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[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Murder on the Orient Express, based on the classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie and put through the lens of director Kenneth Branagh (who also plays the lead role of Hercule Poirot), is a beautiful adaptation — but still carries with it the eccentricities of having been written in 1934. Now, before racing to the […]

It looks like Netflix’s live-action The Umbrella Academy series based on Gerard Way’s graphic novels has just found one of its leads. Ellen Page has been tapped to play Vanya, the strange one in the not-so-normal Hargreeves family. Vanya is the only one of the adopted children to not have any special powers or abilities, and is written […]

Brian Herbert, son of the late, great creator of the ‘Dune’ universe Frank Herbert (bless the Maker and his passing), took up the mantle of finishing his father’s legacy. He’s since become the written voice of Arrakis, continuing the saga of House Atreides and the Fremen, as well as several of his own titles and works. […]

It looks like Niantic, the company behind Pokemon Go, is indeed working on a Harry Potter-themed follow-up game. It was announced today officially via a website drop by Warner Brothers (who holds the rights to Harry Potter and the J.K. Rowling created world of witches, wizards, and muggles), and a statement from Niantic in blog form. […]

Filmmaker James Gunn is a gift to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and thankfully he knows we love to read his posts on social media. Today, it was a behind-the-scenes look at the construction of High Priestess Ayesha’s visually stellar dress from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Actress Elizabeth Debicki (Man From U.N.C.L.E.) played the golden ruler of […]

Bleeding Cool Contributor Abdulkareem Baba Aminu writes: The character Shatter was introduced in Marvel’s Morlocks #1 by Geoff Johns and Shawn Martinbrough in 2002, a member of the Postman’s Chicago branch of Morlocks. When Shatter learned he was a mutant, he attempted suicide using his father’s gun, but his new invulnerable skin caused the bullet […]

It’s been a good year for period historical offerings. Christopher Nolan gave us Dunkirk, Netflix gave us The Crown, and director Joe Wright finishes the trifecta with Darkest Hour. Wright (Atonement, Hanna, Pan) has created a unique view of Winston Churchill, showing the larger-than-life Prime Minister as a man, husband, and one of the driving forces of the British people […]

History Channel’s Vikings has given audiences some pretty incredible characters and performances. From Travis Fimmel’s rockstar swagger heavy King Ragnar Lothbrok to Katheryn Winnick’s force of nature mother-shield maiden-Queen Lagertha and Gustaf Skarsgard’s maniacal visionary Floki, it seemed there could not be yet another person of larger-than-life status. That is, until show creator and writer Michael […]

Amazon Studios CEO Jeff Bezos is apparently in talks with the Tolkien estate as well as Warner Bros. TV to house a Lord of the Rings TV series. No, seriously — this is not a joke. Variety just broke the exclusive news they claim to have sources on, stating things are still in the “early stages”, with “no deal […]

Despite numerous rebrandings over its 25-year history, the Syfy channel really is trying. Earlier this year, a mysterious trailer for a pre-Superman TV series called Krypton appeared online, quickly dismissed as a “fan thing” for about a month before Syfy confirmed its authenticity. And today it was announced that Blake Ritson (Da Vinci’s Demons, Upstairs Downstairs) […]