Category: Rian Johnson
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Movie Review: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Rian Johnson, USA 2017)
The Star Wars series returned in an unusual position. While it was one of the most popular and beloved series in media history, its most ardent fans also felt insulted and beaten down by years of abuse from the man who began it all. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (J.J. Abrams, USA 2015) was essentially…
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TV Episode Review: “Breaking Bad” “Ozymandias” (05.14, 2013)
Written by Moira Walley-Beckett (Previous Episodes: “Breakage,” “Over,” “Más,” “Fly,” “Bullet Points,” “Bug,” “End Times,” and “Gliding over All”) Directed by Rian Johnson (Previous Episodes: “Fly” and “Fifty-One”) Back when I reviewed the first episode of this half-season, “Blood Money,” I wrote that, “My guess is that [Heisenberg] is able to buy enough time from…
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TV Episode Review: “Breaking Bad”–“Fifty-One” (05.04, 2012)
“Fifty-One” (05.04, 2012) Written by Sam Catlin (Previous Episodes: “Down,” “4 Days Out,” “Green Light,” “Fly,” “Half Measures,” “Open House,” “Hermanos,” and “Crawl Space”) Directed by Rian Johnson (Previous Episodes: “Fly”) It’s not every TV show that can get the best film director working today to direct a few episodes. In fact, it’s exactly…
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