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As audiences await the next Jurassic Park movie, a forgotten classic of dinosaur horror awaits rediscovery. Dinosaurs have captivated humankind's imagination and influenced their stories since civilization's infancy. Whether taking the form of a fire-breathing dragon or a rampaging T.Rex, the fossils of the past have always shaped humankind's nightmares. However, famed author Ray Bradbury took it to new heights when he wrote "A Sound of Thunder." While by no means the first dinosaur horror story nor the last, Bradbury's twisted tale of time travel represented a masterpiece within the genre. The Jurassic Park of its day, "A Sound of Thunder," draws many parallels but also raises the question of what happened to this story and how Jurassic Park managed to overshadow it in the decades gone by.

Considered one of the great authors of the sci-fi and fantasy genres, Ray Bradbury produced numerous noted novels, including Something Wicked This Way Comes,...

The Vulcans are the most famous aliens in all of "Star Trek," surpassing even the Klingons and their martial cousins the Romulans. This all goes back to Spock (Leonard Nimoy), the co-star of the original "Star Trek," the franchise's first alien lead and arguably the defining character of the entire decades-long run on "Star Trek."

Though Spock is half-human by birth, he embraced his logical Vulcan side first and had the appearance to match. Spock, and the other Vulcans, showed how where no man has gone before, all someone needs to pass as an "alien" is a little bit of make-up on an otherwise human face.

Spock's home planet is also named Vulcan after its people. For a long while, it was understood to be a fictional version of a real planet — HD 26965 b — orbiting the real star we call 40 Eridani A. But NASA recently revealed a devastating truth about...

Although The Simpsons season 36 promises plenty of new surprises, one of the most exciting elements of the long-running shows next outing is a throwback. The Simpsons season 36 is not resting on its laurels. Despite spending more than 35 years on the air, the anarchic animated sitcom will be doing all that it can to innovate in season 36. The Simpsons season 36 promises a two-part, online exclusive Christmas special, a Disney+ Halloween short, and not one, but two Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials. The Simpsons season 36s storytelling tricks ensure the upcoming outing will remain exciting.

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The Simpsons season 36 may enjoy a positive critical reception like season 35, but this won't necessarily be enough to change a worrying series trend.

However, it is a return to some of the shows oldest traditions that make this lineup sound truly inspired.

Science fiction is a genre that thrives on mankind's ability to imagine the future. Sci-fi films take us to galaxies far, far away, or they guide us down the rabbit hole into a computer program. We can visit forbidden planets or envision technologies that transform our own world, exploring space, or learning all too late that in space, no one can hear us scream. Ray Bradbury, author of "The Martian Chronicles," put it this way: "Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself."

By revisiting the films on this list, however, we can imagine a different sort of future: someone's future acting career. The sci-fi genre has provided a jumping-off point for countless stars who went on to make their mark elsewhere, including future Oscar winners, future comedians, future talk show hosts,...

Fans of Superman & Lois are preparing for the final season coming this fall, and there are a few things we’d love to see in the last year!

The CW has been in a major state of flux in the last few years, thanks to network upheaval and the cancellation of scores of shows. That includes the beloved Arrowverse with Superman & Lois eking out a renewal for a fourth and final season. That’s good, as the third season ended on a huge cliffhanger of Superman battling Doomsday.

Season 4 has changes like a big cast overhaul and only ten episodes. Yet, as we get ready to take off into it, here are ten things we’d love to see in Superman & Lois season 4 that would make this final year a great one for fans.

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UK indie producer and publisher B7 Media has announced a new platform specifically for independently produced audio drama and related audio content and will be available as both an iOS and Android App and its own website www.Audioteria.com.

Audioteria is a dedicated digital platform whose aim is to promote, market and distribute via a global download and streaming (iOS or Android) app, the very best of independently produced audio drama, enhanced audiobooks and audio theatre. It will also provide a home for previously broadcast content, now out of license, that hasn’t yet found a home anywhere else.

Listeners will be able to register (with no monthly subscription) and purchase their chosen title via the Audioteria website. Their purchase will immediately appear on the Audioteria app in their personal library to be played anywhere, at any time.

“As an independent audio drama producer ourselves, we have long been...

The pilot episode for Rod Serling's seminal sci-fi TV series "The Twilight Zone" was called "Where Is Everybody?," and it aired on October 2, 1959. It was directed by Robert Stevens and, like most episodes of "The Twilight Zone," was written by Serling himself. This was, according to an article in LitHub, part of his contract; Serling was to write at least 80% of the show's scripts. For the remaining 20%, Serling solicited scripts from just about every writer in Hollywood and reportedly received maybe 14,000 spec scripts in less than a week. That seems high to this author's eye, but given the number of starving writers living in L.A., it could very well be plausible.

