Alex Corey Reviews!!

Have you ever had something you love that you felt so connected to? A movie, a show, a sport, a video game, a hobby? You’ll ride or die for it, no matter what it is? No matter the setbacks, if there are even tiny things about it you don’t like? For me, I’ve always had a heart for movies and cartoons, which evolved into my love of art, entertainment, and pop culture. I love that this is a society where there is so much amazing content to enjoy and a variety of it that can appeal to the different tastes we have. For those of you who don’t know the things I’m obsessed with, that isn’t just in the broad world of entertainment and pop culture I’ll basically narrow them down to being The Beatles, superheroes, fantasy stories, and of course Star Wars. There are definitely other individual movies, TV shows, and comics I’m obsessed with, but it would be a really long editorial if we fell down that rabbit hole. If you want to get to an idea of who I am as a person, those four things I mentione...

So this was yet another topic I've been meaning to tackle for some time because this new era of Star Wars may have brought about its critics and toxic fanbases, but there has honestly been so much good to come out of it. Communities I found online who get the same amount of joy from all eras of the franchise as I do. But honestly ever since the announcement of Lucasfilm being sold to Disney and of a new slew of films that included a new trilogy consisting of Episodes VII-XI, I can honestly say this took me on a journey I never realized I was on. And I wanted to take you all on this specific journey from the first announcement to right now since this new era has been one of the best things to happen to me in my film-loving life. This is my journey through the Disney-Era of Star Wars and how it's connected with me so much now. Back in 2012, I remember always loving Star Wars, but more so of the movies. The Clone Wars show was currently on, but it didn't have me a...

We all have our favorite directors that remind us why we love movies and, to us, makes great movie after great movie. One of those directors for me is Quentin Tarantino. Sure, in all his films the violence can be visceral as well as the language being profuse, but we get a great deal of one-of-a-kind storytelling with insanely memorable characters and the most tightly written dialogue your ears will ever hear. And I can say that he's made some of my favorite films of all time rewriting history in a twisted, but fun way in Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He reinvented the Western genre, which made me love said genre a whole lot more in Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight. And let's not forget his contributions of making simple yet effective gangster films in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction (some might argue Jackie Brown but that's one I want to revisit). The list goes on and on for his incredible filmography, but in reality, he's h...

When it comes to beloved trilogies of all time the original Star Wars trilogy is certainly up there on most people's list. And while I don't have a favorite trilogy in the Star Wars saga and feels as if it evolved into my favorite movie series of all time with all 11 films, it's hard not to ignore that the Original Trilogy has a very special place in my heart. And when I mentioned it in my post about the prequels, which you can click here to read, I find that there isn't such thing as a wrong entry point into Star Wars. Whatever Star Wars journey you enjoyed that brought you into the franchise being one of the movies, the shows, video games, or books, treasure it as being the right way. If it made you love Star Wars, then that's what counts.  And to some, the right way is usually watching the Original Trilogy first, and while the version that has official availability is the Special Edition with the alterations George Lucas made, a majority of people were brought u...