Kate Harrold shares her picks of the best animated films of the 2010s… The past decade has been a breakthrough for animated film. Toy Story (1995) may have been the first feature-length computer animated film, but animation studios of the 2010s have gone on to break even more unimaginable feats. The genre seems to have […]
Movie Review – The Two Popes (2019)
The Two Popes, 2019. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins and Juan Minujín. SYNOPSIS: Pope Benedict XVI and the future Pope Francis meet as the latter proposes his retirement from the church. Netflix really wants some big Oscars this year. It has a lot of hope pinned to Martin Scorsese’s career-capping gangster […]
Netflix’s Black Summer has been renewed for a second season
Netflix has renewed the Jaime King-led zombie thriller series Black Summer for an eight-episode second season, according to a new report by Variety. King will reprise her role as the lead character Rose, in addition to being an executive producer. Justin Chu Card as Spears and Christine Lee as Kyungsun will also be returning for […]
New poster for The Witcher showcases Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer and Ciri
Netflix has released a new poster for the upcoming action fantasy series The Witcher which showcases Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia, Anya Chalotra’s Yennefer and Freya Allan’s Princess Ciri. Check out the poster below… Cavill stars as Geralt of Rivia, a deadly monster hunter who roams the world. The Witcher novels span eight books, but the franchise also […]
Vikings sequel series Valhalla picked up by Netflix
As the sixth and final season of History Channel’s Vikings approaches, word has come that a sequel series has officially received the green light. According to Variety, Netflix has picked up Vikings: Valhalla in a story that will be set 100 years after the conclusion of Vikings. The series comes from Vikings creator Michael Hirst with screenwriter Jeb Stuart serving as […]
Alexandra Shipp, Vanessa Hudgens and Robin de Jesus join Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tick, tick… BOOM! adaptation
After casting Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) in the lead role last week, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns) has just added three more to his directorial debut for Netflix, tick, tick… BOOM!. Starring alongside Garfield in the musical adaptation will be Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), Vanessa Hudgens (The Princess Switch) and Robin de Jesus (Broadway’s The […]
Neil Gaiman says Sandman season 2 is already being planned
After Netflix and author Neil Gaiman announced this past summer that Gaiman’s groundbreaking DC/Vertigo series The Sandman would finally be getting an adaptation on the streaming service, it left many devoted fans eager with anticipation. Now Gaiman has given us even more to look forward to as he revealed that plans are already underway for a […]
Movie Review – The Irishman (2019)
The Irishman, 2019. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Jesse Plemons, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Graham, Anna Paquin, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jim Norton and Jack Huston. SYNOPSIS: A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa. The Irishman is a rare gem – […]
Will Disney+ reset the Netflix model of all-at-once streaming?
Martin Izzard on whether Disney+ will reset the Netflix distribution model… Thanks to streaming, TV budgets and investment into original content is absolutely booming. But more than ever, the ‘whenever,wherever’ nature of streaming means TV shows don’t have as much staying power or invite the conversation they used to. Because we can all consume entire […]
Movie Review – Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Dolemite Is My Name, 2019. Directed by Craig Brewer. Starring Eddie Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Titus Burgess, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, Chris Rock and Snoop Dogg. SYNOPSIS: When the struggling stand-up Rudy Ray Moore adopted the foul-mouthed stage persona of Dolemite, he became an overnight success. But stage dominance […]