It was clear that soliciting scripts from the writers' world at large wasn't practical; there's no way Serling could read all those stories in any kind of timely fashion. Serling put the scripts aside and decided to get more intimate with it.

This Star Trek: Strange New Worlds article contains spoilers.

As a prequel to The Original Series, the references in Strange New Worlds always have to walk a fine line. On the one hand, nearly every frame of the show is a reference to Tos, simply because of the way everyone is dressed and the way the Enterprise looks. But the show is also very much its own thing now, and by the end of season 2, Snw has shown it can go big and even make older ideas feel new again. For example, Snw totally reinvented that Gorn species in season 1 and the show has made the bloodthirsty Star Trek alien its own.

In the season 2 finale “Hegemony,” the Gorn return in a big way, and push the crew of the Enterprise into a much bigger conflict than anyone anticipated. Like The Next Generation bringing the Borg out of the background...

This article contains spoilers for the Black Mirror episode “Beyond the Sea” and the books mentioned.

Black Mirror’s darkest, bleakest episode yet is stuffed to the brim with references to film, television, and music. From the obvious visual references to 2001: A Space Odyssey as well as the key name “David” taken from that film, to the romantic dance around a car in a barn taken from Witness, to the highly appropriate lyrics of the featured song “Beyond the Sea,” heard only in French in the episode, to the perhaps surprising plot similarities to Red Dwarf’s “Bodyswap,” in which Rimmer tries to convince Lister to lend him his body repeatedly, this episode is steeped in pop culture history.

But there is another set of pop culture references that really stand out in this episode. The books that come to form part of the plot are all carefully chosen...

Unfortunately, HBO is as good at making fans wait as they are at video game adaptations. As is prestige TV tradition, it’ll be quite some time before we see the second season of The Last of Us. While fans can always replay the first game or wade into major spoiler territory with The Last of Us Part II, you could also opt for some lo-fi post-apocalyptic stories.

Get ready to gasp, cry, and stay up all night reading six brilliant page-turners that are perfect follow-ups to The Last of Us. The end of the world features in a huge amount of novels, but we’ve sifted through bloater-sized mountains of books to find some of the most similar in theme, tone, and sometimes plot.

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True Grit meets Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles in this page-turning space Western from the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author...

Other credits include the ’80s films “Cat People” and “Troop Beverly Hills”

Charles “Chuck” Fries, the prolific TV producer behind the 1970s “Amazing Spider-Man” series and “The Martian Chronicles,” has died at the age of 92.

According to a representative, Fries died Thursday “peacefully surrounded by family.”

A Hollywood veteran of nearly 70 years, Fries began his career at Ziv Television in 1952, working on syndicated shows like “The Cisco Kid,” “Highway Patrol,” “Bat Masterson” and “Sea Hunt.” He went on to work at Screen Gems, Metromedia Productions and, later his own company, Fries Entertainment.

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Fries was known as the “godfather of the TV movie,” having pioneered the genre with a number of projects and Metromedia and Fries Entertainment. Among the TV movies he produced were “Small Sacrifices” starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal; “The Martian Chronicles,” based on the Ray Bradbury novel and starring...

Charles “Chuck” Fries, whose career as a television and film producer included a long list of classic shows, series and films, died Wednesday, his family announced. He was 92. No cause of death was given.

During a prolific career that spanned more than 60 years, he participated in the production of more than 5,000 series episodes, 140 television movies and miniseries and more than 40 theatrical films. His producing credits range from Tales of the Crypt and The Call of the Wild to TV’s The Amazing Spider-Man and The Martian Chronicles to Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean, Troop Beverly Hills and Screamers.

Born on September 30, 1928, in native of Cincinnati, Fries began his career at Ziv Television in 1952, where he worked on legendary syndicated shows like The Cisco Kid, Highway Patrol, Bat Masterson, and Sea Hunt. He moved to Screen Gems in 1960, where he was involved in the production of such classics as Naked City,...

Charles “Chuck” Fries, the longtime film and television producer who helped introduce the TV movie concept and shepherded films including “Cat People,” died on Thursday. He was 92.

Over his six-decade-plus career, he participated in the production of more than 5,000 episodes of television, 140 television movies and mini-series, and more than 40 theatrical films.

Fries oversaw feature film production for Columbia Pictures, which produced movies during his time at the studio, including “Five Easy Pieces,” “Easy Rider,” “Getting Straight,” “The Horseman” and “Castle Keep.”

