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Soviet Cosmonauts Trained at Star City as They Raced to Beat America to the Moon. Now, a New TV Series Imagines What Happened Behind the Base’s Walls

Apple TV's "Star City" takes place in a world where the space race never came to an end. A spinoff of "For All Mankind," the show is told from the Soviet perspective
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Stream it or skip it: ‘Star City’ on Apple TV, a ‘For All Mankind’ spin-off with a focus on the Soviet space program

The alternate television history of space and the 20th century continues. Created by Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert, and Ronald D. Moore as a spin-off from their ongoing For All Mankind, Star City takes us beyond the Iron Curtain and into the Soviet space ...
Monsters and Critics

A 90s Soviet TV adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is rediscovered — it’s as tacky as you expect

Poster for the Soviet Union version of The Lord of the Rings. Pic credit: 5TV If you can’t wait until The Lord of the Rings comes to Amazon Prime, why not check out the campy version released in the 1990s by the Soviet Union? According to The Guardian, a ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Shaw pics to air on ex-Soviet TV

Viasat Broadcasting U. Shaw pics to air on ex-Soviet TV Viasat Broadcasting U.K. will air Shaw Brothers kung fu movies across the former Soviet Union via an exclusive pay TV deal which Celestial Pictures said will boost the potential global audience for its classic martial arts movies to 200 million viewers.