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A24: Fighting to keep cinema engaging and promoting diversity

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the growing impact of A24 and why they’re the best thing in cinema right now…. The widening grip of Disney expands almost every year. They can seemingly rest a little on their laurels having generally found a formula that works with minimal boundaries pushed, or need for innovative dramatic ideas. Whilst […]

Pandemic Box Office Fallout

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the potential box office fallout in the wake of the coronavirus… You may have noticed in the news that a virus has swept the globe. Depending on what resources you choose to source your information, it’s either the oncoming biblical plague which will lead to our apocalypse, or it’s just a […]

A Post-Pandemic Film Industry

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Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to how the landscape of film may change in the next few years… The entire film world, top to bottom, across most of the world has hit pause as we deal with more pressing life affecting matters. Studios have delayed releases and productions. We’ve seen a number of films switch from […]

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Young Leia Art Scale Statue unveiled by Iron Studios

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Iron Studios and Sideshow have revealed the Obi-Wan and Young Leia 1:10 Art Scale deluxe collectible statue which is based on the appearance of Ewan McGregor and Vivien Lyra Blair in this year’s Disney+ series Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $210; check out the promotional images here… Sideshow […]

Star Wars: Andor Episode 12 Review – ‘Rix Road’

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Chris Connor reviews the season one finale of Star Wars: Andor… After the reset of ‘Daughter of Ferrix ‘ and the forces descending on Maarva’s funeral to spring a trap for Andor, the finale ‘Rix Road’, had a lot to live up to. Could the series, which has earned the best  reviews for a Star […]

Is Disney Losing Its Magic?

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Jed Wagman on whether Disney is losing its magic… If you took a survey asking people to name one word associated with Disney, the chances are that the word that crops up the most will be ‘magic’. Everything about The Walt Disney Company just feels magical. From the classic animated films all the way to […]

Brandy reprising Cinderella role for Disney’s Descendants sequel The Pocketwatch

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Disney+ has announced that Brandy is set to return to the role of Cinderella some 25 years on from 1997’s Walt Disney Television movie as she and fellow pop superstar Rita Ora head to the fantastical kingdom of Auradon for The Pocketwatch, the next chapter of Disney’s Descendants franchise. The official synopsis for the Disney+ […]

Deborah Ann Woll yet to be contacted about MCU return for Daredevil: Born Again

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Daredevil: Born Again is slowly approaching, and original actors Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio are making their way to the Disney+ series as Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk respectively. It seems like not everyone from the Netflix series has received the invite though, as Deborah Ann Woll’s Karen Page isn’t returning yet. Karen slowly became […]

Ryan Reynolds teases a Deadpool Christmas movie could happen one day

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Could we see Deadpool quote the iconic “Ho. Ho. Ho. Now I have a machine gun” line one day? The self-aware meta-superhero character might get festive if star Ryan Reynolds has anything to say about it. During an interview with Big Issue, Reynolds says Deadpool could have his own holiday special. Reynolds claims Rhett Reese […]