He pioneered the television movie while at Metromedia Productions in the 1970s, then launched his own company, Fries Entertainment. Fries Entertainment produced issue-oriented movies like “The Neon Empire,” “Small Sacrifices,” “The Martian Chronicles” and the Emmy-winning “Lbj” with Randy Quaid and Patti Lupone. He served as executive producer on “The Amazing Spider-Man” TV series that ran from 1977 to 1979. More recently, he had an executive producer credit on both the...

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Rock Hudson and George Peppard are WWII commandos in “Tobruk,” available on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber. Hudson is Major Donald Craig, a Canadian prisoner of war on board a German transport ship anchored off an Italian controlled port in North Africa sometime in late 1942. A group of frogmen surface near the ship and sneak on board with silencers fixed to their guns in order to kidnap Craig. The frogmen are led by Captain Bergman (George Peppard) who is part of a team of German commandos. They take Craig to a German airfield and fly him to a desert landing strip. They’re unexpectedly greeted by a group of British soldiers led by Colonel Harker (Nigel Green). It turns out Bergman is the leader of German Jews who fled Nazi Germany for obvious reasons and are now part of...

Paramount Pictures continues to develop author Ray Bradbury's science fiction fantasy, short story collection "The Martian Chronicles" :

Published in 1950, the book chronicles the colonization of Mars by humans fleeing from a troubled and eventually atomically devastated Earth and the conflict between aboriginal Martians and the new colonists.

"Chronicles" lies somewhere between a short story collection and an episodic novel, containing stories Bradbury originally published in the late 1940's in science fiction pulp magazines.

For publication, the stories were loosely woven together with a series of short, interstitial vignettes.

Similar to author Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" book series, Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles" follows a 'future history' structure, with stories, complete in themselves, coming together as episodes in a larger sequential narrative framework.

The overall structure is in three parts, punctuated by two catastrophes: the near-extinction of the 'Martians' and the parallel near-extinction of the human race.

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Paramount Pictures continues developing author Ray Bradbury's science fiction fantasy, short story collection "The Martian Chronicles":

Published in 1950, the stories chronicle the colonization of Mars by humans fleeing from a troubled, atomically devastated Earth and the conflict between aboriginal Martians and the new colonists.

"Chronicles" lies somewhere between a short story collection and an episodic novel, containing stories Bradbury originally published in the late 1940's in science fiction pulp magazines.

For publication, the stories were loosely woven together with a series of interstitial vignettes.

Similar to author Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" book series, Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles" follows a 'future history' structure, with stories, complete in themselves, coming together as episodes in a larger sequential narrative framework.

The overall structure is in three parts, punctuated by two catastrophes: the near-extinction of the 'Martians' and the parallel near-extinction of the human race.

The new film will be produced by...

Take a bite into details for the Vampire: The Masquerade - Blood Feud board game Kickstarter, which kicks off today's Horror Highlights. Also in today's Highlights: an audio clip from the third episode of Dust: Horizons, international release details for the groundbreaking Australian horror comedy Nightwalkers, and details on a new deal between Terror Films and the Dutch streaming service Horrify.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Blood Feud Kickstarter Details: "A brand new type of game! Part MegaGame, part Board Game, part RPG! Blood Feud is a Strategic Diplomatic, Tactical game for 4-32 Players!

“It is a dark, dark night on the streets of New York City as war is taking place, blood is running through the streets, and your time is now… The opportunity to seize the city is within your sights. All you need to do is take charge, pounce upon your enemies, negotiate with your “allies”, and take hold of your ambitions.

Ryan Britt May 2, 2019

Even if the latest Twilight Zone episode isn't a direct homage to Ray Bradbury, his influence can be felt.

The following contains spoilers for The Twilight Zone, "Six Degrees of Freedom."

If the latest episode of the newly rebooted Twilight Zone — “Six Degrees of Freedom” — feels old school to you, you’re not crazy. For bookish types, the most obvious Easter egg in the episode comes pretty early; the Mars-bound spaceship central to the story is called “Bradbury Heavy,” a kind tribute to Elon Musk putting the word “heavy” after the names of rockets, but also, of course, the iconic author of The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury. And, even if the screenwriters of this Twilight Zone episode (Glen Morgan and Heather Anne Campbell) weren’t intentionally homaging Ray Bradbury’s writing, his ghost haunts this creepy episode in surprising ways.

Famously, The Martian Chronicles is not a work of hard science fiction,...

Paramount Pictures continue developing author Ray Bradbury's science fiction fantasy, short story collection "The Martian Chronicles" as a feature for streaming:

Published in 1950, the book chronicles the colonization of Mars by humans fleeing from a troubled and eventually atomically devastated Earth and the conflict between aboriginal Martians and the new colonists.

