Marvel was never shy about promoting that its first Disney+ series, WandaVision, was inspired by classic TV sitcoms. The show’s trailers revealed its concept of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and The Vision (Paul Bettany) living a classic sitcom lifestyle, laughtrack and all. In the show’s posters, Wanda, Vision, and other characters like Agnes (Kathryn Hahn)
WandaVision has been considered one of the more unique concepts for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The new Disney+ show takes two members of the Avengers and puts them in a new setting with a sitcom motif that is intended to be a comforting status quo but is anything but. As the layers begin to peel
It’s been 79 years since Noël Coward’s comic play, Blithe Spirit, debuted in West End theatres, and 75 years since he adapted it for the big screen with his friend and revered director David Lean. The supernatural classic starring Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings and Margaret Rutherford won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects; its
Away tells the fantastical story of a boy travelling across an island on a motorcycle, trying to escape a dark spirit and get back home. Along the way he makes a series of connections with different animals and reflects on the possible ways he ended up on the island. Gints Zilbalodis directed, wrote, produced, animated
True crime dramas have become a staple of British television and streaming services. Their popularity seems endless and ever growing. Episodes are devoured at incredible rates as the true stories behind the dramatizations are the start of many an internet k-hole. The British true crime drama has fallen into a somewhat formulaic way of being
The CIA recently declassified a substantial amount of UFO documents, which are now all available for download. “This month, it came to light that the latest coronavirus relief bill contains a provision requiring U.S. intelligence agencies to report everything they know about UFOs. They have 180 days to do it, and they’re allowed to keep
This WandaVision article contains spoilers. Wandavision has arrived, and with it, a whole slew of new Marvel characters join the MCU. Probably the most interesting, and the one with the most implications for the story of the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is Wanda and Vizh’s neighbor, Agnes (Kathryn Hahn). The strange couple’s
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky Publisher: Head Of Zeus Price: £18.99 Hardback Bear Head follows the story of Jimmy, a construction worker on Mars, who is building luxury apartments for humanity’s rich and powerful. His body has been augmented so he can survive the planet’s harsh atmosphere but it’s okay, the company bankrolling the venture will change
Masterpiece Mystery’s latest offering, Miss Scarlet and the Duke, gives viewers a taste of the darker side of Victorian London and a bold woman detective to root for. The show produced by A+E International along with Alibi UK became a cult hit last summer in the UK. Once fans get past the elements that break
This article contains spoilers for episode 5 of The Stand. In “Fear and Loathing in New Vegas,” the fifth entry in CBS All Access’ nine-part adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand, we get to spend a significant amount of time in Las Vegas, where the demonic Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgard) has established his sinister kingdom.
This Wolfwalkers article contains major spoilers. Robyn and Mebh, the two protagonists of Wolfwalkers, first meet like most unlikely allies do: as misinformed enemies. Robyn is a lonely girl, trapped in a town that hates her, whose solace and coping mechanisms rely on the love of her father and the desire to prove herself capable
It’s the New Year present you’ve all been waiting for – yes Issue Two of SciFiNow+ is out now and it’s pretty darn good if we do say so ourselves… You must have (hopefully) heard by now that SciFiNow has partnered with sci-fi app The Companion to bring you more genre goodies in the form
This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame and several Marvel Comics storylines. Few big screen superheroes ever get perfect endings. Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne got one in The Dark Knight Rises, albeit one fans weren’t particularly pleased with. Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark went out in heroic fashion during Avengers: Endgame, but it was bittersweet
Amos is no stranger to using nicknames for those he interacts with in The Expanse. Bobbie, Avasarala, and most recently the modded criminal Konechek, don’t seem to really like their nicknames: “Babs,” “Chrissy,” and “Tiny” respectively. But while Clarissa doesn’t actively embrace the nickname of “Peaches,” it has become a term of endearment that she
While the recent news that Ubisoft is making a Star Wars game doesn’t necessarily spell the absolute end of EA’s controversial time with the series, it does mean the start of a new and potentially glorious era in which major Star Wars games will once again be made by more than one studio. Not long
