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Renee Elise Goldsberry Cast in Altered Carbon

July 21, 2016 Abel G.C.

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Renee Elise Goldsberry has been killing it in Broadway as Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton. Unfortunately, she’s leaving soon, but on the bright side, she has landed a new role. She’s now attached to play a role in Netflix’s upcoming series Altered Carbon. She will join Joel Kinnaman, who will play protagonist Takeshi Kovacs. Goldsberry will play […]

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All the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Release Details: Dublin

July 18, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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Rumours of a Cursed Child movie that emerged once Warner Brothers trademarked the name recently were quelled by a Rowling spokeswomen who said: “This type of trademarking is standard practice.Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is a stage play, with no plans for there to be a film.” Therefore fans are still holding out for the […]

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Team Ireland Heading For Frankfurt Quidditch World Cup

July 17, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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With only a week to go to the Quidditch World Cup in Frankfurt Germany, The Arcade is getting behind Team Ireland. The team, made up of twenty one players of Irish descent from both Ireland and the UK, has been drawn into pool 2 for the first round, joined by teams from Belgium, Australia and Slovakia. This is Ireland’s […]

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Details On Fantastic Beasts Movie Released

July 17, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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With Fantastic Beasts, the latest in the Harry Potter franchise, hitting cinemas in November, updates are finally starting to come through the internet. The original rumours that it was to be the first of a trilogy were starting to look true as Potter maestro and Tarzan director David Yates has confirmed Rowling has written the second […]

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Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt Has Arrived!

July 13, 2016 Noel Gleeson

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Yes, this post is about Star Wars. More specifically, it’s about the new Star Wars novel that has just been released. But first, for the uninitiated, let me introduce the man behind the words – Chuck Wendig. I’ve been a big fan of Chuck’s for a while now. The man writes phenomenally good fiction. He […]

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You Should Read… The Bartimaeus Trilogy

July 12, 2016 Julie Hassett

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The Bartimaeus trilogy is a series of books about magic, mystery and conspiracy and is one of my all-time favourite series. If you can get over the fact the book is technically marketed for children aged nine to twelve, then please give this series a read (case in point: Harry Potter!). To me, it’s one […]

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Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Anime Expo Announcements

July 5, 2016 Julie Hassett

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This weekend, the Los Angeles Convention Centre hosted 2016’s Anime Expo. Anime Expo is the largest anime and manga convention in the region. Several panels are hosted to make announcements relating to manga and anime English releases. This year’s Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure panel discussed the future for the anime, manga and games. Shonen Jump vice-president Hisashi Sasaki showed […]

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Brandon Sanderson – Nerd Icon

July 3, 2016 Brandon Collins

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In a world of George R.R. Martins and Patrick Rothfusses it’s hard not to appreciate the quiet work-ethic of Brandon Sanderson. Fantasy fans have become accustomed to standing vigil for years, parched for the next drip of information about the next book from their favourite authors. A quick glance at Sanderson’s website shows immediately all […]

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Top 7 Fictional Bromances

July 3, 2016 Noel Gleeson

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Ah yes. The bromance. Defined perhaps best by Turk and JD in a song for the ages, ‘Guy Love‘. There’s something inherently endearing about this unique relationship in fiction. And a theme of ‘sidekicks’ was all the excuse I needed to compile a list of my favourite bromances in fiction. 7. Cole and Zeke (inFamous) Man, […]

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Pottermore Reveals More About Ilvermorny

June 30, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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The latest reveal of Harry Potter site Pottermore is quite fun, if the information part is a bit long. Since the website reverted from the original almost game-like website in September last year there was some outcry from fans. Those who really enjoyed playing through the stories and making potions, even when they were hard to […]

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