"Chronicles" lies somewhere between a short story collection and an episodic novel, containing stories Bradbury originally published in the late 1940's in science fiction pulp magazines.

For publication, the stories were loosely woven together with a series of short, interstitial vignettes.

Similar to author Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" book series, Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles" follows a 'future history' structure, with stories, complete in themselves, coming together as episodes in a larger sequential narrative framework.

The overall structure is in three parts, punctuated by two catastrophes: the near-extinction of the 'Martians' and the parallel near-extinction of the human race.

One of the most exciting things about horror conventions is that you never know who you'll meet or what new horror-themed treasures you'll discover at the vendor tables. Back in 2014 at Crypticon Minnesota, I had the great pleasure of meeting local author Patrick W. Marsh, and I've been hooked on his book series The Greenland Diaries ever since. Set just outside the Twin Cities in a world that's been ravaged by a myriad of monsters, the fourth novel in The Greenland Diaries (which also includes a short story collection) has just been released, and with Marsh appearing at this weekend's Crypticon, I caught up with the author to discuss his personal connection to his post-apocalyptic series, the unique monsters that lurk through the pages of his books, and how many more novels he plans to write before the series comes to its conclusion.

Thanks for taking the time to answer...

Paramount Pictures continues developing author Ray Bradbury's science fiction fantasy, short story collection "The Martian Chronicles":

Published in 1950, the stories chronicle the colonization of Mars by humans fleeing from a troubled, atomically devastated Earth and the conflict between aboriginal Martians and the new colonists.

"Chronicles" lies somewhere between a short story collection and an episodic novel, containing stories Bradbury originally published in the late 1940's in science fiction pulp magazines.

For publication, the stories were loosely woven together with a series of interstitial vignettes.

Similar to author Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" book series, Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles" follows a 'future history' structure, with stories, complete in themselves, coming together as episodes in a larger sequential narrative framework.

The overall structure is in three parts, punctuated by two catastrophes: the near-extinction of the 'Martians' and the parallel near-extinction of the human race.

The new film will be produced by...

Michael Anderson, the British filmmaker who directed the 1956 Oscar Best Picture winner “Around the World in 80 Days,” died of heart disease in Canada on April 25, according to a spokesperson for the family. He was 98.

In a career that spanned decades, Anderson also won acclaim for the 1955 WWII film “The Dam Busters,” as well as 1976’s influential sci-fi movie “Logan’s Run,” about a dystopian future in which everyone is killed off when they reach the age of 30.

The son of an actor, Anderson landed small acting roles in his teens, and then worked as an office boy and later assistant director at London’s Elstree Studios on films like “Pygmalion” and Noel Coward’s “In Which We Serve,” the Times of London reported.

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He served in the Royal Signals Corps in WWII, then returned to the British film industry. “The Dam Busters,” starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd as British airmen who help devise an effective system of aerial bombing, won critical raves for its accuracy — and earned an Oscar nomination for special effects.

The success of “The Dam Busters” led Anderson to Hollywood — and the epic scale of “Around the World in 80 Days,” with its star-studded cast, 110 locations and 68,000 extras. The film got middling reviews but was a giant hit, winning five Oscars. (Anderson himself lost to George Stevens for “Giant.”)

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He followed that success with films like 1965’s “Operation Crossbow,” 1966’s “The Quiller Memorandum” and 1968’s “The Shoes of the Fishermen.”

In the ’70s, Anderson drifted from action thrillers into science fiction with the 1976 hit “Logan’s Run,” starring Michael York. Four years later, he directed Rock Hudson in a TV miniseries adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “The Martian Chronicles.”

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To celebrate the Blu-ray release of The Incredible Shrinking Man, available on Blu-ray from 13th November, we have a copy of the film on Blu-ray up for grabs, courtesy of Arrow Video!

Based on the novel by the massively influential sci-fi and horror writer Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, The Martian Chronicles), with a script adapted by Matheson himself, and directed by Fifties sci-fi king Jack Arnold (Creature From The Black Lagoon), this is rightly regarded as being one of the finest science-fiction films of all time, a critically-acclaimed smash hit that currently has a 90 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes. Genuinely thrilling, and, as Scott’s plight becomes more desperate, tense and gruelling, the film features superbly realised special effects that bely the era, and the setting Scott finds himself in – filled with oversized household objects that suddenly become threatening and dangerous – takes on a wonderfully surreal atmosphere.

This...

The Folio Society has released a very handsome double edition of two Philip K. Dick novels, but what does the pairing add?

