Author: Domonic Riley
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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’: Is This The Way for Star Wars?
The new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu has dropped, and I have to confess, I was left cold by it. I didn’t love it; I didn’t hate it. I just watched it with a shrug. It could have been worse or better, but I really don’t care very much…
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Is Netflix Trying to Enter the Movie Business?
The word is out that Netflix is considering making a bid for Warner Bros., just a few days after Paramount expressed interest in buying the studio too. I’m not going to defend WB, they’ve made a lot of bad choices in recent years, but any kind of buyout would be…
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The ‘Terminator’ Franchise Won’t Be Back
As Hollywood’s current obsession with nostalgia continues, it seems odd that one ’80s franchise is missing out on a reboot: where is Terminator? Well, maybe we will be seeing it again, because James Cameron says he’s writing a script for a new movie, but I have no confidence we’ll ever…
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Paramount Buying Warner Bros. Would Be Bad for Movie Fans
After their recent merger with Skydance, Paramount is now looking to buy Warner Bros., which would be a bad thing for movie lovers. Obviously Warner Bros. has made a lot of bad decisions (and a lot of bad movies) in the last few years, but the one thing that we…
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Liam Neeson’s Back With a Vengeance!
Since his reinvention as an action star, Liam Neeson seems to have a thing for various forms of transport, with his movies taking place on planes, trains, big rigs, and now a bus. Ice Road: Vengeance is the sequel to the 2021 movie The Ice Road, though it only bears…
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Expect More Gimmicks from Movie Theatres
Have you ever wanted to watch a whole movie while walking? Well now you can. In a special screening of The Long Walk, you spend the entire film on a walking machine, where you need to maintain a minimum speed of 3MPH or else you’re thrown out of the theatre.…
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Why Did Obi-Wan Not Kill Vader in the ‘Kenobi’ Show?
Films & Fiction Weekly #2 The more I think about the Obi-Wan Kenobi show, the more I’m convinced it should never have been made, and never could have been good. It’s my least-favourite of all the Star Wars Disney+ shows, but while I can think of ways to improve most…
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Are Movie Characters Dumber Now?
Films & Fiction Weekly #1 Are movie characters getting dumber? When you look at films like Alien, most of the characters react to the presence of an unknown life form in a pretty intelligent way. None of them are trained for such a situation, but they do their best. Ripley…
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Is Netflix Looking to Update Narnia?
New leaks from the set of Netflix’s Narnia adaptation suggest it could be set decades later than the books
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‘The Naked Gun’ Review: A Fun-Filled, Faithful Sequel
This might be a shocking thing to hear in 2025, but Hollywood has just released another legacy sequel to an ’80s franchise. This time they’ve set their sights on comedy classic The Naked Gun. The reboot stars Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr., the son of Leslie Nielsen’s character from…
