According to Variety, there has been a shuffling of the pack over on Hulu’s upcoming TV adaptation of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, with Friday Night Lights and Bloodline’s Kyle Chandler replacing George Clooney as Colonel Cathcart, and joining Hugh Laurie (House) and Christopher Abbott (The Sinner) in the spy thriller. Clooney, who is directing the opening two episodes, […]
David Cronenberg on turning down True Detective season 2: “The script was bad”
Legendary director David Cronenberg is in Reykjavik to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, and has been speaking about his long career, as well as those projects that fell by the wayside, including hit television show True Detective, which he turned down last year. Many directors were approached to come on-board the second season, including Andrew Dominik […]
Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mackenzie Davis secure roles in Black Mirror for Netflix
Rising stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle) and Mackenzie Davis (The Martian) have nabbed roles in the Netflix-produced third season of Charlie Brooker’s tech-themed satirical sci-fi Black Mirror. SEE ALSO: Black Mirror set for new 12 episode run on Netflix SEE ALSO: Read our review of Black Mirror: White Christmas According to The Wrap, Davis and Mbatha-Raw […]
The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Separation Oscillation’
Tom Beasley reviews the second episode of the new season of The Big Bang Theory, with relationship problems dominating things once again. There are spoilers ahead… After last week’s surprisingly dramatic and laugh-free episode of The Big Bang Theory, it was something of a relief to see this week’s episode open with Sheldon putting his […]
Ewan McGregor to headline Fargo season 3
Deadline is reporting that Ewan McGregor has signed on for the lead – or rather leads – in the third season of FX’s award-winning anthology drama Fargo. According to the site, “McGregor will play the two central characters — brothers Emmit and Ray Stussy… Emmit Stussy is the Parking Lot King of Minnesota. A handsome, […]
Amazon snaps up Jack Ryan TV series
Last week it was revealed that Paramount TV is developing a series based upon Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst Jack Ryan, and now it has been announced that the streaming service Amazon has snapped up the project, giving it a full series order. Deadline is reporting that the series “is not a direct adaptation of the books […]
SPOILERS: Gotham showrunner talks The Joker
Warning: Spoilers from Monday’s episode of Gotham follow… So it seems that a few “jokers” were left in the pack in Monday’s episode of Gotham, which saw Jerome killed off. Many had suspected that the character was a younger incarnation of the Clown Prince of Crime, but in somewhat of a shock scenario, Jerome (played […]
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 2 Review
Brad Cook reviews Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 2… It’s been about eight months since Shout! Factory released Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume 1, but they’ve finally revisited Rhino’s old sets with a re-release of the second volume in the series. Unfortunately, the bonus features only consist of MST Hour wraps for the Cave Dwellers […]
Banshee Season 4 Episode 8 Review – ‘Requiem’
Kris Wall reviews the series finale of Banshee… I have to hand it to Banshee’s creators, after a shaky and uneven final season, they knew exactly what needed to happen to course correct and send the show out on a high in its final hour, the ‘good’ guys won and the bad guys lost. Requiem […]
R.I.P. Catherine E. Coulson (1943 – 2015)
Actress Catherine E. Coulson has passed away aged 71 after a battle with cancer. Coulson appeared in Lynch’s 1974 short The Amputee, and also served as an assistant on Eraserhead, during which the filmmaker envisioned the role of Log Lady, a character Coulson would portray in Twin Peaks and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire […]