An era of Xbox marketing that we seemingly will never get again.
Everything had meaning, emotion & purpose.
There was a story to tell in every scene.
What a time to have been alive.
The finale of RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) feels like the reward for everything that came before it. The Empire is gone, friends who fought are finally together & John Williams’ “Victory Celebration” turns the entire ending into one long emotional exhale.
VAN HELSING (2004) has a 24% on Rotten Tomatoes and honestly, who cares? It’s a movie where Hugh Jackman hunts vampires, fights werewolves, teams up with Frankenstein’s monster, and treats every scene like the fate of the world is at stake. That’s the fun.
Tom Kane has sadly passed away at the age of 64.
He was the iconic narrator of ‘The Clone Wars’ series as well as the voice of Yoda & Admiral Yularen. He also voiced Professor Utonium in ‘The Powerpuff Girls’.
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) goes all in on being a chaotic space opera, messy and overloaded but never boring, throwing out wild ideas while Vin Diesel stays completely serious at the center, which somehow makes the madness around him even more fun.
my favorite thing about this moment is that you can see pacino’s lips about to say BIG ass but his instincts kick in knowing GREAT ass will be better and he was right and that’s why he’s al pacino