Rules are made to be broken, right? Which is why, despite my deep-seated physical revulsion at the practice of teaser trailers for trailers, I’m actually kicking off today’s news with a teaser trailer for a trailer. And the reason for my flouting of my own morals can be explained and justified with two simple words: Star Wars. In a surprising move in …
When Star Wars first rocked up in 1977, it was a film that created new benchmarks for special effects in cinematic history. From visuals through to sound effects, Star Wars pushed the bar higher and higher, with each successive film looking to set even higher goals. Hell, say what you like about the prequels, but Jar Jar Binks was a …
If you’ve visited this site for any extended period of time – or even just met me! – you would know that I really don’t need any additional reasons to get excited for a Star Wars movie. Clearly, the universe disagrees though, as its set my fanboy heat a-fluttering with a report from Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily (via TwitchFilm) …
When director Josh Trank was a no-show for his Star Wars Celebration panel with fellow spinoff director Gareth Edwards two weeks ago, it was a bit surprising (according to Trank’s social media apology, the “worst flu of my life” was to blame). What was even more surprising though, is that neither Edwards nor Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy then made any …
The very successful and very geektasttic Star Wars Celebration drew to a close in Anaheim, California last night, bringing to an end a weekend of pure Star Wars nirvana that began with that incredible The Force Awakens goodness. Lucasfilm/Disney made sure that it would end just as cool, with one of the final panels being “Conversations with Gareth Edwards and …
With the details of director Gareth “Godzilla” Edwards’ planned Star Wars standalone spinoff movie being more closely guarded than the recipe for Coca Cola flavoured KFC, we’ve had nothing but rumours to go on. Quite often, contradictory rumours in fact (at this point the movie is either a Boba Fett origin story, or a young Han Solo adventure, or a heist movie …
Just to recap, here’s what we know for sure about Gareth “Godzilla” Edwards’ planned Star Wars standalone film: It’s a Star Wars standalone film, being directed by Gareth Evans. Okay, okay, that was just a bit of joking, we know some more: Gary Whitta was writing the script, now he’s not. You could say that we’re completely in the Dark (Side of the …
Firstly, before we get to this rumour itself, here’s a very important sidebar (that actually may just confirm some aspects of the rumour – more on that later): It was confirmed last night (via ComingSoon) that this coming Friday, select cinemas will unveil the first, 88-second long trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Hopefully this trailer also hits the internet shortly before/after this, …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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