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Five Characters Who Could Feature in the Star Wars Live-Action TV Show

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George Chrysostomou with five characters who could feature in the Star Wars live-action TV show… Disney’s new streaming service means big things for the galaxy far, far away. With many groundbreaking announcements coming out of Disney in the last week, including a new Star Wars trilogy and a Marvel TV show exclusive to the upcoming […]

How Crucial is Universe Branding to Today’s Franchises?

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George Chrysostomou on the importance of the universe branding… We cannot get away from the fact that today’s cinema (and to an extent TV) is dominated by the concept of the shared universe. It seems that almost every story, film and character has to be linked in order to create a further expansive world, which […]

Is the Lucasfilm Story Group really producing the best stories Star Wars can offer?

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George Chrysostomou on whether the Lucasfilm Story Group is really producing the best stories that Star Wars can offer… There is no doubt that the Lucasfilm Story Group, created by Kathleen Kennedy in 2012 and headed by Kiri Hart, has done some good for the Star Wars franchise. Although controversial in its attempts to rewrite […]

TV show deaths and strong narrative arcs

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George Chrysostomou on TV show deaths and strong narrative arcs… Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones, Westworld and Sherlock so be warned! When looking back to this last season of Game of Thrones, only a few moments really stick out to me as being memorable and somewhat iconic. The Wall coming down is of course a big one, but […]

Bright is a big success for Netflix with 11 million US views in its first weekend

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Despite the critical panning that it has received, David Ayer’s Bright appears to be a resounding success for Netflix, garnering over 11 million view in the US alone in its first weekend. Whilst the Netflix model is still in its early stages, without the same sorts of lines of measurements that we would usually have for […]

We’re Now Powered By Nostalgia More Than Ever!

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George Chrysostomou on nostalgia… Upon reading Anghus Houvouras’s piece on why everyone is hating on Ready Player One, a key theme of his argument really hit home – it struck me that there really ise a lot of nostalgia in the current crop of films and TV shows. Now, I know that this has always been present. Every […]

Movie Review – Bright (2017)

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Bright, 2017. Directed by David Ayer. Starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Lucy Fry, Noomi Rapace, Jay Hernandez, Veronica Ngo, Edgar Ramirez, Happy Anderson, and Ike Barinholtz. SYNOPSIS: In a world where mystical creatures live side by side with humans, a human cop is forced to work with an Orc to find a weapon everyone is […]

The Empire looms large for Han Solo in Star Wars spin-off

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It has been confirmed by director Ron Howard that the Empire will have a role in the currently untitled Han Solo Star Wars spin-off film. Aevealed on Howard’s Twitter, it is seemingly confirmed that the Empire will play into the smugglers story, as we follow a young Han Solo, portrayed by Alden Ehrenreich and his adventures […]

Movie Review – Dark Night (2016)

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Dark Night, 2016. Directed by Tim Sutton. Starring Robert Jumper, Anna Rose Hopkins, Aaron Purvis, Eddie Cacciola and Conor A. Murphy. SYNOPSIS: The lives of six strangers intersect at a suburban Cineplex where a massacre occurs. Based upon the 2012 massacre in Aurora, Colorado where lone gunman James Eagan Holmes opened fire on a midnight screening of The Dark Knight, this Sundance Film […]

Synopsis for the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas Special revealed

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As we hit the Autumn, we edge ever closer to Winter and the traditional Christmas episode of Doctor Who, and the much-anticipated final outing of Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor. Not only will the episode welcome the newest lead for the show, in the form of Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor, but will also include the return […]