The BBC has announced that Hugh Grant is set to star in the BBC One drama A Very English Scandal, which is being directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen) from a script By Russell T Davies (Doctor Who). A Very English Scandal will tell the true story of MP Jeremy Thorpe, the first British politician […]
Twin Peaks Season 3 Episodes 1 & 2 Review
Villordsutch reviews Twin Peaks Season 3 – Episodes 1 & 2… Just over a quarter of a century – 26 years ago – Twin Peaks left our televisions with the deceased Laura Palmer informing both Special Agent Dale Cooper, along with the viewers of the show, that she will see us again in twenty-five years. […]
American Gods Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Git Gone’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of American Gods… Convention kicks in for twenty minutes before ‘Git Gone’ gets a dark arse swagger on, reminding anyone with doubts that American Gods is far from finished making headlines. Re-conditioned corpses, Egyptian deities and boatload of bug spray keep this relationship origin story away from genre territory. […]
Jude Law on not returning for The New Pope
Earlier in the week it was announced that Paolo Sorrentino is developing a second season of his acclaimed drama series The Young Pope, although surprisingly it was revealed that Jude Law’s character Pope Pius XIII would be absent from the follow-up, titled The New Pope. Speaking to Variety, Law has revealed that he is fine with the […]
Twin Peaks – Five Questions About the New Third Season
Villordsutch with five questions about the new Twin Peaks… Back in 1991 when Laura Palmer sat with Special Agent Dale Cooper in the Black Lodge informing our FBI Agent, “I will see you again in twenty-five years.”, what we as viewers were not aware about at the time was that both David Lynch and Mark Frost […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5 to premiere in January 2018 with straight run of 22 episodes
Last week it was announced that the fifth season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be held back until midseason by ABC, with the network airing its new show Inhumans from September. That raised several questions, such as whether we’d be getting a shortened run of episodes with Coulson and company for the fifth season. Well, […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda to voice Gizmoduck in Disney’s DuckTales
Disney has announced that multiple award-winning actor, playwright and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (Broadway’s Hamilton, Disney’s Moana) has joined the voice cast of the new DuckTales series. Miranda will provide the voice of fan-favourite character Gizmoduck, a Duckburg hero whose true identity is Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera, a brilliant young intern working for Scrooge McDuck’s personal mad scientist, […]
The Week in Spandex – Wonder Woman gets rave reviews, more Justice League in trouble rumours, Kevin Feige wants X-Men back at Marvel, Tom Hardy cast as Venom and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Wonder Woman, Justice League, Aquaman, The Flash, Black Adam, Shazam, The Batman, Batgirl, Black Lightning, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Gotham, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Venom, Spider-Man 4, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Agents of […]
Finn Jones says The Defenders “takes place over a couple of days”
The Defenders stars Finn Jones and Mike Colter were in attendance at Houston’s Comicpalooza last weekend, during which Jones revealed that the story for the hotly-anticipated Marvel team-up series will unfold over a couple of days. “It takes place in a very short amount of time,” said Jones (via MCU Exchange). “It’s 8 episodes but it […]
CBS orders James Patterson adaptation Instinct starring Alan Cumming
CBS has placed a season order for Instinct, a new drama series based upon the upcoming novel from James Patterson, which has Alan Cumming attached to star. Dr. Dylan Reinhart (Cumming) is a gifted author and university professor living a quiet life teaching psychopathic behavior to packed classes of adoring students. But when top NYPD […]
