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New Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures coming from Big Finish in February 2025

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Big Finish Productions has revealed details of the first of 2025’s Third Doctor Adventures box set, coming next February.  Doctor Who and the Brain Drain, written by Nicholas Briggs and Richard James, brings the Doctor’s UNIT team to Scotland in a new adventure and, like in the TV series of that era, tells the tale over […]

Star Wars: A New Legacy one-shot announced by Marvel Comics

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In 2015, Marvel Comics returned to the galaxy far, far away as it regained the Star Wars comic book license following Disney’s Lucasfilm acquisition, and the publisher has now announced that it will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the record breaking Star Wars #1 this January with the one-shot special Star Wars: A New Legacy. […]

2024 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Cats of Gokogu Shrine

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The Cats of Gokogu Shrine, 2024.  Directed by Kazuhiro Soda SYNOPSIS: The feline population of a Japanese town and its human inhabitants are the focus of this immersive meditation on community and the cycle of life. Documentarian Kazuhiro Soda (Inland Sea) attempts to capture a purrrrfect slice of life with his single location observational film […]

Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld animated series gets a trailer from Netflix

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Netflix has released a new trailer for the animated supernatural action comedy Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld. The series centres on Chinese-American teen Jentry as she discovers a demon king is hunting her for her powers, forcing her to take on an underworld’s worth of evil beings and trying to balance the complexities of high […]

Join Dora, Blue and more in Nick Jr. Party Adventure on PC and consoles now

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Outright Games and Paramount Games Studios have today released Nick Jr. Party Adventure, an interactive puzzle-solving game with some of the favourites that we see on Nick Jr.  Players can enjoy playing through family-friendly puzzles with Dora the Explorer, the crew from Paw Patrol and many more.  Watch the new launch trailer below to see […]

Battle the Outer Gods in Lovecraft-inspired Starless Abyss

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No More Robots and developer Konafa Games have announced their Lovecraft inspired, turn-based deckbuilder Starless Abyss. This eldritch game with roguelike elements will be available on PC via Steam and take players into the far future and closer to insanity.  A new announcement trailer can be seen below providing a glimpse at some of the […]

Comic Book Preview – Minky Woodcock: The Girl Called Cthulhu #1

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Titan Comics and Hard Case Crime launch Cynthia von Buhler’s new series Minky Woodcock: The Girl Called Cthulhu next week, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the first issue with the official preview below… THE PLUCKY DETECTIVE RETURNS WITH AN OCCULT HORROR TWIST! Sensational artist, author, and playwright, CYNTHIA VON BUHLER melds her glorious […]

Get a first look at Marvel & Disney: What If…? Minnie Became Captain Marvel

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Marvel releases its next Disney mash-up this November with the one-shot comic Marvel & Disney: What If…? Minnie Became Captain Marvel, and you can get yourself a first look below with an unlettered sneak peek preview… Inspired by MS. MARVEL VOL. 1 #1-4, our story finds The Chronicle newspaper reporter MINNIE MOUSE tasked with an […]

2024 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Gutter

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The Gutter, 2024.  Directed by Isaiah Lester and Yassir Lester. Starring Shameik Moore, Susan Sarandon, D’Arcy Carden, Jackée Harry, Tony Baker, Paul Scheer, Kim Fields, Jay Ellis, Adam Brody, and Paul Reiser. SYNOPSIS:  Walt lands work at bowling alley AlleyCatz. He’s pressured to embrace his bowling talent, which sparks backlash from detractors seeking to undermine […]