• ‘Somebody save me…’?: CW’s ‘Crisis’ heads back to Smallville…

    While it’s true that it might not have a smidgen of the budget of Avengers: Endgame, the CW‘s upcoming cross-series specials are certainly getting rather ambitious with their casting. The CW shows collectively known as the ‘Arrowverse‘ (Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash and Arrow – as well as...
  • ‘Peacock’ platform launch – The Sound of Cylons?

    The cult, if somewhat cheesy Seventies series Battlestar Galactica has gained cult status over the years. Starring the likes of Dirk Benedict, the late Richard Hatch and Lorne Greene, it was created by Glen A. Larson as a television answer to the glossy Star Wars films and told the...
  • Most Wanted: Sutherland and Holbrook confirm ‘Fugitive’ status…

    The Fugitive, starring David Janssen and Barry Morse was a staple of 1960s television, an early and very successful example of mixing a procedural tv show with an ongoing arc. Janssen played Dr. Richard Kimble who is believed to have murdered his wife. Kimble insists he’s innocent and grappled...
  • ‘Rock’ Solid: New ‘Jurassic’ short is walk in different park…

    While there is no doubt that the most recent Jurassic Park films have done well at the box-office, they’ve fared less well with critics and the general consensus was that the Jurassic World: Lost Kingdom was a wholly uneven and sometimes even silly venture. That film left dinosaurs escaping...
  • Face/Off is ON again – transplanting to modern remake…

    The 1997 action-fest that was Face/Off was one of those productions that could only have come from Hollywood executives spit-balling wild concepts for their biggest stars and deciding to go with the most out-there result. The film, as much a vehicle for director John Woo (his most profitable US...
  • Next Mission Impossible outing is out to get ‘Carter’…

    Hayley Atwell has become one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s stalwarts for her role as Peggy Carter, the woman who helped create SHIELD and who seemingly lost the love of her life Steve Rogers / Captain America when his plane crashed during WWII (but, given recent Avengers movies, she...
  • Tomb with a Second View: More Lara for 2021…

    The reboot of Tomb Raider / Lara Croft, starring Alicia Vikander (and directed by the suitably named  Roar Uthaug) got a mixed reception  on its 2018 release – for both the final film and its unfeasibly-necked promotional poster.  The movie made an adequate but hardly stellar amount of money...
  • Post-Mod ‘Squad’: James Gunn unites Doctor Who and Mal Reynolds..?

    James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is certainly cranking up the geek credentials in the casting department. After news that Nathan Fillion and Taiki Waititi were joining the cast, it now appears that Peter Capaldi, the Twelfth Doctor Who, is also aboard in an unknown role. At first glance the...
  • Kevin Hart suffers serious injuries in car crash…

    Comedian and actor Kevin Hart has suffered what are being described as ‘serious back injuries’ after he was involved in a car crash in the early hours of Sunday.  Hart’s 1970 Plymouth Barracuda was being driven by friend Jared Black when Black apparently lost control on a corner and the...
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