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Spoilers: More cameos revealed in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Warning: this post does contain spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens… Many of the original Star Wars cast – including Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels and Tim Rose – returned to their roles in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but it was revealed over the weekend that there was a prequel […]

Spoilers: J.J Abrams explains R2-D2’s role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and how it connects to A New Hope

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As the title suggests, there are some spoilers from The Force Awakens in this piece… One of the questions holding over Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the role of R2-D2, and how he conveniently came back online at the end of the movie to help The Resistance find the location of Luke Skywalker. Well, […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens reviews are in, suprise cameos, huge box office opening, Harrison Ford doesn’t want to be in the Han Solo movie and more

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  Guess what – it’s a Force Awakens busy edition of The Week in Star Wars. The movie is finally here, the reviews are in and it’s had a whopping box office opening. There’s also some bits and bobs from the Star Wars Universe… Kicking things off with – you guessed it – Star Wars: […]

Turns out that rumoured cameo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens is true after all

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Warning: spoilers below… Earlier in the year, a rumour started that Daniel Craig was filming a secret role for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was then confirmed by Simon Pegg who said he was playing a Stormtrooper. The actor was then asked if it was true, which he firmly shot down. Well, turns out he […]

Harrison Ford wants “nothing to do” with the Han Solo movie

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The stars of Star Wars: The Force Awakens were in London this morning for a press conference to promote the release of the new movie (read our review here). And with Harrison Ford in attendance, someone was clearly going to ask about the Anthology movie being made about a younger version of Han Solo. But Ford […]

Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens just fan-fiction on a big budget?

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Luke Owen asks an important question… J.J. Abrams has been praised by critics lucky enough to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens early (including yours truly), but there is something that has been hanging over the film for some time now. When Disney announced that they were releasing a new series of movies based in the Star Wars […]

Movie Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015 Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Tim Rose, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Ken Leung, Miltos Yerolemou, Max von Sydow, Jessica Henwick, Christina Chong, Simon Pegg, Billie […]

William Friedkin says there isn’t gender or race prejudice in cinema, claims Hollywood is an “open playing field”

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There has been a call over the last few years for more women and people of colour to be represented both on screen and behind the camera, particularly after with this year’s Oscar nominations where every single director nominated was white and male. William Friedkin, director of classic movies such as The Exorcist and The French Connection, […]

Street Fighter: Resurrection live action mini-series announced

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The team behind the live-action series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist have announced that they will be releasing a 5-part mini series to tie in with the release of Street Fighter V, titled Street Fighter: Resurrection. The story takes place ten years after the events of Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist and will see Mike Moh (Empire) and […]