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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

Uncovering Curiosities: Jim Jarmusch’s PATERSON

Cult supremo Jim Jarmusch’s 2016 film, Paterson is a real quirky treat. The writer-director draws you into its greatness, softly lulling you into a sense of comfort and relaxation. On a narrative level it’s very simple – the film follows [...]

December 12, 2021

Behind The Scenes: The Cast Of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

The first official image from Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released in May 2014. The behind-the-scenes image showed director J.J. Abrams, writer Lawrence Kasdan and the film’s cast (John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, [...]

February 16, 2021

Let’s Talk About The Latest STAR WARS Trilogy (2015-2019)

It was never going to be easy. Following up the original Star Wars trilogy was a difficult task for its creator George Lucas and his prequel trilogy was met with a lot of criticism and backlash. Star Wars fans have long been strong in their opinions [...]

June 7, 2020

Adam Driver Is The Real Deal

Adam Driver is a real deal actor. He’s got serious chops and delivers spot-on performances in a variety of movies across multiple genres. He’s probably the best actor out there today. Most will know Driver from his work in s The Force [...]

January 19, 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

Everything Wrong With STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

Star Wars: The Last Jedi isn’t a bad film – but it is a very flawed one. 2015’s The Force Awakens was a euphoric restart of the Star Wars franchise and I thought that film was an excellent instalment in the series moments. The Last [...]

December 17, 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

Born Again Actors: Alternative Hollywood Careers

It’s no secret that many actors feel they were born to act; that they wouldn’t know what they’d do if they couldn’t go on set or grace the silver screen any longer. Actors such as former child star turned cinematic chameleon Daniel Radcliffe [...]

October 26, 2016

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