*****SPACE SPOILERS AHEAD!****** When “Star Wars” came out 46 years ago, it was a paradigm shift in cinematic entertainment. Visual effects, sound and even editing were never the same, and movies have been forever chasing its tail ever since. This dramatic revolution occurred when I was all of ten years old in the summer of…
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Comic Con Revolution 2023: The Inland Empire’s ‘little Comic Con’ is well-established…
Welcome Back Since the Southern California Inland Empire’s first Comic Con Revolution (CCR) in 2017, my wife and I have attended nearly each one, save for 2022, when we attended the COVID-delayed “Star Wars Celebration 2022,” which unfortunately, landed on the same weekend. While my wife and I have attended many big ticket conventions, including…
Teaser trailer for “Ahsoka” is unveiled at Star Wars Celebration 2023…
*****DEATH STAR-SIZED SPOILERS!***** As of this writing, “Star Wars Celebration Europe” is currently underway (April 7-10th) at ExCel London. While I’m not there personally, I’ve been lucky enough to have attended two Star Wars Celebrations here in California over the past decade, and they are wonderful. I hope every Star Wars fan attending in London…
Cosplay, Quantum Leap, and the Walking Dead: WonderCon 2023 wraps…
Welcome Back. Once again, WonderCon has returned to Anaheim, California and with COVID restrictions pretty much gone now (though I still wear masks), things feel a bit more back to normal. This year also saw a surprising championing of smaller or lesser-known movies and TV projects than in years’ past. Instead of a DC or…
A Movie Lover’s Dream; the Academy Museum…
The Academy Museum This week, my wife and I finally went where I’ve wanted to go since the place opened in September of 2021 (at the height of COVID, sadly); the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. The museum is by-appointment only, via their website or app, and parking is across the street…
“Tales of the Jedi” sheds more light and color on the Star Wars prequels…
*****STAR DESTROYER-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!***** “A Long Time Ago…” As I may have said once or twice in this column, I make no secret of the fact that the Star Wars prequels are not really my cup of blue milk. Don’t get me wrong; seeing “Star Wars” at age 10 in 1977 was a transformative cinematic…
San Diego Comic Con 2022 returns at full-strength…
Welcome Back, San Diego Comic Con. With the cancellation of San Diego Comic Con 2020 and the much smaller capacity San Diego Comic Con ‘Special Edition’ over last year’s Thanksgiving weekend, SDCC returned in all of its 130,000 attendee glory this past week (July 20th-July 24th), and it was both good and a little terrifying…
Disney’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi” is more about making pieces fit than bold storytelling…
*****STAR DESTROYER-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Debuting with a lot of fanfare at the recent Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi” miniseries has concluded with a finale that pulls out all the stops and throws in every cameo that it can, perhaps to make it seem more impactful than it actually was. Produced/directed by “Mandalorian” veteran…
DisneyPlus’ “Obi-Wan Kenobi” miniseries has taken its first step into a larger world…
*****STAR DESTROYER-SIZED SPOILERS!!****** Though I am currently attending the Star Wars Celebration convention in Anaheim as I type (details in a forthcoming post), I’m compelled to jot down a review of one of the major events at this convention; DisneyPlus’ premiere of the new six-part miniseries simply titled, “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Starring actor (and co-producer) Ewan…
Remembering iconic sci-fi designer Colin Cantwell (1932-2022)…
Colin Cantwell, Rocket Man. This morning, I woke up to read that Colin Cantwell–a name I’ve known since my teens, and a man I had the pleasure of meeting three years ago–passed away at age 90, after a struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. No, his name may not be a household name in special effects, like…
“A long time ago…”: Looking back at Star Wars Celebration 2015 in Anaheim…
“You’ve taken your first step into a larger world…” In April of 2015, my wife and I went to our first “Star Wars Celebration”; an every-four-years event that reaches Star Wars fans worldwide in places such as England, Japan, Germany, etc. Usually it’s held in locales beyond my immediate fiscal/practical reach. Luckily, in 2015, Star…
“Hello, there!” Taking a look at Disney+’s trailer for “Obi-Wan Kenobi”…
A long time ago, in a cinema not too far away… As a 10-year old in the summer of 1977, I vividly recall seeing “Star Wars” , and remembering how it fundamentally changed movies forever. The motion picture industry has been trying to recapture the magic of that first film ever since, as it fundamentally…