Posts Tagged ‘Star Wars’
Episode 8 – Pokémon Detective Pikachu
On this week’s podcast, Cassidy and Keith review the first live-action Pokemon movie, Pokémon Detective Pikachu. We catch up with the movie news and for our Netflix Homework, at the end of the podcast, we review the 1976 Sci-Fi cult film Logan’s Run. News stories…
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Film Review – Aquaman
The DC Cinematic Universe has had – at best – an uneven rollout. Outside of the fantastic Wonder Woman (2017), most of the connected films have not satisfied in the way many may have hoped. It’s hard to say what the future will bring for…
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An Appreciation – Jaws
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat” Here is the moment that would forever change how movies are made, marketed, and watched. It’s hard to fathom – all these decades later – how much of an impact Jaws (1975) would have in popular culture. With its…
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Film Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Ever since A New Hope was released in 1977, every Star Wars film followed the same basic formula: operatic space battles between good and evil, with a central character being pulled in both directions, whose final choice could decide the fate of all. From the…
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An Appreciation – Apocalypse Now
The production of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979) has become almost as infamous as the film itself. Hot off the successes of The Godfather (1972), The Godfather: Part II (1974), and The Conversation (1974), Coppola had turned into one of the major faces of…
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Film Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Second Take)
Hey, have you ever sat back and thought: “If the Death Star was such a powerful weapon, why was it so easily destroyed by a couple of blasts down a generator shaft?” Well, lucky for you, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) spends a…
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Film Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Second Take)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is Disney’s first foray away from the Star Wars’ Episode films. It is coined as a standalone Star Wars film, but the term is misleading. Rogue One is set timeline-wise after Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and before…
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Film Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
“A long, long, long, long time ago…in a galaxy far far away…” The last time we saw our heroes we found out where Luke Skywalker was hiding away, Kylo Ren betrayed his father and a new nemesis is plotting (yet again) to rule the galaxy.…
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