The producers of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Cursed Child West End stage production have announced that Jamie Parker, Paul Thornley and Noma Dumezweni will play Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. “I’m so excited with the choice of casting for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” states J.K. Rowling. “I can’t wait […]
Has War Machine been given a new name in Captain America: Civil War?
We all know that Don Cheadle’s War Machine is part of the New Avengers line-up via the ending of Avengers: Age of Ultron, and as such he’s part of the huge cast of Captain America: Civil War. We’ve seen from the trailers that he’s in trouble – as he’s being held in the arms of his […]
Spoilers: More cameos revealed in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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 […]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice runtime reportedly revealed
Between the introduction of a new Batman, a battle between The Dark Knight and Man of Steel, the first appearance of Wonder Woman, the whole Lex Luthor and Doomsday storyline, cameos from Aquaman and The Flash and a build to Justice League, Zack Snyder is certainly packing a lot into March’s Batman v Superman: Dawn […]
Spoilers: J.J Abrams explains R2-D2’s role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and how it connects to A New Hope
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, […]
Blu-Ray Review – The Bridge: The Complete Season 3
Villordsutch reviews The Bridge: The Complete Season 3… The Bridge has just finished its third season on the BBC and with that it quickly follows onto a rather impressive boxset release from Arrow Films. This true Nordic Noir series – based in both Sweden and Denmark – returns to show the other Nordic Noir productions why this really bears […]
J.J. Abrams takes “full responsibility” for any shortcomings with Star Trek Into Darkness
Last month, J.J. Abrams admitted that he felt there were some “fundamental story problems” with Star Trek Into Darkness, with screenwriter Damon Lindelof subsequently stating that he felt it was a mistake to keep Khan’s identity a secret. Now, with Abrams’ latest film Star Wars: The Force Awakens dominating multiplexes worldwide, the director has once […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens scores biggest domestic opening weekend of all time, crosses half a billion worldwide
After scoring the biggest single day in history on Friday, it was all but assured that Star Wars: The Force Awakens would topple Jurassic World’s $208.8 million for the largest domestic opening weekend of all time, with the J.J. Abrams-directed blockbuster earning $238 million in North America. Final weekend numbers are due tomorrow, with some distributors […]
Which Star Wars Characters Are British Politicians?
This week, Neil Calloway looks at who the British public think their political leaders are in the Star Wars universe… You may have noticed that a new Star Wars film was released this week. As is the case with this sort of phenomenon, everyone tries to jump on whatever the Star Wars equivalent of a […]
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
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: […]
