This review contains spoilers. One of the most exciting things about Star Wars Rebels has been its setting. Not only is the period of time directly preceding the original film rife with storytelling potential, but the way Rebels has gone about exploring this period has been fascinating. Each season of the show has covered roughly … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Recap – “The Antilles Extraction” and “Hera’s Heroes”
Editorial Note: Starting next week, these Star Wars Rebels recaps will be released to coincide with the latest episode. In the mean time, as we catch up with this season, we’re combining a couple episodes into each recap. This recap covers the first two episodes of Season Three while tomorrow’s recap will cover episodes three … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Recap – “Steps Into Shadow” and “The Holocrons of Fate”
Note: This article was originally published on Heroic Hollywood, but their recent site redesign has rendered it unreadable. I am republishing the article in its entirety here for posterity. “We need kids to make stuff.” That quote comes from Lindsey Collins, Producer of Finding Dory and VP of Development at Pixar. Collins was on hand … Continue reading Inside the Science Behind Pixar Exhibition at the California Science Center
A brief note about presentation: I had the opportunity to see Star Trek Beyond at its world premiere in San Diego. The premiere was the world’s first outdoor IMAX screening, complete with the San Diego Orchestra performing the score live to picture. It was an incredible treat… but perhaps not the most ideal way to … Continue reading STAR TREK BEYOND Review
Star Trek is part of the quintessential makeup of our collective pop culture. Its imagery is iconic and its (sometimes misquoted) terminology has been a part of the popular vernacular for decades. Despite this, unlike some of our other pop culture institutions – Star Wars, Marvel and DC comic book characters, or the canon of … Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to STAR TREK
A child’s perspective on the world is different from that of an adult’s. That’s a seemingly obvious statement, but it’s one that we may not always consciously consider. Not only does a child’s limited life experience affect the way they comprehend conflict and solutions, but their physical smallness gives them quite literally a different point … Continue reading How THE BFG Captures the Magic of Make Believe
“I’m surprised all the Mudbloods haven’t packed their bags by now,” Malfoy went on. “Bet you five Galleons the next one dies. Pity it wasn’t Granger…” Let’s start with a history lesson. In the aftermath of the Great War, Germany was in complete disarray. Forced by the other nations of Europe to pay reparations, the … Continue reading Maybe Hermione Should Have Been Black All Along
Don’t forget to read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of our interviews on The Conjuring 2. Both of The Conjuring movies are scary. Horror is subjective and your mileage may vary, but I think it’s safe to say at this point that James Wan has established himself as a master of his craft. … Continue reading James Wan on the Importance of Characters in THE CONJURING 2
Don’t forget to read Part 1 and Part 2 of our interviews on The Conjuring 2. In the past decade and a half we have, in many ways, erased the stigma that sequels are generally bad. We live in a time where sequels to major movies are given a great deal of resources and attention … Continue reading THE CONJURING 2 Writers Discuss What Makes a Good Horror Sequel
Read the first part of our Conjuring 2 interviews here. For those with an interest in the supernatural, few individuals stand as tall as Ed and Lorraine Warren. With a career spanning decades and literally thousands of cases, they are titans in the world the paranormal and the strange. As the opening text of The … Continue reading Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga Talk Skepticism, the Supernatural, and THE CONJURING 2
