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New trailer for Around the World in 80 Days starring David Tennant

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PBS has released a trailer for the upcoming comedy adventure Around the World in 80 Days. Based on the classic novel by Jules Verne, the series stars David Tennant (Good Omens), Ibrahim Koma (Mother Is Wrong) and Leonie Benesch (The Crown). Watch the trailer below… Tennant stars as the lead character Phileas Fogg, a “preposterously […]

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan adds five to cast for Season 4

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With the third season of Amazon’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan having recently wrapped production, development on the fourth season is already underway as Deadline reports that five actors have joined the cast for the next season. Joining series lead John Krasinski in Jack Ryan us Zuleikha Robinson (The Exorcist), Louis Ozawa (Hunters) and Okieriete Onaodowan […]

Kathleen Kennedy teases the return of Star Wars Sequel Trilogy characters

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In the wake of the divisive reception to the Sequel Trilogy, Lucasfilm seems to have shifted its Star Wars focus back towards the Original Trilogy era as the company looks to mine the galaxy far, far away with Disney+ shows like The Mandalorian and the upcoming Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, Star Wars: […]

Hawkeye producer explains why Marvel went down the TV route instead of a movie

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With the release of Black Widow earlier this year, Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton was left as the last of the original Avengers not to star in his own solo movie. However, he’s also the first of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to take centre stage in his very own Disney+ TV series, and coinciding with the show’s […]

DVD Review – Britannia Series III

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews series three of Britannia… Girl gets declared the Chosen One. Girl denies her destiny. Girl changes her mind and prepares to go on a quest. If series three of Britannia sounds a lot like the Lord of the Rings, that’s because it is — especially after episode three, when Cait (Eleanor Worthington-Cox) […]

Dexter: New Blood Episode 3 Review – ‘Smoke Screen’

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Liam Hoofe reviews episode 3 of Dexter: New Blood, ‘Smoke Signals’… Dexter: New Blood continued to introduce new characters in Episode 3, and we began to get to know Harrison a little better as well.  The titular character took a little bit of a backseat in this week’s episode, at least from a development point […]

TV Review – The Great Season 2

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Martin Carr reviews The Great season 2… There is something obscenely opulent about this Hulu original, which makes it almost irresistible. On the face of it, a comedy about Russian revolutions, over indulgent royalty and dialogue defined by a deluge of four-letter words should never see daylight. Something which makes The Great not only a minor […]

The 10 Best Superman: The Animated Series Episodes

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Ricky Church on the best episodes of Superman: The Animated Series… This year marks two really big events for Superman: The Animated Series. First, the cartoon celebrated its 25th anniversary last month (check out our retrospective piece on why the series is great) and second, it has finally been released on Blu-ray [read our review […]

How What We Do in the Shadows Spawned an Unlikely Cinematic Universe

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Chris Connor on the What We Do in the Shadows cinematic universe… When What We Do in the Shadows premiered in 2014, Taika Waititi was several years away from becoming the name he is today and Jemaine Clement’s talents as shown on Flight of the Conchords may well have slipped under the radar of many. […]