2021-05-18 16:21
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2021-05-17 10:15
I've been a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) since its humble beginnings with Iron Man, which I watched with my dad back in 2008. Marvel Studios has shared an emotive message s… Read More
2021-05-15 13:48
He-Man and Skeletor are back to battle for the future of Eternia! As a fan of Mattel's Masters of the Universe franchise since the classic toy line's original release in the early eigh… Read More
2021-05-14 19:53
Microsoft is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Xbox and Halo through November with a plethora of related products and Xbox FanFest. Like many avid gamers in the early noughties, I bought a… Read More
2021-05-13 14:01
Star Wars Celebration is coming back to Anaheim in 2022 following a brief hiatus during the pandemic. The official Lucasfilm fan event, which originally began in 1999 to celebrate the re… Read More
2021-05-12 14:40
The Green Knight, a fantasy retelling of the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight from director David Lowery (Pete's Dragon) and starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander and Joe… Read More
2021-05-11 15:00
Game of Thrones' House of the Dragon isn't the only prequel series shooting in South West England. Star Wars: Andor, featuring alleged cameos from Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and A… Read More
2021-05-10 14:15
Rosario Dawson, who plays the live-action Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian on Disney+, appeared on Jimmy Kimmy Live to celebrate Star Wars Day. "Rosario talks about Star Wars Day, her si… Read More
2021-05-09 15:53
Elon Musk, the tech tycoon who founded Tesla and SpaceX, hosted Saturday Night Light (SNL) this weekend. The announcement was greeted with some controversy. However, Musk took to the… Read More
2021-05-08 17:09
My earliest memory of playing Mortal Kombat is during a gap year in the early nineties. I would visit a local seafront amusement arcade to play the latest releases with friends and share… Read More
2021-05-07 10:34
"Eleven, are you listening?"Netflix has released a second teaser trailer for Stranger Things 4, suggesting Eleven's (Millie Bobby Brown) dark origins are going to be explored in flashback. S… Read More
2021-05-06 13:24
HBO has released an official first look at its upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series based on author George R.R. Martin’s Fire and Blood. House of the Dragon. The spin-off… Read More
2021-05-05 10:35
"Light. Darkness. A balance." Disney revealed a first look at its 'real' lightsaber with a Disney Parks cast member cosplaying as Rey on Star Wars Day. The 13-second clip caused quite a sens… Read More
2021-05-04 11:00
Happy Star Wars Day! I'll be watching Star Wars: The Bad Batch on Disney+ following the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Disney+ has shared a helpful recap of Clone Force 99's s… Read More
2021-05-03 10:10
Star Wars: The Bad Batch premieres on 4th May AKA Star Wars Day on Disney+. Matt Lanter played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars for seven seasons and has teased the chara… Read More
2021-05-01 11:00
It's Star Wars Day soon (coinciding with my first dose of the coronavirus vaccine) and spin-off series Obi-Wan Kenobi has begun filming in Los Angeles for release in 2022 on Disney+. Ewan… Read More
2021-04-30 11:42
In celebration of Star Wars Day, Lucasfilm Games has announced Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be receiving the full next-gen console treatment for PlayStation 5 (PS5) and Xbox Series S… Read More
2021-04-29 15:32
DC FanDome, a stay-at-home 24-hour online event covering all things DC Comics, was a major success last August and is coming back this October. The official announcement from Warner Bros… Read More
2021-04-28 13:23
May 1991 will be long remembered amongst Star Wars fans (myself included) of a certain age. A new sequel trilogy began with author Timothy Zahn's Star Wars: Heir to the Empire set 5 years af… Read More
2021-04-26 16:52
It's Alien Day celebrating all things xenomorph on LV-426 and they're invading Fortnite. Play as Ripley or as a xenomorph. "They mostly come out at night... mostly." An iconic line fro… Read More
2021-04-24 15:37
