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Black Panther
Film reviews

Movie Monday: Black Panther, Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The Hitman’s Bodyguard

19 February 2018 Rob Buckley 9 Comments

Every Monday Some Mondays Once in a while on Monday, TMINE will review the select few movies it’s had time to watch when it’s not been watching TV

Not quite the monthly feature I suggested, but probably alternating with Boxset Monday whenever there’s not a boxset worth watching, the alliterative Movie Monday is a new TMINE feature reviewing the latest movies that I’ve watched. Usually that’ll be whatever Apple’s just bunged up on iTunes, but occasionally, just occasionally, it might even be one that’s in the cinemas.

This week, to christen everything, three movies: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017) and Black Panther (2018).

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Weekly Wonder Woman

Weekly Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman #40, Shade: The Changing Girl/Wonder Woman #1

16 February 2018 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Yes, it’s Weekly Wonder Woman – keeping you up to date on pretty much anything involving DC Comics’ premier superheroine, including whether she likes milk

With Justice League about to come out on DVD, Blu-Ray et al, don’t be too surprised that the InterWeb™ has been flooded with clips, deleted scenes, featurettes and the like designed to promote the release. Here’s one going behind the scenes of Wonder Woman’s early rescue scene:

But also of interest is this one showing Superman’s deleted black costume:

And these of the mid- and post-credit scenes:

But maybe you just prefer images like this, of which I’m sure there are plenty on the DVD, too:

Green screen Wonder Woman/Superman

TV news

Etta Candy – aka Lucy Davis – has just signed up for Netflix’s new Sabrina the Teenage Witch series to play Aunt Hilda. If you don’t remember the original series, this was Aunt Hilda.

Comics news

Just in case you were wondering how well Wonder Woman was doing, January 2018’s chart reveals Wonder Woman #39 was the 48th most sought-after title. Which ain’t awful, I guess. But it’s not great.

Comics reviews

I spotted two issues out this week featuring our Diana. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the first is Wonder Woman #40, in which our Diana finishes playing with the Silver Swan and discovers if her brother survived the attack.

Somewhat more surprisingly, the second is a crossover with Shade: The Changing Girl as part of the ‘Milk Wars’ storyline. Don’t ask. You’ll be wanting to know about the nature of sanity and Aztec sacrifices next…

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The City and The City
BFI events

What TV’s on at the BFI in March 2018? Including The City and the City and High & Dry

9 February 2018 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Every month, TMINE lets you know what TV the BFI will be presenting at the South Bank in London

Slightly slimmer pickings than in February, but there’s still a decent selection of showings at the BFI in March. There’s a slightly feminist theme to events, with a Women in TV season kicking off with Nicola Shindler, as well as an exploration of TV girlfriends. Ingmar Bergman’s TV work gets a look in, too, and there’s a showing of Mark of Cain.

On top of that, there are two TV previews: E4’s new castaway sitcom High & Dry and BBC Two’s adaptation of China Miéville The City and the City.

Details after the jump and The Mark of Cain.

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Weekly Wonder Woman

Weekly Wonder Woman: Batman #40, Justice League #38

8 February 2018 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

Yes, it’s Weekly Wonder Woman – keeping you up to date on pretty much anything involving DC Comics’ premier superheroine, including her pet’s name

A quietish week for Diana in the real world. Gal Gadot is going to voice herself on The Simpsons, Liam Sharp has given an interview about his forthcoming Brave and the Bold team-up between Batman and Wonder Woman, and DC is launching a new line of young adult and middle grade titles that will include Wonder Woman in various guises. But that’s about it.

So let’s go straight for the reviews, where the sexual temptation of Bruce Wayne appears to be the theme of the week. In Batman #40, we see whether Diana and Bruce ever did end up kissing, despite the fact he’s marrying Catwoman soon. Meanwhile, Bruce takes a shine to another member of the Justice League in Justice League #38. What’s Diana doing? Playing with some African kids, of course.

All that after the jump.

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Han Solo
News

Heathcliff!; Iceland’s bipolar PM; US Gran Hotel pilot; Solo trailer; + more

5 February 2018 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film trailers

  • Trailer for Mission: Impossible – Fallout
  • Trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story
  • New trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War

Australian TV

Scandinavian TV

UK TV

  • Kudos developing: adaptation of Michael Stewart’s Ill Will: The Untold Story of Heathcliff as Ill Will

US TV

US TV show casting

  • Carly Gibson promoted to regular on TBS’s The Guest Book

New US TV shows

  • ABC green lights: pilots of adaptation of Antena 3 (Spain)’s Gran Hotel as Grand Hotel, Texan family business comedy Three Rivers
  • …and dysfunctional, mentally ill father family comedy
  • CBS green lights: pilots of TV adaptation of LA Confidential, racially charged cop show Red Line, legal thriller Main Justice and Marine Corps attorneys The Code
  • FX red lights: Singularity
  • NBC green lights: pilot ‘trying to have it all’ comedy
  • New trailer for Syfy’s Krypton [US only]