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Did ‘Star Wars’ teach us the wrong ideas about rebellion?

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I’m always struck by how many extras it takes to wage a rebellion. In an early cut of 1977’s “Star Wars,” George Lucas included a shaggy, chatty “Graffiti”-esque sequence between Luke Skywalker and one of his Tatooine pals, Biggs, who tells him, “I’m not going to wait for the Empire to draft me into service. … Read more

In "Mickey 17," Bong Joon Ho recycles Robert Pattinson and his old ideas

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Of course, Bong Joon Ho is an environmentalist. He recycles his own ideas. “Mickey 17,” a sloppy but enjoyable sci-fi comedy set in the year 2054, mashes together the monsterphobia of “The Host,” the animal-rights activism of “Okja,” the environmental doomsaying of “Snowpiercer,” and the social inequality of “Parasite,” that last one the Oscar winner … Read more