When director George Lucas first unleashed Star Wars (1977) on an unsuspecting movie-going public, effectively creating an epic saga that would last decades and entertain millions of fans throughout the world, he couldn’t possibly have foreseen (inference intended) that his film would still be impacting cinemas today. Now, the third trilogy of the Star Wars saga comes to a fitting end in Star Wars...[Read More]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens needed to do two things. First of all, it needed to erase the sour memory of the prequels, at least in the minds of ardent Star Wars fans. Secondly, it needed to prove it could stand with the original trilogy as a fitting sequel to Return of the Jedi (1983). Amazingly, it does both. From the opening crawl, which packs more excitement into it than any of the crawls from...[Read More]
First off, like everyone else, I was shocked and horrified to learn about the shooting at the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado on the morning of Friday, July 20th, 2012. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, along with their families and friends. This was an act of senseless, unconscionable evil, and it has cast a cloud over what should have been a day of joy and celebration for movie fa...[Read More]