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Netflix reveals the 10 most popular films and TV series streamed in the UK in 2019

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Tis the season for Top Top lists to dominate social media streams and news stories, and getting in on the annual countdown craze are streaming giants Netflix, who have revealed the 10 most popular films to be streamed on UK accounts this year. As reported by Deadline, it’s important to remember that Netflix measures the […]

The Ten Best Animated Films of the 2010s

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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 […]

David Fincher to return as director for Mindhunter season 2, with Andrew Dominik in tow

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David Fincher is due to hop back into the director’s chair for his Netflix crime series Mindhunter in its second season, with fellow movie maestro Andrew Dominik set to join him. According to The Playlist, Fincher will helm the opening and finale episodes of what is believed to be an eight episode season. Andrew Dominik, […]

The Witcher character featurettes for Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer and Princess Ciri

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As The Witcher‘s premiere date gets closer, Netflix has released a new batch of featurettes focusing on the three main characters of the series. Check out the videos featuring Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia, Anya Chalotra’s Yennefer and Freya Allan’s Princess Ciri below… Based on the best-selling fantasy series of books, The Witcher is an epic tale of […]

Movie Review – The Two Popes (2019)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]