Flickering Myth

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Critical Thinking: Don’t Believe the Hype

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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 Star […]

Watch the first episode of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – ‘Sands of Jakku’

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Disney and Lucasfilm have released the first episode of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, the new animated series focussing on the female heroes of the galaxy far, far away. In the episode, titled ‘Sands of Jakku’, Rey (voiced by Daisy Ridley) and BB-8 find themselves pursued by a hungry Night Watcher worm; check it out […]

Directorial Vision vs Crowd Pleasing

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Tom Jolliffe on directorial vision vs crowd pleasing… We’ve all done it in our lives. The crowd leans a certain way and we adhere to that. Maybe it was in school. Oasis vs Blur (yes, I’m old). The consensus is Oasis, so you put Oasis in your tape deck to please everyone. Secretly though you’re […]

Are franchise blockbusters too big to fail?

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Anghus Houvouras on whether franchise blockbusters are too big to fail…Sequels, prequels and reboots. Hollywood is in love with the familiar because more often than not it’s a safe bet. This year’s monumental blockbuster clusterfuck Justice League is proof of that. Can you think of a big studio film more maligned? More inherently flawed at […]

The LEGO Movie Franchise: The Marriage of Movies and Merchandising

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Sarah Myles on The LEGO Movie franchise and the marriage of movie merchandising… Forty years ago, there was a seismic shift in the film industry, when Bernard Loomis of Kenner Toys decided that Star Wars was ‘toyetic.’ That shift, all those years ago, has led us on a journey of courtship between movies and merchandising, that […]

Director Colin Trevorrow exits Star Wars: Episode IX due to creative differences

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Disney and Lucasfilm will need to find a new filmmaker to round out its Sequel Trilogy, with the studios announcing that they have parted ways with Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) on Star Wars: Episode IX due to creative differences.“Lucasfilm and Colin Trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways on Star Wars: Episode IX,” reads the […]

Colin Trevorrow on delivering an “emotionally resonant and satisfying” Star Wars: Episode IX

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With the release of Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi creeping ever-closer, director Colin Trevorrow is currently hard at work on pre-production on the next instalment in the main saga, and during a recent interview with THR the filmmaker has been chatting about the pressure of bringing the curtain down on the Sequel Trilogy […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi D23 interviews with Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Laura Dern, Benicio Del Toro, Kelly Marie Tran, Gwendoline Christie and Rian Johnson

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Disney and Lucasfilm showcased Star Wars: The Last Jedi at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California this past weekend, and we’ve got some backstage video interviews with director Rian Johnson and cast members Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Laura Dern, Benicio Del Toro, Kelly Marie Tran and Gwendoline Christie. Check them out below, and head […]

Rian Johnson says Luke and Rey are “the beating heart” of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Following the Star Wars: The Last Jedi panel at D23, during which we got a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel for the hotly-anticipated blockbuster [watch it here], director Rian Johnson is out doing the media rounds, discussing everything from the meaning of the title (once again) to the heart of the blockbuster during an interview with Good Morning America.According to […]