To everyone who's been complaining that The Force Awakens is just a lazy New Hope redux: STOP! Please read - and watch (video below) - the following. If you still have something to complain about, then at least you'll be complaining about the right thing. (I also addressed this at more length in my Force Awakens breakdown/predictions [...]
This has been circulating around for a little while but, if you haven't seen it yet, watching it fresh off the thrills of The Force Awakens is perfect timing. Taking the music and edit structure of the final full trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, here's a fan-made modern trailer for The Empire Strikes [...]
Opening weekend for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is over, and fans everywhere are beginning to dissect the popular blockbuster as they try to make sense of it all. (You can read my formal, spoiler-free review here.) This article is my own attempt to breakdown the central structure of Episode VII, what it reveals, what that means for the next [...]
Great bit on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, about how Harrison Ford had to be - and was - convinced to return to the role of Han Solo. Not only does this play to Colbert's comedic strengths, but clearly Ford loves being the grouch his reputation often suggests. Funny stuff.
You have to read this to believe it, and even then maybe only The Force can explain it. When Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy spoke to a packed theater before the world premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, she began by saying this: “The Star Wars saga is about a series of seemingly chance encounters. They impact the destiny of [...]
Over the past six weeks, director J.J. Abrams has given us plenty of footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the form of trailers and TV spots, but no actual film clips. Until now. We got this little truncated action scene - the first to be released - from star Daisy Ridley last night on [...]
Cinemark Theaters continues their ongoing Film Classics series with three Christmas favorites: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, It's A Wonderful Life, and Miracle On 34th Street. Showing each Sunday and Wednesday - plus two Christmas Eve encores of the Capra classic - here are the dates and times for each movie: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Sunday December [...]
In the simple, no-nonsense words of Han Solo: "You might need this."
Once again, Luke Skywalker is nowhere to be seen. One-sheet character posters have become marketing staples for the biggest Hollywood franchises, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens has finally dropped theirs. Four of the five - Han Solo, Kylo Ren, Rey, and Finn - show each character brandishing their weapon of choice, while Princess (Queen?) Leia is the only [...]
First the return of Star Wars, and now this?! The BBC's upcoming Victorian-era special, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride - the latest entry in the beloved Benedict Cumberbatch series - will receive a limited roll-out in U.S. and U.K. movie theaters when it premieres next January. Bonus: The theatrical version of the episode will include 20 minutes of additional footage, including [...]
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