Star Wars The Phantom Menace archives

Dune movie review: dreams of alien worlds

Mon, Oct 25, 2021

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

Sat, Oct 02, 2021

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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

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

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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

Mon, Dec 18, 2017

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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

Fri, Sep 09, 2016

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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

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

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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)

Sat, Jan 09, 2016

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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?

Wed, Jun 20, 2012

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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?