A New Hope

  • Ranking Every Star Wars Opening Shot

    Everyone knows the now iconic opening to the Star Wars movies, with John Williams’ incredible score accompanying three paragraphs of crawling text designed to set up the following couple of hours of space-set action and adventure. Watching the films constantly since a young age, these crawls are seared into...
  • Characters that deserve stories in Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View

    Star Wars fandom is at peak levels after Star Wars Celebration last weekend with the event not only looking forward to future movies but also looking back on when it all started. 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the original Star Wars – which would later become known as...
  • In Brief: Ghostbusters (2016)

    Welcome to the first edition of In Brief, a new experiment of mine where I briefly discuss a film, TV show or a game of my choice in 500 words (give or take). Don’t confuse this with a review. I’m not here to hand out a score or to...
  • Star Wars Original Trilogy isn’t as Good as You Remember

    Hear me moan, To prep myself for The Force Awakens I revisited A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi – and they’re not as good as I remember. It’s difficult not to blame the prequels because they have, without a doubt, created plot-holes and...
  • Worst Things About The Star Wars Original Trilogy

    It’s easy to say that the original trilogy is flawless. The films are monoliths of popular culture, inspiring current legends of cinema like Christopher Nolan to begin making films. They propelled the art of visual effects forwards into previously unimaginable directions and most of all made multiple generations fall...