When I first found out that the Folio Society were making a tête-bêche, or head-to-toe, version of Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? and A Scanner Darkly, I wasn’t blown away by the idea.

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Tête-bêche binding - two novels head to tail in one book, with a front cover at either end - is often associated with cheap genre paperbacks from the 1950s to the 1970s: the very collectible Ace Doubles, for instance. A number of titles by Philip K Dick were produced in this manner, often with a title by a different author on the flipside,...

From the football field to the film lots, Bernie Casey left an indelible impression with a presence that couldn't be ignored, and we're sad to share the news that the actor has passed away at the age of 78.

According to multiple outlets, including THR, Casey passed away after a "brief illness" at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Before he entered the world of movies, Casey was a star in his own right as a track and field standout at Bowling Green State University. After making it to the finals of the 1960 United States Olympic Trials, Casey was a first round draft pick for the San Francisco 49ers and would go on to play eight years in the NFL as a wide receiver, raking in 40 touchdowns and over 5,000 receiving yards.

With his life as a professional athlete behind him in the late 1960s, Casey turned his attention to acting,...

Jessica Written by Patrick Vermillion Directed by Emily Jackson Presented by Sanguine Theatre Company at Irt Theater, NYC July 22-August 6, 2017

Recently, promoting his new movie The Big Sick on The Daily Show, Kumail Nanjiani talked about working with his wife, Emily V. Gordon, as a co-writer on a film based on the first year of their own relationship. He related an anecdote about composing a date scene to account for the fact that he remembered having a great time, and she remembered having a terrible time, if you imagine that same disjunction, but instead of a rom-com scenario, it is that of a conscious person being created, you will arrive at one of the central conflicts in Patrick Vermillion's Jessica. Jessica, crisply directed by Emily Jackson, is the 2017 winner of Sanguine Theatre's annual Project Playwright, an open-submission contest in which scenes from finalist plays are performed and the audience selects...

Ryan Lambie Jul 7, 2017

To tie in with the Into The Unknown exhibition, on now at London's Barbican, we look at how sci-fi has become a major cultural force...

It's not always easy being geeky. The celebrated genre writer Ray Bradbury knew this all too well; as a kid growing up in the 1920s and 30s, he was intoxicated by all things otherworldly and imaginative: classic horror movies, pulp sci-fi stories about Mars, comic strips detailing the exploits of Buck Rogers. Eventually, Bradbury's peers teased him mercilessly, until, in a bid to fit in, he ripped his Buck Rogers comics to shreds. But far from helping the young Bradbury draw a line under his obsessions, the destruction of his beloved comics left him feeling unhappy and soulless.

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Burbank, CA (May 24, 2017) – Just in time for the third season on The CW, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment brings you all-new Super-Villains and more family drama with the release of Supergirl: The Complete Second Season on Blu-rayTM and DVD on August 22, 2017. Delivering 4.2 million Total Viewers weekly, Supergirl is the #2 series on The CW, just after The Flash for Live+7.⃰ Fans can purchase the set which, in addition to all 22 super-powered episodes, contains an exclusive commentary with Andrew Kreisberg and Kevin Smith, the show’s 2016 Comic-Con panel, featurettes, and more! Supergirl: The Complete Second Season is priced to own at $49.99 Srp for the DVD and $54.97 Srp for the Blu-ray which includes a Digital Copy. Supergirl: The Complete Second Season is also available to own on Digital HD via purchase from digital retailers.

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Although the first season of Supergirl was no slouch, I agree with many viewers in saying that its sophomore run was a vast improvement. It wasn’t just that the show was finding its footing, but there’s the undeniable benefit that comes along with being a superhero series airing on The CW. In other words, it’s apparent that the network affords more creative freedom, thereby allowing comic book based shows to stay truer to their source material.

Actually, you need only look as far as the first couple episodes of season 2, which both featured Tyler Hoechlin as one of the most believable interpretations of Superman in live action – ever. But as much of a welcome addition he made as a guest star, the focus on Kara Zor-El was never lost as she found love with Mon-El, and even battled supervillain threats such as Cadmus, Parasite and Mr. Mxyzptlk.

The grotesque appeal of carnivals, their inherent and attractive darkness, are long-established motifs of horror. Sideshow acts are full of the lurid and uncanny—humans whose appearances or movements aren’t “normal,” showcased behind heavy curtains or glass as objects of hideous wonder. Few can capture this fascination better than Ray Bradbury, who, along with Tod Browning and Diane Arbus, has solidified these images into our public consciousness. His fiction is shadowy, nebulous and exploitative, like these carnivals, and he evokes their qualities with the highest art.

