Harrison Abbott reviews Friday the 13th: The Game after its January Update… Credit where credit’s due, IIIFonic are certainly no EA. In fact, their journey over the past year has evolved into a true redemption story. Their well-meaning enthusiasm and refreshing professional candour is evident in everything that they do, from their earnest interactions with fans, […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 14 Review – ‘The Battle Without, and the Battle Within’
Alex Moreland reviews the fourteenth episode of Star Trek: Discovery… “I think the only way we can stop ourselves from becoming like them is to understand the darkness within us and fight it.” It’s worth a word on the title, I think. What it refers to, largely, is obvious. The first part, “The Battle Without”, […]
Amazon developing Conan TV series
It looks like Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian is heading to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that Amazon is in development on a small screen adaptation from Ryan Condal (Colony), Miguel Sapochnik (Game of Thrones) and Warren Littlefield (The Handmaid’s Tale). Colony co-creator Condal has created and written the project, which is said […]
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coming to Injustice 2
Some pretty tubular characters are coming to Injustice 2 in the next DLC fighter pack. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have released a gameplay trailer of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fighting against the heroes and villains of the DC universe. Watch the trailer below… The Turtles can be played individually, each with their […]
Stephen Merchant and Synnøve Macody Lund cast in The Girl in the Spider’s Web
We now have some more news about the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo reboot from Sony Pictures, as the studio has cast Stephen Merchant (Logan) and Norwegian actress Synnøve Macody Lund in the film in unknown roles according to Variety. The Girl in the Spider’s Web is the first of the Millennium series to be adapted in the […]
True Detective casts Mamie Gummer for Season 3
As HBO prepares its third season of True Detective, it has added yet another cast member. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mamie Gummer (The Good Wife) has joined the season in a significant role. She will portray Lucy Purcell, a mother of two at the centre of a tragic crime. She joins Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – The Big Chill over Terms of Endearment for Best Picture of 1983
Graeme Robertson on why The Big Chill should have won over Terms of Endearment at the Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 1983 is something of a strange case. Looking at the line-up of the Best Picture nominees I was struck by the way in which all of the nominees, bar one, where […]
Comic Book Review – Assassin’s Creed: Uprising Vol. 2
Calum Petrie reviews Assassin’s Creed: Uprising Vol. 2… Uprising is the combination of a few story arcs merging together in the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles – though it does reference one story arc in particular that is close to my heart, that is The Black Cross. The reason it is close to my heart is the […]
Tye Sheridan to star in The Night Clerk
X-Men and Ready Player One star Tye Sheridan has signed on for the lead role in The Night Clerk, a thriller from writer-director Michael Cristofer (Gia, Original Sin). Deadline reports that the project will see Sheridan as “a hotel night clerk Bart Bromley, an intelligent young man on the autism spectrum, who uses secret surveillance […]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle sequel finds its screenwriters
Given that it’s become Sony’s biggest ever non-Spider-Man hit, not to mention the highest-grossing domestic release of Dwayne Johnson’s career, it’s little surprise that the studio is looking to fast track a sequel to the blockbuster adventure comedy Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. It was announced that month that Sony is planning on getting a […]
