loaded question: what are your memories of ‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace’ as we approach its 25th anniversary?
It’s almost impossible to convey the level of excitement and anticipation if you didn’t experience it that spring and summer of 1999…
Star Wars The Phantom Menace
loaded question: would you go to a pub or bar that showed movies (instead of sports)?
I imagine that a movie pub would mostly show classics, ones that people know by heart. This would not be a venue for quiet appreciation of a new movie but more of a communal bonding type of experience.
Dune movie review: dreams of alien worlds
Monumental. Villeneuve tells a familiar story with uncommon elegance and pensiveness, even dreaminess, on a breathtaking scale. A stunningly gorgeous, supremely dignified movie about ugly things.
curated: the boy who was almost Anakin Skywalker
Please watch this absolutely bittersweet and poignant short film about Devon Michael, a child star in the 1990s who was on the very shortlist to play Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker movie review: the galaxy isn’t far far away, it’s just very small
Kudos to J.J. Abrams for doing something extraordinary: he has made me not care about Star Wars for the first time ever. I’m kind of relieved that it’s over, because it has stopped being fun.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie review: a great disturbance in the Force
Upends expectations, demythologizes the mythos, and takes an iconic series in a bold new direction with a story full of humor, courage, and dazzling imagery.
Ben-Hur movie review: it’s fine, everything is fine
It’s not great. It’s not terrible. It is bland manufactured entertainment product. It’s fine. Hollywood is not creatively bankrupt. Everything is fine.
Ratchet & Clank movie review: wretched and junk
Could have been assembled entirely from clips from other movies — mostly the Star Wars prequels — and would have been better if it had been.
rewatching Star Wars: the prequel trilogy (the tweetening)
Earlier this week, I live-tweeted a rewatch of Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III. Here’s how it went down…
question of the day: Why does geek fandom hold grudges for so long?
Does it serve any purpose beyond tribal bonding? Has the Net era encouraged and amplified geek grudge-holding? Will fandom ever learn how to forgive and forget?