Many of his plots center around an uncanny or supernatural force wreaking havoc in a mundane environment—an everyman who realizes his skeleton is trying to kill him, the arrival of a strange and deadly circus in Something Wicked This Way Comes, or a fantastic environment that is explored through recognizable, everyday emotions. The Martian Chronicles is otherworldly in setting, but its characters are preoccupied with grief,...

Louisa Mellor Feb 25, 2017

Even if Taboo’s finale makes barely a lick of sense, it certainly provides a spectacle…

This review contains spoilers.

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Cheerio to James Delaney, currently sailing with a ragtag crew to Portugal to liaise with an American spy. Why he’s doing that is anybody’s guess. Why James Delaney has done any of this is anybody’s guess.

Prior to the shoot-out, this finale was representative of the series as a whole. A half-dead Delaney stalked around London taking care of business by having gnomic, sometimes violent conversations with friends and foe, rarely allowing us the privilege of knowing whatever the hell was going on. The episode was designed to show off our lead as a strategic master of Sherlockian guile.

Simon Brew Feb 20, 2017

Action horror series The Purge is set to continue in the summer of 2018 - though it needs a new director...

After a two year break between the really rather good The Purge: Anarchy and 2016’s The Purge: Election Year, a similar gap will follow before we get The Purge 4. It had been suggested that the franchise would be moving to television, but it seems that Blumhouse Productions and Platinum Dunes fancied another cinema outing.

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There’s going to be a new director for the first time though, with James DeMonaco – who’s penned and helmed the three films to date – choosing to write the script for this one only. The identity of The Purge 4’s director hasn’t yet been revealed. We can...

Mike Cecchini Feb 20, 2017

Lights Out director David F Sandberg is being considered to direct the Shazam movie.

The Shazam movie has seeminglybeen in development forever, but this is the first we've actually heard of director talk. For it's been revealed that Lights Out director David F. Sandberg is in "early talks" to helm the movie.

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The long in development Shazam movie is at Warner Bros' New Line Pictures, but it will firmly be a part of the DC Extended Universe of films. DC seems to be taking a cue from Marvel here by choosing a director primarily known for well regarded horror efforts to take on a more magical based character (Marvel took the same approach by getting Scott Derrickson to direct Doctor Strange). Lights Out was good...

Mike Cecchini Feb 14, 2017

Some familiar faces return in the latest very strong episode of Supergirl season 2, Luthors...

This review contains spoilers.

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2.12 Luthors

Now we're back on track! As I mentioned last week (and don't worry, the brilliant Kayti Burt will be back soon, so you don't have to keep reading my rantings), Supergirl was so almost impossibly good in the earliest part of the season that its recent episodes, which have merely been "good" or "very good" haven't felt like they held up under closer examination. It just felt like we were taking some little details, and the show had lost just a little bit of focus here and there.

But Luthors feels like it fits right back in with the pre-Invasion episodes of this season. I didn't realise how integral the Lena Luthor arc had become to the...

Ryan Lambie Feb 26, 2017

First came the five-star reviews, then came the criticisms. Using La La Land as a case study, we look at the anatomy of a backlash...

Reader, you should have seen the queue: it stretched all the way out of the cinema, down the street, round the corner and on for another half a kilometre or so. This was the line for La La Land at the London Film Festival late last year, and there was a definite hum of enthusiasm in the air.

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Hype had already built around the musical since its first screening at the Venice Film Festival a couple of months earlier, and as a result, there were so many people desperate to see the movie...

Mike Cecchini Feb 8, 2017

The Martian Chronicles was an uneven episode of Supergirl, but when there are this many cool aliens, why complain?

This review contains spoilers.

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2.11 The Martian Chronicles

The Martian Chronicles was kind of an uneven episode, but as with virtually every episode of every CW superhero show of the 2016-2017 season, it's tough to really come down too hard on it. I've been having this ongoing mental contest where I try and figure out which of these shows is the "most improved" from last year. The vast majority of the first half of this Supergirl season was astoundingly good. The Flash has rebounded in a tremendous way from the missteps of last year. I haven't enjoyed Arrow this much since the first half of season three. Legends Of Tomorrow threw its old formula out the window and is a better show for it.

Episode 11: The Martian Chronicles Synopsis: Armek arrives in National City intent on taking M'gann back to Mars to face her punishment as a traitor. Thinking she'll be safe at the Deo, Hank and Supergirl are in for a startling surprise when shapeshifter Armek is in the building and under disguise. Review: When I’m watching an awkward film or television show with... Read More...

