Readers of our blog would know that we have a fuzzy relationship with vampires who straddle the fence between sci-fi and fantasy. Rather than trying to disentangle that we tend to take all comers.
Which brings us to a new comedy film starring Nicholas Hoult (multiple X-Men films), Awkwafina (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) and Nicholas Cage (Ghost Rider) in which lackey abuse inspires stake rather than strike action. See trailer.
We finally got around to watching an episode of Disney's not-a-superhero comedy Extraordinary, and while it is better than some of its promos made it appear, it was unexpectedly morally questionable.
For our tastes there's too much sex, but we don't regard sex as amoral. The problem is their treatment of consent. Spoilers ahead.
Submitted by ionscifi on February 11, 2023 - 12:55
Amazon have renewed virtual time travel series The Peripheral for a second season, saying pretty much nothing else on that point.
Finally pushed out of the airlock, however, is HBO's Avenue 5. Deadline reported the series probably finished in May last year well ahead of its season two screening.
Submitted by ionscifi on February 10, 2023 - 13:51
The first human is likely to set foot on Mars in the coming decades and that's an increasingly popular setting for fiction including 2015 film The Martian and released just this month narrative adventure game Deliver Us Mars.
Romantic comedies rarely tread new ground and even when there's a whole extra planet to work with, Space Oddity'strailer sounds like yet another application of the commercially proven Hollywood formula.
Slightly preceding their January first season premiere, Disney renewed superhero-envy comedy series Extraordinary and they've now commenced shooting season two.
Despite our title pre screening renewals actually aren't uncommon but in this case their confidence bumps us off the fence.
This year's Critics' Choice Best Animated Series winner Harley Quinn is gifting us all with A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special. For which there is a trailer.
Amazon have released an unconventional teaser for unconventional animated superhero series Invincible.
Rather than the standard montage or scene from the upcoming season it's two characters chatting in a diner with talk eventually turning to the release date which they reveal to be late 2023.
Coming to Disney+ very soon is a new sitcom / comedy drama titled Extraordinary, a series which takes our world and gives absolutely everyone a superpower - except the main character.
By way of promotion they've released a trailer and a first look. Do they live up to the promise of the title? We're uncertain.
