Depending on who you ask, The Last of Us (opens in new tab) is either one of the greatest games of all time or simply the best. Period. So news that HBO is adapting Naughty Dog’s classic (opens in new tab) – with the game’s writer Neil Druckmann and Chernobyl’s …
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars is coming to an end. Season 7 – which starts streaming weekly on Disney Plus from Friday, February 21 – brings the animated series to a close, concluding the Darth Vader origin story the prequels never told. If you’ve not watched the Star Wars: …
Read More »How the Batman games and comics have influenced Robert Pattinsons Batsuit
By now, you’ve probably gawped at the shadowy Robert Pattinson Basuit teaser (opens in new tab) for The Batman (opens in new tab) for as long as humanly possible – if you could make any of it out, that is. Hidden behind the dim black-and-red filter, though, are a handful …
Read More »The Mandalorian’s final twist shows off the best and worst of Star Wars
What comes to mind when you think of Star Wars? Maybe it’s lightsabers. Or The Force. Or even Darth Vader. Each is quintessentially Star Wars and, yet, there’s a whole galaxy (far, far away) to play in beyond that – one that has mostly been left untouched for 40 years …
Read More »Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ending explained: your biggest questions answered
The Skywalker saga has come to an end. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (opens in new tab) marks the final instalment in the trilogy of trilogies, completing a story set in motion over 40 years ago by George Lucas. While there was plenty of resolution, Episode 9 – directed …
Read More »Every Marvel movie on Disney Plus (and what’s missing)
If you jumped on Disney Plus (opens in new tab) expecting every Marvel movie to be waiting for you, then you’ve probably been left feeling slightly disappointed. Thanks to streaming rights and other factors, not all MCU movies are on Disney Plus. As such, the Infinity Saga is left incomplete …
Read More »Where the Wild Things Are at 10: The best movie about childhood not for children
“I didn’t set out to make a children’s movie; I set out to make a movie about childhood,” director Spike Jonze said (opens in new tab) in 2009, responding to the criticism surrounding his then-new film Where the Wild Things Are. Even before its release, Where the Wild Things Are …
Read More »Will Smith and Ang Lee discuss how they created Gemini Man, their new technologically ground-breaking action thriller
“This movie is a leap of faith,” Ang Lee tells our sister publication Total Film magazine (opens in new tab), with the nervous laughter of a man who’s just spent millions of dollars stepping into the unknown, and is about to show us the fruits of his labour. No stranger …
Read More »Mindhunter season 2: How the Netflix shows serial killers compare to their real-life counterparts
For true crime fans, Mindhunter is basically the Marvel Cinematic Universe for serial killers. Based on the real lives of Special Agents John E. Douglas and Robert K. Kessler, David Fincher’s Netflix series dives into the disturbing world of calmly detached psychopaths and cold-eyed killers. With Mindhunter season 2 (opens …
Read More »Is it just me, or is James Bond just awful in Casino Royale?
Recently, I attended Secret Cinema Presents Casino Royale (opens in new tab). The experience was suitably immersive, but the part of the night I was most looking forward to was re-viewing the film on the big screen. Despite once wearing out a VHS copy of Diamonds Are Forever (opens in …
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