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ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY - MOVIE REVIEW

*Directed by Gareth Edwards *Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Alan Tudyk, Mads Mikkelsen, Forest Whitaker, Jiang Wen, James Earl Jones, Genevieve O'Reilly, Guy Henry, Ben Daniels, Alistair Petrie, Paul Kasey, Stephen Stanton, Stephen Wilding *SPOILER WARNING* The Plot: In order to destroy the Galactic Empire's super-weapon The Death Star, which has the ability to destroy entire planets, the weapon's developer Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen) aids the Rebellion by hiding information on an Imperial base that reveals a weakness for the Rebels to take down the super-weapon once and for all. So a group of Rebels band together, lead by Galen's daughter Jyn (Felicity Jones), in an attempt to capture this information and successfully transmit it to the Rebellion. As exciting as it is for Lucasfilm to develop a brand new Star Wars trilogy with The Force Awakens , The Last Jedi, and the tentatively titled Episode IX , we also coul...

STRANGER THINGS - SEASON 2 REVIEW

*SPOILER WARNING* Created by The Duffer Brothers Starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown,  Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Cara Buono The Plot: Picking up roughly a year later after the events of Season 1, Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) now deals with an entity from the alternate dimension trying to establish a connection of the Upside Down inside of him. So, the group has to prevent this connection from escalating for the many dangers of the Upside Down is coming to their own reality. Now, of course, I was very excited to finally see the next season of Stranger Things because I was a big fan of the last season. It still told a cohesive story, but when it ended on a cliffhanger I was so engaged in its overall story that I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. So for that reason it just proves to show that the series wasn't just a fun 80s throwback, but that there was a comp...

STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH - MOVIE REVIEW

*SPOILER WARNING* *Directed by George Lucas *Starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L Jackson, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Jimmy Smits, Peter Mayhew, Matthew Wood The Plot: With the fear of losing his wife Padmé, Anakin Skywalker pledges himself to the Dark Side of the Force under the leadership of the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Sidious (aka Chancellor/ Emperor Palpetine), which leads into major consequences with the fall of the Galactic Republic forming into the Galactic Empire. There are also consequences resulting in the death of many Jedi with surviving Jedi Obi Wan and Yoda dealing with the aftermath and attempting to put an end to this conflict with Obi Wan also dealing with personal matters of his dear friend Anakin turning evil. When it comes to the final film in the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy , I find that the responses are pretty divisive believe it or not. I've heard responses saying that this movie imp...