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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…

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Review: Hellboy 2019

 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…

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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…

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The 2000th post

 If the title of this post hasn’t made it clear enough, this is the 2000th post on It’s A Stampede!. I launched It’s A Stampede! on 1st February 2018 and now it’s April 2019 and I’m typing out words for the 2000th time. How the heck did that happen?! Seriously?! OK, so I publish quite…

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Review: Shazam!

 This weekend, new comic book movie, Shazam! has arrived in cinemas. The film – based on the DC comic book of the same name – stars Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel and Jack Dylan Grazer and tells the story of a young boy who is gifted super powers by a wizard. Not familiar with…

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A geek-filled Saturday of games, toys and movies

 It’s been another busy week… …so, today I’ve switched off from the hustle and bustle by throwing myself into games, toys and movies. Earlier today I took my second trip to NQ64 – Manchester’s arcade bar. I spent a good 60-90 minutes here today, playing a bunch of arcade games including X-Men (again), RoboCop (I…

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Review: Pet Sematary (2019)

 There are good movies based on Stephen King stories and then there are a lot of bad movies based on Stephen King stories. For every Misery (1990) there is a Lawnmower Man (1992). But where does Pet Sematary fall into these two categories?  I’ll tell you after the trailer… Based on King’s 1983 novel of…

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Captain Marvel passes $1 billion

 Captain Marvel, Marvel Studios’ first all-female comic book movie, has passed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. According to the official Captain Marvel Facebook page the movie – the 21st entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – has accumulated over $1 billion (and counting). *Cough* And they said that female super hero…

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