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The 1997 action-fest that was Face/Off was one of those productions that could only have come from Hollywood executives spit-balling wild concepts for their biggest stars and deciding to go with the most out-there result. The film, as much a vehicle for director John Woo (his most profitable US...
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“It wasn’t meant to last forever...” So shrugged Marvel Studios‘ head honcho and guiding hand Kevin Feige during a presentation at D23 when the inevitable subject of the imminent split between Marvel and SONY over future Spider-man movies (original report further below) was raised – after an eventful week for...
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Nathan Fillion, of Firefly, Castle, The Rookie and Uncharted fan-film fame, is joining the line-up for The Suicide Squad, to be directed by James Gunn. Gunn took the directing duties while his position with Marvel‘s Guardians of the Galaxy 3 was still unclear and it’s been agreed he will helm Warner/DC‘s The Suicide Squad...
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For a long time a sequel to cult show Breaking Bad was somewhere between a vain wish and an urban legend. The AMC series – about a teacher who finds out he is dying and who secretly turns to making meth to provide for his family, becoming a narcotic...
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The Star Wars news continued at the D23 event on Saturday with the reveal of the official teaser poster for the upcoming The Rise of Skywalker. While the trailer for The Mandalorian (first shown yesterday) has been wholly positive, the wider response to the ‘…Skywalker‘ poster on the internet...
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There can be only Wan. It was confirmed at the start of Friday’s D23 event that, yes, Ewan McGregor is going to to reprise his role as the younger Obi-Wan Kenobi. McGregor played the character (first made famous by Sir Alec Guinness in 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope)...
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It’s undeniable that Star Wars was a right of passage for those of us of a certain age and even though a further set of prequels and sequels and some stand-alones were never quite equals to the sheer magic of the first trips to a galaxy far, far away,...
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The Matrix (1999) was of the modern era’s defining fantasy movies, a showcase for how far visual effects and technology were progressing combined with an interesting premise about our nature of reality in a digital age. It’s hugely successful mix of visuals, action, story and ambition made sure that...
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While some lucky and talented actors have longevity, there are a few whose careers, however long, somehow remain connected to a certain time and – without doubt, Peter Fonda and the film Easy Rider (1969) will always remain linked together as a singular point in time and the epitome...
The 1997 action-fest that was Face/Off was one of those productions that could only have come from Hollywood executives spit-balling wild concepts for their biggest stars and deciding to go with the most out-there result. The film, as much a vehicle for director John Woo (his most profitable US...
“It wasn’t meant to last forever...” So shrugged Marvel Studios‘ head honcho and guiding hand Kevin Feige during a presentation at D23 when the inevitable subject of the imminent split between Marvel and SONY over future Spider-man movies (original report further below) was raised – after an eventful week for...
Nathan Fillion, of Firefly, Castle, The Rookie and Uncharted fan-film fame, is joining the line-up for The Suicide Squad, to be directed by James Gunn. Gunn took the directing duties while his position with Marvel‘s Guardians of the Galaxy 3 was still unclear and it’s been agreed he will helm Warner/DC‘s The Suicide Squad...
For a long time a sequel to cult show Breaking Bad was somewhere between a vain wish and an urban legend. The AMC series – about a teacher who finds out he is dying and who secretly turns to making meth to provide for his family, becoming a narcotic...
The Star Wars news continued at the D23 event on Saturday with the reveal of the official teaser poster for the upcoming The Rise of Skywalker. While the trailer for The Mandalorian (first shown yesterday) has been wholly positive, the wider response to the ‘…Skywalker‘ poster on the internet...
There can be only Wan. It was confirmed at the start of Friday’s D23 event that, yes, Ewan McGregor is going to to reprise his role as the younger Obi-Wan Kenobi. McGregor played the character (first made famous by Sir Alec Guinness in 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope)...
It’s undeniable that Star Wars was a right of passage for those of us of a certain age and even though a further set of prequels and sequels and some stand-alones were never quite equals to the sheer magic of the first trips to a galaxy far, far away,...
The Matrix (1999) was of the modern era’s defining fantasy movies, a showcase for how far visual effects and technology were progressing combined with an interesting premise about our nature of reality in a digital age. It’s hugely successful mix of visuals, action, story and ambition made sure that...
While some lucky and talented actors have longevity, there are a few whose careers, however long, somehow remain connected to a certain time and – without doubt, Peter Fonda and the film Easy Rider (1969) will always remain linked together as a singular point in time and the epitome...
