John Mosby

  • ‘Defenderverse’ ends as ‘Jessica Jones’ and ‘Punisher’ axed…

    Thanos only removed fifty per cent of the Marvel superhero universe…. Netflix is upping it and cleaning their entire slate. In a move that will disappoint but probably surprise no-one, industry site Deadline confirms that  Netflix have formally cancelled both The Punisher and Jessica Jones, their last remaining collaborations with...
  • Heilraiser: Does ‘Overlord’ let the Third Reich One In?

    June 1944 and as Allied Forces get ready for D-Day, a team of soldiers have been tasked with taking down an important transmitter deep in the French countryside.  When their plane is shot down, Corporal, Ford (Wyatt Russell) reminds his few survivors how much depends on the decisions they make...
  • Nostrumours? Ridley’s believe it or not ‘Alien’ series?

    For several years there have been rumours of an Alien-related television show, though so far they’ve come to (astro-)nought. This week’s latest information seemed to suggest plans to bring it to the hulu platform, but offered very few specifics. HN Entertainment‘s site claims that they have an exclusive: a...
  • Star Trek: Discovery – Lost in Translation, Found in Character…

    While warping in pursuit of what they believe to be Spock’s fugitive ship, the Discovery is suddenly yanked out of warp and finds itself held in place by an object that looks like a dying star. However there’s clearly less obvious forces at work when the universal translator stops...
  • David Leitch: (Un)Dying to make Chinese vampire actioner…

    Though it didn’t get the mainstream attention of some other titles, Image Comics’ Undying Love was published in 2011 to a decent critical reaction. It mixed up a number of genres to good effect: John Sargent is an ex-soldier who finds himself facing down Triads and members of the Chinese...
  • Hanna: An Ingenue Hope comes in from the cold…

    It is 2003 and Erik Heller (Joel Kinnaman) breaks into a medical facility in Romania, managing to exit with a young baby girl – and several dead guards in his wake. As he and the baby’s mother flee, they are pursued by all the forces that Marissa (Mireille Enos)...
  • GOT Bud? *That* crossover Super Bowl commercial…

    The Super Bowl is as much a time for memorable commercials as it is for sport – even more so when the action on the field doesn’t prove as exciting as some were hoping for. But proceedings took something of a grim turn during a special Budweiser advert when...
  • Star Trek: Discovery – ‘Point of Light’ is more ‘Game of Klingons’…

    The repercussions of decisions made by Tyler (Shazad Latif) come home to roost as turbulent power-grabs remain the order of the day in the heart of the Klingon empire. But can even L’Rell (Mary Chieffo) protect him when the ‘Mother of Klingons’ has a pertinent secret of her own?...
  • Netflix calls time on ‘Travelers’….

    As we mentioned (and reviewed) in the last month, Travelers was one of those time-travel shows that managed to approach the various staples of the genre in new and refreshing ways and showed its cast of characters sticking around to deal with the repercussions of their effects on the...
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