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Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

…glee-inducing fan service, peppered over flagrant disregard for the established logic of the franchise.

From magic ropes and carpets to monsters, moving trees, and sheer acrobatics – the special effects in this film…

Ridley Scott’s free particle fetish is on full display in “Gladiator”… and it’s truly a sight to be seen.

…adds to the existing story without detracting from it, builds on old ideas while introducing new ones, and it does right by…

…honors its predecessor and blazes its own path forward. As a youth, I wore out a library tape of “Aliens”…

…at least as watchable as the first, and positively seems to feature more robots to screen-time this go around…

…a hodgepodge of cultural and cinematic influences. This mashup of genres likely scared away potential…

This review was long delayed for personal reasons. Love the character or not, this is a….