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Review – John Williams: A Life In Music

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Tori Brazier reviews John Williams: A Life in Music… From Decca Records and Classic FM comes a new collection of recordings, celebrating the astonishing career of one of the world’s most successful living composers: John Williams. In January 2018, Williams broke his own record as the recipient of more Oscar nominations than any other living […]

Disney boss says expect Star Wars “slowdown” in the wake of Solo: A Star Wars Story

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The journey to the cinema screen for Solo: A Star Wars Story is so well documented that even a protracted Star Wars scrawl couldn’t condense the hirings, firings, castings, and eventual catastrophe, but now the dust kicked up by the Millennium Falcon has settled, Disney head honcho Bob Iger has been speaking to The Hollywood Reporter […]

Preview of Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #24

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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #24 hits comic book stores this coming Wednesday; check out a preview of the issue here courtesy of Marvel Comics… OUT OF THE FRYING PAN, INTO THE HEAT-DEATH OF A PLANET-KILLING METEOR STRIKE! Swindling, backstabbing and even occasionally feeling bad about it, all of DOCTOR APHRA’s attempts to escape her prison-world […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge would happily return as L3-37 in the future

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the actress behind the droid L3-37 in Solo: A Star Wars Story, says that she would happily play the character “forever”. There were plenty of memorable components in this year’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, from Maul’s cameo to the Kessel Run, but another of these was certainly the antics of L3-37, Lando’s […]

Domhnall Gleeson slams toxic Star Wars fans for harassment of Kelly Marie Tran

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During an interview with HeyUGuys to promote the release of his new movie The Little Stranger, actor Domhnall Gleeson has spoken out in defence of his Star Wars: The Last Jedi co-star Kelly Marie Tran, slamming those toxic fans who were responsible for harassing and abusing the actress and leading to her exit from social […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story writer reveals Lord & Miller scenes that made the final cut

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It came as quite the surprise last year when it was announced that Lucasfilm had fired directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller with just weeks of principal photography remaining on Solo: A Star Wars Story. Ron Howard was brought on board the project in an effort to salvage the movie, the filmmaker overseeing reshoots which […]

Rumour: There’s a mole in Star Wars: Episode IX

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Although its been filming for several weeks now, we’ve heard very little about Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Episode IX when it comes to potential plot details. However, The Daily Express has shared a rumour from YouTuber Mike Zeroh, which claims that: “Kylo Ren is suspicious of an individual in the First Order handing out […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story co-writer thinks Thandie Newton was “too good” for her part

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Thandie Newton was too good for her role in Solo: A Star Wars Story, according to the film’s co-writer Jonathan Kasdan. Audiences were quite surprised by the size of Thandie Newton’s character Val when she was fairly quickly killed off in Solo, with many believing her talents were wasted in such a part. Well, it […]