when a boy becomes a Jedi
It seems that a missing scene from *Return of the Jedi* was screened for fans at Celebration, the big *Star Wars* convention this past weekend…
George Lucas
question of the day: If you could ask one question of George Lucas, what would it be?
Jon Stewart interviewed George Lucas at Celebration, the big annual *Star Wars* convention…
omg: Han Solo shoulda died in ‘Return of the Jedi’
A more emotionally nuanced ‘Return of the Jedi’? It coulda been…
you’re not helping: George Lucas now out to ruin fans
Not content to have spoiled the childhoods of a generation of geeks, George Lucas is now out to appropriate our memories…
question of the day: Whose tell-all confession would actually be worth hearing?
OMG, have you heard? Rielle Hunter is going on Oprah to reveal all about her affair with John Edwards! What do you think she’ll say? Oh gosh, do you think she’ll — *gasp* — say they totally had sex and stuff? OMG, have you read the X-rated texts Tiger Woods’ mistress Joslyn James has made … more…
how to create a male sex slave, Kevin Smith is fat, ‘FlashForward’s gonna suck, more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
trailer break: ‘Star Trek’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… (Or, the Star Trek trailer at Apple Trailers: bigger, crisper, clearer.) The wait is not over! In a parallel universe where Paramount didn’t move the release date from now to next bloody summer, the wait is over. But not here. Not in this universe. In what … more…
Sand Pirates of the Sahara (review)
Why Ferenc Arpad’s 1951 B movie is on my A list of Best. Movies. Ever.
The Star Wars Holiday Special (review)
Here’s what you have to do in order to survive *The Star Wars Holiday Special*: Don’t watch it. If you must, then 1) Have alcohol or some other inebriating substance close to hand — a rock to bang against your skull will do in a pinch. And 2) Remember that your tender 10-year-old self probably witnessed this atrocity the one time it aired on TV to unsuspecting, nay, *eager* audiences, and suffered such psychological trauma that your brain blocked off the memory in order to spare you further harm; know that you may suddenly experience violent flashbacks to Christmas 1978 as that mental wound is viciously reopened.
Treasure Planet movie review: that Disney magic
A moviegoing pal of mine calls it ‘Disney goosebumps,’ the awestruck, think-I’m-gonna-cry feeling evoked when the alchemy works and image and music fuse with your imagination and longing to transport you to another world.
