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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will explore the backstories of several characters according to J.J. Abrams

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams has explained that the backstory regarding ex-stormtrooper Finn will be explored further and will answer some of the questions alluding to his past from both previous instalments in the Sequel Trilogy. “It’s part of the story in this one,” Abrams said in a recent interview with Vanity […]

Movie Review – Triple Frontier (2019)

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Triple Frontier, 2019. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Starring Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Pedro Pascal, Garrett Hedlund, Adria Arjona, Sheila Vand, and Reynaldo Gallegos. SYNOPSIS: Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord. I would hope most people reading this […]

Oscar Isaac felt there was more freedom on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Poe Dameron actor Oscar Isaac has discussed how he felt the actors were given more freedom regarding their performances during the shooting of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. “There was a lot more scenes were shot in ‘Oners’ (one-shot takes), which means there wasn’t ‘Okay, now we shoot your close up and now we […]

Oscar Isaac opens up on Anthony Daniels’ goodbye speech to Star Wars

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Oscar Isaac has opened up about the last day of shooting Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and how his emotional big wrap speech was stolen by Star Wars veteran Anthony Daniels who was preparing to say goodbye to the franchise. “I was feeling like ‘I’ll see everybody at reshoots. See you in a few months,’” Isaac said […]

Second Opinion – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, 2018. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman. Featuring the voice talents of Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Nicolas Cage, John Mulaney, Mahershala Ali, Liev Schreiber, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Kimiko Glenn, Luna Lauren Vélez, Chris Pine, Kathryn Hahn, Zoë Kravitz, Oscar Isaac, and Lake Bell. SYNOPSIS: Spider-Man […]

Movie Review – At Eternity’s Gate (2018)

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At Eternity’s Gate, 2018. Directed by Julian Schnabel. Starring Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Niels Arestrup, Anne Consigny, Amira Casar, Vincent Pérez, and Lolita Chammah. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France. Being the second film […]

Movie Review – Life Itself (2018)

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Life Itself, 2018. Written and Directed by Dan Fogelman. Starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Cooke, Annette Bening, Jean Smart, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Antonio Banderas, Mandy Patinkin, Àlex Monner, Lala Costa, Isabel Durant, Adrian Marrero, Lorenza Izzo, Jake Robinson, Charlie Thurston, Gabby Bryan, and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: As a young New York couple goes from college […]

Movie Review – Operation Finale (2018)

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Operation Finale, 2018. Directed by Chris Weitz. Starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Michael Benjamin Hernandez, Greta Scacchi, Peter Strauss, Antonia Desplat, Matt Lindquist, Rainer Reiners, Rocío Muñoz, Tatiana Rodriguez, Ezequiel Campa, Aylam Orian, and Pêpê Rapazote. SYNOPSIS: […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a chess match between the Jedi and the Sith according to Oscar Isaac

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Oscar Isaac, one of the stars of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has said the film is part of a chess match between the Jedi and the Sith. The age-old battle between the Jedi and the Sith has been a consistent presence across Star Wars canon and while no Sith and very few Jedi […]