Rogue One slots satisfyingly into the Star Wars canon, pushing the franchise in a slightly more edgy, contemporary direction without causing a disturbance in the Force.
The Supercut: A Video Tribute to Cinema in 2014
We kick off our end of year coverage with a video, compiling 70 films released theatrically in 2014 into one 4-minute supercut.
Reawakening The Monster: The Long History of Godzilla Reboots
In light of the new Gareth Edwards film, we look back at the way in which the 1954 original Godzilla has been rebooted time and time again, to varying degrees of success.
Godzilla
Featuring a lot of wasted talent and potential, Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla doesn’t hold a candle to the 1954 original and is a disappointing return to the genre following his impressive and engaging debut, Monsters.
Godzilla in 1954 and the Fantasy of Destruction
A mere nine years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were wiped off the face of the earth, one of the top ten grossing films of 1954 featured an irradiated mythological beast utterly decimating Tokyo. We look back before the clutter of sequels, remakes and spin-offs and ask why Japan’s own nuclear nightmare was committed to celluloid.
New Godzilla trailer confirms film will contain Stuff, Things and Events
Explosions, destruction, monster battles. Also – is Ken Watanabe the new Matthew Broderick?