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has concluded on Disney+. A spectacular spin-off series exploring themes of racism, trauma and more in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Loki, sta… Read More
2021-04-23 11:44
As the ink dries on an exclusive first-run deal between Sony and Netflix beginning in 2022. The Tokyo-based company has announced Marvel Studios' Spider-Man will be coming to Disney+ and… Read More
2021-04-22 10:02
This is the droid building set LEGO Star Wars fans are looking for. To mark the 50th anniversary of Lucasfilm, LEGO is introducing a new large-scale R2-D2 for May the Fourth AKA Star War… Read More
2021-04-21 10:10
Variety exclusively reports Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, Solo: A Star Wars Story) has joined Marvel Studios' Secret Invasion series starring Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Kingsley Be… Read More
2021-04-20 11:10
Whilst Star Wars fans await The Clone Wars version of Ahsoka Tano (affiliate link) from Hot Toys, the Hong Kong-based studio has announced The Mandalorian incarnation of the fan-favourite ch… Read More
2021-04-19 11:33
The Nevers, currently streaming on HBO Max, marks the return of Joss Whedon (The Avengers), which is marred in controversy. Is it a televisual triumph like Whedon's previous series Bu… Read More
2021-04-17 15:53
Earlier this week Netflix released an official trailer for Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead. The streamer continues the zombie theme with a Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness trailer revealed… Read More
2021-04-16 13:45
It's Force Friday so to speak, fellow Star Wars fans! Star Wars: The Bad Batch begins streaming on 4th May AKA Star Wars Day on Disney+. A new poster has been released to celebrate the upcom… Read More
2021-04-15 10:10
Zack Snyder's upcoming movie isn't based on a DC Comics property. Army of the Dead was filmed for Netflix and sees the director return to the zombie genre, which is exciting as I'm a fan of… Read More
2021-04-13 15:00
Spoilers for Marvel Studios' The Falcon and the Winter Soldier streaming on Disney+. If you haven't caught up with, or started watching, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and don't want to f… Read More
2021-04-12 11:05
Whilst Star Wars fans (myself included) wait for The Book of Boba Fett, starring Temuera Morrison as the titular bounty hunter and co-starring Ming-Na Wen as fan-favourite Fennec Shand, this… Read More
2021-04-10 11:20
During Friday's first-ever Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest, the Pawtucket-based company announced the most advanced Transformers toy in history. For $700, Transformers fans (myself included) can pu… Read More
2021-04-09 14:19
The streaming space is reaching saturation point with Apple TV+, Disney+, Discovery+, Paramount+, HBO Max... You get the cord-cutting picture. So, it makes sense for Sony, which has h… Read More
2021-04-08 14:34
The Nevers, from Joss Whedon (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer), begins on HBO Max and Sky Atlantic this spring. However, given the recent controversy surrounding the show's creator, the upcomi… Read More
2021-04-07 14:35
Warner Bros. has released a trailer for the upcoming 2-part animated adaptation of DC Comics' Batman: The Long Halloween (affiliate link). The original 13-issue comic book series ins… Read More
2021-04-06 11:14
After a mixed first season of Star Trek: Picard, which gave us one of the best episodes in the franchise's storied history, I had little interest in seeing the second season. However… Read More
2021-04-05 20:33
Godzilla and King Kong have been thrilling moviegoers for decades. Flattening foes from the Empire State Building to Tokyo. But will the pandemic stop these big screen icons? Back from hu… Read More
2021-04-04 11:27
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! Marvel Studios has dropped a new trailer for the much-delayed Black Widow starring Scarlett Johansson as the titular character and features Floren… Read More
2021-04-03 14:15
It's the Easter bank holiday weekend, and Lucasfilm has dropped the Star Wars Vintage Collection on Disney+ as part of its 50th anniversary celebration! Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Advent… Read More
2021-04-02 14:00
The fine folks at Lucasfilm have given Star Wars fans (myself included) a peek behind the curtain at The Mandalorian on Disney+. The Volume, an LED-based virtual set technology, will defi… Read More
