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Arrow’s Stephen Amell teases Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak wedding

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Arrow star Stephen Amell has tweeted out an image from an upcoming episode of the DC superhero show, which teases the wedding of Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), with the latter also seemingly recovered from her injury… While this appears to bode well for Olicity fans, given Amell’s caption of “Huh…” that accompanies […]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition rated R by the MPAA

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Deadpool’s smashing box office success as an R-rated superhero flick is already causing ripples in normality, as the MPAA have recently given an R rating to a different cut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. This cut, appropriately titled Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition is specifically intended for the Blu-ray release […]

Alan Tudyk, Danny Pudi and Christina Kirk join DC comedy Powerless

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Yesterday it was announced that Vanessa Hudgens (Grease Live) is to play the lead in the upcoming DC workplace comedy Powerless, and now we have word on three more additions to the cast of the NBC pilot in Alan Tudyk (Firefly), Danny Pudi (Community) and Christina Kirk (A to Z). Tudyk is set to play […]

Vanessa Hudgens to star in DC comedy series Powerless

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TV Line is reporting that Vanessa Hudgens (Spring Breakers, Grease Live) has signed on to appear as the lead in the upcoming DC Comics single camera comedy pilot Powerless at NBC. Hudgens will play “Emily Locke, a claims adjuster who loves her job because she gets to help people, but who is increasingly exasperated by the […]

DC Comics to raise price for monthly Rebirth titles, will include digital codes

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Well, the reduced price for DC Comics beginning with last year’s Rebirth titles certainly didn’t last long. As announced via press release, 15 monthly Rebirth titles will be increasing in price from $2.99 to $3.99. There are two silver linings here. The first is that the twice-monthly titles – which include big name titles like Batman, […]

Arrow Season 4 Episode 14 Review – ‘Code of Silence’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the fourteenth episode of Arrow season four, ‘Code of Silence’… The answer to most questions is always “Maybe less glitter.” It feels like a whole lot happened this week on Arrow. It centered around the Arrow crew trying to pin down Damien Darhk as his wife, Ruve, enters the Star City mayoral […]

The Flash Season 2 Episode 14 Review – ‘Escape from Earth-2’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the fourteenth episode of The Flash season 2… When your doppelgänger kisses your wife, you most certainly will have words with him! We return to Earth-2 this week (sans all the glorious Easter eggs from last week) to finish up the trek into Zoom’s side of the world. I honestly thought more […]

Black Lightning Season 1 Episode 12 Review – ‘The Resurrection and the Light: The Book of Pain’

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Red Stewart reviews the twelfth episode of Black Lightning… “The Book of Pain” was the direction I feared Black Lightning would go after the fourth episode “Black Jesus.” At the time it seemed unlikely given how solid the first four entries were, but considering all the ups and downs the series has faced in the weeks […]

The Walking Dead and Darth Vader top the bestselling comic books and graphic novels of January 2016

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling comic book and graphic novel titles for January 2016. Topping the comic book chart was Image’s landmark issue The Walking Dead #150, while Marvel claimed eight of the nine remaining spots in the top ten, with DC occupying one. In terms of graphic novels, Marvel’s Star […]