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Lockdown: A Time to Expand Your Cinematic Horizons

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Tom Jolliffe on cinema in lockdown life. The time to catch up on the films you’ve been meaning to see… It’s a world in lock down. For many it has meant having more time. As film fans, you may feel yourself gravitationally pulled toward cinema as an escape. This might be a revisit of old […]

Exclusive Interview – Scott Peterson, Showrunner for The Last Kids on Earth

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Tai Freligh interviews Scott Peterson, Showrunner of The Last Kids on Earth… Scott Peterson is the Executive Producer and Showrunner of the Netflix animated series The Last Kids on Earth.  Scott was nominated for a prime time Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for writing Nickelodeon’s Escape from Cluster Prime and a second time for […]

Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy gets a new trailer from Netflix

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Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released a new trailer for Damien Chazelle’s (Whiplash, La La Land) upcoming musical drama series The Eddy which follows Elliot (Andre Holland), the co-owner of a struggling jazz club as he deals with the everyday chaos of running a live music venue in […]

Boom! Studios announces first-look deal with Netflix for live-action and animated series

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Boom! Studios, the publisher behind the likes of Lumberjanes, Something is Killing the Children, Once & Future, and Mouse Guard, has announced that it has signed a two-year TV first look deal with Netflix for live action and animated series based upon the publisher’s library of comic book properties “BOOM! characters are innately special, they’re […]

Movie Review – Love. Wedding. Repeat (2020)

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Love. Wedding. Repeat, 2020. Directed by Dean Craig Starring Sam Clafin, Olivia Munn, Freida Pinto, Eleanor Tomlinson, Joel Fry, Jack Farthing, Tim Key, Allan Mustafa, Aisling Bea, Paulo Mazzarelli, and Tiziano Caputo SYNOPSIS: Weddings are stressful at the best of times, but for Jack (Sam Clafin), his sisters wedding has a special set of ingredients: […]

Ranking the songs of Joe Exotic, Tiger King

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George Nash ranks the musical output of the infamous Tiger King… Joe Exotic, the eccentric subject of Netflix’s hit true-crime series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, is a man of many talents. Be it big cat breeding, 80s hairstyles or blowing things up in increasingly ludicrous ways, Exotic (aka Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka Joseph Schreibvogel), […]

First look at Netflix’s Hollywood from Ryan Murphy and Janet Mock

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Ryan Murphy is back with a new television series, and this time he’s bringing his wild and colorful worlds to Netflix as part of his new deal with the streamer. Hollywood, set for release on May 1st, comes from executive producer, writer, and director Janet Mock (Pose) and tells the story of a fresh crop […]

Netflix schedule won’t be negatively impacted by the global shutdowns until later this year

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Ted Sarandos, the chief content officer at Netflix, has revealed that its new releases won’t be impacted until later this year by the current shutdowns. All across the board, films and TV shows are being suspended and postponed due to the current global health crisis and subsequent shutdowns. Netflix hasn’t been immune to this either […]

Netflix cancels V-Wars and October Faction after one season each

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Netflix is currently on its annual cancellation spree as the streaming service has axed two more original series this week in V-Wars and October Faction. The vampire drama V-Wars and supernatural series October Faction, both produced by IDW and based off existing graphic novels, only lasted one season on the streaming service and only debuted recently on […]