Anghus Houvouras with a special Star Wars: The Force Awakens edition of The Week in Disappointment… Star Wars: The Force Awakens is finally here, and truth be told it was pretty good. J.J. Abrams had the difficult job of pleasing old fans and creating new ones. It’s a kitchen sink movie that tries very hard […]
SPOILERS: One new Star Wars: The Force Awakens character was originally supposed to die
Warning. This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Continue on at your own peril… A long time ago in the pre-production stage on Star War: The Force Awakens, where the film looked far, far different than the final cut, a prominent character was originally supposed to die. Star Wars references aside, the main […]
Jurassic World congratulates Star Wars: The Force Awakens on their record-breaking opening weekend
It was revealed yesterday that Star Wars: The Force Awakens had earned around $517 million worldwide, earning it the biggest domestic opening weekend of all-time, and today it was announced that more accurate number was actually $528 million, which makes it the biggest weekend of all-time, beating the previous winner Jurassic World. Well, Amblin at least they took […]
The original plot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens featured the search for Darth Vader and the second Death Star
Warning: there are some minor spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens in this post…There was quite a lot of speculation after the announcement of a new Star Wars trilogy about what the plot of Episode VII would be. As it turns out, a lot of them were wrong. But original screenwriter Michael Ardnt told […]
Bizarro to appear in Supergirl
During an appearance on Kevin Smith’s Fatman on Batman podcast, Supergirl executive producer Andrew Kreisberg has revealed that a version of the Bizarro character is coming to CBS’ hit DC television series.Kreisberg did not specify whether Melissa Benoist’s Kara would find herself going up against Bizarro Superman or Bizarro Supergirl, although speculation is pointing towards […]
Movie Review – The Hateful Eight (2015)
The Hateful Eight, 2015.Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth, Walton Goggins, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Demian Bichir and Channing TatumSYNOPSIS:In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. Will they […]
Deadpool shares his Year in Review
As part of the ’12 Days of Deadpool’ countdown, the Merc with a Mouth has shared his year in review, with Ryan Reynolds posting the following image to Twitter…SEE ALSO: Check out a page from the Deadpool screenplay, with script notes from the Merc with a MouthSEE ALSO: Follow all of our Deadpool coverage hereBased […]
Video Game Review – Star Wars Battlefront
Tom Powter reviews Star Wars Battlefront… Star Wars Battlefront is both parts a stunning recreation of the much-loved original trilogy of films, and a disappointingly barebones first-person shooter. It’s interesting to see just how true to the films developer EA DICE’s vision for the game was – the world they have created is perhaps the […]
Spoilers: J.J. Abrams talks Rey’s backstory in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Warning: some minor spoilers from Star Wars: The Force Awakens in this post…We’ve heard from J.J. Abrams and the rest of the writing crew from Star Wars: The Force Awakens talk about R2-D2’s role in the movie, and now the group have also been giving some details about Rey’s story. If you’ve seen the movie, […]
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child finds its Harry, Ron and Hermione
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 to […]
