(courtesy IMP Awards) Star Wars: Andor is a superlatively impressive show on all kinds of levels but where it is really excelling in this humble reviewer’s opinion is the way in which it is deconstructing a host of romantic myths about what it means to be standing in defiant opposition Continue Reading
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(image courtesy IMP Awards) Star Wars: Andor, now four episodes into its second season, is a remarkable show in many ways. But one of the things that really sets it apart is the sheer raw humanity of many of the characters, best exemplified in the third episode, “Harvest”, where a Continue Reading
“If I’m giving up everything… I want to win. We have to.” Andor S2 E1-3 review
(courtesy IMP Awards) ***** SPOILERS AHEAD ***** When the history of some great struggle is recounted, most relevantly in this case, that of the liberal western democratic allies who took on the might of fascist Germany and won in World War Two, there is an inadvertent tilt towards stripping all Continue Reading
Take a special look at the upcoming second series of Andor: A Star Wars Story
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTWhile Season 1 followed Cassian’s reluctant journey from cynical nobody to revolutionary volunteer, the long-awaited conclusion in Andor season 2 will see the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will Continue Reading
“We’re in a war… you want to fight, or you want to win?” Andor drops trailer for its much-awaited second season
(courtesy IMP Awards) While Season 1 followed Cassian’s reluctant journey from cynical nobody to revolutionary volunteer, the long-awaited conclusion in Andor Season 2 will see the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will Continue Reading
First two sci-fi episodes: Reviews of Skeleton Crew season 1 (E1-2), and Silo season 2 (E1-2)
(via Shutterstock) Skeleton Crew S1 (courtesy IMP Awards) Star Wars has always been about good old fashioned adventure and fun this long-time watcher of the franchise. Ever since I sat down with my mum back in 1977 in a one-screen cinema in the country town near where I lived to Continue Reading
“‘Tis dangerous out there in space! Trust no one…” Star Wars: Skeleton Crew unveils first full trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTGet ready for a brand new adventure. [Star Wars: Skeleton Crew] follows four kids who end up on an adventure to make their way home after being lost in the galaxy following a discovery they make on their home planet. “At its core it’s a story about Continue Reading
Star Wars: Acolyte review – what went down in E5 (“Night”), E6 (“Teach/Corrupt”), E7 (“Choice”) and E8 (“The Acolyte”)
(courtesy IMP Awards) If religious dogma and legalistic ideology prove anything, it’s that a good many people like their beliefs neatly binary and plainly explained. They also want to believe, to an almost amusingly delusional degree, that the institutions charged with keeping those beliefs sustained and upheld are perfect and Continue Reading
The mystery deepens: Review of Star Wars: The Acolyte E3 “Destiny” and E4 “Day”
(courtesy IMP Awards) Episode 3 “Destiny” WHAT HAPPENEDForce witches everyone! In this episode, Star Wars, which has always embraced the light and dark of its supernatural underpinnings gave grading and nuance to this duality, introducing Force practitioners, all women, who are not evil and have a strict, if spookily expressed, Continue Reading
Something sinister this way comes … Review of Star Wars: The Acolyte (S1, E1-2)
(courtesy IMP Awards) If you ever wondered, and honestly haven’t we all at one point or another, what it would be like if you blasted Agatha Christie into space where she played Cluedo/Clue (a Jedi master in hyperspace with a lightsaber) and got to sleuthing with Sherlock Holmes and far Continue Reading