The Saga’s Endgame (Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker, 2019)
All things must end they say. It seems like May 4th is the appropriate day for me to put out my review of the final film in the “Skywalker Saga”.…
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Life Without a Soul (Blade Runner 2049, 2017)
It is 35 years since the first Blade Runner. Agent K is a blade Runner and also a modern replicant. He is given a mission after the bones of a…
Nothing But Star Wars Episode Seven (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015)
After the prequels, Star Wars appeared to be…well, complete. Lucas was no longer talking about a third trilogy. All had gone quiet on that front. Instead, Star Wars thrived in…
Nothing But Star Wars Episode Six (Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, 1983)
It took three agonizing years for the audience to get the answers to our questions. Excitement built with the initial announcement of Revenge of the Jedi. A bold and powerful…
Nothing But Star Wars Episode Five (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980)
Star Wars became a world wide phenomenon. This meant that Lucas would get to build on his adventure. Already there were comics from Marvel, novels inspired by the first film…
Nothing But Star Wars: Episode Four (Star Wars: A New Hope, 1977)
In the 70’s a young filmmaker convince a movie company called 20th Century Fox to let him make a film by pretty much forgoing massive creative fees and keeping the…
Why Did It Have to Be Aliens? (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,2008)
Or…Indy Gets Old. Lucas envisioned a new Indiana Jones trilogy, with one change. Where the first three films focused on religious and supernatural artifacts, the new films would focus on…
Choose Your Adventure Wisely (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989)
After the criticism of Temple of Doom, Lucas and Spielberg opted to return to Judeo Christian artifacts. This time was far more myth, in that they search for the Holy…
