Disney is acquiring Lucasfilm (including LucasArts) and is targeting Star Wars Episode VII for release in 2015, the company announced this afternoon. After 35 years of independence, founder and CEO George Lucas is passing ultimate leadership of the Star Wars franchise and all the rest of the company’s properties to …

Aussie PJ Hogan’s first local feature in nearly two decades is his most subversive and personal since Muriel’s Wedding . Toni Collette again headlines as hitchhiker Shaz, hired to take over a household of adolescent girls by an absent philandering father (Anthony LaPaglia) who has sent his Sound Of Music …

Quentin Tarantino is named Director Of Our Lifetime in the 200th issue of Total Film magazine : a cinematic extravaganza celebrating the last 15 years in movies. Inside, we talk at length with QT about his incredibly influential career, and during the course of our chat he dropped an intriguing …

Buffy : The Making Of A Slayer book review: Bored now. This lavish hardback making of Buffy The Vampire Slayer arrives 15 years after the show’s debut. If that makes you feel old then reading it you’ll assume Nancy Holder thinks you’ve gone senile as well, as so much of …

Torrents of claret. Ghost girls. “Heeeere’s Johnny.” The key scares of Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 art-horror are such staples of Scary Moments schedule-filler, it’s tempting to think we know the Overlook inside out. This bang-up reissue says otherwise. Seen in its rightful place on the big screen, it’s clear to see …

Paper Mario: Sticker Star (opens in new tab) may well have featured in the 3DS sizzle reel (opens in new tab) from Nintendo Direct yesterday, but this full standalone trailer released afterwards is certainly worthy of a look in its own right. For starters, it uses the word ‘Nyarglebargle’, which …

Seismic superhero news this morning, as Matthew Vaughn has reportedly dropped out of directing X-Men: Days Of Future Past , the sequel to his well-received series reboot, X-Men: First Class . At present, no reason has been given for Vaughn’s departure, although he will still remain involved with the project …

Terrycloth Playsuit – Goldfinger (1964) Sean Connery’s incarnation of Bond is considered by many to be the ultimate in iconic cool. Which makes it all the more baffling that the Goldfinger costume department decided to dress him up as a giant bloody baby. Seriously, James Bond wore a onesie. A …

Yesterday we brought you news that Mark Millar had as many as three of his comic-book properties about to go into development, and today there’s news of another Millar-related project, with screenwriter Derek Haas giving an update on Wanted 2 . Haas had previously co-written the original and had been …

Switch Episode 2 TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.02 Writer: Chloe Moss, Tim Price Director: Dominic LeClerc THE ONE WHERE The Witches Of Kensington curse Hannah’s career prospects, Jude magics herself a new boss and Grace’s new boyfriend is a potential bunny burner. VERDICT Here’s a rarity: episode …