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First trailer for Netflix’s The Politician is extremely promising
August 19, 2019 | David FarnorWe promise to promise you everything is the tagline for Netflix’s The Politician, and the first trailer for the series is very promising indeed.
Created by TV deity Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story), the show follows Payton Hobart (Ben … Read More
Taskmaster returns for Season 9 this September
August 18, 2019 | David FarnorTaskmaster returns for Season 9 this September, Dave has confirmed.
Greg Davies will once again place himself in the Taskmaster throne for a glorious ninth reign over a bunch of hopeful contenders – accopmanied by Little Alex Horne, his ever-popular … Read More
Trailer: Christina Milian stars in Netflix’s Falling Inn Love
August 18, 2019 | David FarnorSinger and actor Christina Milian will star in Netflix’s Falling Inn Love, and a new trailer gives us a look at the new romantic comedy.
She plays Gabriela Diaz, whose San Francisco design firm folds the week of her break-up. … Read More
Dumbo keeps flying high at top of UK film chart
August 18, 2019 | David FarnorTim Burton’s live-action Dumbo is still flying high in the UK Official Film Chart, the only weekly chart in the world to count both physical disc and digital download sales.
The Disney remake hovers in the Number 1 spot … Read More
Michael Cimino to star in Disney+ Love, Simon series
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorMichael Cimino (Annabelle Comes Home) will star in Disney+’s new series based on the 20th Century Fox movie Love, a Simon.
The 2018 high school flick, adapted from Becky Albertali’s bestselling novel and directed by Greg Berlanti, won huge acclaim … Read More
Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back renewed for Season 2
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorJoe Lycett’s Got Your Back, is returning to Channel 4 for a supersized run of eight hour-long episodes. The series casts the comic as Britain’s customer service hero, who fight the good fight on behalf of the British public. After … Read More
Trailer: Dave Chappelle returns for fifth Netflix special
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorDave Chappelle is coming back to Netflix with a new stand-up special, and he’s got Morgan Freeman to help him announce it.
The comic, who stepped back into the limelight in 2017 after several years away from it, signed a … Read More
Agent King: Netflix orders adult Elvis Presley animation
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix is expanding its adult animation line-up with a new series about Elvis Presley. Sort of.
Priscilla Presley & John Eddie co-created & EP
Agent King is an action comedy featuring Presley as a covert government agent who fights … Read More
New Sky Go app launches this summer
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorSky Go is getting an upgrade with a new app launching this summer.
Sky TV customers will be able to watch shows, movies, sports and now their recordings with the release of the updated app. It combines the existing Sky … Read More
The MUBI Weekly Digest | 17th August 2019
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorMUBI begins its best retrospective of the year with a new strand devoted to the work of Pedro Almodovar, with a welcome focus on his earlier gems. That joins a diverse array of programming this month, which covers a summer … Read More