“The Mandalorian and Grogu” (2026); this is (not) the way…

******HUTT-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Debuting just before the COVID pandemic on the then-new Disney+ streaming service, Star Wars’ “The Mandalorian” took place shortly after the fall of the Empire, and chronicled the adventures of independent Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), as he made his way through the galaxy in his Razor Crest starship taking various…

“Paul” (2011) is Simon Pegg & Nick Frost’s cheeky homage to Spielbergian sci-fi…

******UNIDENTIFIED FLYING SPOILERS!****** British actors/comedians/writers Simon Pegg and Nick Frost broke geek ground with their memorable, short-lived fandom comedy “Spaced” (1999-2001), which was cowritten and co-created with costars Edgar Wright and Jessica Hynes. Pegg, Frost and Wright would follow with a George Romero inspired horror-comedy “Shaun of the Dead” (2004), which is where they first…