MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU! Yes, it’s Star Wars Day, but it didn’t get off to the best start today thanks to a certain “erratic” director’s not so fantastic behaviour. But fret not, as we actually have some good news for Star Wars fans this time around! Vanity Fair will be featuring the cast of Star Wars: The Force …
When the cast for Star Wars: Episode VII was finally announced last month, among all the ooh’s and aah’s were some stern criticisms with its lack of gender and racial diversity. In response, Disney/Lucasfilm did their best TV informercial presenter impersonation and gave us a loud “BUT WAIT! THERE”S MORE!”. And that “more” has just arrived in the form of recent Oscar …
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In the wee hours of this morning (local time), a who’s who of Hollywood celebs descended on the Dolby Theatre to be made fun of by Ellen DeGeneres while they badly pretend to be happy for somebody else when their name isn’t read from an envelope. Yep, it’s the 86th Academy Awards, the big daddy of the film awards shows, …
Director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is most definitely not a fun night at the movies. It is a bravely unflinching, emotionally violent glimpse into one of America’s darkest periods. It will leave you feeling haggard and raw. It will shatter your heart with the subtlety of a ball peen hammer. And it is brilliant. Last Updated: January 21, 2014
Every archive has that one photograph that stops you mid-scroll: a crowded market square …
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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