Tag: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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‘The Creator’ Review — Gareth Edwards Takes a Sci-Fi Stand for AI
Is artificial intelligence really our enemy or is our fear of it the real problem? That is one of the moral dilemmas that The Creator attempts to address as it unpacks the very real and present threat of AI, through a heightened sci-fi lens. Seven years after the release of the critically acclaimed Rogue One:…
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Can The Creator Become A Rare Big Budget Original Sci-Fi Hit At The Box Office?
Director Gareth Edwards has had a surprisingly quiet handful of years after directing two massive hits, 2014’s “Godzilla” and 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” — back to back. He hasn’t directed a movie since. Now, the filmmaker is finally back at it with a big, original sci-fi film in the form of “The…
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/Film Is Hosting An Early Screening Of The Creator In ScreenX – Here’s How To Attend
Since making his feature debut with the low-budget sci-fi/horror flick “Monsters” in 2010, Gareth Edwards has been one of the most intriguing directors working in the Hollywood studio system. His first big-budget effort was the visually dazzling 2014 remake of “Godzilla,” which he followed up with the superb “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” The…
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‘The Creator’ Final Trailer: Gareth Edwards’ Sci-Fi Epic About The War Between Humans & A.I. Arrives This Month
Even though Gareth Edwards broke out with his debut feature, “Monsters,” back in 2010, we really don’t know too much about him, as a filmmaker. He followed that film up with “Godzilla” in 2014, which was fairly well received, but it’s his third film, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” that most people remember him…
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How ‘Star Wars’ Connects to ‘Oppenheimer’
It’s been a few good weeks for the movies, and Oppenheimer is still rocking movie theaters everywhere with the tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), the so-called “father of the atomic bomb.” Christopher Nolan’s biopic shows how the nuclear physicist saw his creation have its purposes twisted and used to kill thousands of innocent…
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Warwick Davis’ Dream Star Wars Spin-Off Doesn’t Necessarily Involve Ewoks
Actor Warwick Davis, wearing a mask and a full-body teddy bear costume, appeared as Wicket the Ewok in Richard Marquand’s 1983 sci-fi flick “Return of the Jedi.” Davis was only 12 years old at the time, but it began a long and lucrative association with “Star Wars” for the actor, leading Davis to appear in…
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Ben Mendelsohn Was the Best Part of This Short-Lived Netflix ShowBen Mendelsohn Showed His Range In Netflix’s Extended Melodrama
Between Orson Krennic in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an evil corporate tycoon in Ready Player One, and the Sheriff of Nottingham in 2018’s Robin Hood, it’s safe to say that Ben Mendelsohn has a monopoly on playing over-the-top eccentric villains. Marvel fans would be forgiven for initially expecting his character Talos in Captain…
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In This Movie, the Major Plot Hole Actually Works
Star Wars fans are well aware that sometimes learning the answers to lingering questions about the franchise isn’t always satisfying, and that some questions are best left as mysteries. No one really needed to know who built C-3Po, how Han Solo got his famous dice, or that the force was really just part of a…
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‘Solo’ Co-Writer Wants To Revisit Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra & Would Like Lucasfilm To Embrace ‘Star Wars’ Specials Ala ‘Werewolf By Night’
We’re still buzzing after the season one finale of Tony Gilroy’s fantastic “Star Wars” series “Andor,” a prequel taking place before the events of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” One of the more well-written and executed modern “Star Wars” projects that showed that there were still some untapped places that creatives could explore within…
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Andor: How Long Has Luthen Rael Known Saw Gerrera?
[This article contains spoilers for Andor‘s Season 1 finale]Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker) is one of the most fascinating characters in the Star Wars galaxy, and he has appeared in a number of projects, ranging from animated series like The Clone Wars, The Bad Batch, and Rebels to the video game Jedi: Fallen Order, and most…