40 Years Ago. When I was not-quite 11 years old, one of the most awe-inspiring movies I’d ever seen was Steven Spielberg’s brilliant “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”(1977). “Close Encounters” was life-changing, and propelled my current never-ending curiosity about the universe. Five years later, in 1982, I was a somewhat more cynical 15 years…
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The Mandalorian, Chapter 4: “Sanctuary” offers another recycled classic western story…
DisneyPlus has released the 4th chapter of its new Star Wars streaming series, The Mandalorian, which continues to homage the early inspirations of Star Wars, namely the films of Akira Kurosawa (1961’s “Yojimbo”) and classic westerns (in this case, 1953’s “Shane” and 1967’s Italian-made “A Fistful of Dollars”). This week’s chapter , “Sanctuary”, was once…