Carrie Fisher Archives

Final Rise of Skywalker Trailer Arrives

brettstevens | Oct 22, 2019 | 0

The final Rise of Skywalker trailer is here. It opens on Rey running through the forest as Finn talks about how the Force brought them together. Meanwhile, Poe tries to rally the Resistance, saying that the heroes can lead them, as we get a continuation of the conversations Rey and Kylo had in The L...

REVIEW: Ivan Ortega’s The Last Jedi Re-Edit

brettstevens | Jun 24, 2019 | 0

I’ve never been one to seek out fan productions. I come from the George RR Martin school of thought which says that creating derivatives of well-loved proprieties isn’t instructive for aspiring artists and that they should spend their time creating their own IP. However, I can’t deny that ...

The Five Main Reasons Why I Hate The Last Jedi

AlexGherzo | Dec 28, 2017 | 1

For the first few days after I saw The Last Jedi, I had no intention of writing about it in depth. Why bother? The damn thing isn’t worth discussing in any kind of detail; I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie with this much contempt for its audience and its own franchise (outside the … ...

Five Things Independence Day: Resurgence Does Better Than The Force Awakens

AlexGherzo | Jun 25, 2016 | 1

When I saw Independence Day: Resurgence last week, I was struck by how just how competent it is. That sounds like faint praise, but this a sequel that kind of has no right existing from a creative standpoint, so it could easily have coasted on nostalgia for the original (like, say, Jurassic World), ...