Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters later this year. When it does, it will bring over forty years of Star Wars history to a close. Most fans (a vocal minority of haters and boycotters aside) are anxiously waiting to learn how the Skywalker saga will end. "Anxiously", however does not
2019 is without question going to end up one of the biggest years in cinematic history. Avengers: Endgame is within spitting distance of breaking Avatar's box office record. Likewise, the film is the culmination of over a decade of cohesive Marvel storytelling. The MCU comes to an end as we know it
One of the biggest questions in Star Wars has been this: how could the Sith return without the Jedi Order knowing it? A recent audio novel sheds some light on the subject, however. It turns out the Jedi, or at least a couple of them, knew of the impending Sith uprising, but failed to act on it. One
On the 20th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, George Lucas responded to its critics, reminding them that Star Wars has always been for kids. The Star Wars prequels (Episodes I, II, & III) received considerable backlash from many fans. Fans complained about the overuse of CGI, poor acting, and of
We're down to just a single day before the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge theme park opens at Disneyland in California. Disney has gone all-in on the project, and with good reason. The Star Wars fan base is one of the most vocal, and at times rabid fan bases there is. If Disney gets this wrong, there
Game of Thrones is now in the books. Its eighth and final season wrapped up this past Sunday. It didn't do so without controversy, however. Many viewed the final season of the absurdly popular HBO series as its worst. Some even began a petition to remake the season. For that reason, and others,
For a film called All Of A Sudden, very little happens suddenly in Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s sensitive portrayal of friendship and care. The director (Drive My Car) has a particularly patient style of filmmaking that is not universally appealing, but it captures humanity in all its messy earnestness.
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl returned for The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween House Party, delivering a double feature built around two very different approaches to Halloween horror. This time, the legendary horror host paired Body Bags (1993) with WNUF Halloween Special (2013),
Paweł Pawlikowski’s new film is a dense exploration of a very specific part of Thomas Mann’s life and Germany’s history. Winning Best Picture at Cannes and chosen as Poland’s submission for Best International Film, the film expects a certain level of historical and geographic knowledge
