Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith at 15
May 19, 1999. Almost 16 years after ‘Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi‘, the world was taken back to a galaxy far, far away for ‘Episode I: The Phantom Menace’. It was the beginning of a new prequel trilogy that would focus on the journey of…
TV REVIEW: After Life – Season 2 (2020)
Ricky Gervais, as an actor, director, producer, writer and stand-up comedian has done it all. From a career that limped through the 1990s but became a household name when BBC2s The Office become a hit in 2000, Gervais hasn’t looked back. Since his turn as…
REVIEW: Trolls World Tour (2020)
One of the first major 2020 cinema releases affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, Trolls: World Tour was released by Universal as a VOD rental just weeks after cinemas closed. While the film unfortunately didn’t see a global release, the fun and enjoyment can be experienced…
Celebrating The Simpsons on Disney+
Holder of two Guinness World Records for the Longest-Running Primetime Animated Television Series and Most Guest Stars Featured in a Television Series. 129 awards, both domestic and international, covering 679 episodes across 31 seasons and counting. Distributed around the world for television specials, commercial advertising,…
REVIEW: Sonic The Hedgehog (2020)
This 2020 comedy adventure, based on the popular video game franchise by Sega, is directed by Jeff Fowler. It stars James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter, Lee Majdoub, Neal McDonough and features the voice talent of Ben Schwartz. When a superfast, anthropomorphic hedgehog called Sonic (Schwartz)…
REVIEW: Richard Jewell (2020)
This 2019 American biographical drama, based on the 1997 Vanity Fair article “American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell” by Marie Brenner, is produced and directed by Clint Eastwood. It stars Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm and Olivia Wilde. 34-year-old Richard…
REVIEW: The Courier (2020)
This 2019 action film is directed by Zackary Adler and stars Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson, Greg Orvis and Dermot Mulroney. When a key witness, Nick Murch (Shah), is targeted for assassination by crime boss Ezekiel Mannings (Oldman) to spare him being…
Best of the Decade: Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
1970. Living in London studying design, young Zanzibar-born Farrokh Bulsara (Rami Malek) aspires to be a musician. He notices student band ‘Smile’ in need of a new front man after their lead drops out. ‘Smile’ drummer Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy) and lead guitarist Brian May…
A Hyperspace Ride Through The Star Wars Saga: Return Of The Jedi (1983)
Once deemed the final film of the Star Wars saga until Disney came to awaken the Force in 2015, this was generally the weaker” of the three original films. Clearly it’s just the end of a winning trilogy and so it combines everything about the…
A Hyperspace Ride Through The Star Wars Saga: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Producing a sequel that is better than the much loved original is something few films manage to do at all, let alone do it right. But ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ continues the story and developing characters from ‘A New Hope’ and expands the threats, the…
A Hyperspace Ride Through The Star Wars Saga: A New Hope (1977)
A classic story of good vs evil which takes narrative roots from early Asian cinema and mythology; young heroes siding with mystical wizards and gunslingers to battle an evil Empire, headed by a haunting, powerful masked figure with legions of troops at his disposal. It…
A Hyperspace Ride Through The Star Wars Saga: Rogue One (2016)
Let go of John Williams. Let go of lightsabers. Let go of those familiar names. Let go of the rigid formula and embrace a new one. It’s hard to not see an opening crawl or hear the Star Wars theme. Strange new planets, new vehicles,…
A Hyperspace Ride Through The Star Wars Saga: Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
After original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller parted ways with LucasFilm over their “sci-fi comedy” just six months into production, acclaimed director Ron Howard came on weeks later to carry the film forward. If that wasn’t enough of a black cloud, the fans and…
