The Last Jedi is a movie that does not particularly care if you like it or not. While The Force Awakens trod on eggshells and avoided saying anything for fear of upsetting its viewer, giving them instead a fairly uninspired retread of all the Star Wars favorites, The Last Jedi is bold, artistic, and unpredictable.... Continue Reading →
If you ask me, Disney's Star Wars Episode III.5, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is awful. It's a cynical and lazy epitomization of all that's wrong with movie franchises these days. It's the second worst movie of the year. If you ask J.A., Disney's Star Wars Episode III.5, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a very good... Continue Reading →
When I went to go see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story last Saturday, I went in full of hope and an empty stomach. My burrito which I got on my lunch break at work and did not have time to unwrap, was left in the back seat of my car for a late night snack. Somewhere... Continue Reading →
And now, the insane analysis and gushing must come to a halt as I must actually do a reviewer's job and review. Star Wars and Empire are incredible movies. Return of the Jedi is very, very good. I love it. But it isn't perfect. I'm going to lay out some of it's pros and cons... Continue Reading →
All right, everybody strap in for the second installment of Star Wars Week here on LAS, building up to the release of Rogue One. This time, it's another rambling essay posing as a review by yours truly. There are spoilers, obviously, so if you don't know who Darth Vader is, stop reading now. Star Wars... Continue Reading →
10/10 Yeah, I started where I was supposed to end. But now we've gotten the fact that I really, really like this movie out of the way, I can talk about some of the reasons I like it. I think one of the big reasons is that it's very Mythological. There's a reason Star Wars... Continue Reading →
(This review is SPOILER-FREE) 10 Cloverfield Lane is the new JJ Abrams produced thriller that's fast becoming a surprise hit. Produced in near total secrecy and advertised in intentionally vague manners, it's a movie that seeks not to answer questions but raise them. And every single question was provoked in just one word: "Cloverfield." It could... Continue Reading →
Plus quick reviews for the oscar nominated ones! Inside Out 9.4/10 All right, I'll shut up about this one. You know both J.A. Prentice and I love it. Spotlight 8.8/10 "Unfortunately for Spotlight, I tend to like Disney movies and hard sci-fi more than talk-heavy biopics, but of all the talk-heavy biopics I've seen, this may be my... Continue Reading →
Well, this one's a little late. I'd previously promised I'd do this several months ago, but I decided to hold off on it until we were right around the corner from the Oscars, as it is my pick (out of the nominees) for Best Picture of the year. The greatest trick a movie can pull... Continue Reading →
The Internet is already flooded with Force Awakens reviews, so I thought I'd do something a little different, by contrasting the new Star Wars film with the book series that originally showed us what the "next generation" of Star Wars would be like. This is admittedly a little premature, since we haven't seen VIII or... Continue Reading →
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