The best thing to come out of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace was an N64 game. Racer was a unique product: a movie tie-in game which wasn’t awful. Care, attention and some actual thought had gone into Racer and because of this … Continue reading A Look Back at Star Wars: Episode : Racer
The worse criticism you can level at a Star Wars movie is that it is boring. From the beginning of the highly anticipated first prequel to the much-loved “original trilogy” you can sense something isn’t right. The scrolling text is talking … Continue reading Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) Review
Return of the Jedi gives us some great set-pieces but little else of actual substance. After the great story, action and cliffhanger that comprised The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi starts strongly but soon comes undone by its lack … Continue reading Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) Review
Disney have gone full force (sorry) with their Star Wars universe. A film a year, some following the “official” Star Wars story and others filling the gaps in-between or adding some depth to the wider universe. Add to this their original … Continue reading Why Disney should fill in the Star Wars gaps
So it seems I’m going to do this after all. This isn’t the first nomination I’ve received but usually I’m so backlogged with posts and movies to review that I let these laps until it is embarrassingly far away from the … Continue reading Finally succumbing to The Liebster Award
The Empire Strikes Back is how you do a sequel. The best way of building onto a movie that already has great characters, a solid fan base and a world full of mythology and history is to expand and develop. Don’t … Continue reading Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Review
A lot of people disliked Prometheus. I wasn’t one of them, I thought there was a lot to like about the movie but then again, it was never going to be Alien or even reach those dizzying heights. In fact, my … Continue reading Is Alien: Covenant trying to wipe away Prometheus?
Star Wars is a film of two halves. After the iconic scrolling text and amazing, triumphant score that opens the movie and once Darth Vader has made his explosive entrance, the movie feels like it grinds to a halt. For a … Continue reading Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) Review
Within the next ten years, all TV will be streamed. You have that option now. You could very easily forego all “live” screenings of TV shows and only watch shows “on-demand.” I pretty much do this anyway, only really watching shows … Continue reading Could you survive with Netflix alone?
The Martian could very well be the best movie I’ve seen this year. From the exciting opening to the thrilling finale I was gripped. I’ve already explained why I loved the movie in my review but needless to say I left … Continue reading Is this the Golden Age for the Space movie?
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