As an experiment, I dusted off my collection of 16-year-old ‘Phantom Menace’ fast-food toys, put the pile of boxes in front of my kids, and let them go to town. Here’s what happened.
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Let’s take a moment to reflect on 18 of the best trailers ever made . . . for what were ultimately some pretty terrible movies. Let me be clear: these are neither the best trailers ever made nor the worst movies ever made. This group of trailers did their job remarkably well – they made bad movies look amazing, and they tricked us into paying good money to see the movies.
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It’s here! Yesterday, the world caught its first glimpse of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in a 90-second teaser that played into the greatest force of all: nostalgia. Every Star Wars fan, young and old, casual and obsessive, now has about 390 long, hard days to wait, plan and speculate on their return to that galaxy far, far away. There’s no time to waste, so let’s start the speculating now with a shot-by-shot deconstruction of the teaser.
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Is $6.99 worth it for an app that retells the film most consider to be the worst of the Star Wars trilogies?
Continue ReadingI thought 3D movies were the coolest thing ever when I was a kid. I even loved the silly paper glasses with one red lens and one blue lens and took them home to play with until they completely fell apart. I thought it was neat when popcorn looked like it was flying into […]
Continue ReadingNicole Wakelin is joined by GeekMom Mandy Horetski to talk movies, from The Avengers to The Hobbit and even the age old debate, is 3D worth the fuss? First there’s Hugo with Oscar nominations galore and then later this month Star Wars fans get The Phantom Menace in 3D. Should you jump at […]
Continue ReadingThis past weekend, my son and I had the good fortune to attend a press junket, courtesy of 20th Century Fox, for the upcoming Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D release. The trip included a visit to Skywalker Ranch …
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