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TV Review – The Watch

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Martin Carr reviews The Watch… Fans of Terry Pratchett are up in arms. After a teaser trailer which lasted no more a minute and twenty, The Watch has been condemned. You would think the Discworld novels had been burned at a Nazi rally, while effigies of their author sat smouldering on an adjacent pyre. With ardent fans and […]

Michael C. Hall hopes Dexter revival will make up for unsatisfying series finale

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Last year, it was announced that the serial killer drama Dexter is set to make its return on Showtime with original actor Michael C. Hall for a limited series revival after eight years since the show concluded with a critically panned finale. Now, in an interview with The Daily Beast, Hall commented on the unsatisfying […]

An Introduction to Marvel’s Time Variance Authority: The Mysterious Organisation of Disney+’s Loki Series

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Hasitha Fernando explores Marvel’s Time Variance Authority… A colossal tidal wave of Marvel related goodies debuted during Disney Investor Day 2020 this month. But out of this plethora of awesome new reveals, one of the clear standouts was what Kevin Feige and company gave fans on the new Disney+ TV series based on the fan […]

Season 13 premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race is the most watched in the show’s history

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A good queen never goes out of style, and it seems like RuPaul’s Drag Race is showing no signs of fading away. Deadline reports that the drag queen reality-competition show has seen its most-watched episode in its “herstory.” The premiere episode of the series 13th season, titled The Pork Chop, saw an insane 1.3 million […]

First round of titles for Disney+ Star brand include The X-Files, Lost, Prison Break, Die Hard and more

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For markets outside of the United States, Disney+ is getting a new mature ‘brand’ titled Star, and Disney has now announced the first round of titles set to feature in the library. Star will have two Originals, with Big Sky from David E. Kelley and Love Victor heading to the streamer, while current titles like Atlanta […]

Marvel’s WandaVision gets a new trailer and original theme from Frozen songwriters

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With WandaVision set to premiere on Disney+ in a little over a week, another trailer has landed online for the Marvel Studios series which is packed with previously unseen footage along with an original 50s sitcom-inspired theme by Oscar-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Frozen); check it out here… SEE ALSO: WandaVision director is terrified […]

The BBC offers “no comment” on reports that Jodie Whittaker is leaving Doctor Who

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Late last night, a rumour emerged from the UK tabloid The Daily Mirror claiming that Jodie Whittaker is set to hang up her scarf and call time on her stint as the Thirteenth Doctor in the BBC’s long-running sci-fi series Doctor Who. According to the report, Whittaker will depart the show in its upcoming thirteenth […]

The Stand Episode 1 Review – ‘The End’

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Martin Carr reviews the first episode of The Stand… This post pandemic Sunday night thriller adapted from the Stephen King tome pulls no punches. Jumping back and forth in time to establish character its pedestrian pacing might put some people off. Individuals are dying in their homes or being used for landfill, while quiet desperation infiltrates every frame. […]

John Bishop joins Doctor Who for series 13

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With Graham (Bradley Walsh) and Ryan (Tosin Cole) bidding farewell to the show with yesterday’s Holiday Special episode ‘Revolution of the Daleks’, the BBC has announced that comedian and actor John Bishop is set to join Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor and Mandip Gill’s Yasmin as new companion Dan in the upcoming thirteenth series of Doctor Who. […]