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Interview: Writer-director Andrew Steggall talks about his debut feature Departure

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Kat Kourbeti sat down with the writer and director of Departure, Andrew Steggall. Here’s what they discussed… KK: First of all can I just say that I absolutely loved your film, it blew me away. For a first feature as well, it’s such an impressive feat, there’s just so much to take away from it […]

The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One character details and artwork, rumoured Episode VIII title and scene description, and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got some character details for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a couple of Star Wars: Episode VIII rumours and more… We’re kicking this off this week with some official news about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The film is just seven months away, and to get us […]

Movie Review – Departure (2016)

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Departure, 2016. Directed by Andrew Steggall. Starring Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lowther, Phénix Brossard, Niamh Cusack, Patrice Juiff and Finbar Lynch. SYNOPSIS: Beatrice (Stevenson) is in the middle of a separation from her husband and is trying to work out how to live life on her own terms. Together with her son, Elliot (Lawther) they have come […]

Movie Review – Kill Command (2016)

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Kill Command, 2016. Directed by Steve Gomez. Starring Vanessa Kirby, Thure Lindhardt and David Ajala. SYNOPSIS: In a near future technology-reliant society, an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes (Lindhardt) and his tight-knit squad, descends into a terrifying battle to the […]

Movie Review – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Sophie Turner, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Hardy, Olivia Munn, Lana Condor and Evan Peters. SYNOPSIS: Apocalypse, the world’s first mutant, awakes from a centuries-long slumber. The X-Men must reunite to stop him from destroying […]

Steven Spielberg says Guardians of the Galaxy is his favourite comic book movie

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He has been branded as one of the greatest directors of our generation, and now Steven Spielberg has been weighing in his thoughts on the comic book boom that has taken over Hollywood. Speaking at Cannes, where his latest film The BFG is screening, Spielberg was asked about ‘superhero movies’ and he unveiled which one is […]

The Week in Star Wars – Tom Hardy in Episode VIII, Finn and Rey relationship, Battlefront 2 announced, Star Wars: Bloodline reviewed and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got more cameo rumours, news on Battlefront 2, a review of Star Wars: Bloodline and more… We’re kicking things off this week with some more rumours surrounding cameos for Star Wars: Episode VIII. A couple of weeks back we heard that Prince William and Prince […]

Interview: A conversation with TV and comic scriptwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns

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Kat Kourbeti interviews Krysty Wilson-Cairns, writer of Penny Dreadful #1… BEWARE: There is a spoiler for the ending of Penny Dreadful #1 towards the end of the interview! Kat Kourbeti: How did this comic adaptation come to be? Krysty Wilson-Cairns: I believed Titan had approached Showtime about a Penny Dreadful comic, and when we in the Penny […]

Spider-Man was “in and out” of Captain America: Civil War says writers

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Rumours of Spidey joining the MCU went back as far as December 2014 when the Sony Hack revealed emails that then-chairman Amy Pascal was in talks with Marvel Studios about a joint deal where the Wall Crawler would feature in Captain America: Civil War. This was confirmed in early 2015, but of course Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus […]