The list of directors who’ve been attached to a Star Wars project is long, but the latest might just see their movie actually make it to theatres. It’s been revealed that Jon Watts is t…

Every day I see more the wisdom of Puddleglum. If you never get your hopes up for anything, you’ll never be disappointed when you’re inevitably let down. Fortunately, I was never excite…

Every day I see more the wisdom of Puddleglum. If you never get your hopes up for anything, you’ll never be disappointed when you’re inevitably let down. Fortunately, I was never excite…

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J.J. Abrams mines nostalgia in his homage to classic Spielberg movies

It’s hard to think of a franchise that’s as bankrupt, tired and irrelevant as Jurassic World. In the last ten years, this IP has been flanderized into extinction, turned into a parody o…

It’s hard to think of a franchise that’s as bankrupt, tired and irrelevant as Jurassic World. In the last ten years, this IP has been flanderized into extinction, turned into a parody o…

The Odyssey might take the trophy for most-anticipated movie of 2026. It’s common, given the nature of the internet, for even insignificant things to blow up out of proportion, but for Christ…

The Odyssey might take the trophy for most-anticipated movie of 2026. It’s common, given the nature of the internet, for even insignificant things to blow up out of proportion, but for Christ…

Mark Twain might have said that the report of his death was greatly exaggerated, so James Gunn might say that the report of his departure from DC Studios was greatly exaggerated. Despite Warner Bro…

Physical media has become a hot topic lately, as studios move away from it and the market begins to crumble. Meanwhile, an all digital future doesn’t look bright, with big corporations removi…

Physical media has become a hot topic lately, as studios move away it and the market begins to crumble. Meanwhile, an all digital future doesn’t look bright, with big corporations removing en…

I’m beginning to suspect that James Gunn might actually be a Marvel plant within Warner Bros., placed there to ensure the DCU is finished before it’s even begun. There can’t be an…

Hollywood’s in serious trouble. That’s no longer something that can be dismissed as just an opinion or clickbait nonsense, the numbers are there for everyone to see. Warner Bros. has be…

The next step of my journey into the old Star Wars Expanded Universe takes me to the popular X-Wing series, by Michael A Stackpole, which begins with Rogue Squadron. The story is set a couple of ye…

With The Lost World, Crichton manages to create a book that’s more intense, exciting and satisfying than Jurassic Park

With just three months to go until Star Wars returns to the big screen, we finally have a full-length trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, which appears to give a very good indication of what to …

The Netflix Chronicles of Narnia adaptation has finished filming and is now in post-production for a release in November this year. There are lots of reasons why I’m not confident in this ada…

The Netflix Chronicles of Narnia adaptation has finished filming and is now in post-production for a release in November this year. There are lots of reasons why I’m not confident in this ada…

If I had to choose a single book to take to a desert island, it would probably be The Chronicles of Narnia (the seven-in-one omnibus edition), so there’s nothing I’d like more than to s…

We’ve only just seen the end of Stranger Things, but already Netflix are preparing to wring all they can from the property before it fades out of relevance, with the trailer and release date …

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If I had to choose a single book to take to a desert island, it would probably be The Chronicles of Narnia (the seven-in-one omnibus edition), so there’s nothing I’d like more than to s…

The Wrecking Crew is a low-budget action movie that was quietly dropped on Amazon Prime with practically no marketing. Sounds like a good time, right? It stars Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista as two …

The Wrecking Crew is a low-budget action movie that was quietly dropped on Amazon Prime with practically no marketing. Sounds like a good time, right? It stars Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista as two …

If I had to choose a single book to take to a desert island, it would probably be The Chronicles of Narnia (the seven-in-one omnibus edition), so there’s nothing I’d like more than to s…

Whether Kathleen Kennedy leaves Lucasfilm or not, the problems facing Star Wars go much deeper

Star Wars is back in the loop, with the “news” that Kathleen Kennedy is once again leaving her role as Lucasfilm president, to be replaced by Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. We’re…

Star Wars is back in the loop, with the “news” that Kathleen Kennedy is once again leaving her role as Lucasfilm president, to be replaced by Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. We’re…

Stranger Things is coming to an end soon, but there's a problem that's been holding the show back since season one: it won't kill off its characters. Over its four-season run, none of the main…

One argument that’s often used to defend a bad movie is that “it’s just for kids”. This usually means that it doesn’t matter about the quality of writing, or how it lo…

Stranger Things is coming to an end soon, but there's a problem that's been holding the show back since season one: it won't kill off its characters. Over its four-season run, none of the main…

Whether Kathleen Kennedy leaves Lucasfilm or not, the problems facing Star Wars go much deeper

The news that Steven Soderbergh and Adam Driver pitched a 'Hunt for Ben Solo' movie to Lucasfilm has got a certain part of the Star Wars fandom excited, but I don't share in the hype. Kylo Ren was…

The news that Steven Soderbergh and Adam Driver pitched a 'Hunt for Ben Solo' movie to Lucasfilm has got a certain part of the Star Wars fandom excited, but I don't share in the hype. Kylo Ren was…

Whether Kathleen Kennedy leaves Lucasfilm or not, the problems facing Star Wars go much deeper

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It’s not the best time to be a movie fan, but every so often something comes along that’s a real spark of creativity and passion. So it is with Primitive War, the dinosaur-filled action…

It’s not the best time to be a movie fan, but every so often something comes along that’s a real spark of creativity and passion. So it is with Primitive War, the dinosaur-filled action…

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