Star Wars: The Force Awakens

January’s Box Office Pileup: Is This All Because of The Force Awakens?

January 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

The question of whether or not there are too many movies in theaters this month certainly qualifies as a first-world problem of the highest degree. Nonetheless, it is a [...]

Revisiting My Favorite Films of 2015

January 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

As I ponder my favorite films of 2016, I realize I never made a list for 2015. Oh, that’s exactly what everyone else is already doing, I remember thinking at the time. [...]

Star Wars: Is Wanting to Know the Identity of Rey’s Parents Somehow a Form of a Sexism?

April 12, 2016 // 2 Comments

At a recent family breakfast get together, the topic of Star Wars: The Force Awakens naturally came up since it just came out on Blu-Ray and DVD. An aunt seized this [...]

I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

April 7, 2016 // 3 Comments

In the words of Marty McFly, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story looks heavy. Ala the Force Awakens trailer, it is chock full of nostalgic imagery, offering up glimpses of the Death [...]

Death to All Sequels?

March 2, 2016 // 4 Comments

Have you seen Zoolander 2? Do you know anyone who has? Obviously, I can’t answer those questions for you. However, according to the box office totals it’s more [...]

The Pre-Release Tracking Is Usually Wrong: A Recent History of Misleading Box Office Projections

March 1, 2016 // 8 Comments

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is projected to post a strong, but possibly not strong enough opening weekend (between $100m-$140m) when it debuts in three weeks, but that [...]

Lego Star Wars: A New Animated Series Debuts This Summer & Short Force Awakens Parodies Begin Today

February 15, 2016 // 1 Comment

LucasFilms has been making LEGO Star Wars cartoons for several years now, and they are consistently hilarious, perfectly balancing action and humor to entertain the kids and [...]

Star Wars Movies Will Possibly Become An Annual Christmas Tradition Now That Episode 8 Has Been Pushed Back to Dec. 2017

January 20, 2016 // 4 Comments

For the new era of Star Wars movies, what started out as an unfortunate compromise might turn into a new annual tradition. Disney didn’t exactly want to release The [...]

All the Ways Disney is Trying to Tempt China to the Dark (or Light) Side of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

January 8, 2016 // 4 Comments

And all of that comes without the benefit of playing in the world’s second leading market for film. That’s what you saw a lot of in the early reports about Star [...]

Twitter Has Some Pretty Hilarious Titles for Star Wars: Episode 8 #BadStarWars8Names

January 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

George Lucas just paid those Star Wars prequel actors to be in the movies; he didn’t bother to tell them what the movies were actually going to be called, beyond [...]