Tag: rian johnson
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Some of my Favorite Films of 2022
It’s the end of the year, and while lots of folks will be publishing their “best-of” lists, I thought I’d just give you a list of 10 of some of my favorite films of the year. These aren’t all award-show shoe-ins or anything like that (though some are), but rather just movies I enjoyed throughout…
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Review
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Review 139 Minutes, Rated PG-13 Written and Directed by Rian Johnson **NOTE: this post will be updated with audio once we actually have the chance to talk about it. Until then, you can read Mark’s review below. Stay tuned.** Synopsis: Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to…
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VSMP Talks “The Mandalorian”
A special episode, with special guests. Val and Tracy from the “Movies That Make Us” podcast join me as we discuss The Mandalorian (and by extension, Star Wars in general, lol) Buckle up.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
You’ve known it’s coming, and now it’s here: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* Director JJ Abrams returns to the director’s chair for this final entry in the saga of the Skywalker family. If you recall, Abrams rebooted that “Galaxy far, far away” with The Force Awakens. After the somewhat uneven reception for Rian Johnson’s…
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Knives Out
Releasing for Thanksgiving, it’s a fun, family-oriented, murder mystery (if your family is anything like these folks, anyway…), from the director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson, it’s: Knives Out Take an apparent suicide, stir in a hard-boiled southern PI, add a heaping helping of a money-grubbing family, then add more than a…
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The Last Jedi – Revisit – Spoilers!!!
Very quickly, let me just say this episode was one I feel like we needed to do, not only to bring Jason back on board to get his thoughts, but to more directly address the reasons why we feel about this movie the way we do. Ryan is still a 4 out of 5 on…