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The knives have been out for Rian Johnson again as Star Wars fans react to the release of Disney-owned Fox’s The Rise of Skywalker by revisiting the debate over the space saga’s preceding installment, Johnson’s polarizing The Last Jedi from 2017. Today, Johnson defended himself and his version of the franchise’s…

Making a Star Wars movie can be a thankless job. Reviewing one can be too. Rest easy, I will not be revealing any spoilers about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — and there would be a lot of them — but instead I am taking on the central questions for the final chapter in the nine-episode movie series: Does it work…

The Force was strong tonight in Los Angeles at the El Capitan Theater as the light side — and maybe some of the dark side — gathered for the world premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Stars of the final installment of the Skywalker saga including Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Kelly…

The Walt Disney Co. is asking exhibitors worldwide to warn moviegoers that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may pose a seizure risk to audience members with photosensitive epilepsy. The Disney/Lucasfilm fantasy film opens Dec. 20. In an unusual move, Disney has sent a letter to theater owners and operators worldwide…

Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker won’t reach theaters until December 20th but the mega-release from Disney’s Lucasfilm Ltd. was already breaking records on Monday night. The premiere of the film’s final trailer during the Monday Night Football halftime show provided the high-profile kickoff for advance…

The final trailer for Star Wars IX: Rise of Skywalker just arrived during halftime of Monday Night Football on ESPN, a high-profile promotion for the J.J. Abrams-directed fantasy epic that also served as the starting-whistle for the film’s advance tickets sales. The December 20 mega-release from Disney-owned Lucasfilm…

On Day 2 of Disney’s D23 in Anaheim, and the company’s mega-movies were front and center. Alan Horn, co-chairman and chief creative officer of The Walt Disney Studios, took to the stage to preview the upcoming slate of films, a list that includes Black Panther and Frozen sequels, as well as the final installment of…

When posters for Broadway’s revival of Burn This started heating up New York’s chilly subway stations earlier this winter, stars Adam Driver and Keri Russell, snuggling, entangled, staring holes, seemed a sort of inevitable pairing. Both looked incredible, and he was arriving in step with his Oscar nomination for…

That disturbance in the Force today came from Chicago, where J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy and the cast of the newly titled Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker greeted thousands of fans at a jam-packed McCormick Place to preview the December film, release its official title and premiere the first trailer. The trailer…