Star Wars
Movie Review: Dune
3.5 stars out of 5Never read Dune, never watched Dune. In middle school it seemed like a lot of dudes were reading it. Not. And even though I loved Sting and later, David Lynch, no interest in the movie. Decades went by, and finally I decided to check out the reboot — in a theater […]
Movie Review: Star Wars — The Rise of Skywalker
4.5 star wars out of 5 I was 8 when the first Star Wars came out, so for better and worse, this has been my life, with an awful lot of time and mental energy invested. But, not like, nerd level. So if there are some plot and character inconsistencies from film to film, I […]
Movie Review: Solo—A Star Wars Story
3.5 stars out of 5 Richie Cunningham directing a Star Wars movie? My inner 8-year-old was doing backflips. And for the early going, he was the only one who was truly happy, as this film felt like it was made for little kids. (Which wouldn’t be the worst thing, would it?) Star Alden Ehrenreich, so […]
Movie Review: Star Wars — The Last Jedi
4.5 stars out of 5 Among the downers related to my extended hospitalization and rehabilitation was that I didn’t get to see Rogue One in the theaters. Since age 8, I’d seen every Star Wars movie on the big screen, as the good Lord intended. I eventually rationalized to myself that Rogue One was a […]
Movie Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4 stars out of 5 I was 8 years old when the original Star Wars came out and like everybody else I knew, I was all in. Poster on my bedroom wall, action figures, comic books. I loved trying to draw R2-D2. My dad took me into San Francisco one day to meet Darth Vader, […]
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