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Bret Hart Has Cancer

Bret Hart Has Cancer

Well, it goes without saying that I’ve not posted on this, my own creation, for a long, long time with any frequency. Whilst it’s a nice boost to my ego that people pay me to waffle about stuff, now and again I just have the need to write under nobody’s umbrella. I’m not saying there’s restrictions in place, I’m not saying there’s people stood over me… no, this right now is just me at my most…

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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there was a saga known as the Holy Trilogy. Then came the much-maligned, but really not all that bad (well, bar Attack of the Clones), prequel trilogy. And now here we are again: on the cusp of yet another venture into cinema’s most famous space opera.

Picking things up roughly 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi and the fall of the Galactic…

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Reviews of the mid-season finales of Arrow and The Flash

I totally already thought I’d posted these (in fact, I did yesterday but a little online blip ended up with them being lost), but here’s reviews of the mid-season finales for both Arrow and The Flash.

Arrow, Season 3, Episode 9 – The Climb - full review here.

The Flash, Season 1, Episode 9 – The Man in the Yellow Suit - full review here.

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Reviews of the Mid-Season Finales of Arrow and The Flash

I totally thought I’d already posted these here. I totally hadn’t. Oops – my bad. Anyways, here’s the extensive (sorry if they go on a tad) reviews of the mid-season finales for both Arrow and The Flash.

The Flash, Season 1, Episode 9 – The Man in the Yellow Suit - full review here.

Arrow, Season 3, Episode 9 – The Climb - full review here.

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Audio: The Week in Film #40 - The Name's Bond...

Right, my weekly ramblings about film news, upcoming releases, box office details, etc, all mixed in with some fantastic film tunes, aired on Friday over at the ever-wonderful Calon FM. Music-wise, this week’s show was a little bit of a Bond special. If you happened to have missed the show (or just want another go at it), you can listen to it below:

https://mallsurfer.files.wordpress.com/2014/1…

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First Look at Age of Ultron's Vision; Judy Greer's Ant-Man Role Revealed; Official Synopsis for The Fantastic Four

After a few distant shots of his back, we’ve now been given our first look at Paul Bettany’s Vision from Avengers: Age of Ultron - read more…

Judy Greer has revealed what role she’ll be playing in Ant-Man - read more…

After that pesky script leak a few weeks back, the official synopsis has finally been revealed for Josh Trank’s The Fantastic Four - read more…

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DC's Cinematic Suicide Squad Cast; Details on Batman V Superman's Villains; The Crow Reboots Gets a New Director

After a few months of rumours, Warner Brothers has finally revealed the full line-up and cast for Suicide Squad, including a new Joker – read more…

It seems as if Doomsday and The KGBeast will be involved in Batman V Superman, plus details on The Joker’s role – read more…

F. Javier Gutierrez gets replaced on The Crow reboot – read more…

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Van Damme Joins Kickboxer Reboot; Frontrunner to Play Supergirl; New Batman: Arkham Knight Trailer

Jean-Claude Van Damme steps in to replace Tony Jaa on Kickboxer remake – read more…

Frontrunner revealed to headline new Supergirl TV show – read more…

New Batmobile-centric trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight - read more…

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Review of The Flash 1.07 and The Walking Dead 5.08; Two Join Walking Dead Companion Show

A review of last week’s episode of The Flash, titled Power Outage – read more…

The Walking Dead‘s mid-season finale reviewed – read more…

First two names join The Walking Dead‘s companion series – read more…

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Audio: Wales Comic Con Recap - Interviews with Lance Storm, Neil Edwards, Mason Ryan, Anthony Head, Peter Davison, Shane Ritchie & More

This Sunday I was at Wales Comic Con. Having been for a few years as a fan, this time I was luckily enough to attend as a member of the press. Pretty cool, right? Especially as it gave me the chance to chat with one of my favourite all-time wrestlers, Lance Storm.

Using the platform of the ever-brilliant Calon FM (they’re also home to a certain awesome film show that you should clearly,…

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Audio: The Week in Film #39

Right, my weekly ramblings about film news, upcoming releases, box office details, etc, all mixed in with some fantastic film tunes, aired on Friday over at the ever-wonderful Calon FM. If you happened to have missed the show (or just want another go at it), you can listen to it below:

https://mallsurfer.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/andy28nov.mp3

This week’s episode features:

Chatter Regarding:

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Trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII; Nebula to Shine in Guardians of the Galaxy 2; Independence Day 2 is On

Wow. So excited about the debut of the first trailer of any sort for Star Wars: Episode VII, I’m actually sat here with a whiskey to calm my nerves. Awesome. Awesome, awesome, awesome. And with that said:

The first teaser trailer (88 seconds of goodness) arrives for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens – read more…

James Gunn has big plans for Karen Gillan’s Nebula in Guardian…

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Blu-ray Review - Guardians of the Galaxy; Movie Review - What We Do in the Shadows; Book Review - Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder

Reviews of some mighty cool things:

A review of James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which hits Blu-ray in the UK on Monday – read more…

A review of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s What We Do in the Shadows, which is released in certain UK cinemas today – read more…

A review of the BFI’s brilliant Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, which was released a few weeks ago – read more…

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Tom Cruise for New Highlander Movie; The Stand to be Four Films; New Alien for Prometheus 2

News with some sci-fi tones today:

Tom Cruise is wanted to play a Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez-type in Highlander reboot - read more…

Josh Boone reveals that the latest attempt at The Stand will take up four films – read more…

Ridley Scott says he has plans to feature a new alien in Prometheus 2 - read more…

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Audio: The Week in Film #38 - Christoph Waltz to Battle Bond

Audio: The Week in Film #38 – Christoph Waltz to Battle Bond

Right, my weekly ramblings about film news, upcoming releases, box office details, etc, all mixed in with some fantastic film tunes, has just aired earlier today over at the ever-wonderful Calon FM. If you happened to have missed the show (or just want another go at it), you can listen to it below:

https://mallsurfer.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/week-in-film-21st-november.mp3

This week’s episode…

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Gotham to Feature the Graysons; Review of The Flash, Season 1, Episode 6

Some DC television-based pieces:

FOX’s Gotham confirms that the Graysons will be appearing – read more…

TV Review, The Flash, Season 1, Episode 6 ‘The Flash is Born‘ – read more…

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Marvel's Frontrunners to Play Jessica Jones & Luke Cage; Chris Pratt Joins Cowboy Ninja Viking

Finally it appears that we’re getting close to find a couple of new heroes…

Four names test for titular role in Marvel’s Netflix-exclusive Jessica Jones, two names up for Luke Cage - read more…

Chris Pratt set to headline comic book adaptation Cowboy Ninja Viking - read more…

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