Tag: Prequel

It’s Gonna Be Different This Year – Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (2023) Series Premiere

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (2023)

Revisited a much-loved pop landmark from the heart of the Baby Boomer era with a pointedly more diverse cast and a stronger focus on the female point-of-view, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies feels like it was explicitly (if not expressly) designed to inflame our current culture wars and drive the anti-“woke” crowd absolutely insane… Read More It’s Gonna Be Different This Year – Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (2023) Series Premiere

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Star Wars Odds & Ends – Tales of the Jedi (2022) Season 1

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (2022)

Although LucasFilm’s animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars initially seemed to come to a close back in 2014 after six very successful seasons, it showed up again in 2020 for a bonus seventh season that felt like it finally brought the narrative to a conclusive end. Even after that, however, creator Dave Filoni is apparently… Read More Star Wars Odds & Ends – Tales of the Jedi (2022) Season 1

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Going Rogue Again – Star Wars: Andor (2022) Series Premiere

Star Wars: Andor (2022)

The latest Lucasfilm series to premiere on Disney+ streaming, Andor is easily the least Star Wars-y of any Star Wars project to date. It’s also the most mature and adult-oriented installment in the franchise’s history. This leaves me feeling very conflicted. On the one hand, as a middle-aged adult who still has interest in Star… Read More Going Rogue Again – Star Wars: Andor (2022) Series Premiere

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Strident Interlude – Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021) 4K Ultra HD

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021)

Following two previous attempts that performed acceptably at the box office but were little loved among fans of the original property, Hasbro and Paramount framed their third live-action G.I. Joe movie as a solo outing for the franchise’s most popular character. Unfortunately, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins has little in its 121-minute length recognizable as… Read More Strident Interlude – Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021) 4K Ultra HD

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Amazon’s Power Play – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) Series Premiere

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)

Almost two decades since Peter Jackson’s much-loved and Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy concluded, and just shy of one decade since his much less-loved Hobbit trilogy, Amazon Prime Video brings viewers back to J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy world in the new streaming prequel series The Rings of Power. Reportedly the most expensive television production… Read More Amazon’s Power Play – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) Series Premiere

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