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Critical Thinking: Reviewing Content in the Digital Age

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Anghus Houvouras on reviewing content in the digital age… I was in a discussion with a friend regarding Rick and Morty; a show I love more than just about any piece of produced content in the 21st century. My friend gave the show a go but decided that he, and I quote, ‘just didn’t get […]

Ian McShane says Game of Thrones fans need to “get a f*cking life”

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Last year Ian McShane drew the ire of Game of Thrones fans, firstly by revealing a pretty big spoiler surrounding the return of fan favourite character The Hound, before responding to online complaints by describing the epic fantasy series as “only tits and wizards”. Well, he’s probably not going to endear himself to fans too much […]

Sebastian Stan sees himself as the Jon Snow of Avengers: Infinity War

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By all accounts, Avengers: Infinity War is shaping up to be a mega movie, featuring multiple characters from across the entire spectrum of the MCU, and culminating in a battle for the ages. The stakes seem to be raised considerably this time around and from what we hear, it seems like it’s going to be bigger and […]

UPDATE: First glimpse of footage from Game of Thrones season 7, Conor McGregor joins the cast

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We’ve got an extra long wait for the return of Game of Thrones next year, with season seven not set to get underway until the summer, but HBO has decided to give us our first ever-so-brief glimpse at what lies ahead thanks to a promo for their 2017 slate, which includes three quick shots of Jon […]

Sophie Turner teases Sansa’s role in Game of Thrones season 7

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Sansa Stark has had a pretty tough time of things throughout the first six season of Game of Thrones, but having survived her various ordeals at the hands of the Lannisters and Boltons and reclaimed Winterfell during the ‘Battle of the Bastards’, things may finally be looking up for Ned Stark’s eldest daughter in the […]

The 5 Best TV Shows of 2016

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Samuel Brace with the five best TV shows of 2016… 2016 has been an odd year for television. Netflix has continued its ascension, the golden age has dissipated, and all the trends of 2015 have repeated and progressed. But there is still no doubt TV has figured things out while film simply has not. TV […]

Game of Thrones season 8 episode count not set, HBO “exploring” spinoff possibilities

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This summer Game of Thrones will return for its seventh and penultimate season – consisting of just seven episodes – before showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff wrap things up with an eighth season of six episodes. However, as yet, HBO is yet to officially renew the epic fantasy series for season eight – a […]

Game of Thrones leads the most pirated TV shows of 2016

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The folks at download tracking site Torrent Freak have posted their annual list of the most pirated TV shows of the year, which is once again topped by HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Game of Thrones has received the dubious honour, while AMC’s The Walking Dead […]