Marvel was releasing two movies every year and had moved up to three when the pandemic shut down theaters for almost a year. Marvel is back in theaters for its first release since 2019 with Black Widow. Scarlett Johansson is back as Black Widow, a character first introduced in Iron Man 2 in 2010. It
The wild success of The Mandalorian took nearly everyone by surprise, including Star Wars fans. In late 2019, the fanbase was drained by years of social media battles about the meaning and reaction to the sequel trilogy, and “a project about Boba Fett” had languished in development hell for years. Expectations were somewhat low, especially
This article contains spoilers for various Star Wars shows, including Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Anyone who’s ever written (or, in my case, tried to write) has probably heard the advice to “show, don’t tell.” Like most good guidance, it sounds simple, but it’s incredibly difficult. “Show, don’t tell” invites the reader to draw his or her own conclusions.
Like much of the rest of Western culture, the Star Wars community has been locked in an argument not only about the political messages in various forms of media but rather whether political messaging is present at all. Part of the fight stems from the fact that we don’t even agree on precisely how “political”
There has been one thing that has remained constant with the Fast and the Furious franchise over the years, and it was amped to the max in F9. What started out as a street racing action movie that was a blatant ripoff of Point Break turned into something resembling a superhero movie, but one where
This article contains spoilers for Season 1 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Let’s check in on Crosshair, kids. Little has been seen of the least loquacious member of the Bad Batch since his inhibitor chip was enhanced by the Kaminoans for the benefit of the Empire. In last week’s drop of Episode 8, Crosshair
Some of the most fascinating new Star Wars properties invite us to subtly deepen our knowledge of longtime fixtures in the franchise. Whether the new media exists in blockbuster new films or long-term streaming releases, the acquisition of Star Wars by Disney+ means many changes and additions to the existing canon. Sometimes this means revisiting
How many shows can viewers name that combine folklore, doppelgangers, erupting volcanoes, and attempt to package them in a drama about grief and relationships? Katla is that show premiering on Netflix and it’s the most unusual series that this writer has ever attempted to critique. The series, based in Iceland, aims to capture the magic
This article contains spoilers for Season 2 of The Mandalorian. As Monsters & Critics recently reported, Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor let slip some details about his upcoming series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live. McGregor plays the title role, which was first made famous by Alec Guinness in the first Star
Connected by the internet and a shared franchise, Ewan McGregor and Pedro Pascal simultaneously dropped their heads on their chests. McGregor was Pascal providing a glimpse into his experiences of walking with a Yoda puppet in The Phantom Menace: “Every time George (Lucas) called ‘Cut!’, he would die, Yoda,” he exclaimed, pitching his neck forward