UPDATE: We initially ran this back in 2015 before the release of The Force Awakens. With perspective on the full Skywalker saga, now seems like a good time to revisit it. The original has been updated with a more extensive appreciation of the film plus more (and higher quality) screenshots. Enjoy!
The original Star Wars trilogy; New Hollywood’s Holy Triumvirate. What is there really left to say about it? Probably not a whole lot, but that won’t stop us from trying. However, in lieu of a traditional write-up for these movies, this will be a space to single out the key moments from the films that helped make them the phenomena they are. These moments might be considered the greatest moments in the trilogy—the chill-inducing cinematic moments that will never get old. Without further ado…
The 10 best moments from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
UPDATE: We initially ran this back in 2015 before the release of The Force Awakens. With perspective on the full Skywalker saga, now seems like a good time to revisit it. The original has been updated with a more extensive appreciation of the film plus more (and higher quality) screenshots. Enjoy!
The original Star Wars trilogy; New Hollywood’s Holy Triumvirate. What is there really left to say about it? Probably not a whole lot, but that won’t stop us from trying. However, in lieu of a traditional write-up for these movies, this will be a space to single out the key moments from the films that helped make them the phenomena they are. These moments might be considered the greatest moments in the trilogy—the chill-inducing cinematic moments that will never get old. Without further ado…
The 12 best moments from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
UPDATE: We initially ran this back in 2015 before the release of The Force Awakens. With perspective on the full Skywalker saga, now seems like a good time to revisit it. The original has been updated with a more extensive appreciation of the film plus more (and higher quality) screenshots. Enjoy!
The original Star Wars trilogy; New Hollywood’s Holy Triumvirate. What is there really left to say about it? Probably not a whole lot, but that won’t stop us from trying. However, in lieu of a traditional write-up for these movies, this will be a space to single out the key moments from the films that helped make them the phenomena they are. These moments might be considered the greatest moments in the trilogy—the chill-inducing cinematic moments that will never get old. Without further ado…
The 11 best moments from Star Wars (a.k.a. Episode IV: A New Hope)
Avengers: Endgame is the caps the current iteration of the MCU, known as the “The Infinity Saga.” With more than $2.7-billion in worldwide box office dollars, Endgame is the biggest movie of all time in that regard. Does it deliver the goods? Yeah, it does.
This is not an in-depth discussion of plot, but there are probably some spoilers.
Avengers: Endgame is often magnificent. Let’s just get that out of the way. I’d say I have Marvel fatigue, even though I’ve seen just about all of the movies. I was excited to see Endgame, although my enthusiasm was yoked to some degree of obligation. Excited or not, when you feel obligated to see a movie nuzzling the 3-hour mark, that’s not necessarily a spot you want to find yourself in. Compulsion, run time and an impossible amount of hype compelled me to temper my expectations. I was just hoping for a good time and for my bladder to remain intact.
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With a busy slate of upcoming TV projects and a dearth of information about new films in development, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker feels like the end of yet another era for the franchise George Lucas first unleashed upon the world in 1977. Furthering this point is the fact that The Rise of Skywalker is the capstone of a trilogy of trilogies. (I hate that sentence… please forgive me.)
We finally have the answer to the big question. Who were Rey’s parents? Rey is not another hidden Skywalker, nor a Solo. It turns out that she’s Emperor Palpatine’s granddaughter, and like Luke before her, her Jedi path leads her directly into a confrontation with the Emperor. Yes — if you haven’t been following the buzz around this movie — the Emperor is quite operationa– I mean, he’s still alive. If The Force Awakens was A New Hope (only more), Skywalker feels like Return of the Jedi (only a lot more). So, Palpatine survived his fall and the explosion of The Death Star II to rebuild his power on the mysterious Sith world of Exegol. It is revealed that he had engineered Snoke as his puppet, and now he wants his granddaughter to unite with him to rule the galaxy in what is to be the Final Order. Let’s begin by jumping straight to the end. How does Episode IX manage to wrap things up?
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Game of Thrones: Season Eight
With this Season 8 review, we’ve scored every Game Of Thrones episode and there will be a master ranked list of the episodes forthcoming. The episodes were broken down at the granular level. Each storyline within each episode received score from 1-5 in each of the following areas: Story, Worldbuilding, and Entertainment. The component scores were then combined and used as the basis for the Episode Scores. With some time to reflect on the final season, we’ve completed the task. Read the Season 8 Review and stay tuned for the full ranked list of all 73 Game of Thrones episodes.
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Without further ado…
First, a brief excerpt from our review of the previous season:
This is still Thrones, but with a shorter run of seven episodes and an overall breezier approach to storytelling, it often felt like a dragon of a different color.
This was the last sentence of the opening paragraph of our Season 7 review. With the series finale now in hindsight, that sentence serves as a quaint reminder of just how much Game of Thrones contorted itself in its final two seasons, seemingly in a rush to cross the finish line. Seasons 1-6 each comprised ten episodes. Season 7 delivered seven. Season 8 had six. Despite less screen time, there was never any shortage of story left to tell. Ultimately, Season 8 was a similarly uneven experience that doubled down on the storytelling headaches of Season 7. This is not to say that Thrones’ final season is of poor quality as a whole. Indeed, the season features some of the most striking Thrones scenes of all time with the unfortunate garnish of some of the series’ worst. Bring on the episode blurbs…
Winterfell [8.01]
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