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Mark Hamill has finally ruled out a return as Luke Skywalker. Can Star Wars survive without him?

silverguide.site – The franchise’s last remaining connection to the original trilogy has appeared in a number of recent spinoffs. What’s next, now the 73-year-old actor says he has hung up his lightsaber for good?…
Mark Hamill has finally ruled out a return as Luke Skywalker. Can Star Wars survive without him?
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‘Allegory for the times we live in’: De Niro and Scorsese reunite for Casino at 30

silverguide.site – Director and star of the Vegas-set mafia drama spoke to an audience as part of this year’s Tribeca film festival, looking back at their 1995 hit and its timeless themes…
‘Allegory for the times we live in’: De Niro and Scorsese reunite for Casino at 30
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‘How much can one person take?’: Posy Sterling on her intense portrayal of a mum trapped in custody hell

silverguide.site – Working with a theatre company for women affected by criminal justice has given the actor a passion for stories that fall between society’s cracks. Now she is swapping Broadway for a powerful account of Britain’s broken prison system…
‘How much can one person take?’: Posy Sterling on her intense portrayal of a mum trapped in custody hell
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Martin Scorsese no longer watches films in cinemas due to audience bad behaviour

silverguide.site – Noise of phone conversations and guzzling of snacks have spoiled the experience, veteran director tells critic Peter Travers…
Martin Scorsese no longer watches films in cinemas due to audience bad behaviour
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Death is not the end! From the new robot Walt Disney to Mountainhead, movies are fuelled by immortality

silverguide.site – Transhumanism has long propelled films from Metropolis to The Matrix. But Jesse Armstrong’s billionaire satire isn’t sci-fi fantasy. Nor is the ‘robotic Grampa’ Disney’s granddaughter so despises…
Death is not the end! From the new robot Walt Disney to Mountainhead, movies are fuelled by immortality
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The Life of Chuck review – unmoving Stephen King schmaltz

silverguide.site – Tom Hiddleston plays a man who might be the centre of the universe in a film of often effective parts that never really come together…
The Life of Chuck review – unmoving Stephen King schmaltz
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Idris Elba: ‘I want to build the African Odeon’

silverguide.site – Speaking at an SXSW London event, the actor outlined his desire to ignite the cinema experience for a new generation across the continent…
Idris Elba: ‘I want to build the African Odeon’
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Rebel Wilson: ‘I always wanted to be like Judi Dench. But people like laughing at me’

silverguide.site – The actor on plans for a new Pitch Perfect, pretending to lick Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi’s ‘fun grandpa vibe’…
Rebel Wilson: ‘I always wanted to be like Judi Dench. But people like laughing at me’
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‘It aches that he is no longer here’: the power of Kalief Browder’s late mother’s poetry

silverguide.site – In a new documentary, the words of Venida Browder take us back to a devastating story, even as the film provides hope for the future…
‘It aches that he is no longer here’: the power of Kalief Browder’s late mother’s poetry
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Predator: Killer of Killers review – animated anthology of Arnie’s old antagonists

silverguide.site – Forty years on from the original, the Predators are back in Viking times, samurai-era Japan and second world war US – but you can’t help think it would be better as live action…
Predator: Killer of Killers review – animated anthology of Arnie’s old antagonists
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Wicked: For Good – trailer released for sequel to Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo hit

silverguide.site – First trailer for Wicked sequel shows Elphaba and Glinda reuniting after finding themselves on opposite sides – and includes a glimpse of Dorothy…
Wicked: For Good – trailer released for sequel to Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo hit
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Ballerina review – Ana de Armas racks up the kills as she pirouettes into John Wick spin-off

silverguide.site – De Armas is fun as a feisty assassin trained in ballet and martial arts, combining delicacy and violence in her quest for vengeance, with a cameo from Keanu. She doesn’t wear a tutu to fill goons with lead though…
Ballerina review – Ana de Armas racks up the kills as she pirouettes into John Wick spin-off
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‘These guys are idiots’: Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black call out government’s Harvey Milk erasure

silverguide.site – Team behind Oscar-winning biopic of the groundbreaking gay politician hits back at decision to remove his name…
‘These guys are idiots’: Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black call out government’s Harvey Milk erasure
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The good, the bad and the ugly: Clint Eastwood’s interview debacle reveals bleak truths about film journalism

silverguide.site – An Austrian newspaper ran an interview with the cinema legend which he denied ever giving. What actually happens in the world of movie reporting can be yet more murky…
The good, the bad and the ugly: Clint Eastwood’s interview debacle reveals bleak truths about film journalism
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Showgirls review – Paul Verhoeven’s kitsch-classic softcore erotic drama is pure bizarreness

silverguide.site – A beautiful drifter tries to make it in the strip clubs of Las Vegas in this absurd film – now a cult favourite thanks to its maniacal acting and directing…
Showgirls review – Paul Verhoeven’s kitsch-classic softcore erotic drama is pure bizarreness
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The Seven Year Itch at 70: a comedy about infidelity ruined by the Hays code

silverguide.site – Marilyn Monroe is incandescent in Billy Wilder’s comedy about a tempted married man, but it’s a film hampered by restrictions of the time…
The Seven Year Itch at 70: a comedy about infidelity ruined by the Hays code
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‘We were like brothers, but we scrapped’: the chaos and pranks that shaped The Goonies – by its cast and crew

silverguide.site – Forty years on, Richard Donner’s adventure movie continues to delight audiences – and its heroes and villains. They remember the thrills they had behind the scenes…
‘We were like brothers, but we scrapped’: the chaos and pranks that shaped The Goonies – by its cast and crew
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The Quatermass Xperiment review – Hammer’s first sci-fi hit is brash, watchable B-movie

silverguide.site – A spacecraft crashes back to Earth in an English field in this BBC series spinoff from the soon-to-be-legendary house of horror…
The Quatermass Xperiment review – Hammer’s first sci-fi hit is brash, watchable B-movie
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Goebbels and the Führer review – private life of propagandist shows grotesque heart of Nazism

silverguide.site – Joachim Lang’s bleak film shows a preening Goebbels and a careworn Hitler as they battle to convince the German public, and themselves, they will win the war…
Goebbels and the Führer review – private life of propagandist shows grotesque heart of Nazism
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Luca Guadagnino set to direct fact-based drama about OpenAI

silverguide.site – Challengers director in talks to direct Artificial, film based on behind-the-scenes 2023 drama involving Sam Altman…
Luca Guadagnino set to direct fact-based drama about OpenAI
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