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The 5 Best TV Shows of 2016

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Samuel Brace with the five best TV shows of 2016… 2016 has been an odd year for television. Netflix has continued its ascension, the golden age has dissipated, and all the trends of 2015 have repeated and progressed. But there is still no doubt TV has figured things out while film simply has not. TV […]

Interview: Ridley Scott on revisiting the Alien franchise with Prometheus and Alien: Covenant

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Speaking with us at the press junket for Taboo which airs this weekend on BBC One, director Ridley Scott opened up about what we can expect in Alien: Covenant and why he returned to the franchise he launched back in 1979. “When I saw Alien finally succumb after four films, which was a good run, then […]

Are Alternative Facts Being Used In Stats About The British Film Industry?

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This week Neil Calloway looks into claims that 2016 was a record year for the British film industry… On Thursday the British Film Institute released their annual statistics, revealing that 2016 was yet another record-breaking year for British cinema. Last year saw £1.6 billion spent on film production in the UK, the highest ever amount. […]

The Cruel Reality of High Expectations

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Anghus Houvouras on the cruel reality of high expectations… There’s a brilliant scene in the toxically sweet rom-com 500 Days of Summer where our hero, Tom, has his unrealistic high expectations brutally crushed by cruel, sobering reality. A scene that is brought to life in a brilliantly staged split screen. I often think of this […]

Rampant Speculation: Is John Cleese playing Highfather in Justice League?

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Anghus Houvouras with some rampant speculation as to John Cleese’s possible role in the DC Extended Universe… In the world of movie rumors there are stretches, and then there are gaps so wide that the collective elasticity of Plastic Man, Mister Fantastic, Elongated Man, Stretch Armstrong, and Ron Jeremy couldn’t traverse. A series of Twitter […]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find the Material to Fill a Five-Film Franchise

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Henry Bevan on the Fantastic Beasts franchise… Hitler is everywhere in Hollywood movies. The Emperor is Space Hitler. Davy Jones is Sea Hitler. Loki is another Space Hitler. Harry Potter is not immune to the trend. Voldemort, with his blood status obsession, shares a creed with the 20th century’s big bad. Voldemort is Wizard Hitler. […]

The Biggest Flops Of 2016

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at the least profitable films of the year… Earlier this week, Forbes magazine, usually interested in listing the world’s richest people, released the details of the least profitable films of 2016. It’s not a good year for some big names in film. This dip in box office can be put […]

Exclusive interview with Arrow’s Echo Kellum

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Actor Echo Kellum is widely recognized as Tommy from the Fox comedy Ben and Kate and Hunter from the NBC comedy Sean Saves The World.  He currently stars as Curtis Holt on The CW’s Arrow and will next be seen in the feature film Girlfriend’s Day alongside Amber Tamblyn and Bob Odenkirk.  He took time out […]

3 Star Wars Films That Lucasfilm Should Have Made Before a Han Solo Movie

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Samuel Brace with three Star Wars films that Lucasfilm should have made before a Han Solo movie… With news that Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) has been cast in the upcoming Star Wars Anthology movie about a young(er) Han Solo, I can’t help but be reminded how much I wish this wasn’t happening, at least […]

Interview: Composer Jesse Harlin on giving video games such as Mafia III and Star Wars: The Old Republic life through music

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We chat with composer Jesse Harlin… When one’s first credit in the video game industry is a franchise like Star Wars: Republic Commando, becoming a seasoned veteran is destined to happen pretty quickly. Over a decade later and having worked on such highly acclaimed titles as Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, […]