Author: Domonic Riley
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Nostalgia and Self-Reference in Movies
Watching any recent sequel to a legacy franchise can feel like you’re playing nostalgia bongo, with the amount of references and callbacks to previous moments from the franchise’s history. Think the mini Stay Puft marshmallow men in Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Frozen Empire, or the reuse of famous quotes in Alien:…
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‘Dark Force Rising’ by Timothy Zahn book review
After reading Heir to the Empire a while ago, I was eager to continue with this trilogy, and so started on Timothy Zahn’s second installment Dark Force Rising, and can say that it lived up to my expectations. The story follows Han, Luke, Leia and the former Rebellion as they…
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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’: A Sad Ending to the Sequel Trilogy
When I think of The Rise of Skywalker, I can’t really be as hard on this movie as I might. Yes, it’s bad, but it came off the back of something even worse, The Last Jedi. It had to try and fix that movie’s problems and bring the whole sequel…
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‘Jurassic Park 3’ is an Older Kind of Sequel
Hollywood loves a sequel and so do fans, so it’s no surprise that when a movie does well enough at the box office, it inevitably leads to the studio making a follow up, keeping fans engaged without having to go through the trouble of starting a completely new franchise and…
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’, A Point of No Return
I’ve talked about The Force Awakens, so it’s time to continue with my retrospective on the Star Wars sequels and move onto the next movie, The Last Jedi. After seeing TFA, I was unsure what to think of the story being told here, but thought that its follow up might…
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: An Underwhelming Start to the Sequels
There’s been a lot of stuff said about the Star Wars sequel trilogy, so I thought I’d add my own thoughts here. I know I’m late to the party and a lot of what I’ll say has been covered before, but I wasn’t in the Star Wars fandom back in…
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Movie Review
When everyone praises a movie or show overwhelmingly, I’m always wary about it. Will it actually live up to the hype, or is it just a fad that people will forget about soon enough? With Godzilla Minus One, the reality is that it’s every bit as good as it’s been…
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What if Luminara Had Trained Ezra Bridger?
What would have happened if the upright Jedi master had trained the kid from Lothal?
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‘Shardlake’ TV Show Review
One of Disney Plus’s best recent releases is far removed from its usual Marvel and Star Wars content, with the four-part miniseries Shardlake taking viewers back to the 16th century. The show follows Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer who is engaged by Thomas Cromwell to investigate a murder at a monastery,…
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