The new Chewbacca, Joonas Suotamo, finally speaks

The Force Awakens was a passing of the torch to a new generation of Star Wars in more ways than one. The original stars were there to turn things over to the next generation, and the very character of Chewbacca passed from Peter Mayhew to Joonas Suotamo. Suotamo played Chewbacca again in The Last Jedi,

L3-37 will be your new droid obsession in Solo: A Star Wars Story

George Lucas’s original idea for Star Wars was to tell this epic story through the eyes of the lowly droids. Well, the new Star Wars movies put a bit more focus on the humans but the droids steal the show. Solo: A Star Wars Story is no exception, with the introduction of L3-37. Solo tells

Book Club movie review: Reading between the sheets

Book Club is this week’s counterprogramming offering against the summer superhero tentpoles, but it’s actually good for everybody. It’s got positive messages for both men and women, senior and junior. Vivian (Jane Fonda), Sharon (Candice Bergen), Carol (Mary Steenburgen) and Diane (Diane Keaton) have kept their book club going for decades. Each at various stages

Should you watch Deadpool 2 with your parents? Here’s the answer!

Deadpool 2 is finally released this weekend and the hype is at an all-time high — but is this a movie you could watch with your parents? The good news is, Deadpool HIMSELF has answered this question for fans, but the answer really depends on two things. Firstly, who your parents are and whether they

Who is playing Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody film? Rami Malek stars as Queen legend

The first trailer for the epic Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, has just been released, and Egyptian-American star Rami Malek looks set to become as colossal a sensation as his on-screen character, the late Freddie Mercury. In the heart-pounding, music-infused trailer Malek embodies Mercury’s larger than life persona with a spot on swagger and charisma that

Exclusive Interview: Gillian Jacobs on Life of the Party and Ibiza

When Melissa McCarthy goes back to college and becomes the Life of the Party, she meets a sorority full of wacky characters along with her own daughter (Molly Gordon). Gillian Jacobs plays Helen, an older student who’s still a sophomore because she was in a coma for eight years. Jacobs spoke with Monsters and Critics

Life of the Party movie review: Revenge of the nurturer

When I was a kid, I had movies like Revenge of the Nerds and Animal House to show me how fun college would be. There haven’t really been college party movies for girls until recently with The House Bunny and Neighbors 2. Hopefully Life of the Party will be this generation’s college party movie. Deanna

The best scene in Geostorm was part of the original cut

Last year’s disaster epic Geostorm reportedly underwent significant reshoots. The good news is, the film’s best scene was there all along. Towards the end of the movie, Ed Harris pulls a rocket launcher from the trunk of his towncar, because of course he does. Director Dean Devlin confirmed that the rocket launcher scene was part