Jessie Robertson reviews the seventeenth episode of Arrow season 5… I pondered last week how Chase capturing Oliver and torturing him could stretch out into six or so more episodes; now we find out. This wasn’t just a simple torture scene. Yes, he half-drowned him. Yes, he kept him chained up. Yes, he put three […]
Critical Thinking: Reviewing Content in the Digital Age
Anghus Houvouras on reviewing content in the digital age… I was in a discussion with a friend regarding Rick and Morty; a show I love more than just about any piece of produced content in the 21st century. My friend gave the show a go but decided that he, and I quote, ‘just didn’t get […]
CBS releases trailer for Star Trek: Discovery’s midseason premiere
With the show now on a break until the New Year, CBS has released a trailer for Star Trek: Discovery’s midseason premiere episode, entitled ‘Despite Yourself’; check it out here… While in unfamiliar territory, the U.S.S. Discovery crew is forced to get creative in their next efforts to survive opposing and unprecedented forces and return […]
Sonequa Martin-Green says Star Trek: Discovery will be “bigger, rawer and grittier”
She may have finished up on The Walking Dead, but Sonequa Martin-Green will soon be back on our screens as the lead in CBS All Access’ hotly-anticipated Star Trek: Discovery, and the actress has been chatting to TV Line about the show, and how it will differ from previous iterations of the iconic sci-fi franchise. […]
Hey, Finn Jones – Critics Can Be Fans Too
Gary Collinson responds to Finn Jones’ comments about the negative reviews for Iron Fist… In the wake of the near-universally negative reviews for Netflix’s latest Marvel show, Iron Fist star Finn Jones has spoken out about the critical backlash to the new series this past weekend, stating that “these shows are not made for critics, […]
Ricky Martin joins Versace: American Crime Story
Grammy Award-winning musician Ricky Martin has become the latest addition to the cast of Ryan Murphy’s Versace: American Crime Story, where he will play Antonio D’Amico, the partner of murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace. The third instalment of the anthology series after The People v. O.J. Simpson and the upcoming Katrina, Versace will see Edgar […]
The Flash season 4 premiere title revealed, will pick up six months after season 3 finale
The official Twitter account for The Flash production teamhas revealed that filming on the fourth season of The CW’s DC superhero show is set to get underway today – and to whet our appetites for the Scarlet Speedster’s return, they’ve also unveiled the title of the season four premiere as ‘The Flash Returns’… https://twitter.com/FLASHProdOffice/status/882082536444149760 Meanwhile, TV […]
Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties heading to the small screen for TV adaptation
Anonymous Content has snapped up the rights to Sleeping Beauties, an upcoming novel from Stephen King and his son Owen King, and is now in development on a TV adaptation, which is being produced by Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta (The OA). The novel is set for publication in September, and the official synopsis reads: […]
Coby Bell joins Marvel and Fox’s X-Men pilot
Deadline has revealed that Coby Bell (Burn Notice) has signed on to appear in Marvel and Fox’s as-yet-untitled X-Men TV pilot, where he will play the character of Jace Turner, “a weathered man who quietly wrestles with the moral ambiguities of a job that regularly requires cold-blooded, calculating efficiency on a day-to-day basis.” The pilot […]
Dolph Lundgren confirms Arrow and The Expendables 4 return
During an interview with Entertainment Weekly to promote his new film Don’t Kill It [read our review here], action star Dolph Lundgren has revealed that he’ll be reprising the role of the villain Konstantin Kovar in The CW’s DC superhero show Arrow, as well as reuniting with Sylvester Stallone for the fourth and final outing […]
