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Video Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019. Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Jimmy Vee, and Billy Dee Williams In […]

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will be “shocking” and “very visceral”, according to Oscar Isaac

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In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker star Oscar Isaac shared a few comments on his next project, director Denis Villeneuve’s Frank Herbert adaptation Dune, which is set to release a year from now in December 2020. “It’s just a wholly, wholly different thing,” said Isaac when EW asked […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gets a ‘Friendship’ featurette

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A new featurette has been released for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which sees stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac discussing the friendships they’ve formed on set during the shooting of the Sequel Trilogy; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker TV spots keep on coming Star Wars: […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will explore the backstories of several characters according to J.J. Abrams

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams has explained that the backstory regarding ex-stormtrooper Finn will be explored further and will answer some of the questions alluding to his past from both previous instalments in the Sequel Trilogy. “It’s part of the story in this one,” Abrams said in a recent interview with Vanity […]

Oscar Isaac felt there was more freedom on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Poe Dameron actor Oscar Isaac has discussed how he felt the actors were given more freedom regarding their performances during the shooting of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. “There was a lot more scenes were shot in ‘Oners’ (one-shot takes), which means there wasn’t ‘Okay, now we shoot your close up and now we […]

Oscar Isaac opens up on Anthony Daniels’ goodbye speech to Star Wars

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Oscar Isaac has opened up about the last day of shooting Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and how his emotional big wrap speech was stolen by Star Wars veteran Anthony Daniels who was preparing to say goodbye to the franchise. “I was feeling like ‘I’ll see everybody at reshoots. See you in a few months,’” Isaac said […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a chess match between the Jedi and the Sith according to Oscar Isaac

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Oscar Isaac, one of the stars of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has said the film is part of a chess match between the Jedi and the Sith. The age-old battle between the Jedi and the Sith has been a consistent presence across Star Wars canon and while no Sith and very few Jedi […]

Oscar Isaac on the dynamic between Poe, Finn and Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Poe, Finn, and Rey, the three main Star Wars heroes introduced in the Sequel Trilogy, haven’t been given the opportunity to share the screen together so far. In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we saw Finn and Poe, and Finn and Rey spent time together as duos. In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, all three characters […]

Oscar Isaac set for revenge thriller The Card Counter

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Deadline is reporting that Oscar Isaac is set to star in The Card Counter, a revenge feature from Oscar-nominated writer-director Paul Schrader (First Reformed). The feature will see Isaac as William Tell, “a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past.” “Schrader […]

Movie Review – The Addams Family (2019)

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The Addams Family, 2019. Directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon. Featuring the voice talents of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, Allison Janney, Elsie Fisher, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Tituss Burgess, Jenifer Lewis, and Pom Klementieff. SYNOPSIS: An animated version of Charles Addams’ series of […]