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Book Review – Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End… It’s been a long time coming, but the saga between the Rebel Alliance/New Republic and the Galactic Empire ends at last in Chuck Wendig’s final Aftermath novel, Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End. Wendig crafts a tale full of suspense, political intrigue, character dynamics that payoff […]

Joby Harold tasked with a page-one rewrite for The Flash

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In yet another shake-up for the DC Extended Universe’s The Flash film, Variety is reporting Warner Bros. has hired King Arthur: Legend of the Sword scribe Joby Harold to do a page-one rewrite of the film. This means WB and DC Entertainment will no longer use the script penned previously by Seth Grahame-Smith and former director Rick Famuyiwa. […]

Daisy Ridley comments on Rey being called a Mary Sue in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Last year when Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released, one character many fans new and old alike identified with was newcomer Rey, a young woman trapped on a desert planet who discovers she is Force sensitive. Rey could not only use the Force, but had an affinity for mechanics and was a talented pilot, much like Anakin […]

Movie Review – Suicide Squad (2016)

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Suicide Squad, 2016. Directed by David Ayer. Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Cara Delevingne, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jay Hernandez, Adam Beach, Jim Parrack, Ben Affleck, Karen Fukuhara, Common, Ike Barinholtz and Scott Eastwood SYNOPSIS: A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in […]

Sigourney Weaver talks Avatar 2 and Marvel’s The Defenders

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Alien and Ghostbusters actress Signourney Weaver has some big projects coming up, yet fans know little to nothing about them. She’ll soon be starring in Marvel’s The Defenders, the crossover series between all of Marvel’s Netflix superheroes, along with the long-gestating Avatar sequel, the first of three that director James Cameron has planned. The Avatar sequel has been in development since the before […]

Bradford Young on Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s “unique vision” for the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff

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With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story mere weeks away fans are already looking forward to news of the next spin-off in the Star Wars franchise, the young Han Solo film with Hail, Caesar! star Alden Ehrenreich as the famed smuggler and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Cinematographer Bradford Young, whose recent film […]

Kiersey Clemons cast in The Flash alongside Ezra Miller

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Rumours circled around actress Kiersey Clemons this past month, but Variety has now confirmed the Dope and Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising star has now been cast in a lead role in The Flash film. This will mark the second time Clemons has worked with Flash director Rick Famuyiwa, who directed her in Dope. While Variety […]

The Punisher series ordered by Netflix

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Since even before the second season of Daredevil aired on Netflix, the question of whether or not The Punisher would get his own series wasn’t a matter of if, but when. Entertainment Weekly has just confirmed that the character, played by Jon Bernthal, will indeed be getting his own Netflix series. Among that news is […]

Saw: Legacy adds Laura Vandervoort and Hannah Anderson, release set for October

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Saw: Legacy, the next instalment of the Saw franchise, is coming and much sooner than expected. Variety has announced that Smallville and Bitten actress Laura Vandervoort and Shoot the Messenger’s Hannah Anderson are set to star in the horror sequel, and not only that, but the film was secretly shot last November for an October 27th, 2017 release date. This is surprising […]