2021-04-01 14:36
Babylon 5, a seminal space opera instrumental in popularising long-form storytelling, has a new lease of life on iTunes, Amazon (affiliate link) and HBO Max. As I've written previously, th… Read More
2021-03-31 13:02
Director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) has released new TV Spots for his upcoming take on DC Comics' The Suicide Squad. Peter Capaldi, best known to Whovians (myself included) as t… Read More
2021-03-30 20:27
Clone Force 99, AKA The Bad Batch, are back in action following their explosive debut in the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Disney+. Today, Lucasfilm dropped a trailer for S… Read More
2021-03-29 21:34
The main cast for the latest Disney+ live-action Star Wars spin-off is announced as production ramps up in Los Angeles with director Deborah Chow (The Mandalorian) at the helm. Obi-Wan Ke… Read More
2021-03-28 16:29
Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) has become a gateway into role-playing games (RPG) for generations of fantasy fans (myself included)! The first I became aware of TSR's tabletop fra… Read More
2021-03-26 11:29
Hasbro has announced an all-new animatronic Star Wars Galactic Snackin’ Grogu, inspired by the little critter's insatiable appetite (infamously including Frog Lady's endangered eggs)… Read More
2021-03-25 19:51
“Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada.” For a generation of video gamers (myself included)… Read More
2021-03-24 15:03
Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) would have begun last May with Black Widow, which was delayed multiple times over the past year due to the global pandemic. So, WandaVision… Read More
2021-03-23 16:59
Although I stopped watching Star Trek: Discovery midway through season three and Star Trek: Picard was the spin-off series many fans (myself included) didn't want, Star Trek: Strange New… Read More
2021-03-22 16:34
Zack Snyder's Justice League is a hit with fans and critics on HBO Max and Sky Cinema. The director took to Twitter to announce an upcoming black and white version titled Zack Snyder's Ju… Read More
2021-03-20 16:55
The fabled #ReleaseTheSnyderCut of Justice League arrived on HBO Max and Sky Cinema this week, bringing with it the hefty expectations of millions of DC Comics fans (myself included) in lock… Read More
2021-03-19 10:47
Marvel Studios' WandaVision may have concluded, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier just begun on Disney+. However, key art for the next spin-off series, Loki, has been released. Golden… Read More
2021-03-18 11:09
Marvel Studios' The Falcon and the Winter Soldier premieres this Friday on Disney+. The House of Mouse has released a new trailer to celebrate. The official synopsis for The Falcon and… Read More
2021-03-17 15:32
With over 100 million subscribers, Disney+ is expected to overtake Netflix in the next few years and take its rightful place as the supreme power of the universe... OK! That's stretchin… Read More
2021-03-16 16:29
The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, won't be in cinemas until 4th March 2022. So, here's an awesome Batman fan film that's gone viral. Arriving days before Zack Snyder's Justice League… Read More
2021-03-15 16:29
Director Matt Reeves announced on social media The Batman had finished filming following delays due to the pandemic. Robert Pattinson (Tenet) plays the titular dark detective in the high… Read More
2021-03-13 15:20
Hasbro Pulse, the Pawtucket-based company's direct-to-consumer platform, officially launched in the UK this week. Toy collectors will be able to order exclusives from Ghostbusters, Marve… Read More
2021-03-12 15:29
Marvel Studios' WandaVision may have concluded on Disney+ but fans can own this amazing Scarlet Witch 1:6 scale figure from Hot Toys. “This is Chaos Magic, Wanda. And that makes you… Read More
2021-03-11 14:28
Zack Snyder's Justice League will premiere exclusively on Sky Cinema and NOW TV in the UK, day and date with HBO Max. The much-maligned Justice League (2017) has received a $70 million do-ov… Read More
2021-03-10 11:22
This Star Wars fan needs to urgently charge his Xbox wireless controller Shock Blue and update Xbox One X! Since purchasing a PlayStation 5 (PS5) on launch day last November, I haven'… Read More
2021-03-08 22:46
