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  • RIP – Tobe Hooper (Director, horror auteur)…

    It’s been a tough year for the horror genre with the loss of several key movers and shakers. Earlier this year George A. Romero passed away and now comes news that Tobe Hooper,  one of the elder statesmen of horror, died this weekend at the age of 74. The...
  • Murder they Wrote… (The books making a killing…)

    Behind Her Eyes has been getting considerable plaudits over the summer with Sarah Pinborough’s current tome and previous works featuring on many a must-read list. It’s a book that creeps up on you, tapping you on the shoulder and whispering ‘There’s something weird here that you can’t put your...
  • Unchartered - Lost Legacy

    ‘Lost Legacy’ charts familiar but exciting territory…

    Nathan Drake may have semi-retired after Unchartered 4: A Thief’s End, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t relics to be found, lost cities to be uncovered, history to be mined and adversaries to outwit… and so the torch/goblet/whip is passed to Chloe Frazer, a woman who has the same...
  • Defenders

    Defend & Chill: Netflix cooks up cool Hell’s Kitchen heat…

    Danny Rand (Finn Jones) and Colleen Wing’s (Jessica Henwick) efforts to track down members of ‘The Hand’ in the Far East prove unsuccessful when their quarry is killed by an assassin. His dying breath warns them that the occult group has some serious plans for New York. Back in...
  • Daniel Craig

    Agent Provocateur: Daniel Craig back as Bond…

    A few years ago current ‘007’  Daniel Craig was asked if he would return for another mission as James Bond. Given that it seemed his contractual commitment was technically up, it was a reasonable question. His answer seemed fairly definitive: “I’d rather break this glass and slash my wrists....
  • Karate Kid series

    ‘Sweep the legend’ ‘Karate Kid’ heads to YouTube Red…

    34 years after the original martial-arts film hit cinemas, The Karate Kid is going to get a follow-up series featuring two of its original cast. Ralph Macchio (aka Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny) are to team up for  the ten-episode ‘Cobra Kai‘ which will debut on the subscription-only YouTube-Red platform...
  • Doctor Who

    SDCC – ‘Twice Upon a Time’ for Who’s Christmas…

    During a Doctor Who panel at a packed Hall H at the SDCC, the guests unveiled a look at this year’s Christmas special (still nearly six months away). With a tagline ‘Twice Upon a Time‘ (which also appears to be the episode’s title), we get to see lots of...
  • Pfeiffer cast as Wasp

    SDCC -Pfeiffer: From Cat and ‘Hawke to Wasp…

    Michelle Pfieffer is a remarkably talented, award-winning actor but there will  be some  for whom her outing as the whip-wielding Catwoman will always remain a signature role.  However over twenty-five years after playing the conflicted feline character opposite Michael Keaton in 1992 Batman Returns, Pfieffer is joining another superhero franchise....
  • Stranger Things 2

    SDCC – ‘Stranger Things 2’ trailer thrills…

    The first season of Netflix‘s Stranger Things was an amazing success – a series that combined a nostalgia trip for adults and a lesson in old-school scares for slightly younger viewers. The 1980s-set supernatural series told the story of a young group of kids in a small rural town...
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