10 Pop Culture Lies, Deceptions, Miscommunications, And Unrealized Ambitions
Much like Pee Wee Herman, these examples of the PR shuck 'n jive "meant to do that."...
Posts Tagged: "George Lucas"
Popdose Flashback 1973: American Graffiti
Could this be the best thing George Lucas ever made?...
The Great Summer Movies: It’s Not The Years, Honey, It’s The Mileage
George Lucas has been written off as an emotionless technophile who built a billion-dollar empire on the backs of Ewoks and clones. To be fair, he probably is exactly that....
The Great Summer Movies: Don’t Get Cocky!
18 Observations On Star Wars As It Turns 36, Just As I Did Last July 1. This was one of the first VHS tapes we owned; we had a guy...
Revival House: Return of the Jedi
As Return of the Jedi turns 30, Revival House takes a look back at the conclusion to the original Star Wars trilogy....
Popdose Flashback 1983: “Return of the Jedi”
Laser blasts don't leave no blood behind....
7 Movie Franchises With Way Too Many Sequels
Sometimes a film cries out for a sequel. And sometimes we cry out when we see a sequel. Here are seven movie series that fall into the second group....
A New Hope or Will the Empire Strike Back? What the Disney/Lucasfilm Merger Means to Fanboys!
One "Star Wars" megafan is deeply conflicted about the Disney/Lucasfilm merger....
George Lucas Doesn’t Give A Shit About You
Well, he doesn't....
George Lucas Can’t Leave Well Enough Alone
Will a new round of unwelcome, unnecessary changes come with the Star Wars Blu-rays? Of course it will....
DVD Review: “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III”
At 44 minutes, Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III is infinitely shorter than Star Wars Episodes I, II and III and it's also infinitely better than George Lucas' very flawed...
Trailer Talk: “Red Tails” Could Be a Lucasfilm Worth Getting Excited About
Jeff Giles: Can we finally stop feeling a tingle of apprehensive dread when the words “Lucasfilm Ltd.” flash across the screen? Jack Feerick: It’s about goddamn time somebody made this...
Revival House: “Snakes … why did it have to be snakes?”
This week's Revival House celebrates the 30th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark....
Farkakte Film Flashback: “Are You Ready for the Summer?” Edition
Given that as I write this, the forecast for the week is a steady snow starting on Tuesday and tapering off sometime in 2013, I have decided to spend the...
Fandango: George Lucas Faces Jon Stewart — A Report From “Star Wars” Celebration
To some, he is the Flanneled One. The Bearded One. Baron Papanoida. The Maker. To others, he is a former mythmaker who has since surrendered any pretense of creative integrity...
Revival House: “Never tell me the odds!”
In this week's Revival House, Jeff Johnson throws a 30th birthday party for The Empire Strikes Back....
DVD Review: “Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark Side”
Spoiler Alert: Some key jokes of this release will be discussed. If you intend to view this DVD, you might want to consider avoiding the rest of this review. A...
Farkakte Film Flashback: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” Edition
Thanksgiving is upon us once again, and you know what that means: Dinner, and awkward interaction with little-seen family members. And then dessert. Because let’s face it — without food...
CD Review: Kiss, “Sonic Boom”
Any good label manager would tell you: don’t name your album something a reviewer could turn into a catchy, snarky counterpoint. But as we know far too well, most of...
Book Review: Matt Springer, “Unconventional”
See, now this is what Fanboys wanted to be. The debut novel (or novella, as somewhat grumpily conceded in the Author’s Note) from AlertNerd‘s Matt Springer, Unconventional is, according to...
Sugar Water: Black and/or White
Writer-producer-director Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing opened in theaters on June 30, 1989. “White people still ask me why Mookie threw the [trash] can through the window” at the...
21st Century Digital Boy: TV Turn-Offs, Sylar Knifed, and Bye-Bye Dorothy
Peter Chakerian is back from celebrating TV Turn-Off Week -- and in his latest installment of 21st Century Digital Boy, he looks at how far his beloved boob tube has...
DVD Review: “Howard the Duck”
The question is not whether Howard The Duck has aged well, nor is it whether the movie was ahead of its time and is only now finding an appropriate audience....
The Bigger Picture: The Paradox of Poverty
There is a sentiment, shared by many followers of great art, that monetary success strips an artist of his inspiration. It is the idea that once the artist has little...
The Bigger Picture: Disaster Movie!
The average movie is mediocre at best. This is not meant as an insult to hardworking filmmakers. The simple fact of the matter is that few films in a given...
Sugar Water: Harrison Ford
If you were to ask me what I wanted to be when I was growing up, I could lie and say “astronaut” or “baseball player” or even “actor,” but the...
