Tag Archives: The Phantom Menace

Living with the phantom of ‘The Phantom Menace’

Posted on June 8, 2024 by reelentropy

Somehow, it is 2024, meaning we are almost a quarter-century into this new millennium. 1999, the final year that looks like it belongs in the past to my eyes, is 25 years ago. The upshot is the year was chalk-full … Continue reading →

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40 years of ‘Star Wars’

Posted on May 25, 2017 by reelentropy

Forty years ago today, 20th Century Fox dropped Star Wars off into the 32 theaters they could convince to screen it. It was a Wednesday. The studio was worried the movie would be swallowed by other summer releases, so they … Continue reading →

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The real-life Bourne legacy

Posted on July 29, 2016 by reelentropy

The Bourne Identity is one of those movies that was so massively influential it gets taken for granted. On the eve of the franchise’s second attempt at rebooting, let’s look back at the movie that shifted action on its axis. Going … Continue reading →

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