The Rise of Skywalker

2019 Lucasfilm/Bad Robot Productions/Walt Disney Studios Directed by J.J. Abrams Produced by Kathleen Kennedy/Michelle Rejwan/J.J. Abrams Screenplay by Chris Terrio/J.J. Abrams Story by Derek Connolly/Colin Trevorrow/Chris Terrio/J.J. Abrams Based on characters created by George Lucas Music by John Williams Cinematography by Dan Mindel Edited by Maryann Brandon/Stefan Grube First off, we need to get one […]

The Last Jedi

2017 Lucasfilm Ltd./Walt Disney Studios Directed and Written by Rian Johnson Produced by Kathleen Kennedy/Ram Bergman Based on characters created by George Lucas Music by John Williams Cinematography by Steve Yedlin Edited by Bob Ducsay If you’ve been reading my reviews for any reasonable length of time then you know I do not like to […]

The Revenge of The Sith

2005 Lucasfilm, Ltd./20the Century Fox Written and Directed by George Lucas Produced by Rick McCallum Music by John Williams Cinematography by David Tattersall Edited by Roger Barton/Ben Burtt Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching STAR WARS movies one right after the other for the first time, thanks to the miracle of Blu-Ray as I now […]

The Phantom Menace

1999 Lucasfilm, Ltd./20the Century Fox Written and Directed by George Lucas Produced by Rick McCallum Music by John Williams Cinematography by David Tattersall Edited by Paul Martin Smith/Ben Burtt Like most other STAR WARS fans I resigned myself to never seeing another STAR WARS movie. Despite George Lucas constantly affirming he had nine full screenplays […]

Star Wars

1977 20th Century Fox Written and Directed by George Lucas Produced by Gary Kurtz Music by John Williams Cinematography by Gilbert Taylor Edited by Paul Hirsch/Marcia Lucas/Richard Chew I know people who have described religious epiphanies they have had to me in the best way they knew how. And usually what comes across is that […]

Valley Of The Dolls

1967 20th Century Fox Directed by Mark Robson Produced by David Weisbart Screenplay by Helen Deutsch/Dorothy Kingsley/Harlan Ellison (uncredited) Based on the novel “Valley of The Dolls” by Jacqueline Susann Music by John Williams Songs by Andre Previn & Dory Previn People always give me The Look when during a discussion about movies I mention […]

Jaws

1975 Universal Studios Directed by Steven Spielberg Produced by David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb Music by John Williams Cinematography by Bill Butler Edited by Verna Fields I headed into the den with a 3 liter of Coca-Cola, a bag of potato chips the size of a Dickensian […]