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‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Review: Perhaps It’s Too Big A Burden For The Jedi Master To Be Our Only Hope

May 27, 2022 11:00 am

“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope,” is obviously a quintessential line in the “Star Wars” canon and one that echoes out in so many ways in the new Lucasfilm limited series, “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” For tho...

‘In The Heights’ Is A Joyous Celebration Of The Latinx Diaspora [Review]

Orlando Maldonado

May 21, 2021 11:00 am

Features, News, Reviews

There’s an uncontainable joy that’s threatening to burst out of most Latinxs when they hear someone shout ¿bendición? in a movie. Even more so when it happens in a movie like “In the Heights,” one of the bigge...

‘The Get Down’ Doubles Down On Its Cartoonish Sensationalism In Season 2 [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

April 7, 2017 1:42 pm

News, Television

To begin with an unfortunate hot take, Baz Luhrmann's cinematic vocabulary doesn’t include subtlety. For the Aussie director, every moment of drama must become glaring melodrama, color must explode off the scre...

‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Adds Another Cameo

Kevin Jagernauth

August 6, 2016 12:44 pm

News

The difference in the marketing and publicity between "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" has been quite interesting. While J.J. Abrams' film kept a tight veil of secrecy, 'Rogue O...

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