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The NCIS franchise is one of television’s most notable success stories. It all began as a 2002 spin-off from JAG and the main NCIS show led by Mark Harmon (which emerged in 2003) has now eclipsed all other contenders, currently in its eighteenth year. There have been further spin-offs including...
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HBO‘s The Last of Us (an adaptation of the PS4 game set twenty years after an infection has ravaged humanity and left disparate groups trying to survive the infected and each other) seems to be progressing nicely with concrete decisions made about the casting. Two familiar genre names will...
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FRIDAY UPDATE: Gina Carano has now made a statement after her firing from The Mandalorian. The actor, making no apology for her tweets, told industry site Deadline that she will soon be working with conservative website The Daily Wire on a new film project. “The Daily Wire is helping make one of...
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M. Night Shyamalan is something of a marmite film-maker. After the early mega-success of The Sixth Sense, many of his subsequent projects have been more divisive. Unbreakable, The Village, Lady in the Water, The Happening and Split have all received mixed reviews and the general reading-of-the-room was that Shyamalan’s...
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It was meant to be the first Disney+/Marvel series but covid delays meant that WandaVision was the first out of the proverbial gate. But while WandaVision has been off-beat and quirky, it certainly looks like The Falcon and the Winter Solider will be mining a more traditional seam for...
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Over the last few weeks, several promotional videos have been highlighting the fact that the streaming service known as CBS All Access will be changing its name to Paramount + in March. You can see the collection of promos here) The idea shows various personalities / characters who will...
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The Nevers had had quite a bit of attention in recent months. The long-anticipated series from Joss Whedon has been in various stages of production and completion since first announced back in 2018 and at the end of last year came the news that Whedon would be stepping away...
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Brian Warner, whose alter-ego is Marilyn Manson, is no stranger to controversy. As a musician and actor he has sort out deliberately-provocative material over the years but in recent times his behaviour away from the stage and camera has come under more scrutiny. He was in a relationship with...
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The African country of Wakanda may have been hidden from prying eyes for centuries, but its emergence into the outside world in the Marvel movies has been one of the MCU‘s greatest success-stories and an integral part of the cinematic landscape created joining everything together. Even with the loss...
The NCIS franchise is one of television’s most notable success stories. It all began as a 2002 spin-off from JAG and the main NCIS show led by Mark Harmon (which emerged in 2003) has now eclipsed all other contenders, currently in its eighteenth year. There have been further spin-offs including...
HBO‘s The Last of Us (an adaptation of the PS4 game set twenty years after an infection has ravaged humanity and left disparate groups trying to survive the infected and each other) seems to be progressing nicely with concrete decisions made about the casting. Two familiar genre names will...
FRIDAY UPDATE: Gina Carano has now made a statement after her firing from The Mandalorian. The actor, making no apology for her tweets, told industry site Deadline that she will soon be working with conservative website The Daily Wire on a new film project. “The Daily Wire is helping make one of...
M. Night Shyamalan is something of a marmite film-maker. After the early mega-success of The Sixth Sense, many of his subsequent projects have been more divisive. Unbreakable, The Village, Lady in the Water, The Happening and Split have all received mixed reviews and the general reading-of-the-room was that Shyamalan’s...
It was meant to be the first Disney+/Marvel series but covid delays meant that WandaVision was the first out of the proverbial gate. But while WandaVision has been off-beat and quirky, it certainly looks like The Falcon and the Winter Solider will be mining a more traditional seam for...
Over the last few weeks, several promotional videos have been highlighting the fact that the streaming service known as CBS All Access will be changing its name to Paramount + in March. You can see the collection of promos here) The idea shows various personalities / characters who will...
The Nevers had had quite a bit of attention in recent months. The long-anticipated series from Joss Whedon has been in various stages of production and completion since first announced back in 2018 and at the end of last year came the news that Whedon would be stepping away...
Brian Warner, whose alter-ego is Marilyn Manson, is no stranger to controversy. As a musician and actor he has sort out deliberately-provocative material over the years but in recent times his behaviour away from the stage and camera has come under more scrutiny. He was in a relationship with...
The African country of Wakanda may have been hidden from prying eyes for centuries, but its emergence into the outside world in the Marvel movies has been one of the MCU‘s greatest success-stories and an integral part of the cinematic landscape created joining everything together. Even with the loss...
Surprising almost no-one, the BBC confirmed today that their collaboration with Disney+ on Doctor Who is formally coming to an end. It had long been speculated that the lack...
It’s said that the Doomsday Clock has stood at just a few minutes to midnight’ for a long time, philosophers and pundits alike noting that, if anything, the midnight...
Michael Connelly often has his finger on the pulse of interesting issues, but reading a preview copy of The Proving Ground in a week where the dangers of AI,...
I’ll be honest: I’m a sucker for a good cat-and-mouse story and in this era of fast-evolving tech and surveillance, characters staying one step ahead of their pursuers can...