Christopher Rose

“The Star Wars Holiday Special”: Wandering the Streets of the Absurd

This has been a weird time. As of this writing, a worldwide pandemic as engulfed the earth quicker than an old Miller High Life Super Bowl ad. During this time, I have been searching for something to do other than school, essential work, or sleeping. Originally, I was going to write about The Rise ofContinue reading ““The Star Wars Holiday Special”: Wandering the Streets of the Absurd”

“Star Wars: The Mandalorian” Season 1 Review: Nostalgia Done Right

“With everything that’s happening, and the things that are about to come to light, people might just need a little old-fashioned.” – Phil Coulson (played by Clark Gregg), Marvel’s The Avengers (2012). Star Wars: The Mandalorian is a 2019 episodic series created and written by Jon Favreau. The list of directors on the project includeContinue reading ““Star Wars: The Mandalorian” Season 1 Review: Nostalgia Done Right”

“Frozen II” Review and A Thought on Elsa and Core Audience

Alright; context. For those not familiar: six years ago when the first Frozen film was released, I wrote a scathing review on it. Well, I say “scathing,” but I was sixteen going on seventeen and had quite a bias against Disney animated motion pictures. They were for kids and I was above that. It wasContinue reading ““Frozen II” Review and A Thought on Elsa and Core Audience”

The Conflict Within – My Thoughts on “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” and the future of “Star Wars”

So this is going to be my first WordPress post. How typical. So a few days ago as of this inaugural post, I saw The Rise of Skywalker on opening night; full theater if you didn’t count the first two rows. Of course, I heard some reviews from the critics I trust (none of themContinue reading “The Conflict Within – My Thoughts on “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” and the future of “Star Wars””