Star Wars might have begun with A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, but the series didn’t truly explode in popularity and acclaim until the prequels told the story before the story. Even today, it’s all but impossible to say the titles The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and […]
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Frank Cassano’s Imbecile Parade!
This week’s question: Are you looking forward to Star Wars: The Force Awakens? CONTINUE READING >>>
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Movie Review: Can J.J. Abrams Do Justice to Star Wars?
STAR WARS This movie is a new hope! Ha! Get it? Because… sorry. Never mind. J.J. Abrams owes his career to Steven Spielberg, with each of his films chasing that sense of awe and wonderment Spielberg consistently evoked in the ’80s. Abrams’ own films (franchise rehab attempts, mostly, like Star Trek and Mission: Impossible) have […]
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Okay, Nerds, Let’s Talk About Those Star Trek Beyond and Independence Day: Resurgence Trailers
STAR TREK BEYOND “Beyond… what? Captain, are we going… BEYOND DARKNESS?” Along with roughly 400 other previews, the trailers for Star Trek Beyond and Independence Day: Resurgence are slated to play with Star Wars: The Force Awakens when that movie opens on Thursday. (Here’s where you should go see it.) But probably because studios know […]
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Live in Portland? Here’s Where to See Star Wars: The Force Awakens
STAR WARS: EPISODE VII—THE FORCE AWAKENS Man. Jim Jarmusch’s new movie looks weird. A little movie called Star Wars—MAYBE YOU’VE HEARD OF IT—is opening next week. A week from tonight, in fact. Here on Blogtown, we’ve been pretty quiet about it, because every single other place on the internet won’t shut up about it. That […]
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The Time Has Come for a Star Wars/Pitch Perfect Crossover
I’m not the biggest fan of the ads for Star Wars Battlefront, the upcoming video game that seems destined to break sales records. In an era when Star Wars is, thankfully, branching out—focusing on characters who aren’t white dudes, making a point to include gay characters, vowing to put women behind the camera as well […]
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I Love Star Wars, I Hate Star Wars Day
Vanity Fair Star Wars is great! “May the 4th Be With You”—today’s fan-made, Disney-approved faux holiday that “celebrates” a pop culture phenomenon that’s pretty much already celebrated all the time—is fucking obnoxious. But nerds are gonna do what nerds are gonna do, and if that’s spending an entire day repeating a horrible pun and flooding […]
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So Here’s That New Star Wars Trailer
Anaheim is currently overrun by amateur stormtroopers and wannabe Jedi thanks to Star Wars Celebration, which is kind of like Comic-Con except ONLY STAR WARS ALLOWED, DO NOT EVEN FUCKING THINK ABOUT BRINGING ANYTHING THAT ISN’T STAR WARS™ WITHIN A QUARTER-MILE OF THE VERSATILE, FIRST-CLASS VENUE THAT IS THE ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER. And the prom […]
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So Ignore Everything I Said About That Increasingly Annoying Star Wars “Tease”
technically related A few days ago I wrote about how the 88-second-long “tease” for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will only be playing in a few movie theaters this weekend. “Maybe they want to make sure people think of Star Wars as still being a big-screen experience!” I said. “Maybe this is a nice reminder […]
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Here’s Where You Can See the “Tease” for Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Friday
This is about as long as the trailer will be. Disney has announced the theaters that, starting this Friday, will be showing the “tease” for Star Wars: The Force Awakens—an 88-second-long preview that’s either so short or so insignificant that Disney’s not even calling it a “preview” or a “teaser.” So, you know—manage your expectations. […]
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Star Wars: Episode VII Has a Title, Still Isn’t Coming Out for 407 Days
via The film previously known as Star Wars: Episode VII, which won’t come out for over a year, now has an official title: Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This title does not change the fact that the film is still not slated for release until 407 days from today, meaning that any number of things […]
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J.J. Abrams: Yep, Still King of the Nerds
There’s backstory, here, if you want it, having to do with Star Wars* director J.J. Abrams sending out not-so-cryptic pictures from the set and Batman Versus Superman** director Zack Snyder posting weird images that are inexplicably Star Wars-related***, but all of that’s pretty… well, good for you, if you care, I guess? All I care […]