Director: George Lucas

by Simon Brew | Sep 26, 2023 | News

George Lucas' first box office hit, American Graffiti, is both 50 years old, and coming to the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format as well....

by Charlie Brigden | Jul 11, 2023 | Feature

We take a look back at the music of the Indiana Jones film - and celebrate the movie scoring maestro that is John Williams.  Wh...

by A J Black | Jun 28, 2023 | Feature

After the darkness of Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom, levity came forth with Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade: some thoughts....

by Dan Cooper | Mar 28, 2023 | Feature

The Star Wars story under Disney's stewardship has not been a happy one, at least for those of us who'd like the odd film now and again. Let's look a...

by John Moore | Mar 03, 2023 | Feature

We sat down with The Mandalorian creator, director and writer Jon Favreau to chat about telling tales in the Star Wars universe. A...

by Thomas H Sheriff | Jan 11, 2023 | Feature

The majority of movies now are filmed digitally - thanks to a major turning point in 2002 - but has this been to the benefit of the films themselves?...

by Dan Cooper | Dec 02, 2022 | Feature

Not every 'director's cut' is director approved - we take a look at the times studios went ahead with making them without the director's...

by Lauren Miles | Nov 30, 2022 | Feature

Jonathan Kasdan, executive producer of Disney+'s Willow series, talks resurrecting the 1988 film and working with Warwick Davis....

by Lauren Miles | Nov 30, 2022 | Reviews

The new Willow provides some rich fantasy storytelling, but it loses the message of the original film along the way....

by Simon Brew | Sep 12, 2022 | Feature, News

Some key names have been overlooked in the excellent ILM series Light & Magic, and it's arguably the one thing that lets the Disney+ show down....

by Ryan Lambie | Aug 19, 2022 | Feature, News

The excellent Disney+ series Light & Magic shines light on the inspirations and life moments that led George Lucas down the path towards Star...

by Simon Brew | May 03, 2022 | Feature, News

THX was sparked by George Lucas' frustration with the presentation of his Star Wars films - but it's been some time since the famous THX trailers have...

by Paul Halfpenny | Apr 22, 2022 | Feature, News

We take a look at the origins and development of auteur theory - from its rise to, arguably, its fall. ...

by Dan Cooper | Oct 19, 2021 | News

The Star Wars creator has been chatting about his plans for where Star Wars would have gone under his direction. G...

by Dan Cooper | Jul 06, 2021 | News

That great opening scene to the first Mission: Impossible movie was changed following some advice from Mr George Lucas....

by Simon Brew | Mar 09, 2021 | Feature, News

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of ET: The Extra Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg followed George Lucas' lead and digitally altered the film - but...

by Simon Brew | Dec 16, 2020 | News

George Lucas offers a robust defence of Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones in a deluxe new Star Wars book....

by Simon Brew | Nov 06, 2020 | Feature, News

There weren't really viral videos in 1999 - but one of the earliest, with a George Lucas story at its heart, had real ramifications for its makers....

by Brendon Connelly | Dec 12, 2019 | Feature, News

There's little point watching the Star Wars films in Episode order, argues Brendon....

by Simon Brew | Nov 13, 2019 | News

The latest changes to Star Wars has been made since before Disney bought up Lucasfilm....