The idea of a Martian-centric storyline for Supergirl was exciting the moment I learned about the main plot of this episode, "The Martian Chronicles." J'onn J'onzz has been pushed to the sidelines for far too long in season 2, and this episode finally gives him the episode he deserves. The real strength of "The Martian Chronicles," though, is that it is not only a great J'onn episode, but nearly everyone from Supergirl's original team gets their moment. Okay, really, that just extends out to Alex and Kara, but the big focus on this trio makes this one of the better episodes of a pretty fantastic season 2.

While one could argue that Hollywood is a bit overly-obsessed with prequels, sequels, and reboots, one has to appreciate some of the liberal uses of some of the licenses they picked up. Perhaps the most interesting one in recent memory came in the form of the 21 Jump Street films, which was only Jump Street in name.

The producers of Baywatch have gone and taken that very same approach and applied it to Baywatch. In no way does this movie look like '90s show on which it is based (for the better), but it certainly looks like a lot of fun.

Take a look at the Baywatch spot down below!

The synopsis of Baywatch is as follows:

“Baywatch follows devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon (Johnson) as he butts heads with a brash new recruit (Efron). Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.”

Joining Johnson and Efron are Alexandra Daddario,...

While one could call the first John Wick film romantic (that puppy was a last memory of his wife, after all), one wouldn’t go so far as to call it a full-on romance. Of course, given its February 10th release, which is set to pit it against 50 Shades Darker, the ad folks decided to give the ad an extra comedic slant.

Check out the hilarious and hard-hitting Super Bowl spot down below:

While the intro the spot may have been something of a joke, none of the hits in it were a joke. Between the crazy gun-toting action, and that one shot of that man falling out of the car after it gets hit, this really does seem like it’s take the whole concept of John Wick to the next level.

The official synopsis for John Wick: Chapter 2 is as follows:

“Keanu Reeves returns in the sequel...

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The CW has released the first official images from tomorrow night’s episode of Supergirl, and they tease a major attack on the D.E.O. as the evil White Martians come calling for Miss Martian. A love interest of sorts for Martian Manhunter in the series, he’s clearly going to do all he can to protect her despite the fact that she too is part of the race that wiped out his family.

Unlike the rest of the White Martians, she’s not a murderous monster and actually objected to them slaying J’onn’s people. With last week’s Supergirl leaving her comatose, the D.E.O. has been invaded by the shift-shaping aliens as they attempt to pit the heroes against each other by sewing the seeds of mistrust between them.

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We haven't seen much of David Harewood as the Martian Manhunter over the past few weeks, but luckily, the next episode of Supergirl puts J'onn & M'gann's relationship front-and-center when a White Martian named Armek comes to Earth seeking her head.  The CW has released the first clip from the upcoming episode, featuring J'onn & M'gann getting ambushed by Armek before receiving a timely save. Check it out below: "The Martian Chronicles" - (8:00-9:00 p.m. Et) (Content Rating Tbd) (HDTV) White Martians Attack The Deo - Armek (guest star Terrell Tilford), a White Martian, descends on National City intent on taking M'gann (guest star Sharon Leal) back to Mars to face her punishment as a traitor. Hank (David Harewood) and Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) determine the best way to keep M'gann safe is to bring her to the Deo. However, when it is revealed that Armek shape-shifted into M'gann and...

On Monday night, Kara and her friends are literally trapped in a house of horrors when a vengeance-fueled White Martian infiltrates the Deo, hellbent on capturing M'gann and destroying anyone that gets in his way. Unable to truly trust anyone, Supergirl & the Martian Manhunter attempt to navigate their way around the building safely, hoping to stop Armek before it's all too late.  Check out the new promotional stills for episode eleven, titled "The Martian Chronicles," below: "The Martian Chronicles" - (8:00-9:00 p.m. Et) (Content Rating Tbd) (HDTV) White Martians Attack The Deo - Armek (guest star Terrell Tilford), a White Martian, descends on National City intent on taking M'gann (guest star Sharon Leal) back to Mars to face her punishment as a traitor. Hank (David Harewood) and Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) determine the best way to keep M'gann safe is to bring her to the Deo. However, when...

From VancouverFilm.Net, Sneak Peek footage, images and synopsis from the "Supergirl" episode "The Martian Chronicles", written by Gabriel Llanas, Anna Musky-Goldwyn and directed by David McWhirter, airing February 6, 2017 on The CW:

"...'Armek' (Terrell Tilford), a 'White Martian', descends on 'National City' intent on taking 'M’gann' (Sharon Leal) back to Mars to face her punishment as a traitor.

