Obituary
Irvin Kerschner, 87
Irvin Kershner, the action film director who helmed what is considered the best of the Star Wars films, The Empire Strikes Back, has died in Los Angeles, CA. He was 87. George Lucas picked Kerschner [click for more]
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Movie News
Catching A Fox At Lincoln Center
The last days of summer are winding down and you’re wondering what to do this Labor Day weekend? Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, with help from the Film Society of Lincoln Center, has brought together [click for more]
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STAR WARS Hits BLU-RAY Fall 2011
This weekend at Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Celebration V in Florida, Star Wars impresario George Lucas announced that all six films in the Star Wars series will be available on Blu-Ray disc in the fall of [click for more]
Features
The STAR WARS Trilogy In Lego
It seems like ever since someone first animated the “Camelot” song from Monty Python And The Holy Grail, lots of people have paid tribute to various movies through the medium of Lego building blocks. You [click for more]
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Photos: Big Apple Comic Con
The Big Apple Con was this weekend, and media guests equaled, or possibly outnumbered, the number of comic book guests. While Wizard’s definition of a celebrity might be a bit broad, the world of film [click for more]
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STAR WARS Rumor Mongering, Old School Style!
As my 40th birthday looms just a few weeks away, I’ve been thinking a bit about how movies, the film business and film fandom have changed over the past four decades. Take for example, how [click for more]
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STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: Is Ziro The Hutt The Latest Offensive Sterotype In The Franchise?
You would think George Lucas would have learned his lesson. After the backlash over Jar-Jar Binks’ pidgin Jamaican accent and the Trade Federations’ faux Asian accents in Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace, you’d think that he [click for more]
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New Releases: August 15
1. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (3,452 Theaters, 98 Minutes, Rated PG): As a Star Wars fan, I am of two minds over this movie. Part of me is excited that the Star Wars mythos [click for more]
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A Long Time Ago…
I wasn’t even sure I wanted to write about the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars for today. There has already been enough ink spilt and bandwidth burnt about the franchise recently that [click for more]
Features
George Lucas And The Not-So-Special Editions
It’s become the cinematic equivalent of the old “chicken or the egg” question- Who shot first? Han Solo or Greedo the bounty hunter? It’s a question that has been causing much debate and controversy within [click for more]