Author: Neil Vagg

Synopsis As the New Year begins, a terrifying evil is stirring from across the centuries of Earth’s history. As the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz return home, will they be able to overcome the threat to planet Earth? Review A Doctor Who Christmas (or in this case New Year’s) special should be an event. This is not the time for a run-of-the-mill episode. A bumper holiday audience puts extra focus on every aspect of the production and it needs to impress. Luckily for us this first Chris Chibnall-era special doesn’t disappoint. What Chibnall and his crew cleverly did during the…

Twitter user and journalist DanielRPK is someone in the know when it comes to trailer releases. With many requesting to know when the next trailer for Shazam! will drop Daniel has some news for you. In a tweet posted overnight he has shared the news that the movies second trailer is due for release on January 19. That’s just a couple of weeks away! This would fit with previous comments by star Zach Levi and director David F. Sanberg who have both commented on a second trailer arriving “early” in 2019. https://twitter.com/DanielRPK/status/1080224594273976322 Just to tide you over here’s a refresher…

Netflix is back with another cryptic tease ahead of Stranger Things season 3. This latest teaser is ready to see in the new year with some interesting imagery interspersed with the famous ball drop countdown. Most importantly for fans of the show the video ends with a date: July 4, 2019. Netflix has confirmed with the show set during the summer of 1985 that the show itself will be drop just in time for the summer months. Of course there’s no footage from the show itself in the trailer but it’s still very exciting. Let the countdown begin! https://youtu.be/UlpmMRrt-s8 Following…

It’s back to work for Frank Castle in this first teaser for The Punisher season 2. Following his presidential pardon at the end of season 1 it seems something will drag Castle back to his all important work. Netflix has yet to confirm when the series will return. A now deleted tweet listed the date as January 18, 2019 but this has not been substantiated following its removal. Check out the trailer in the player below. https://twitter.com/ThePunisher/status/1080116573476540416 The Punisher stars Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page and Ben Barnes as Billy Russo. The series…

Warner Bros. has some serious cause to celebrate today. Aquaman closed out its second weekend in North America by bringing in another $51.5M! For those keeping score that’s only a 24% drop from its opening weekend of $68M (not including $4.7M previews). The smallest second week decline of any comic book movie in this modern era. It’s North America box office now sits around $188,7M. The movie should cross $200M on New Years Eve, ending the year as Warner Bros. highest grossing movie of 2018. Internationally Aquaman fought off competition to bring in another $85.4M. The movie is currently open…

Fox’s The Gifted returns on January 1, 2019 with new episodes. The network has now released the promo and synopsis for the first episode back from the winter hiatus. “eneMy of My eneMy” finds the Strucker family re-united as the Mutant Underground wrestles with the idea of recruiting the Inner Circle to help them out. Check out the full synopsis below and scroll down for the episode promo. THE STRUCKERS REUNITE ON THE ALL-NEW WINTER PREMIERE OF “THE GIFTED” TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, ON FOXThe Mutant Underground wrestles with the idea of recruiting the Inner Circle to assist them. Andy considers reconnecting with his family when he…

Going in to its second weekend at the North American box office Aquaman is riding high on a tide of success. See what we did there? With the DC Films movie set to make around $54M in its second weekend the global box office is giving Warner Bros. reason to celebrate. As of writing the movie is currently sitting at $629.4M worldwide. That’s following a $137.2M first week gross in North America. The movie has continued to pull in big numbers following that huge $22M Christmas Day haul. It’s first week now eclipses that of last years Justice League which…

Warner Bros. UK has announced that its bringing this years Reign of the Supermen animated movie to cinemas. Not only that but the movie will be screening in a one night only double bill with The Death of Superman. Yes, for one night only on January 14, 2019 you can watch both movies back-to-back starting at 19:00 GMT. Just in case you missed it, here is the trailer for Reign of the Supermen: https://youtu.be/jMdcSTVPOFw You can check for local screenings and pick-up your tickets from here! Reign of the Supermen stars Jerry O’Connell as the Man of Steel. Joining him are…

Krypton stars Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El, Georgina Campbell as Lyta Zod, Ian McElhinney as Val-El, Elliot Cowan as Daron-Vex, Ann Ogbomo as Alura Zod, Rasmus Hardiker as Kem, Wallis Day as Nyssa-Vex and Aaron Pierre as Dev-Em. The series airs on E4 here in the UK and on SyFy in North America. Synopsis During a military crackdown on Seg’s home district, Seg and Adam Strange race to find a deadly Sentry. Review Well this show just keeps getting better. I said in my review of episode 2 (here) that Krypton isn’t taking prisoners when it comes to its storytelling. This episode…

It’s been a little while since we heard anything about the merger between 20th Century Fox and Disney. The latest rumours point to the deal being completed “sometime” in the first half of 2019. The deal being completed will signify that Marvel can go ahead and begin bringing the X-Men and Fantastic Four characters in to its cinematic universe. But are the team at Marvel already working on plans? Studio president Kevin Feige has been discussing the subject in a new interview with Variety and here’s what he had to say. “No, not yet, but we’ve been told it’s looking very, very good and could happen in…