Aside from a brief outline of events – he forms a new Jedi Order, is betrayed by Kylo Ren, and heads off to Ahch-To for a self-imposed exile, we know very little of what Luke Skywalker has been up to in the galaxy far, far away between the end of Return of the Jedi and […]
Avengers: Infinity War may top Star Wars: The Force Awakens for record box office opening weekend
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War hit tracking earlier this month with a projected domestic box office opening weekend of around $200 million. Since then however, it has been revealed that Infinity War is outselling the COMBINED pre-sales of the past seven Marvel Cinematic Universe movies – Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Doctor Strange, Captain America: […]
Star Wars’ Kylo Ren has been voted the seventh greatest movie villain ever
Kylo Ren, the antagonist from the sequel trilogy of Star Wars films, has been voted as the seventh greatest movie villain ever. Ren caught the attention pretty quickly upon his debut in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, thanks to his distinctive mask and odd looking lightsaber. But the character, played by Adam Driver, has more […]
You Can’t Buy a Franchise, You Have to Build One
Neil Calloway on Disney suffocating Star Wars… After American Graffiti, George Lucas spent a while shoving his Western in space script under the nose of anyone who cared to read it. They gave him suggestions on how to improve it, he took them on, and a few years later he finally shot the film. It […]
Like All Winners, Star Wars Gets Attacked, But I’d Rather Celebrate Its Success
Samuel Brace on the Star Wars saga… Is Star Wars in crisis? Please. Let’s not lose our minds, let’s celebrate its success. With the recent news that Star Wars: Episode IX has lost its director, Colin Trevorrow, coming off the back of news regarding the Han Solo movie and how it has also changed its […]
How Mark Hamill wanted to change Han Solo’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens death
One of Episode VII’s most important scenes comes towards the end of the picture when Kylo Ren murders his father Han Solo on Starkiller Base with Rey and Finn watching from afar. It was a tragic moment to be sure, and a pretty grim way to say goodbye to Harrison Ford’s much beloved and iconic […]
Critical Thinking: Don’t Believe the Hype
Anghus Houvouras on hype and hyperbole… Hype is something every film writer constantly struggles with. The perpetual entertainment news cycle gives film fans so much to chew on. There’s a formulaic cycle of hype that happens with every new movie that strokes the cockles of film fans. Some movies come with preordained hype. A new […]
Pop Cult Corner – Star Wars Characters Who Need To Return and Oscar Outsiders
Welcome to this edition of Pop Cult Corner, the place that gives insights into the news of the week, makes outlandish predictions and above all, probably has too many opinions. This week, two news stories stood out to me. One of them is of course the most obvious, as it has dominated headlines and conversations […]
J.J. Abrams talks Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and the Han Solo movie
J.J. Abrams attended the 12th annual Oscar Wilde Awards this past week, and of course he spent much of his time with the press fielding a host of questions about the Star Wars franchise. During an interview with MSN, Abrams shared his admiration for Mark Hamill, whom of course he briefly directed in the final […]
The Fate of the Furious topples Star Wars: The Force Awakens for biggest worldwide opening of all time
It was obvious that The Fate of the Furious was going to open big, with tracking suggesting $400 million plus for the eighth instalment of Universal’s blockbuster action franchise. However, it looks like the film is going to shatter that prediction, and is currently on course to surpass Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the […]
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