agent Melinda […]

House of Cards to resume shooting in 2018 without Kevin Spacey

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The sixth and final season of House of Cards will resume shooting in early 2018. After the highly publicised fall from grace of Kevin Spacey, stemming from myriad sexual assault charges and molestation claims, House of Cards has made the decision to resume production on its final season. Spacey, however, won’t be returning to the […]

The Week in Spandex – Justice League, Flashpoint, Batgirl, Arrowverse Crossover, Avengers: Infinity War, The Punisher, X-Men: Dark Phoenix and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Aquaman, Flashpoint, Shazam, The Batman, Nightwing, Batgirl, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Gotham, Watchmen, Harley Quinn, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Punisher, Luke Cage, […]

Tom Baker returns to Doctor Who to complete abandoned serial ‘Shada’

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Some 36 years after his departure, Tom Baker has reprised the role of the Fourth Doctor to complete the abandoned 1979 Doctor Who serial ‘Shada’, penned by legendary author Douglas Adams. Halted due to a strike and never finished, the BBC has now completed ‘Shada’ through a mix of the original footage, state of the […]

New trailer for The Alienist starring Luke Evans, Daniel Bruhl and Dakota Fanning

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TNT has released a new trailer for the upcoming small screen adaptation of Caleb Carr’s novel The Alienist. The psychological thriller series features a cast that includes Luke Evans, Daniel Bruhl, Dakota Fanning, Brian Geraghty, Douglas Smith, Matthew Shear, and Q’orianka Kilcher; watch it below… The Alienist is set in 1896, when a series of gruesome murders of […]

Peaky Blinders Series 4 Episode 2 Review – ‘Heathens’

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Liam Hoofe reviews the second episode of Peaky Blinders series 4… Peaky Blinders returned to our screens last week with what I consider to be one of the best episodes of television in 2017. The episode was full of awesome moments and it shocked us all with its devastating ending. This series’ second episode, ‘Heathens’ picked […]

Skybound CEO isn’t concerned about The Walking Dead’s ratings slump

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While it’s still pulling in healthy numbers, ratings for the The Walking Dead have been on a fairly steep decline since 2016’s controversial season seven premiere, and this trend has continued into the current eighth season with the latest episode suffering the show’s lowest ever midseason finale numbers. After a season eight premiere of 11.4 […]

The Walking Dead suffers lowest midseason finale rating in the show’s history

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The ratings slide for The Walking Dead continued with this past Sunday’s season eight fall finale suffering the lowest ratings of any midseason finale in the show’s run. The 90-minute episode ‘How Its Gotta Be’, pulled in a 3.36 rating in the key 18-49 demo, 4% down on the season two fall finale ‘Pretty Much […]