With the current penchant for shared screen universes it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that spin-offs aren’t a contemporary concept. After being introduced at the end of the second season of Seventies American science fiction TV series The Six Million Dollar Man and reappearing in the third, the character of Jaime Sommers – the ‘Bionic Woman’
Certificate: U Director: Gints Zilbalodis Writer: Gints Zilbalodis Running Time: 75 mins It’s hard not to compare yourself to others when counting your achievements in life – unhealthy as that may be – and it’s impossible not to do so after watching Away. This animated feature film has been lovingly crafted solely by Latvian film-maker
A Star Wars prequel theory may explain one of the weirdest plot holes involving Padme and Anakin. “For all their flaws, the Star Wars prequels answered many of the biggest questions prompted by the original trilogy. We learn about Luke and Leia’s parents in detail, as well as Obi-Wan’s tragic attempt to save Anakin Skywalker
French heist series Lupin has taken the world by storm in the last week. Unfortunately, the Netflix series about a professional thief named Assane Diop (Omar Sy) who plans a heist of the queen’s diamonds only has five episodes in its first season or “part,” which is just cruel. The show has already garnered a
Amazon’s billion-budgeted television series for The Lord of the Rings has clarified things—albeit ever so slightly—with the release of its first official synopsis. While we’ve known for some time that the show will take place during Middle Earth’s Second Age—thousands of years before the story of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the
Certificate: 12A Director: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal, Kristen Wiig Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal, Kristen Wiig Distributor: Warner Bros Running Time: 151 mins Not too long ago, DC had a few disappointments when bringing their superheroes to the big screen for its DC Extended Universe. Man Of Steel failed to reignite
Guy Moshe’s dystopian sci-fi thriller, LX 2048, will be available to own at the end of this month and to celebrate we’re giving away a copy on Blu-ray! Check out the trailer for the film below… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> LX 2048 is set in the near future, when
What am I, a crystal ball? Well, no, but I am a trained media professional and I have some insight into what the future of Bridgerton, Netflix’s period romance hit, might look like. In a recent interview, Bridgerton showrunner Chris Van Dusen told Collider: “This being a family of eight children and there being eight
We were stunned by the recent revelation that Wolfenstein developer MachineGames and Bethesda are working on a new Indiana Jones game, but nothing prepared us for the news that Ubisoft is working on a new open-world game set in the Star Wars universe. The details of Ubisoft’s Star Wars game are thin at the moment,
This The Expanse review contains spoilers. The Expanse Season 5 Episode 7 There may be some division among The Expanse fans as to the effectiveness of this episode, particularly in its decision to focus mostly on the drama between Naomi, Marco, and Filip. Perhaps some were struck by the surprising relevance to current events of
Siri, Who Am I? tells the story of a Kardashians-obsessed woman who wakes up in hospital with amnesia. With a torn party dress, broken iPhone and Instagram account, she must piece together her identity… only to discover that her life is a perfect lie… Sam Tschida’s comedy is out now (and it’s optioned to a
Nintendo has finally showcased the Bowser’s Fury DLC that will be included with the long-awaited Super Mario 3D World remaster for Nintendo Switch. If you haven’t checked out the trailer yet, I highly recommend you do so now. There’s quite a lot to break down in that trailer. Not only does Bowser’s Fury look far
This article contains spoilers for Vikings season 6. Vikings bowed out on a beautiful scene that evoked both the quiet victory of love and friendship over savage human nature, and the endless, rolling seas of the uncharted future. Floki and Ubbe sat together on a far-flung New World beach – as westward as any two
This Star Wars: The High Republic article contains spoilers. In the time of the High Republic, 200 years before The Phantom Menace, control of hyperspace is key. The Republic seeks to expand outward, but much of the galaxy is out of their reach simply by virtue of distance. It makes sense that in this time
People love phones. They’re a small appliance that represents our never-ending hope there is something better to do than what’s currently going on. Teens text in class because they’d rather be somewhere else. Business people text under the table. Partners will doomscroll rather than do laundry. Sure, you can dial 911 on your phone or