ABC is currently developing a brand new limited series called “Black Cake”, which is based on the book by Charmaine Wilkerson. Set in the late 1960s, a runaway bride named Covey disappears into the surf off the coast of Jamaica and is feared drowned or a fugitive on the run for her husband’s murder. Fifty […]
In this final instalment of the original franchise, Caesar (Roddy McDowall) and MacDonald (recast with Austin Stoker) maintain a fragile peace between apes and humans 10 years after societal anarchy and nuclear war. Unfortunately, a journey to find answers from the past may lead to an inevitable Armageddon in the future… In the previous review, […]
There are lots of great new Star Originals coming to Disney+ in June including new episodes of “The Kardashians” plus an all-new series, “The Orville: New Horizons” and much more. Unlike Disney+ Originals, the availability of Star Originals can vary between countries due to pre-existing streaming contracts. Any country-specific originals will be highlighted. This list […]
Set 18 years after the events of the previous film in the “future” that is 1991, Caesar (the offspring of the late Cornelius and Zira) can no longer hide in the shadows and watch his ape brethren mistreated by humans… Regular readers of my reviews may remember that I criticised the previous film in this […]
Scrambling to survive the destruction of their society, 3 ape scientists go back in time to then-contemporary 1970s America. However, their search for refuge only serves to sew distrust and throws up questions on intervening against a potentially inevitable future… How do you continue a franchise that tried its hardest to end after two films? […]
Earlier this year, Disney did a deal with Netflix that saw it remove a number of shows and films removed from Netflix globally, including the Marvel series, “Daredevil”, “The Punisher” and “The Defenders”. While many countries including the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK got the Marvel “Defender” saga series just a few […]
In this direct sequel to a sci-fi classic, Brent (James Franciscus) follows the trail of fellow astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) and ends up in a very similar predicament. In the process of looking for his colleague, he unearths a society that could mean doom for the entire planet… Beneath the Planet of the Apes is […]
In this science fiction classic, three astronauts led by Taylor (Charlton Heston) embark on a long-distance space journey, only for problems to lead to crash landing on a seemingly alien planet and being captured by intelligent apes that oversee a caveman-like slave race… My history with the original Planet of the Apes is admittedly slightly […]
Set 57 years after the events on the Nostromo, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is scooped up from outer space and revived from suspended animation into a future she barely recognises. Surrounded by people who don’t believe her terrifying ordeal, she is convinced to return with a squad of marines to a colony on the planet […]
Murder on the Orient Express sees “perhaps the world’s greatest detective” Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) invited onto the titular, legendary locomotive where he is propositioned for his services by a shady businessman (Johnny Depp) who fears that his life is under threat from one of his fellow passengers. While he is quite correct, unraveling just […]
If you are a reality-obsessed fan like I am, there is no other family reality family than the Kardashian family. Over a year ago, we saw the final episode of their highly successful E! network show. And now the Kardashians have a new home, on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ internationally in […]
The wheels finally come off the bus for Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos as the federal government finally steps in and shuts them down in the finale of the limited series, “The Dropout.” In this final episode, Erika Cheung finally reports the company’s devious practices to a federal office who finds enough in its tour of […]
Disney has released the first trailer for the upcoming Hulu/Star Original film, “Crush”, which tells the story of what happens when an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she’s been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds […]
Disney has released the trailer and details on the new Hulu/Star Original, “Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story”. This is the story of how a story gets told, and how the media’s magnifying glass impacts the characters caught in the narrative. Siblings Ashley and Steven Stayner Jr. never knew their famous father Steven, the […]
The walls are closing in at Theranos as doctors, patients and whistleblowers are coming forward to a reporter with The Wall Street Journal to discuss the unethical practices at the company in episode seven of “The Dropout.” Theranos is now going on the offensive trying to stop the article by putting pressure on the doctors […]