A dark comedy for sure, this new trailer for Birdman gives us a little more of the idea of the plot behind this quirky flick about a washed up actor (Michael Keaton) trying to outlive his grandiose former super hero [...]
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Comic-Con Panel Highlights for SUPERNATURAL, THE 100, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, and THE ORIGINALS
I loved the Supernatural panel at Comic-Con's Hall H this year, so when I saw that The CW had released a highlights featurette that's only two minutes long, I couldn't imagine how they could distill it down like that. And [...]
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Jeremy Renner Hits the Weights and Social Media as He Begins Training for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 5
Jeremy Renner posted the above picture to his shiny new social media as he wraps his work on Avengers: Age of Ultron and begins prepping for Mission Impossible 5. Ouch indeed. Check out a few of his tweets below, some [...]
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See 6 Somber Character Posters for THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1
Clad in grey Beetee (Jeffrey Wright), Effie (Elizabeth Banks), Finnick (Sam Claflin), Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), President Coin (Julianne Moore) and Plutarch Heavensbee (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) make their District 13 character poster debuts for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. While [...]
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Dystopian Series THE LOTTERY Takes Government Intervention to Disturbing New Levels
If the news about government use of personal data has caused you concern lately, take a look at Lifetime's series The Lottery. Yes, Lifetime. Whether or not you enjoy the types of series and TV movies upon which the network [...]
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Syfy Announces Fall Schedule, Including Helfer’s ASCENSION, HAVEN and GHOST HUNTERS Returns
So often when the networks release a season schedule it is cause for frustration, because we seemingly always have to wait so long for anticipated shows. But ALL HAIL SYFY for scheduling the fifth season of our beloved Haven for [...]
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Get a First Look at GOTHAM’s Arkham Asylum Plus More TV Spots
Today for your pre-weekend enjoyment we have three new Gotham TV spots which continue to nicely set the stage for the premiere next month. But arguably even better, we some info on how Arkham Asylum will be incorporated into the [...]
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A Tale of Two JUNGLE BOOK Movies: Who Nabs Bill Murray for Baloo?
Director Jon Favreau has rounded off his cast for Disney's live action and CGI mixed adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book with his latest casting of Bill Murray to voice the loveable bear Baloo. Bill Murray joins already cast Ben [...]
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AMNESIA Comic to Get Movie Adaptation
Sony Pictures has picked up the graphic novel by writer and artist Dwayne Harris titled, Amnesia. The concept behind the book is the questions surrounding intentional globally induced amnesia and its consequences. Here's a little synopsis. One of the most feared [...]
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See the First Picture of Anna and Elsa Together for ONCE UPON A TIME
Together at last! As the excitement builds for the upcoming Frozen arc on ABC's Once Upon a Time, we have the first picture of sisters Anna (Elizabeth Lail) and Elsa (Georgina Haig) together, and don't they just look perfect? We’ll keep [...]
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New TV Spots and Red Carpet Interviews for THE FLASH
We at SciFi Mafia are fans of The CW's Arrow, even though they've avoided the super-powers angle in that series. We cover it because it's comics-based. We don't need to make such distinctions, though, when covering spinoff series The Flash, [...]
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Kyle MacLachlan Set to Recur on MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD Plus More Season 2 News
We know that the people involved in the production of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are good at keeping secrets. We've known since last spring's post-Captain America: The Winter Soldier reveal, which caused my jaw to actually drop in astonishment. But they're [...]
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