As easy as it is to call something like The Raid (released in some territories as The Raid: Redemption, this the result of certain legalities) a “thin” movie in terms of plot and character, Gareth Edwards ultimately thrives on such a simplistic nature, turning in a slaughterhouse of an action movie that rarely lets up…
Read MoreUnless you’re a Spielberg or a Cameron, it seems increasingly difficult to launch an original, high-concept, sizeably budgeted film with major studio backing. So, in that regard hats must go off to director Gareth Edwards for getting The Creator off the ground and into multiplexes; extra points for doing so with a film centred on…
Read MoreThe Star Wars saga is set to continue, this time with the first stand alone film in its ‘Anthology’ series. Singular films that will showcase interconnected stories or characters that basically provide an extended universe to our main trilogies. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is first out of the gates and has a lot…
Read MoreFilmmaker Gareth Edwards (Monsters) has dropped out of directing the sequel to Godzilla 2014. Edwards who directed the first reboot was meant to return to Godzilla after completing his work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which is in post- production. As to why, it remains unclear. Although reports say deadlines could have impinged the project….
Read MoreEpisode 1: The force gets ahead of itself While anticipation mounts for Episode VII’s release in December, Disney are busy preparing two stand-alone Star Wars films, as well as Episode VIII (2017). Apparently they’re no longer able to produce a franchise one film at a time. The first stand-alone, Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One (2016),…
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