Having surpassed the $1 billion mark in record time yesterday, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now ticked off another milestone, with the seventh instalment becoming the highest-grossing entry in the Star Wars saga. The Force Awakens has now pulled in $1.09 billion and counting, overtaking the $1.027 billion of Star Wars: Episode I – The […]
Mads Mikkelsen confirmed to play main villain in Marvel’s Doctor Strange
Following the release of several first look pictures from Doctor Strange, Entertainment Weekly has just revealed that actor Mads Mikkelsen will be playing the main antagonist in the upcoming Marvel film. Mikkelsen, who is best known for his work on NBC’s Hannibal, officially joined the cast of the film back in November, and while it […]
Blu-ray Review – Sinister 2 (2015)
Sinister 2, 2015. Directed by Ciarán Foy. Starring Shannyn Sossamon, James Ransone, Tate Ellington, Nicholas King, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan, Lea Coco and John Beasley. SYNOPSIS: A mother and her two sons unwittingly fall into the killing pattern of the demonic Bughuul. 2012’s Sinister was something of a commercial hit, landing in amongst a […]
Peter Capaldi suggests 2016 could be his final year on Doctor Who
It seems like the BBC may have to start planning for another regeneration on Doctor Who, as Peter Capaldi has suggested to The Telegraph that 2016 may be his final year as The Doctor. “This could be my final year – it’s terrifying,” states Capaldi, who plays the Twelfth incarnation of the Time Lord. “I love […]
Christopher Nolan’s next film rumoured to be World War II epic about the Dunkirk evacuation
Back in September it was revealed that Warner Bros. has set a July 2017 release date for Christopher Nolan’s next film, although as is customary with the filmmaker, plot details were being kept as a closely guarded secret. Well, if the French newspaper La Voix Du Nord (via The Playlist) is to be believed, we […]
John Boyega says filming on Star Wars: Episode VIII to get underway “in a few weeks”
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens raking in the cash at the box office, it looks like the cast of the film will be heading back to the galaxy far, far away this January, with John Boyega revealing at a screening in Brixton’s Ritzy cinema that production on Star Wars: Episode VIII is set to […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes fastest movie to reach $1 billion worldwide
This won’t really come as a surprise given that it has been shattering box office records left, right and centre, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide, becoming the fastest movie in history to do so. This is the third time this year that the record has been […]
The Rise of IMAX and the Return of 70mm Films
This week Neil Calloway looks at how different film formats may rescue the cinema-going experience… This week brought the news that Avengers: Infinity War will be shot entirely in IMAX, as well as the 70mm release of Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight in the US. These two events seem totally unrelated, but they are both actually […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was originally titled Shadow of the Empire
Warning. This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Proceed with caution… While most would agree that “The Force Awakens” is a pretty perfect name for the latest Star Wars installment, according to a recent interaction on Twitter, the film didn’t always have that title. At one point in time, Star Wars: Episode VII […]
The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens hits $1 billion, more original trilogy cameos, alternative versions of the movie and more
It’s a Holiday Edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got more record breaking box office news from The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams talking about Episode VIII and Kylo Ren, the rest of the cast talking about the movie and what could have been the plot of The Force Awakens before it was […]
