Category: Film
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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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‘The Odyssey’ Review: A Model of Mediocrity
The Odyssey might take the trophy for most-anticipated movie of 2026. It’s common, given the nature of the internet, for even insignificant things to blow up out of proportion, but for Christopher Nolan’s latest project, it does seem like the talk was justified, as critics pile praise on it, and…
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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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‘Supergirl’ (2026) Review: This Movie is Kryptonite
I’m beginning to suspect that James Gunn might actually be a Marvel plant within Warner Bros., placed there to ensure the DCU is finished before it’s even begun. There can’t be any explanation otherwise, short of incompetence, for why Supergirl was ever allowed to be made. After Superman had what…
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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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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’: Is This All Star Wars Can Do?
Star Wars is back on the big screen after a seven-year absence, but there’s a good chance you didn’t know, as Disney have chosen a strange beast to represent their return to cinemas. Rather than waiting for Star Wars: Starfighter which is due out next year, we’ve been given a…
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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Trailer Reaction: Cameos and Cuteness
With just three months to go until Star Wars returns to the big screen, we finally have a full-length trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, which appears to give a very good indication of what to expect from the movie. The trailer opens with a shot seemingly riffing off The…
