Martin Carr reviews the first episode of American Gods… American Gods has a petulant swagger, hunkering self-assurance and arrogance backed up by a conceited faith in its source material. From the opening frame to a jaw dropping closing salvo ‘The Bone Orchard’ delivers on visual panache, audacious invention, hard R rated sexual congress and violence […]
Prison Break Season 5 Episode 5 Review – ‘Contingency‘
Shaun Munro reviews the fifth episode of Prison Break season 5… With “Contingency”, Prison Break‘s fifth season reaches its half-way point, and mercifully hits the ground running after last week’s shock reveal that Sara’s husband Jacob just might be the shadowy puppet-master Poseidon. Refreshingly, writer Vaun Wilmott doesn’t force the audience through perfunctory scenes where Sara disbelieves T-Bag’s revelation […]
Supergirl executive producer talks Superman and General Zod’s appearance in the season finale
We’ve already seen some set photos from the season two finale of Supergirl which reveal that Melissa Benoist’s Kara Danvers will be joined by her cousin Kal-El (Tyler Hoechlin), while General Zod will also make his debut in the series, played by Mark Gibbon. Speaking to CBR, executive producer Andrew Kreisberg has been discussing the […]
Strike averted as Writers Guild and studios reach last minute deal
Panic over, everyone. The dreaded writer’s strike – which would have been the first since 2007 — has been averted as the WGA and major studios managed to reach a deal at the eleventh hour. It had been festering for a while now, the negations over new contracts between the Writers Guild of America and […]
TV Review: Code of a Killer
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the miniseries Code of a Killer… When Alec Jeffreys invented the probe that made DNA testing a readable, genetic fingerprint he didn’t consider its applications for criminal justice. DCS David Baker sought him out, after reading about the test’s success in paternity and immigration cases. Two teenage girls from the same town […]
Ghost Rider returning to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for season 4 finale
It looks like the Spirit of Vengeance will be heating things up in the season four finale of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with TV Line reporting that Gabriel Luna will be reprising the role of Robbie Reyes, a.k.a. the Ghost Rider. The season finale will see Ghost Rider assisting Coulson and his team as they […]
Hannibal’s David Slade to direct an episode of Black Mirror Season 4
Director David Slade has recently revealed that he is contributing to season four of Black Mirror. If you don’t know the man by name, then you surely know him by his work: he directed the movie-adaptation of 30 Days of Night several years back, the indie-gem Hard Candy, as well as episodes of (the incredible) Hannibal, and American Gods. He […]
The Boondock Saints: Origins TV series launches “fan-focused pre-order campaign”
Back in the summer of 2015, Troy Duffy revealed that having failed to get a third Boondock Saints movie off the ground, he was now turning his attention to the small screen, developing a prequel TV series based upon the cult 1999 vigilante film. Well, we now have an update on the project courtesy of IGN, […]
American Gods will feature “equal opportunity nudity”
Over the past few years we’ve seen a number of shows such as Game of Thrones coming in for criticism due to the imbalance between female and male nudity, but it seems that won’t be the case with Starz’s hotly-anticipated American Gods as showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green have revealed that the cable network […]
John Barrowman won’t be appearing in the Arrowverse shows next season
John Barrowman has revealed that he’ll be sitting out of the Arrowverse this coming year, with the actor revealing at the Planet Comicon Kansas City that he won’t be reprising the role of Malcolm Merlyn for the next seasons of The CW’s DC shows. Alongside Katie Cassidy (Laurel Lance) and Wentworth Miller (Leonard Snart), Barrowman […]
