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Rumour: Justice League will feature a member of the Green Lantern Corps

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When Zack Snyder assembles the Justice League next year, he’ll do so without one of the superhero team’s most integral members, with Green Lantern absent from the line-up for the DC ensemble. Well, if a new rumour from El Mayimbe at The Wrap is to be believed, that may not be the case after all, […]

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Outlaw Country’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the sixth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow… Completely suitable substitute if you don’t have tobacco: Tootsie Roll….. I think they are running out of places to go….which is funny since they have all of time at their fingertips. When they visited the Wild West in season one, it actually gave Ray […]

Willem Dafoe to reprise Justice League role in Aquaman

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It shouldn’t come as any surprise, but it has now been confirmed that Willem Dafoe will reprise his role as Nuidis Vulko in James Wan’s Aquaman. Dafoe will make his introduction as Aquaman’s royal science advisor next year in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The news was confirmed by Dafoe himself in an interview with The Guardian. Speaking […]

Supergirl Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Changing’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Supergirl season 2… There is some multifaceted meaning flying around in Supergirl this week. Alien parasites which bring to mind Carpenter’s classic horror team up with Kurt Russell, as well as a little Matrix homage and global warming pedestal preaching. Throw in a lot of coming out heart […]

Gotham Season 3 Episode 9 Review – ‘The Executioner’

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Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Gotham season 3… There are elements here which bring to mind the televisual equivalent of Mega City One this week in Gotham. Vigilante justice and police brutality all in the name of law and order, make ‘The Executioner’ more than just another episodic police procedural. Verging at times […]

Michael Green to serve as showrunner on Y: The Last Man TV series

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Back in October of last year it was announced that FX is teaming up with writer Brian K. Vaughan for a TV adaptation of his Vertigo comic book series Y: The Last Man, and now THR is reporting that Michael Green (American Gods) has signed on to the project as showrunner. The critically acclaimed comic […]

Morena Baccarin set for new legal drama at NBC, will continue on Gotham

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Deadline is reporting that Gotham star Morena Baccarin is set for an as-yet-untitled legal drama on NBC, which has been written by Ken Sanzel (Numbers) and is described as “The Good Wife meets The Wire.” The pilot “tells the story of Morena (Baccarin), a former police officer-turned-high-powered attorney who navigates the ever-changing landscape of New […]

The Flash Season 3 Episode 6 Review – ‘Shade’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the sixth episode of The Flash season 3… I Like you but we’re certainly not at the cuff stage……yet Tonight’s Flash felt a bit like a 90’s Batman movie: overstuffed. Much like that tasty Thanksgiving bird we’ll be dining on here in a week, this thing was stuffed to the gills and […]

Michael Shannon says he fell asleep during Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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During an interview with Fandango, actor Michael Shannon was asked for his thoughts on this year’s Man of Steel follow-up Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Unfortunately, he couldn’t really share his opinion on the movie, as he revealed that he actually fell asleep whilst watching it on a flight! “People ask me about this […]