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Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Email Tumblr Pinterest Linkedin reddit Google+ The people behind the next Star Wars film have been accused of going to "the dark side" by filming on the stunning island of Skellig Michael. Part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is being shot on the stunning rock formation which lies off the Irish coast in the Atlantic. But An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, is worried it will be damaged by the film crew. The Irish government says that won't happen and that it will be good for tourism. The crew are back on the island to film extra scenes for the movie which is released in the UK on 17 December . Charles Stanley-Smith, from An Taisce, said that he "supports the role of film in promoting Ireland's wonderful built and natural heritage". "All to satisfy the transient interest of a film company whose purpose is to use this internationally significant Unesco World Heritage Site - merely as f...

POSTED  ON JUNE 23, 2013 BY ED MORRISSEY Note: Some mild spoilers included . Faster than a speeding bullet!  More powerful than a locomotive!  Able to leap tall buildings in a single   bound!   If that sounds a little old-fashioned and cheesy, then the reboot of the Superman series is for you.  Unlike its film and television predecessors,  Man of Steel dispenses with the cheese in favor of grit, and exchanges familiar character profiles for something more modern and realistic. In this version of the DC Comics classic, Krypton is rent both literally and figuratively.  Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and Lara (Ayalet Zurer) produce the first natural birth in centuries on Krypton, which takes on a very  Brave New World- meets- The Matrix  tone in the opening sequences.  As the planet reels toward destruction, General Zod (Michael Shannon) attempts a coup while Jor-El sends the newborn Kal rocketing toward Earth along with the “cod...