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April 15, 2019

What you need to know from The Mandalorian panel

Yesterday, The Mandalorian panel took place at Star Wars Celebration 2019. Over the course of an hour, the show’s creative team, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, along with cast members Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers and Gina Carano, talked a little about the new series. Footage of The Mandalorian was shown during the panel… but alas, it was…

April 14, 2019

I crammed the MCU films before Endgame

A while back I planned to work my way through all of the entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in preparation for Avengers: Endgame (in UK cinemas April 25th). Despite having plenty of time for a leisurely re-watch… …it simply never happened. So, with less than a month to go until Endgame opens in cinemas, I decided…

April 13, 2019

Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham gets a name change

For more than 40 years, Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham has been Brum’s No.1 geek destination, serving up a mix of comics, graphic novels, toys and more. Today it still serves up everything a geek could want, but from this day forward it is under a new name. *Drum roll* Nostalgia & Comics is now…

April 13, 2019

The Burton/Schumacher Batman movies are returning to UK cinemas

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Caped Crusader, the ’80s/’90s series of live-action Batman films are returning to cinemas. The four movies – known as the Batman Anthology – will be screened at specially selected Vue cinemas on Sunday 19th May. Batman – The Anthology Marathon will include Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), as…

April 13, 2019

How to watch Star Wars Celebration 2019

Star Wars Celebration 2019 is in full swing and you’ve no doubt watched the trailer for The Rise of Skywalker. You’ve probably watched the Episode IX panel too. But what about the rest of the event? How do you dip in and out of Star Wars Celebration without hopping on a plane to Chicago? By…

April 12, 2019

What you need to know from the Star Wars Episode IX panel

Earlier today, ahead of the reveal of THAT trailer, a panel took place for Star Wars: Episode IX. *Cough* Sorry, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The panel is just one of the highlights of this weekend’s Star Wars Celebration. If you missed out on watching the panel earlier today, you can check it out…

April 12, 2019

Love, Simon TV series coming from Disney

A Love, Simon spin-off television series is being developed for Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+. The series will be set within the Love, Simon world and will be based around the book Leah on the Offbeat, by Becky Albertalli – the sequel to Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, the book on which Love, Simon was based. According to…

April 12, 2019

I survived Hellboy 2019… barely

If you’re a fan of the Hellboy movies or good cinema, I have bad news for you, the new Hellboy movie has opened and it’s shit. Really shit. I contemplated sugar coating the news, to ease you into this one, but as I’ve just spent the past two hours sat in the cinema watching this…

April 12, 2019

Watch: Star Wars Episode 9 trailer

The first official trailer for Star Wars Episode IX has arrived. Directed by J. J. Abrams Episode IX stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Richard E. Grant, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Fisher will appear via previously unused material from The Force Awakens…

April 11, 2019

The Star Wars Episode IX trailer will be here shortly

This weekend there is going to be a lot of Star Wars news doing the rounds. The reason for this is because Star Wars Celebration is taking place in Chicago from today until Monday 15th April. Hurrah! And with Star Wars Celebration taking place, and only eight months until the release of the next Star…