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The Holy Grail of Sci-Fi Cinema is now online. Here’s why you shouldn’t watch it.

February 19, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

The 1977 Star Wars 35mm restored print is online. Try to avoid it, folks.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: 20th Century Fox, George Lucas, Matt Zoller Seitz, Piracy, Star Wars

Re-return to 1977: a close watch of the Theatrical Version of Star Wars

November 11, 2025 by Christopher ZF 2 Comments

It’s a Star Wars Stream-of-Consciousness

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: 1977, A New Hope, George Lucas, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The films of the Star Wars Universe will double in the next five years. Should we feel good about this?

July 10, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

It took George Lucas 30 years to do what Disney will do in 5.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Disney, George Lucas, Han Solo, J.J. Abrams, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Remember how good the Phantom Menace Trailer was? A cautionary tale for Force Awakens.

April 16, 2025 by Christopher ZF 2 Comments

In 1998, there was real reason to be excited about Phantom Menace. No pressure, J.J.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Force Awakens, George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, Phantom Menace, Star Wars

The Stake Podcast Episode 9: The Films of Steven Spielberg

October 23, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

A sentimental schlock peddler or the auteur of populist cinema?

Filed Under: Stake Podcast Tagged With: A.I., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, George Lucas, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Jurassic Park, movies, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Steven Spielberg, The Stake Podcast

The Stake Podcast Episode 3: Biggie-Sized Hollywood

September 4, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung 1 Comment

The increasing biggification of Hollywood movies, George Lucas and the original theatrical release of Star Wars, and our bests and worsts of the week.

Filed Under: Books, Media, Movies, Stake Podcast Tagged With: George Lucas, Hollywood, Jeff VanderMeer, Jennifer Lawrence, Southern Reach Trilogy, Star Wars

Star Wars Blooper Reel and the least frigthening Storm Trooper attack of all time

October 28, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

see it while you can.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Bloopers, George Lucas, Star Wars

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