Film and TV - Sabina Begum

Lucasfilm, Disney Media Distribution Age Certificate:  TV-14 IMDb:   8.7/10 Rotten Tomatoes:   93/100 Cast Pedro Pascal 'Din Djarin' / 'The Mandalorian' Carl Weathers 'Greef Karga' Werner Herzog 'The Client' Omid Abtahi 'Dr. Pershing' Nick Nolte 'Kuiil' Taika Waititi 'IG-11' Gina Carano 'Cara Dune' Giancarlo Esposito 'Moff Gideon' Emily Swallow 'The Armorer' The Mandalorian Season 2 trailer dropped last week! The trailer dropped out of the blue which gave me so much anxiety. I should have been prepared but I guess dropping trailers unexpectedly is such a Lucasfilm/Disney thing to do. The trailer did not disappoint, using dialogues from the first season's finale to introduce the premise of the second season. We got to see more clips of 'The Child' with Mando so hopefully we get to see more scenes; diving into a more developed relationship between Mando and the...

Happy Star Wars Day and may the fourth be with you. On this commemorative day, I’ve decided to finally review the latest addition and the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga. I’ve only watched the film once in cinemas during its opening weekend around Christmas so it has been a few months and I vaguely remember much of it… which says a lot. However, just recently, Cinema Sins posted a video on ‘Everything wrong with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ and watching the first part of the film jogged my memory. The video does sum up most of what I thought of the film.   Before the film was released, there was a sudden change of directors and fans were curious to know whether the plot of ‘The Last Jedi’ (2017) (‘TLJ’ henceforth) would have an effect on the last film in the trilogy and the franchise. This isn’t the first time there has been a change of directors within Lucasfilm as directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, were fired from working on one of the Star Wars anthology...

This film was fun and an adventure. There are many things that I loved even though I was one of those people who went in to watch it as 'just-another-film' rather than my having a 'this-is-freakin-star-wars' moment. I was still excited as I am a huge Sci-Fi fan but I knew this was more of a heist film. Regardless, I still enjoyed the space adventure aspect which includes its use of visual effects and PRACTICAL effects/props. Director, Ron Howard said during an interview that the cast had the opportunity to interact with the set props. For example, they didn't have to visualise a hyperspace scene during filming as they were able to see on a screen in front of them on set during the 'hyperspace' moment. It's a shame that many sets do not use a lot of props and practical effects because of advanced technology and the use of digital effects. I think Star Wars do actors a favour and is nostalgic for the reason that there ar...