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First look at The Last Jedi characters, Namor project rumoured, will Arnie be in The Predator and more – Daily News Roundup

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FORCE FRIDAY FIRST LOOK Well, it might not be until September but the Star Wars Twitter account released a teaser image of the packaging for Star Wars: The Last Jedi merchandise. While it doesn’t give a lot away, it does give our first look at Rey, Finn and Poe in the film – including a […]

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 […]

Movie Review – Knock Knock (2015)

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Knock Knock, 2015. Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, and Ana de Armas. SYNOPSIS: When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a […]

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 […]

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 Matrix 4: Can It Work?

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Tom Jolliffe on The Matrix 4… 2019 signalled a number of cinematic anniversaries and milestones. It was after all, the year of Blade Runner (the setting of the original film). It also marked the 20 year anniversary of a certain Keanu Reeves-led film that revolutionised visual effects and re-galvanised a sci-fi genre that was suffering […]