Everyone will be touched by cancer, directly or indirectly, at some time in their life. Personally, I've lost family and friends to the insidious disease and continue to support relat… Read More
2021-03-06 16:58
Spoilers for the final episode of Marvel Studios' WandaVision streaming on Disney+. If you haven't caught up with, or started watching, WandaVision and don't want to find out what's going… Read More
2021-03-05 12:30
Marvel Studios has released a new TV Spot for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier coming soon to Disney+. The official synopsis for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: "After being handed the m… Read More
2021-03-04 15:52
Daisy Ridley reads fictional Star Wars quotes, as her character Rey, on Comedy Central whilst promoting the long-delayed Chaos Walking co-starring Tom Holland (Spider-Man: No Way Home). R… Read More
2021-03-03 16:31
Agatha All Along, the satirical theme song written by Kristin Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Frozen) from Marvel Studios' WandaVision, has topped the iTunes charts. "I don't understand it… Read More
2021-03-02 16:16
Following the cancellation of Doctor Who in 1989, there was an unfillable void vacated by my favourite time traveller until the BBC's beloved sci-fi series returned in 2005. Star Trek: The… Read More
2021-03-01 14:03
A new trailer for Kena: Bridge of Spirits was revealed during Sony's State of Play and my PS5's DualSense is ready. The upcoming story-driven action-adventure video game is from third… Read More
2021-02-27 22:47
Spoilers for the latest episode of Marvel Studios' WandaVision streaming on Disney+. If you haven't caught up with, or started watching, WandaVision and don't want to find out what's goin… Read More
2021-02-26 12:00
Star Wars: The Clone Wars spin-off The Bad Batch launches May Fourth AKA Star Wars Day on Disney+. From StarWars.com: “The series follows the elite and experimental troopers of Clone F… Read More
2021-02-25 12:32
The penultimate episode of Marvel Studios' WandaVision premieres this Friday on Disney+. The live-action series, starring Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff) and Paul Bettany (Vision), conne… Read More
2021-02-24 14:18
The Legend of Zelda celebrates its 35th anniversary this week. Nintendo's beloved video game franchise debuted on the Famicom Disk System in 1986 and holds a special place for many gamer… Read More
2021-02-23 14:34
Director Steven Spielberg (Jaws) surprised goddaughter Drew Barrymore on her 46th birthday with a special virtual appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. No, you're crying. "Director Steve… Read More
2021-02-22 15:51
Today is the last day you can avail yourself of an annual subscription to Disney+ for £59.99 before the Star brand launches, in non-US markets, on Tuesday. Star launches on Disney… Read More
2021-02-20 17:00
Spoilers for the latest episode of Marvel Studios' WandaVision streaming on Disney+. If you haven't caught up with, or started watching, WandaVision and don't want to find out what's goin… Read More
2021-02-19 21:28
The second season of For All Mankind, an alternate reality sci-fi series created by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica), begins streaming exclusively on Apple TV+. This is a day af… Read More
2021-02-18 16:13
An exclusive teaser for tomorrow's episode of WandaVision premiered on Good Morning America (GMA). Fan theories continue to surround the Marvel Studios live-action series following last w… Read More
2021-02-17 14:48
Whilst Star Wars fans (myself included) wait for The Book of Boba Fett, starring Temuera Morrison as the titular bounty hunter, this December on Disney+. Marvel Comics has announced War of t… Read More
2021-02-16 22:17
I've known Mark Cockram since 2007. Mum had recently passed away and Dad and I were trying to cope in the aftermath of a second life-changing familial trauma. To that end, we'd looked to… Read More
2021-02-15 16:11
Warner Bros. has released an official trailer for the Zack Snyder (Man of Steel) cut of Justice League in hopes of attracting new subscribers to HBO Max as rival Disney+ heads towards 100… Read More
2021-02-14 12:02
Last summer, I discovered DC's Stargirl, streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime (affiliate link) in the UK, and became enthralled by a superhero series that harkened back to director Richa… Read More
