STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE dir. George Lucas, starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and Alec Ginness It’s hard to imagine a world without Star Wars. Having been born two years after the first film was released, I certainly can’t. But Star Wars has...
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY dir. Gareth Edwards, starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, et al [UPDATED REVIEW – 20 April 2022] Yeah, Rogue One is the best of the Disney Star Wars movies. After watching Episodes VII-IX and Solo, I am relieved that Rogue One...
BLUF: Solo is a pretty darn good space adventure movie, and simultaneously an abysmal Star Wars movie. I’m reviewing this movie twice, because, as noted above, there are two radically different lenses through which to view it, and depending on which one you choose, the results...
STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH dir. George Lucas, starring Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid, and Natalie Portman Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the closing chapter of act 1 of the Star Wars saga, weaves together a number of threads dangled...
STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES dir. George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, et. al There's nothing wrong with a bad movie; with the number of movies Hollywood alone cranks out each year, there's bound to be stories that are duds, it's...
STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE dir. George Lucas, starring Liam Neesons, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, and apparently Jake Lloyd On May 19, 1999, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was released and the world lost its goddamn mind. The first new Star Wars movie since...
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS dir. Sam Raimi, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Xochitl Gomez, Benedict Wong, et al Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the sequel to 2016's Doctor Strange, continues to delve into the mystical side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as...
THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT dir. Tom Gormican, starring Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish, and Sharon Hogan The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, an action comedy starring Nicolas Cage and Pedro Pascal, focuses on a version of worldwide famous Hollywood actor Nic Cage as his...
THE NORTHMAN The Northman, the latest offering from Focus Features, is centered on Prince Amleth, a boy on the verge of becoming a man when his father the king is ambushed and murdered by his uncle Fjölnir. While Amleth narrowly escapes, Fjölnir kidnaps Amleth's mother to...
ALL THE OLD KNIVESdir. Janus Metz Pedersen, starring Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, Jonathan Pryce, and Lawrence Fishburne All the Old Knives, a spy thriller based on the eponymous novel, follows two different narratives: a 2012 plane hijacking by Islamic terrorists and an organization within the CIA...
