As production continues to ramp up for Marvel’s The Defenders, the last week has revealed several cast members from the various Netflix series to reprise their roles for the new show. We can now add one more returning name to the list as Elodie Yung will be coming back as Elektra, the highly-skilled assassin. In Daredevil‘s second […]
Sandman adaptation loses its screenwriter as “it needs to go to TV” rather than a movie
Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s planned adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comic book series has hit another stumbling block, with screenwriter Eric Heisserer (A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Thing) exiting the project after coming to the conclusion that it is better suited as a TV series rather than a movie. “I had many […]
Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 6 Review – ‘Imperial Super Commandos’
Chris Cooper reviews the sixth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… Despite the rather bombastic sounding title and plenty of Mandalorian action, Imperial Super Commandos has a lot more going for it than great visuals. For a start the voice cast is great this week. I knew I recognised two of the voices so […]
DVD Review – The Code: The Complete Season Two
The Code: Season Two Created by Shelley Birse Starring Dan Spielman, Ashley Zukerman, Adele Perovic, Anthony LaPaglia, Sigrid Thornton, Robyn Malcolm and Ella Scott Lynch. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers, a jaded journalist and an autistic computer hacker, faced with the prospect of extradition to the US, are forced into making complex decisions taking in political unrest, […]
American Horror Story Season 6 Episode 8 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the eighth episode of American Horror Story season 6… It seems as though episode 8 marks the beginning of the end for AHS 6. After some already harrowing scenes in episode 7, with the death of Matt at the hands of his wife Shelby and a crowbar, episode 8 ups the ante […]
Lady Gaga to play Donatella Versace in Versace/Cunanan: American Crime Story
Lady Gaga is set to reunite with American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy on the third season of American Crime Story, with US Weekly reporting that the pop star is set to play Donatella Versace in Versace/Cunanan: American Crime Story. The third season of the anthology series will deal with the murder of fashion designer […]
Abbie Cornish set for female lead in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan TV series
Deadline is reporting that Abbie Cornish (Sucker Punch, Limitless) has nabbed the female lead in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, the upcoming Amazon series from Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Graham Roland (Fringe). Jack Ryan stars John Krasinski (The Office, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi) as Clancy’s CIA analyst, who finds himself on field assignment for […]
Is TV Now More Effective Than Film?
Samuel Brace on whether TV is now more effective than film… Television is fun but it could never compete with the power of cinema. That is a statement that was once true and now isn’t. The landscape has changed and we have changed with it. Television for the longest time was a means to bring […]
Class Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart’
Alex Moreland reviews the fourth episode of Class, ‘Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart’… “You remember what I told you, about being at war with myself? I’m losing.” Once again, Doctor Who forms a useful counterpart to contrast Class against, as we have our first two-part story of the series – interestingly, it’s exactly halfway through […]
Norman Reedus says Daryl will never forgive himself after The Walking Dead’s season 7 premiere
Warning: Spoilers for The Walking Dead season 7’s premiere follow, although if you don’t already know what’s happened, you’re probably not going to be interested in this post anyway… Tomorrow’s episode of The Walking Dead will see us catching up with Daryl for the first time following the events of the season 7 premiere, where […]