Star Wars

Star Wars in Concert

2 Mar 2010

John Williams’ classic score from all six Star Wars movies are brought to life by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra with special effects, high definition movie projections, live narration from Anthony Daniels (the one and only C3PO) and a display…

Screen legend James Earl Jones master of good conversation

Glasgow Film Festival blog

22 Feb 2010

The festival buzz has definitely been building over the weekend, and on Sunday I felt its full effect as I walked, a few minutes late (for shame!), into a jam-packed GFT Cinema 1 for the sold-out In Coversation with James Earl Jones event. The place was…

Star Wars to be re-released in 3D

3 Mar 2008

James Cameron has confirmed that Star Wars will be re-released in 3D. Talking from the set of his latest blockbuster, The Avatar, Cameron confirmed Hollywood's commitment to the 3D format in cinemas with many older films getting converted for the…

Cinema’s most unconventional families

The ties that bind

15 Nov 2007

Wes Anderson has made much of the dynamism of the dysfunctional family in his films. Mark Robertson presents some of cinema’s other most unconventional families The Griswolds from National Lampoon’s Vacation The farcical events of the National…

Star Wars spin off series gets underway

18 Oct 2007

A television spin-off of sci-fi franchise Star Wars is getting underway, said creator George Lucas, with the main characters conspicuous by their absence. The film director admitted he was ‘taking chances’ by leaving out the likes of Darth Vadar and…

John Ostrander & Various

Star Wars: Honour & Duty (Dark Horse)

28 Sep 2006

SCI-FI Given the epic scale of the Star Wars universe, George Lucas has afforded comic book writers an almost endless stream of possibilities for potential spin off publications. The downside to this is, to remain faithful and true to the films, and…