Star Wars

Straight up front, I'm not strictly a Star Wars guy. While I admire the 1977 original as a visual marvel, a pantomime kaleidoscope of cinematic influences and probably the textbook realisation of "The Hero's Journey" (whereby a plucky young…

Star Wars is unquestionably a film lessened by everything that has come after it. For one, we can’t even simply refer to it as Star Wars; it has to be labelled Episode IV: A New Hope. This is to say nothing of how every frame, every shot…

I'm not a sporty person. In primary school, we used to play football every day at small and big break. I was always picked last. I scored a goal once. Another time I did a handball by accident and one of my teammates insisted it wasn't a…

On Tuesday, #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend trended on Twitter. The tag saw plenty of superhero fans, members of the LGBT community, and general people in favour of a bit of diversity in Hollywood band together to ask the folks over at Marvel…

Last year was an incredible year for movies, in terms both of creative endeavour and financial success. The movie business broke records with its 2015 box office takings, which hit the $38 billion mark for the first time ever. A significant…

This week, Twitter watched as Conor McGregor became the UFC featherweight champion, went to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and applauded as Turing Pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli got arrested for fraud. We also saw Tim Peake fly off to…

Girl Band Holding Hands With Jamie To see Girl Band perform is a truly visceral experience. The not-so-quiet Dublin quartet don’t just play their instruments; they bludgeon, butcher and beat them into submission. They’re the kind of…

This week Twitter continued to take decisions in favour of equality as, according to The Guardian, the multinational banned promoted tweets which were being used to advertise the message of white supremacists on the social media website.…

This week on Twitter the debate surrounding next month's SSM referendum really got going with campaigners on both sides getting a lot of publicity and making their voices heard. On a less serious note, some new movie trailers got Tweeters…

Our weekly look at the latest news and trailers from the world of film, featuring Star Wars news galore, Samuel L Jackson (without snakes) on a plane and 5 movies on TV to round off your week… It’s the Showreel! Film News Zoolander 2…