Category: Features
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Can Jon Watts Save ‘Star Wars’?
The list of directors who’ve been attached to a Star Wars project is long, but the latest might just see their movie actually make it to theatres. It’s been revealed that Jon Watts is to take the reigns of a new trilogy written by Simon Kinberg. The news of this…
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Netflix’s Narnia is a Donkey in a Lion Skin
Every day I see more the wisdom of Puddleglum. If you never get your hopes up for anything, you’ll never be disappointed when you’re inevitably let down. Fortunately, I was never excited for Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew. The very idea of a film…
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It’s Time to Let the ‘Jurassic World’ Franchise Go
It’s hard to think of a franchise that’s as bankrupt, tired and irrelevant as Jurassic World. In the last ten years, this IP has been flanderized into extinction, turned into a parody of Michael Crichton’s work, and yet it still continues to be exploited again and again. Now the news…
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James Gunn is Here to Stay
Mark Twain might have said that the report of his death was greatly exaggerated, so James Gunn might say that the report of his departure from DC Studios was greatly exaggerated. Despite Warner Bros. dropping Zack Snyder like a hot potato, they don’t seem to be quite so eager to…
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The Decline of Physical Media
Physical media has become a hot topic lately, as studios move away from it and the market begins to crumble. Meanwhile, an all digital future doesn’t look bright, with big corporations removing entries from your library at will, with no warning and no remuneration. You don’t truly own anything anymore.…
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Hollywood Needs to Visit the Wizard of Oz
Hollywood’s in serious trouble. That’s no longer something that can be dismissed as just an opinion or clickbait nonsense, the numbers are there for everyone to see. Warner Bros. has been sold to Paramount, there’s a Star Wars movie an track to be the franchise’s lowest grossing, DC is foundering,…
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Narnia is Not Epic Fantasy
The Netflix Chronicles of Narnia adaptation has finished filming and is now in post-production for a release in November this year. There are lots of reasons why I’m not confident in this adaptation (more on that here), but one I’ve not seen mentioned anywhere might seem counter-intuitive to fans, but…
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I Have No Faith in Netflix’s Narnia Adaptation
If I had to choose a single book to take to a desert island, it would probably be The Chronicles of Narnia (the seven-in-one omnibus edition), so there’s nothing I’d like more than to see a good adaptation of it onscreen. Sadly, I don’t think that will ever happen now.…
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Where Next for ‘Star Wars’?
Star Wars is back in the loop, with the “news” that Kathleen Kennedy is once again leaving her role as Lucasfilm president, to be replaced by Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. We’re also getting the first Star Wars film in seven years, due to hit theatres in May. With all…
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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…
