Flickering Myth

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Was 2017 Really A Record Year For British Cinema?

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Neil Calloway isn’t convinced by the BFI’s claims about the British film industry… This week saw the release of the British Film Institute’s official statistics for 2017. As ever with these sort of things, it was a record-breaking year for British film. More people went to the cinema in the UK in 2017 than in […]

Rian Johnson explains his reasoning behind Rey’s parents reveal in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Assuming Kylo Ren was telling the truth, we finally got an answer to one of Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ biggest mysteries this past December in Star Wars: The Last Jedi with the reveal about Rey’s parents. Rather than having the character be the offspring of Luke Skywalker, or Obi-Wan Kenobi, or Emperor Palpatine, or any […]

If you’re a person who gives bad reviews to films you’ve not seen, perhaps you should rethink your life

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Samuel Brace on the campaign to sabotage the Rotten Tomatoes score of Marvel’s Black Panther… In the grand scheme of nefarious machinations, the topic of disgruntled movie fans (‘fan’ being a word I’m hesitant here to use) dishing out bad review scores to films which have yet to be seen, falls rather lower on the […]

Marvel announces Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation, featuring never-before-seen content

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Marvel Comics is set to expand upon Star Wars: The Last Jedi this May with a comic book adaptation from writer Gary Whitta (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars Rebels) and artist Michael Walsh (Star Wars Annual), which will feature never before seen content! The Resistance is outnumbered…Luke Skywalker has finally been found…and […]

How Far Can Star Wars Go?

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the Star Wars franchise and just how far it can go… Before I start the ball rolling, I think we’ve all established that Star Wars: The Last Jedi was divisive. In the end the big band of people who thought it was a Cleveland steamer upon the chest of […]

How Star Wars lost its luster

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Anghus Houvouras on the Star Wars franchise… Sic transit gloria. Glory fades. That’s the first thing that came to mind when I started thinking about how quickly the latest Star Wars movie came and went. It’s been just over a month since The Last Jedi was released and whether you loved the film or loathed […]

Rian Johnson says Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the “training” episode of the Sequel Trilogy

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the training instalment of the sequel trilogy according to Rian Johnson. The director of the The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson, has revealed how he pitched the film to Lucasfilm, discussing how he viewed both Episode VII and what would become his directorial debut in the Star Wars saga. Speaking […]

Avengers: Infinity War directors call Star Wars: The Last Jedi a “very smart” and beautiful film

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Joe and Anthony Russo, the two men directing Avengers: Infinity War, have had their say on 2017’s biggest movie, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The Last Jedi has delighted critics and many fans, but it has also bemused many others, causing a rather divisive view of the film to emerge. The Russo’s have their thoughts […]

Could Low Expectations for Solo: A Star Wars Story Be the Catalyst for Thundering Success?

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Samuel Brace on Solo: A Star Wars Story… Is Solo: A Star Wars Story, against all odds, a success waiting to happen? It’s more than possible and one could even argue probable given the circumstances. Solo: A Star Wars Story is the film nobody wanted, aspersions have been cast upon it since the moment of […]