J. J. Abrams is to return to the Star Wars universe, having brought it back with The Force Awakens in 2015, to write and direct the final film in the third of the franchise’s trilogies.
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Victoria and Abdul | Review
★★★
Were Judi Dench not so frustratingly exceptional in her second turn as the Queen of Britain and Empress of India, Victoria and Abdul might have just about gotten away with being a forgettable cinematic oddity. Unfortunately, for the film, Dench remains here impeachable as ever, effortlessly casting all that around her beneath the dustiest of shadows. Unable to come close to the talent it has secured, Victoria and Abdul is a great disappointment; a film with all of the potential but none of the ambition. It’s fine but that’s all.
Who could play the It kids in Chapter 2?
As fans of Stephen King’s classic novel ‘It’ well know, the new film only tells half of the story; but who could play Bill, Richie, Bev, Eddie, Ben, Stan and Mike twenty-seven years later? Here’s The Film Blog picks…