[Warning: Article contains spoilers for the novel Star Wars: Shadows of the Sith.] Treading in the landscape of the Star Wars sequel trilogy is a treacherous task. Among the three trilogies comprising the Skywalker Saga, it is now widely regarded as the worst. Notwithstanding, Disney remains all-in
Let's get this out of the way right now: Nothing that Disney and Lucasfilm will ever do with Star Wars will ever be right. Some fans, like me, hold Rogue One: A Star Wars Story among the best films of the entire franchise. Others deemed it irrelevant and unnecessary. For some, The Force Awakens was
WARNING: Article contains very minor spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK! If you prefer, check out our completely spoiler-free review HERE. Director J.J. Abrams had the unenviable task of bring a trio of trilogies and over forty years of Star Wars history to a
Two weeks and two days. That's all that separates us from the epic conclusion of a Star Wars saga that began some forty-two years ago. When Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters, Daisy Ridley (Rey) will be front and center. She's already featured prominently in nearly every film promo to
Aside from Rian Johnson, no one person associated with Star Wars has had a target painted on them as big as the one on Kathleen Kennedy. The beleaguered Lucasfilm president's run has been nothing if not tempestuous. Under her watch, Star Wars relaunched with the blockbuster first installment of the
Star Wars fans will nitpick anything. It's one of the worst things about the fandom, and often times one of the most prevalent. Even George Lucas himself nitpicked his own work. If he hadn't, we'd never have seen the original trilogy Special Editions. But… What if all you can do is nitpick
Carrie is one of Stephen King’s most loved and cherished works of fiction. Made into a seminal 1976 film and a later, more disappointing 2013 one, Carrie is an ageless tale of bullying, puberty, and female rage. When Mike Flanagan announced he was tackling the story of a telekinetic
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
If you strip everything else away, at the core—the soul, the center—of DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island” is the pure, unadulterated power of goddamn friendship. Potential spoilers ahead! “Forgotten Island” (written and directed by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford) is,