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STAR WARS Oscar Winner Grant McCune, 67

December 31, 2010 Rich Drees

Grant McCune, the visual effects artist who won an Academy Award for his model work for 1977’s Star Wars, died Monday, December 27th of pancreatic cancer at his home in Hidden Hills, CA. McCune was [click for more]

Irvin Kerschner, 87

November 29, 2010 Rich Drees

Irvin Kershner, the action film director who helmed what is considered the best of the Star Wars films, The Empire Strikes Back, has died in Los Angeles, CA. He was 87. George Lucas picked Kerschner [click for more]

Catching A Fox At Lincoln Center

September 3, 2010 John Gibbon

The last days of summer are winding down and you’re wondering what to do this Labor Day weekend? Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, with help from the Film Society of Lincoln Center, has brought together [click for more]

STAR WARS Hits BLU-RAY Fall 2011

August 16, 2010 Rich Drees

This weekend at Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Celebration V in Florida, Star Wars impresario George Lucas announced that all six films in the Star Wars series will be available on Blu-Ray disc in the fall of [click for more]

The STAR WARS Trilogy In Lego

May 6, 2010 Rich Drees

It seems like ever since someone first animated the “Camelot” song from Monty Python And The Holy Grail, lots of people have paid tribute to various movies through the medium of Lego building blocks. You [click for more]

Photos: Big Apple Comic Con

October 20, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

The Big Apple Con was this weekend, and media guests equaled, or possibly outnumbered, the number of comic book guests. While Wizard’s definition of a celebrity might be a bit broad, the world of film [click for more]

STAR WARS Rumor Mongering, Old School Style!

February 18, 2009 Rich Drees

As my 40th birthday looms just a few weeks away, I’ve been thinking a bit about how movies, the film business and film fandom have changed over the past four decades. Take for example, how [click for more]

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: Is Ziro The Hutt The Latest Offensive Sterotype In The Franchise?

August 14, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

You would think George Lucas would have learned his lesson. After the backlash over Jar-Jar Binks’ pidgin Jamaican accent and the Trade Federations’ faux Asian accents in Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace, you’d think that he [click for more]

New Releases: August 15

August 14, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (3,452 Theaters, 98 Minutes, Rated PG): As a Star Wars fan, I am of two minds over this movie. Part of me is excited that the Star Wars mythos [click for more]

A Long Time Ago…

May 25, 2007 Rich Drees

I wasn’t even sure I wanted to write about the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars for today. There has already been enough ink spilt and bandwidth burnt about the franchise recently that [click for more]