Return of the Jedi was the long awaited Star Wars sequel of the 1980s. The movie was strongly anticipated because it was a Star Wars film as well as the previous film leaving a few unanswered questions. Actually, the producers changed the title “Revenge of the Jedi” to Return of the Jedi (1983, USA) because revenge…

DVD movie commentary/review Eddie (Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage playing a teenager) wants to be a winner at arcade games, so plays at the local arcade, as well as entering the 1982 video game championships. 1970s-80s classic video games are present at ‘the games’ of video games, notably Pac Man and Donkey Kong (games I…

DVD movie commentary It didn’t win best picture at tonight’s Academy Awards, but Mad Max Fury Road (2015, USA) took home six statuettes nevertheless, for technical achievements. It was also nominated for best picture and director. Is there more to this film than big budget special effects? What do viewers take with them, cerebrally, after…

DVD movie commentary Absurdism, existentialism, and meaninglessness forms the backdrop of films like Accident (1967, UK) and Annie Hall (1977, USA), but for me the experience of those kinds of films are incomplete. The philosophy ruined it, though cleverly conceived. Fantastic Four (2015, USA) runs in a different philosophical direction, which is more on the…

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