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Keanu Reeves is back on John Wick: Chapter 4 poster

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After unveiling the first trailer last month, Lionsgate has now shared a new poster for John Wick: Chapter 4 featuring Keanu Reeves’ titular assassin from the highly-anticipated fourth instalment in the hit action thriller franchise; check it out here…  “John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating the High Table.  But before he can […]

Interview: Talking ‘Gun-Fu’ and ‘Car-Fu’ with John Wick: Chapter 2 director Chad Stahelski

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Thomas Harris chats with John Wick: Chapter 2 director Chad Stahelski about all things ‘gun-fu’ and ‘car-fu’… I left John Wick: Chapter 2 with a bloody nose and a limp that refuses to be shaken off. It’s a ballet of bullets, a grand opera of all things “fu.” Alongside a few others, I had the […]

Keanu Reeves says audiences will decide if there’s a John Wick: Chapter 3

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With its release set for this coming Friday, John Wick: Chapter 2 has seen everything from Super Bowl TV spots to a spoof Fifty Shades of Grey poster and a world premiere where Keanu Reeves himself attended the festivities and stated that the sequel was created from fan feedback and made with love. Reeves is now starting to […]

John Wick: Chapter 2 director on taking the Aliens approach to the sequel

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This February sees Keanu Reeves returning to the role of retired assassin and killing machine John Wick for a sequel to the 2014 action thriller, and director Chad Stahelski has been speaking to Collider about the approach they adopted for John Wick: Chapter 2, comparing it to that of James Cameron’s Aliens. “We decided to […]

Keanu Reeves reveals story details for John Wick 2, could shoot this month

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Keanu Reeves has spoken to Collider about the story of action sequel John Wick 2 and revealed that the film could go in front of cameras as soon as this month. SEE ALSO: John Wick getting a first-person shooter VR game John Wick was a surprise hit for Lionsgate earlier this year, scooping an impressive […]

Are the days of the big name headliners disappearing?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at whether the days of the superstar headliner are disappearing with audiences more drawn to franchises or film concepts than the stars attached… You could say it started in Hollywood’s classic era. The movie star. The big name. They were in some ways manufactured, or at least their image was. Rock Hudson […]

The Art of the Visually Striking Film

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the art of making visually beautiful films… Cinema is a visual medium. A way to tell stories through a combination of visuals and sound, through script and direction, and the manipulation of the editing. Some films are emotionally crushing, involving, gripping. Some are audio-visual sensory overloads. Directors can opt for a […]

What We’d Like to See in John Wick: Chapter 4

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Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to John Wick: Chapter 4 and some things that would be great to see in the next one (John Wick 3 spoilers follow)…  With John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum giving Avengers: Endgame a good old fashioned German (actually Belgian) Shepherd nut savaging at the box office on its opening weekend and […]

The Joys of Old School Practical Effects

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the use of old school effects and filming techniques and whether they still have a place in the CGI age… Computers are a wonderful thing. The computer generated image has take cinema up to a point where almost limitless creative possibilities are at a film-makers disposable. You can create a whole […]