• ‘Doctor Who’ specials confirm UK and US dates for anniversary…

    After a lot of speculation, both the BBC and Disney+ have confirmed the speculation that the three long-awaited 60 anniversary specials for Doctor Who will begin broadcast from 25th November. These will follow a range of other celebratory events and programmes in the lead up to the technical official...
  • A sight for Thor eyes…’Love & Thunder’ trailer finally debuts…

    Putting aside endless rewatches of Avengers: Endgame, it’s been a while since we watched the God of Thunder on the screen, but after many delays, July will bring the return of Thor to cinema screens with Thor: Love and Thunder and we finally have a trailer that gives us...
  • Pandemics & Procedurals: Doug Aarniokoski on making killer serials…

    Since the days of his early directorial debut Highlander: Endgame, Doug Aarniokoski has made his name as one of the most strong and reliable go-to directors for primetime television. He’s helmed multiple episodes of Criminal Minds, Sleepy Hollow, Arrow, Limitless, Bull, Blue Bloods, SWAT and others. He’s also firmly...
  • Eye Wide Shut: SDCC finally announces 2020 cancellation…

    In the melee regarding events being pulled across the summer calendar and beyond there were two notable hold-outs. The Cannes Film Festival and the San Diego Comic Con were resolutely waiting to make any announcements and looking for a way to go forward with their prestigious annual events.  Cannes...
  • The Art of the Good Sheppard – Remembering ‘W. Morgan’…

    Veteran actor William Morgan Sheppard, who passed away this week at the age of 86, was one of those people you don’t easily forget. Visually and temperamentally, he was somehow an impossible cross between Popeye and Father Christmas, a young mischievous soul inside a savvy, dry-witted veteran’s body and...
  • Reverie: Virtually strong but realistically gone…

    News came this week that NBC‘s summertime drama, Reverie had gone to that great Matrix in the sky, cancelled without a second season. Reverie‘s main problem was that after it’s one-line pitch of ‘Ex-cop helps people stuck in virtual reality simulations‘, the potential was there to take it in...
  • What the Fudge? Deadpool goes PG-13 for X-Mas…

    If there’s one ‘superhero’ decidedly NOT built for a younger audience it’s the profane Marvel Comics character Deadpool. Ryan Reynolds championed an ‘adults-only’ big-screen adaptation for nearly a decade and finally got it made. Fox was rewarded with excellent box-office for both the Deadpool films to date, despite usually...
  • Queen’s royal ‘Rhapsody’ will rock everything but the boat…

    It’s the 1970s and a million bands are created with their members hoping for stardom, but those dreams are about to come true for Brian May (Gwilym Lee) and Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy) when their band ‘Smile’ loses its lead singer and a fan named Freddie Mercury introduces himself...
  • OVERVIEW: ‘Bodyguard’ -To protect and swerve….

    David Budd (Richard Madden) is on the train back to London, ready to deliver his children back to his estranged wife when he becomes aware of suspicious activity in the carriage. As a decorated soldier and trained as a protection officer he’s learned to spot the signs and he...
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