Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019) Review

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019) Review

You don’t have to be Yoda to sense ‘much fear’ in Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker If the “Star Wars” prequels have taught us anything, it’s that near-universally reviled trilogies will only be reconsidered and re-evaluated once there is a new trilogy to strike down with all of the hatred. With “The Rise Of ..

Brigsby Bear (2017) is a great, big reassuring hug of a movie. #Review

Brigsby Bear (2017) is a great, big reassuring hug of a movie. #Review

A beautifully understated indie dramedy, “Brigsby Bear”, directed by Dave McCary and produced by The Lonely Island, is a heartfelt and poignant paean to the importance and power of fandom. When James (Kyle Mooney) finds out that his whole life has been a lie concocted by his kidnappers Ted and April Mitchum (Mark Hamill & ..

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Light Side Review

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Light Side Review

Star Wars: The Last JediLight Side Review It was a curious feeling, as I sat in my seat willing the adverts and trailers to hurry up and finish, to realise that – despite the huge presence “Star Wars” has had in my life – this would only be the eighth time in my entire life ..

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Rediscovered

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Rediscovered

Join Mertmas and me as we rule the sofa as father and son. A week after sitting down with Mertmas to watch “Star Wars”, we’re settling in to watch “The Empire Strikes Back”. No agonising, impossibly long three year wait for him. A mere seven days (five of them at school, mind) and he’s here, ..

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Dark Side Review

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Dark Side Review

Star Wars: The Last JediDark Side Review There has been an awakening. Have you felt it? There is a stirring of fears, long thought extinct. Fears that “Star Wars” could once again fall to the dark side. Fears that may lead to anger. After you saw it, how did you feel? Darkness? Light? A balance? ..

Across The View Askewniverse: Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) Review

Across The View Askewniverse: Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) Review

There’s a lot to love about zany caper movie “Jay And Silent Bob Stike Back” and not just because it pays off a joke from the very last scene of “Mallrats”. Something of a cinematic ‘greatest hits’ album, it sees Smith at his most Puckish and playful, revisiting and lampooning not just his own back ..

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Return Of The Jedi (1983) Review

Return Of The Jedi (1983) Review

Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Return Of The Jedi Rediscovered Review! So here we are, Mertmas and I – at the final chapter of the original Star Wars trilogy having taken only two weeks to do so, a feat perhaps more impressive than doing the Kessel Run in a mere ..

Star Wars (1977) Review

Star Wars (1977) Review

Rediscovering Star Wars *SPOILERS* Rediscovering? Yeah, right. An old geek like me had forgotten “Star Wars”. Of course not, I still remember the giddy, obsessive adoration “Star Wars” produced. I remember buying a copy of The Sun on the way to school in late 1982 because it had an article about what was rumoured to ..