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Is the Internet killing the straight-to-home entertainment movie?

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Tom Jolliffe on whether the internet is killing the straight-to-home entertainment movie… Going to the cinema has long been an escape. It’s an event. A special outing. When that was your only option of seeing a film it obviously limited the options the general public had. The business became bigger and bigger. Cinemas spread through […]

The LEGO Movie Franchise: The Marriage of Movies and Merchandising

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Sarah Myles on The LEGO Movie franchise and the marriage of movie merchandising…  Forty years ago, there was a seismic shift in the film industry, when Bernard Loomis of Kenner Toys decided that Star Wars was ‘toyetic.’ That shift, all those years ago, has led us on a journey of courtship between movies and merchandising, […]

Are we suffering from Dwayne Johnson franchise fatigue?

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Anghus Houvouras is suffering from Dwayne Johnson franchise fatigue… We spend so much time analyzing franchises. That’s mainly because they make up such a high percentage of blockbuster cinema. If you look at the top 10 films of 2017 globally, only two films don’t fall under the franchise tag: The Boss Baby, an animated family film […]

5 Characters Who Could Feature in Disney’s Streaming Marvel Series

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George Chrysostomou with five possible characters for Disney’s new Marvel streaming show… In addition to a live-action Star Wars TV show, Disney’s new streaming service is set to launch a brand new Marvel series. As yet, there’s no details as to what the show might entail, but there are of course a wealth of Marvel properties […]

Twin Peaks season 3 is exquisite, but why am I so unenthused by it?

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Samuel Brace on Twin Peaks season 3… Twin Peaks season 3 (The Return) had been something fans of the show, and of David Lynch, were dreaming of for years, and its revival has provided television viewers with some truly incredible moments, and some seriously beautiful filmmaking. But there is something about the resurrected series that […]

Producer vs. Director: The Case of Zack Snyder

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Pim Razenberg on the debate on creative differences between producers and directors… Creative differences. The clichéd answer to most break-ups between a studio and its directors. Recent examples of cases where “creative differences” were the cause of conflict are the departure of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from the as-of-yet untitled Han Solo anthology film […]

Game of Thrones Fact Files: Tyrion Lannister

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Tony Black counts down to the Game of Thrones season 7 premiere… Imp. The Half Man. Master of Coin. Tyrion Lannister has almost as many titles as the Mother of Dragons he eventually covets, yet there’s an argument that the black sheep of the Lannister family is both Game of Thrones most tragic victim and […]

Lord & Miller vs. Kasdan & Kennedy: A Fight for the future of our franchise films

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Anghus Houvouras on the Han Solo director situation and a fight for the future of franchise films… I’m still in a state of utter disbelief over the disintegration that has happened between directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord and the creative conglomerate that handles the cinematic Star Wars universe. It’s an absolute gobstopper of a conversation […]

Justice League will lose around $100 million, Batgirl still on track with Joss Whedon, The Last Jedi tracking big at the box office and more – Daily News Roundup

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#ALLIN The DC team-up movie Justice League has dominated the headlines since its release, with a lot of negative reviews and a pretty disappointing opening weekend at the box office. Earning the least of all the DCEU movies, Forbes is now reporting that Warner Bros. is looking at an overall loss of between $50 million and […]

The Most Disappointing: Joss Whedon’s Justice League

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Anghus Houvouras on Joss Whedon’s involvement with Justice League… I’m still processing the Frankenstein franchise film that was Justice League. A not totally unenjoyable blockbuster that felt like a movie that had been stolen from Zack Snyder and taken to a chop shop where it was stripped down and reassembled based on the notes from […]