"'Hank' (David Harewood) and 'Supergirl' (Melissa Benoist) determine the best way to keep M’gann safe is to bring her to the 'Deo'.

"However, when it is revealed that Armek shape-shifted into M’gann and is now loose in the building, the team realize he could be disguised as any one of them..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Supergirl: The Martian Chronicles"...

One thing I’ve noticed being a lifelong Superman fan is that those who have previously appeared in movies or TV series featuring the Man of Steel tend to come back in some fashion in whatever the current iteration may be, generally inhabiting another role. In keeping with tradition, Supergirl has added Teri Hatcher, whom many of you will no doubt remember as having played Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which ran for four seasons during the 1990’s.

As of now, all that’s known is that she’ll be recurring character and The CW describes it as “a mysterious new role that will become the new Big Bad of Season 2.”

Taking the phrase “new Big Bad” into account, we may be able to rule out her involvement with Cadmus, unless, of course, she outranks Lillian Luthor. What’s more likely, however, is that she...

Next Monday, in a bid to protect M'gann from capture, Kara & J'onn team-up to fight off one of their most dangerous adversaries yet when a White Martian named Armek, who gains the upper-hand by posing as Miss Martian, infiltrates the Deo and traps the entire team. Also, if that wasn't enough trouble, with Armek's ability to shape-shift into literally anyone, Kara must also quickly determine who among her friends she can trust and who she can't. Check out the promo for episode eleven, titled "The Martian Chronicles,"  below: "The Martian Chronicles" - (8:00-9:00 p.m. Et) (Content Rating Tbd) (HDTV) White Martians Attack The Deo - Armek (guest star Terrell Tilford), a White Martian, descends on National City intent on taking M'gann (guest star Sharon Leal) back to Mars to face her punishment as a traitor. Hank (David Harewood) and Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) determine the best way to...

With a new episode of Supergirl being mere hours away, there is much to talk about. After kicking off season 2B in style, no doubt thanks to having Kevin Smith in the director’s chair, this series shows no signs of losing any of the momentum it’s gained since jumping networks. Seriously, it’s Flash good.

First, let’s briefly discuss the preview clip that can be viewed at the top. In it, Supergirl and Mon-El are confronted by someone who is “seemingly” Livewire in a garage. Now, this sneak peek may be a bit more spoiler-ish than intended (lest we forget last week’s Arrow debacle), revealing that a new threat may have emerged and is operating under the guise of Leslie Willis. But even if there is a twist to be witnessed, that doesn’t decrease our level of anticipation in the slightest.

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Despite being sidelined just a tad this past week, it looks like the Martian Manhunter is gearing up for a pretty major storyline in the coming weeks as star David Harewood, who plays The Last Martian on the CW's hit series Supergirl, has just released a new poster for the show featuring himself and Melissa Benoist's titular heroine flying high with a caption that simply reads: "The Marian Chronicles. Coming soon."  The caption is referring to the upcoming eleventh episode of season two, which will see Kara & J'onn team-up against a deadly White Martian, who has arrived in National City looking to reclaim M'gann. The episode will air the day after the Super Bowl, on Monday, February 6th (when you'll all hopefully be celebrating a Patriots victory).  Check out the new poster below:     The Martian Chronicles. Coming soon. A photo posted by David Harewood (@davidharewood) on Jan 28, 2017 at 12:...

The CW’s DC TV offerings return next week, but the network has today released the official descriptions for the episodes of Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl which will air the week beginning February 6th. There aren’t too many major reveals here, but each of them sounds pretty fun in their own way.

First up is Supergirl. In an episode titled “The Martian Chronicles,” it sounds like we should expect the Girl of Steel to find herself caught in a crossfire between Martian Manhunter and the White Martians, the villainous alien race who wiped his people (and family) out on Mars.

White Martians Attack The Deo — Armek (guest star Terrell Tilford), a White Martian, descends on National City intent on taking M’gann (guest star Sharon Leal) back to Mars to face her punishment as a traitor. Hank (David Harewood) and Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) determine the...

Con season has well and truly slid into gear now; with Awesome Con kicking things off a few weeks ago and Sdcc and NerdHQ fast approaching. Of course, con season is really year-round these days; but for me, it starts with Awesome Con and ends with New York Comic Con.

This year’s Awesome Con was, as usual, a great start to the season for me. What I like about the con is that despite only being four years old, it’s managed to integrate various fun aspects of different flavors of cons into a fairly seamless whole – meaning that if you aren’t there for one particular facet of the offerings, there are plenty of others to experience. Here were some of the highlights for me:

The media guests:

Awesome Con has consistently done well in getting big names to a young con. This year’s lineup included everyone...