Movies
How The Fast and the Furious Became the Most Unstoppable Franchise in Hollywood
In the summer of 2001, a movie about undercover cops and street racers opened to modest expectations and surprisingly strong box office. It was called …
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The Battle of Coruscant Is Still the Gold Standard for Space Combat
There is a moment in the opening of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith when the camera tilts downward from the twinkling lights of …
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Obi-Wan Kenobi Finally Explained Why Leia Cared So Much About a Man She’d Never Met
For forty-five years, Star Wars fans accepted a narrative quirk that made no sense if you thought about it for more than five seconds. In …
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Why ‘The Matrix’ Opened With Trinity Instead of Neo (And Why It Matters)
Every screenwriting teacher will tell you that your protagonist should appear in the first ten minutes. The Wachowskis said “screw that” and opened The Matrix …
