Brent McKnight
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Read George Lucas' Apology For Calling Disney White Slavers
By Brent McKnight published
Star Wars creator George Lucas got in some hot water recently when he referred to Disney a bunch of "white slavers," but he has now backpedaled from that ill-advised remark and apologized.
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When Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant Will Actually Take Place
By Brent McKnight published
As production on Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant creeps closer, plot details are still sparse, but we may now know when it takes place in relation to Prometheus, which could clarify some things.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Just Grabbed Another Major Disney Record
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Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew Did The Sweetest Thing For One Star Wars Fan's Family
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How Thor: Ragnarok Will Be Different From The Other Thor Movies
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How Much Thanos We'll Probably Get In Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
By Brent McKnight published
If you're expecting to see the Mad Titan Thanos pop up in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, you may be disappointed, but the next time we see him, we will reportedly find out what the big deal is.
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Read The Apology A Major Movie Pirate Sent To Quentin Tarantino
By Brent McKnight published
Quentin Tarantino's new western The Hateful Eight was recently leaked online, and the group responsible has done something unprecedented: they apologized.
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The 10 Best Movies Of 2015, According To Brent
By Brent McKnight published
There's been a lot of talk that 2015 was a bad year for movies. As you probably guessed, that's a load of crap, and here are ten movies that prove otherwise.
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Star Wars: Who Is Rey Related To? Let's Discuss The Possibilities
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How Stormtroopers Changed In Star Wars 7, And Why It Matters
By Brent McKnight published
It might seem like a kind of minor, unimportant fact that the stormtroopers in Star Wars: The Force Awakens are no longer clones, but it's an interesting detail that has big implications.
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Why Hayden Christensen Mostly Quit Acting After Star Wars
By Brent McKnight published
After striking it big playing Anakin Skywalker in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, Hayden Christensen took a break from Hollywood, and he just revealed why.
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Is This How Kylo Ren Got Darth Vader's Helmet?
By Brent McKnight published
We know that Kylo Ren is a huge Darth Vader fanboy, but one thing we don't learn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens is how he got the Sith lord's helmet. But that question may now have been answered.
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Why The Revenant's Director Will Never Make Another Movie Like The Revenant
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The 10 Best Movies Of 2015, According To Fandango Users
By Brent McKnight published
As 2015 winds down, everyone and their uncles are getting together to name their best films of the year. And now online movie ticket giant Fandago and its users have their say.
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Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister Dead At 70
By Brent McKnight published
The worlds of heavy metal and rock and roll lost a big one today. Lemmy Kilmister, the frontman, bass player, and founding member of Motorhead, has passed away at the age of 70.
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What To Expect From Doctor Strange, According To Benedict Cumberbatch
By Brent McKnight published
Doctor Strange comics are well known for their use of psychedelic art work, and if star Benedict Cumberbatch is to be believed, the movie adaptation is going to bring this madness to the big screen.
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Darth Vader Tries To Ruin Christmas In This Hilarious Video
By Brent McKnight published
A new video combining two of our favorite things, Star Wars and the holidays, is making the rounds and proves once and for all that Darth Vader is the galaxy's biggest Grinch.
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The Force Awakens Almost Included Another Classic Star Wars Character
By Brent McKnight published
For the most part, Star Wars: The Force Awakens ignores the prequel, but at one point in development, a key character from those films was going to make an appearance.
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Who J.J. Abrams Based One Star Wars: The Force Awakens Character On
By Brent McKnight published
One of the outlandish new characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens has origins that are startlingly close to home, as J.J. Abrams took inspiration from his high school English teacher.
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How Robin Fits Into Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice
By Brent McKnight published
One of the biggest questions about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is what role, if any, the Dark Knight's sidekick, Robin, plays. Well, a new report may shed some light on that.
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The 10 Best Horror Movies Of 2015
By Brent McKnight published
As a whole, horror can be a mixed bag, but while there were some duds, 2015 featured a ton of excellent exhibitions of what the genre has to offer, and here are our ten favorites for the year.
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