star wars anthology

Remembering Carrie Fisher

The great Carrie Fisher will forever be associated with the Star Wars movies. After all, Fisher played the iconic Princess Leia across six films in the George Lucas originated franchise. However, there was much more to Fisher than that one role. She [...]

December 27, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Gareth Edwards & George Lucas On The Set Of ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

A Dirty Dozen type men (and woman) on a mission movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story stays faithful to the aesthetic style of George Lucas’ 1977 game-changer. Gareth Edwards’ 2016 film creates a lot of characters but none of them have the spark [...]

August 5, 2021

Admitting When You’re Wrong – SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

I’ll throw my hands up and say that I didn’t think Solo: A Star Wars Story was a good idea. The way I looked at it, who wanted to see a Han Solo movie without Harrison Ford? Add some production squabbles and reshoots and it seemed like [...]

August 10, 2020

Kathleen Kennedy To Receive The BAFTA Fellowship In 2020

Kathleen Kennedy is one of the most important figures in film over the last 40 years. Kennedy has worked on some of the most iconic, important and ground-breaking films over the last dour decades. In 1982 she co-founded Amblin Entertainment with [...]

December 7, 2019

STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE Looks Like The Coolest Thing Ever

Movies In Focus can be something of a cinematic curmudgeon. I know it – and hey, sometimes I revel in it. When you hit a certain age it’s easy to lose a certain amount of youthful vibrance and you forget what it was like to have been a [...]

May 30, 2019

Review: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY Beats The Odds & Delivers Unabashed Fun!

June 2, 2018

So Long Solo: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY So Low In Box Office Debut

It looks like this Star Wars Story won’t have a happy ending. Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story has seriously underperformed on it’s opening, scoring $83 million at the US box office and just $65 million in foreign territories. [...]

May 28, 2018

Here’s A Few Clips From SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY For You

I know I’ve changed my tune – but I’m liking what I see from Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. Alden Ehrenreich might – just might – be able to pull it off. We’ll find out on 24 May 2018! Board the [...]

May 10, 2018

Video: Tour The Millennium Falcon With Lando Calrissian

Ever wanted to tour the Millennium Falcon Cribs-style with Lando Calrissian? If you have then your dream has come true. Watch as Donald Glover takes you around his pristine spaceship, showing-off his cape room and other assorted goodies. What the [...]

May 3, 2018

Read The Official Synopsis For SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

Solo: A Star Wars Story hits screens on 25 May – and we still know nothing about it. We haven’t seen a trailer or any official imagery from the film. But rest easy – we now have an official synopsis, a synopsis which tells us [...]

January 17, 2018

Introducing SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

Ron Howard has just finished shooting the Han Solo prequel pic, which stars Alden Ehrenreich as the man who did the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. During production the film was going by the not very catchy name of Untitled Han Solo Film [...]

October 22, 2017

Phil Lord & Christopher Miller Ditched From The HAN SOLO Movie UPDATE: Ron Howard Takes Over

Updated Below! To lose one Star Wars director may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. I could speculate all day long and make stuff up just to get hits – but the simple story is that Phil Lord and Christopher [...]

June 21, 2017

Get Ready To Do The Kessel Run! HAN SOLO Begins Filming

Here’s the first look at Lucasfilm/Disney’s Han Solo movie – showing a pretty rammed Millennium Falcon cockpit. Alden Ehrenreich (Han Solo), Donald Glover (Lando Calrissian), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Woody Harrelson, Emilia [...]

February 21, 2017

It’s Official: Woody Harrelson Joins The Cast Of HAN SOLO Movie

It was rumoured, but now Woody Harrelson has officially joined the cast of Disney/Lucasfilm’s Han Solo Story (or whatever it’ll be called). The word on the street is that Harrelson will be playing a mentor to Alden Ehrenreich’s young Han Solo. [...]

January 11, 2017

Obituary: Carrie Fisher 1960 – 2016

Actress and writer Carrie Fisher has died at the age of 60 years old. She suffered a heart attack on 23 December on a flight from London to Los Angeles before passing away four days later on 27 December. Fisher will forever be associated with the [...]

December 29, 2016