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Why the Star Wars: The Last Jedi remake should be taken (somewhat) seriously

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Anghus Houvouras on the fan campaign to fund a remake of Star Wars: The Last Jedi… Not the actual movie, mind you. I’m not here to advocate a $200 million GoFundMe financed fan-film version of Episode VIII. That would be ludicrous… but so damn entertaining. It would be like watching Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson shares his Solo: A Star Wars Story review

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Following on from the film’s world premiere, Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has taken to Instagram to share his thoughts on the latest chapter in the Star Wars saga, Solo: A Star Wars Story, offering particular praise for Alden Ehrenreich (Han), Donald Glover (Lando) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (L3-37). “The movie was great, […]

More details on Colin Trevorrow’s Star Wars: Episode IX departure emerge

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Yesterday we got some details on the decision to shake up its directors for Solo: A Star Wars Story – with Phil Lord and Chris Miller said to be keen on deviating from the Star Wars template and making “something new like Guardians of the Galaxy” – and now a new report has surfaced regarding […]

Movie Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2017. Written and Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Laura Dern, Kelly Marie Tran, Benicio del Toro, Billie Lourd, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Jimmy Vee, Tim Rose, Warwick Davis, Hermione Corfield, […]

An Unsubstantiated Opinion: Rian Johnson’s perplexing relationship with Star Wars: The Last Jedi critics

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Anghus Houvouras on Rian Johnson’s perplexing relationship with Star Wars: The Last Jedi critics… When forging our opinions, we spend a unnecessary amount of time worrying about being on the ‘right’ side of an argument. When it comes to cinema, there is no ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. There are only widely varying feelings of the entire human […]

Rian Johnson talks about Luke’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi fate and involvement in Episode IX

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Warning: Spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow… One of the biggest issues fans have taken with The Last Jedi is how it dealt with the character of Luke Skywalker, including the character’s apparent death at the film’s end. Of course death isn’t quite the same for a Jedi as it is for everyone […]

The Problem With Fan Expectations

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Henry Bevan on the problem with fan expectations… I love Spider-Man. Spider-Man 2 is my favourite superhero film, I was addicted to 1990s TV show. Tobey Maguire is an underrated actor. But, I didn’t like Spider-Man: Homecoming, at first. I hated how Peter’s quest to be a hero relegated the supporting characters and I felt […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi deleted scenes detailed by Rian Johnson

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Despite being the longest Star Wars movie to date with a running time of 2 hours and 32 minutes, director Rian Johnson previously revealed that his first cut of Star Wars: The Last Jedi ran for three hours, and now in an interview with Collider the filmmaker has been teasing some of the material that […]

Rian Johnson on keeping Carrie Fisher’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi role intact

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Warning. Spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow… It’s almost a year since the passing of Carrie Fisher, and fans can now enjoy her final role as the Rebel hero Leia Organa in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. As those who have seen the movie will know, The Last Jedi did provide Lucasfilm with […]