…what compelled Steven Spielberg to take the stronger of Michael Crichton’s memorable dinosaur novels and alter…
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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.
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
…faults play into strengths: bits of distracting FX result from the scale of the action, and raw takes serve up organic moments…
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
For a film that does so much right, Force Awakens might have been forgiven a few mistakes had it taken enough chances to fail…
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
…a continuation which is anything but a retread… dark, brilliant, and best of the series in almost every conceivable way… [the] plot twist is among the most memorable in all of cinema…
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
…I can’t help but gush with fanboy adoration each and every time that I sit through the film, continuously mouthing its iconic lines seconds before they are delivered…
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
…What really spoils the stew… is a combination of appalling romantic dialogue and its delivery during the film’s numerous love scenes…
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
“Duel of the Fates”…may be among the few redeeming factors of the film, but when first viewing The Phantom Menace all academic considerations were lost to the pure joy of seeing a new Jedi adventure…