The 2017 People’s Choice Awards took place last night, honouring the public’s favourites from the world of movies, television and music fromt the past twelve months. It was a big night for Ellen DeGeneres, who became the most decorated person in People’s Choice history, claiming three awards to bring her total to twenty. On the […]
Movie Review – xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage, 2017. Directed by D.J. Caruso. Starring Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Ruby Rose, Deepika Padukone, Nina Dobrev, Toni Collette, Tony Jaa, Rory McCann, Michael Bisping, Nicky Jam, Neymar Jr., Kris Wu, Donnie Yen and Ice Cube. SYNOPSIS: Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to […]
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events – Season One Review
Liam Hoofe reviews the first season of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events… ‘Look away, look away’ warns the ominous, and irritatingly catchy opening theme song of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Those who’ve had the pleasure of reading Daniel Handler’s delightfully wicked series of books, which often start with similarly discouraging remarks, […]
NBC renews This Is Us for two more seasons
NBC has really doubled down on the success of This Is Us by ordering not one but two new seasons, with a minimum order of 18 episodes per season. This Is Us premiered to very strong ratings last September and has stayed fairly consistent since. At least 72 million total viewers have watched the first 10 episodes, […]
A List of (Some of the) Dumb Oh-So-Dumb Moments in xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Thomas Harris with a list of (some of the) dumb oh-so-dumb moments in xXx: Return of Xander Cage… Neymar Jr., global football superstar, is asked to join the “Triple X” program by Samuel L. Jackson. Neymar Jr. halts a robbery by kicking a tissue holder at the head of the thief. He thinks he’s joining […]
Edward Norton, Bella Thorne and more join The Guardian Brothers
The Weinstein Company has announced that Edward Norton, Bella Thorne, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Birbiglia and Randall Park have joined the English-language voice cast of the animated film The Guardian Brothers, which was released in China last year under the title The Little Door Gods. The new additions join the previously announced Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, […]
Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #6
Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #6… Behold the debut of the TMNT’s weirdest foe yet: Wyrm! When Michelangelo tries to help find a missing person in the sewers, he ends up discovering something he wished stayed in the dark! Last month I moaned about TMNT Universe being a victim of its own […]
Paul Dano to star in cockpit thriller 7500
Actor Paul Dano has signed on to star in the film 7500, a film that plays out entirely within the confines of a plane’s cockpit as terrorists attack. Deadline Hollywood reports that the There Will Be Blood and Little Miss Sunshine actor will lead the picture which will resemble one location movies like Room and […]
Madonna to write and direct adaptation of The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
It looks like Madonna is set to get back behind the camera, with the music superstar revealing to Harper’s Bazaar that she is set to write and direct an adaptation Andrew Sean Greer’s novel The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, which will be titled Loved. “It touches on a lot of really important topics I’ve always […]
Book Review – A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Michelle Herbert reviews A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay… A Head Full of Ghosts is an intense account of what happened to Merry’s family fifteen years ago. The story is told in two ways, the first is a set of interviews, where adult Merry recounts the events of that time to a reporter. The […]