2021-02-12 12:30
Pedro Pascal, who plays the titular The Mandalorian in the hit Disney+ Star Wars spin-off series, has been cast as Joel in HBO's live-action adaptation of The Last of Us. Pascal celebrat… Read More
2021-02-11 12:09
Gina Carano has been fired by Lucasfilm in the wake of social media posts and will not be reprising the role of Cara Dune in the Golden Globe-nominated live-action Star Wars spin-off seri… Read More
2021-02-10 17:02
Major spoiler for Marvel Studios' WandaVision streaming exclusively on Disney+. If you haven't caught up with, or started watching, WandaVision and don't want to find out what's going on… Read More
2021-02-09 16:05
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi begins filming in Los Angeles this spring with director Deborah Chow (Lost in Space) at the helm. The latest Disney+ live-action Star Wars spin-off sees Ewan… Read More
2021-02-08 16:33
An official trailer for Marvel Studios' The Falcon and the Winter Soldier dropped during the Super Bowl, which saw veteran quarterback Tom Brady win the coveted NFL trophy for a record-br… Read More
2021-02-06 15:50
Spoilers ahead for the latest episode of Marvel Studios' WandaVision on Disney+! On A Very Special Episode... Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) are back in time for… Read More
2021-02-04 14:53
Like the Golden Globe-nominated live-action Star Wars spin-off, The Mandalorian, Marvel Studios' Disney+ series are fully interconnected within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in a wa… Read More
2021-02-03 14:55
Following last week's exciting, but not entirely unexpected, twist, Marvel Studios has released a mid-season trailer for WandaVision on Disney+. Expect spoilers ahead for the decades-spannin… Read More
2021-02-01 15:35
No stranger to filming in swamps himself, Nick Smith, our resident US-based stellar scribe, takes a break from solving the multiverse mystery of WandaVision on Disney+ and goes in search of… Read More
2021-01-30 15:01
As fellow fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) dust themselves off following the latest revelatory episode of WandaVision on Disney+. Marvel Comics has announced an enticing new co… Read More
2021-01-29 16:40
Tomb Raider celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Crystal Dynamics has announced a new video game and Netflix is producing an animated series adaptation both of which follow the sto… Read More
2021-01-28 15:17
The Walt Disney Company has announced its biggest content drop for Disney+! The Star brand launches on Disney+ on 23rd February with hundreds of films and television series from Twentiet… Read More
2021-01-27 17:00
Disney has released a new trailer for Raya and the Last Dragon. The latest movie from Walt Disney Animation Studios will premiere in selected cinemas and on Disney+ 5th March. It will… Read More
2021-01-26 14:53
According to an exclusive from The Hollywood Reporter (THR), Warner Bros. is in talks to produce a Harry Potter live-action spin-off series for HBO Max. Given the unprecedented succes… Read More
2021-01-24 16:05
It's fair to say a lifelong love of fast cars and gadgets was influenced by the James Bond franchise and Corgi toys. So much so, the iconic Aston Martin DB5 inspired over a decade of silv… Read More
2021-01-22 06:00
WandaVision, the first live-action Marvel Studios series for Disney+, premiered last Friday. The series’ ambitious raison d'être is to break the status quo of the Marvel Cinem… Read More
2021-01-19 16:59
The Muppet Show is coming to Disney+. The original series ran for five seasons from 1976-1981 and featured memorable guest star appearances including Mark Hamill (Star Wars). "It's going… Read More
2021-01-18 12:08
Apple is extending its 1-year free trial for Apple TV+ until July 2021. A win-win for consumers (myself included) who took out a free subscription, included with an eligible device, befor… Read More
2021-01-14 05:00
Following Disney's revival of Lucasfilm Games, there has been a steady stream of positive news this week including a new Indiana Jones adventure from Bethesda. Finally, EA loses exclusivi… Read More
2021-01-13 03:30
A day after Disney's announcement that Lucasfilm Games is returning for all things Star Wars, an all-new original Indiana Jones video game is coming from developer Bethesda (part of Xbox… Read More
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