Flickering Myth

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Tom Cruise – Unstoppable

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Helen Murdoch on Tom Cruise and his continued success… With the sixth instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise being released at the end of July, it got me thinking about the enigma of Tom Cruise and why regardless of how crazy he seems in real life, I always go and watch his films. My love […]

Can We Stop Saying The Last Jedi is ‘too different’ from Star Wars canon?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the continuing impact of The Last Jedi and the false notion that it’s too different from Star Wars canon… So here we are. 7 months on and I still see, on a daily basis, and with my phone, social media profiles all recommending I click on articles about how divisive The […]

Boycotting films is not only pointless, but hurtful to the franchise

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Ricky Church on boycotting movies… Since the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in December, Star Wars fandom has been divided to say the least. Some ‘fans’ who hated The Last Jedi have been extremely vocal in their utter hatred of the film, going so far as to demand Lucasfilm and Disney retcon it […]

3 Successful Franchise Revivals and 3 Failures

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George Chrysostomou with three successful franchise revivals and three failures… Franchise revivals are an ever present part of Hollywood today. Whilst audiences love sequels, prequels, original properties and reboots, there’s nothing quite as nostalgic as a franchise revival – taking a property from years ago, giving it a fresh coat of paint and selling it […]

My Issue with Shane Black’s The Predator

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Tom Jolliffe on the problem with Shane Black’s latest career choice… I have a problem with Shane Black as a writer at the moment. I have a problem with him doing a Predator film. I should first state that I’m a big fan of Black. From Lethal Weapon, through to his mismatched P.I and partner […]

Event Review – Pokémon Regional Championship 2018 in Sheffield, UK

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Villordsutch attends the Pokémon Regional Championship in Sheffield… On the weekend of the 16th June 2018 I was lucky enough to attend the Pokémon Regional Championship 2018 in Sheffield, UK.  This was – in truth – my first ever major Pokémon Regional Championship, so I was a little unsure what to expect. Was this weekend […]

If You’re Emotionally Invested in Remaking Star Wars: The Last Jedi You Need to Re-Evaluate Your Life

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Samuel Brace on the fan campaign to remake Star Wars: The Last Jedi… If a movie franchise performs a heliocentric role in your life, then I’m afraid to say that you’re doing things very wrong. There’s a fan campaign to fund a remake of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and if you’re nodding your head […]

Is it just me, or has the theater became the worst place to watch movies?

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Harrison Abbott on the moviegoing experience… A quick disclaimer: It took numerous rewrites for me to get this article into a state where it no longer resembled a deranged manifesto. At one point it was just the phrase ”Tear it all down” repeated for roughly 6 pages, along with a few obligatory references to”the phonies”. Despite […]

Why the Star Wars: The Last Jedi remake should be taken (somewhat) seriously

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Anghus Houvouras on the fan campaign to fund a remake of Star Wars: The Last Jedi… Not the actual movie, mind you. I’m not here to advocate a $200 million GoFundMe financed fan-film version of Episode VIII. That would be ludicrous… but so damn entertaining. It would be like watching Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice […]