Ed Fortune

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Journalist, Literary Editor and Columnist at Starburst Magazine

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THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY, Season 2, Episode 2, ANOTHER SHITTY LESSON

3 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Ed Fortune |Martin Unsworth

Neither Negan nor Maggie are in control of the jeopardy that they find themselves in on different sides of the barricades, as the conflict between the New Babylon Federation and the Dama’s Manhattan enclave heats up in the fireworks of Another Shitty Lesson. Episode two of the second season of Dead City continues the fast pace established in Power Equals Power, moving antagonists into position at speed and drawing sharp battlelines between them in contested territory.
Ashly Burch • I'M HAPPY YOU'RE HERE

3 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth |Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

With its work-based comedy approach, which normalised the gaming world to a wider audience, Mythic Quest went on to become one of the coolest TV shows of the 2020s! After a four-season run and an accompanying show perfectly called Side Quest, the story came to an exciting end in March. Now setting her sights on the future, Mythic Quest actress Ashly Burch is here to tell STARBURST all about her passion project show, I’m Happy You’re Here.
THE HANDMAID'S TALE, Season 6, Episode 6, SURPRISE

3 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth |Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

Surprises come thick and fast in Episode Six, as Mayday accelerates plans to assassinate multiple Commanders at the Jezebels club, whilst allies and enemies of New Bethlehem within Gilead stockpile their political capital and plan for their opponents to fail. Aly Monroe’s script for Surprise builds on the intensity of the rescue mission in Janine to focus on how characters either buckle or hold fast in the pressure cooker environments they are trapped in.
THE REIGN OF QUEEN GINNARRA

3 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth |Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

Taking a cue from Game of Thrones and Excalibur, writer/director Lawrie Brewster stays within the medieval genre for this ambitious sword and sorcery tale that mixes Shakespearian melodrama with Lovecraftian horror. Queen Ginnarra (Megan Tremethick), an enigmatic, fearsome ruler who seized power from her father, fears her exiled brother, Prince Elderon (Andrew Gourlay), will return to de-throne her.
THE TELEPHEMERA YEARS: 1993, part 2

3 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth |Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

Ah, telephemera… those shows whose stay with us was tantalisingly brief, snatched away before their time, and sometimes with good cause. They hit the schedules alongside established shows, hoping for a long run, but it’s not always to be, and for every Street Hawk there’s two Manimals.
FEAR BELOW - STARBURST Magazine

3 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth |Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

Fear Below is a suspenseful, well acted and directed little thriller of the old-school variety. It tells the story of a team of professional divers in 1940s Australia, who are hired by a bunch of villains to locate a sunken car containing gold bullion. Their efforts are made considerably less easy by the unwelcome presence of a particularly deadly bull shark hunting in the waters.
THE RITUAL - STARBURST Magazine

3 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth |Laura Potier |Ed Fortune

Every exorcism cliché one can imagine is summoned up in this religious horror film by David Midell. A troubled priest (David Steiger, played by Dan Stevens) suffers a crisis of faith when he’s confronted with an apparent case of demonic possession. Young Emma (Abigail Cowen) is stuffed full of demonic entities, and the Bishop wants to use David’s parish to stage the exorcism.
Matthew Lillard Airbender TTRPG Funds In Record Time

4 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Ed Fortune

An officially licensed adventure game for Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game smashed its crowdfunding goals within 30 minutes of launch. Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game allows gamers to explore the world of the classic animated TV show Avatar. This newly funded accessory, Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game—Voyage of the Unity, is a full campaign that sees your heroes explore the four nations in a mammoth seafaring research vessel.
Sentry Becomes a Marvel Legend & Dragons Come To HeroQuest

4 weeks ago | starburstmagazine.com | Ed Fortune

Marvel’s most powerful hero, who everyone needs to forget, and Marvel’s super-hero that everyone wants to forget, now have their own Marvel Legends action figures. Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts*: Collectible John F. Walker and Sentry toys are now available to pre-order via Hasbro Pulse. They are joined by other Thunderbolts, heroes Red Guardian and Yelana Belova, aka Black Widow.
Critical Role Live Shows Hits Theatres

1 month ago | starburstmagazine.com | Ed Fortune

Critical Role’s 10-year Anniversary live shows will be broadcast in 800 theatres across the United States and Canada. The live shows themselves will come from Australia and the USA. Critical Role is an actual play D&D show that uses talented voice actors to make the game of Dungeons and Dragons a story-telling spectator sport. Led by Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer, the troupe of performers has wowed audiences with fantasy-themed performances for a decade.