Popular Movie and Series of the Day see and try the most famous movies and series. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Blu-ray (2016): Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna and Riz Ahmed. Jyn Erso, a Rebellion soldier and criminal, is about to experience. 123Movies Free HD. Here you can watch free movies Online in high quality HD for free without registration at 123movies, also you can download movie, subtitles to your. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston. The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live. A Star Wars Story 3. D Blu- ray. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, April 4, 2. As with last year's multiple releases of 'The Force Awakens,' we're reviewing the various store exclusive. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 4K Blu-ray (plus Theatrical Cut on standard Blu-ray) (2016): Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Amy Adams. Fearing the actions. As far as movie posters go, Marvel’s official one for Ragnarok is pretty damned great as is. It’s bright, it’s fun, it conveys a sense of drama and action while. Rogue One.' This year brings much the same from the various retailers - - Disney, Target, Wal- Mart, and Best Buy - - but with 'Rogue One' a 3. D version of the. Best Buy and Target. Disney and Wal- Mart don't offer the 3. D disc and release the film in. TFA' releases. Many. The Star Wars films are filled with lore and mystique, much of which. Anakin Skywalker, his son Luke, and.. Many novels have expanded upon. TVshows have opened up that galaxy's rich history, but the bread- and- butter of. Star Wars universe remains its feature film entries. The original trilogy - - the fourth, fifth, and sixth stories in the saga - - long stood. Lucas would reveal to the world the stories he wrote around them. The prequel trilogy was largely met with mixed reviews, not necessarily leaving a. Star Wars texture and tell the story of how the series' antagonist came to be - -. With Disney's acquisition, the franchise once again returned. Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Rather than the slow- drip release. Image Anime has been established since 1992. We are the ultimate source for Japanese Anime collectibles, models and toys. We offer a variety of selections of today's.Disney has set in motion plans to finish the nine- part original series and release a number of . The first of these films, and perhaps the. Episode III and Episode IV and tells the tale of how. Rebel Alliance came to be in possession of the plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star, the destruction of which. Some screenshots may be considered minor spoilers for character appearances in. Jyn, long separated from her family and raised by hardened rebel veteran Saw Gerrera (Forest. Whitaker), is recruited. Imperial base and transmit the Death Star's plans to the Rebel Alliance. Upon mission's outset, she's. Rebel intelligence officer Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), an imperial defector (Riz Ahmed), and a reprogramed imperial droid (Alan Tudyk). The film's. plot is relatively straightforward and its most fundamental ending detail is already known to anyone who has seen a Star Wars movie. It. the question, then, that at what point does a franchise begin to oversaturate its world with detail? When does filling in gaps ruin the charm of the. Star Wars certainly has some leeway in this regard. Rogue One takes on the. And it doesn't reach that point of oversaturation, excess detail. The movie wasn't necessarily needed, either, but the story, its setting, and its staging make for a hugely entertaining. Star Wars experience. Star Wars in a new direction while still being Star Wars at its. Action comes swiftly and on a large scale, leaving behind many of the more cartoonish elements of episodes. I, II, and VI in favor of a more gritty, realistic, blood- and- guts tone and. R- rating. Rogue One is essentially the Deep Space Nine of the. Star Wars universe. And. that's not a bad thing, because that show is, by many measures, the best of the Star Trek bunch. This is Star Wars at its grittiest. DS9 was for the Federation. But it's also like DS9 in. In Rogue One, most of the core, fundamental. Star Wars details and. It's a structural departure and off- the- beaten path but very much attached at the hip nevertheless. There are no. scene wipes, for example. The movie doesn't begin with the classic John Williams fanfare, bold yellow logo, and introductory story crawl. Rogue. One is the bleakest and most tonally dark Star Wars movie yet, and by a fairly wide margin. From an emotional perspective it's not. The Empire Strikes Back, but it's certainly in the same ballpark. It. simply share the Star Wars universe, it expands on it and in many ways enhances it and does so with a more sinister, but necessarily. It's the same problem shared by the prequel films, but with the possible exception of Revenge of the Sith, Rogue. One handles it better. The movie is ridiculously entertaining and engaging, even if it's just a linear tale of action and espionage and a movie. Star Wars universe, a particular challenge for. A New Hope, easily the most recognizable and well- known in the franchise. Every little touch is. It's not fan service (though a few fun little bits are included.. Every little texture is right. Whether on ships or clothes or props or. Even the way interfaces work and the. Episode IV timeframe. It's exciting to revisit the most cherished moment in the Star. Wars universe, and Edwards doesn't disappoint, even if the traditional Star Wars staple lightsaber battle, always a part of the climax in. A New Hope), is understandably absent. The Death Star data files are said to be massive, stored on a very. The ragtag. and underfunded rebels apparently have better technology, in this case, than the Empire. Another is Vader's voice. James Earl Jones returns to do. It's conceivable that the voice doesn't exactly match for a reason, that perhaps. Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader, still recovering from his wounds and becoming accustomed to his new enclosure. The film doesn't give an. Revenge of the Sith. That said, and small spoiler here, it's obviously very close to the. A New Hope, its endpoint maybe as little as minutes and probably no more than a few hours, a day, maybe, at the most. Episode IV, so that theory seems unlikely, and maybe that's just a personal nitpick that won't bother anyone else. Some. of the pilot . The aforementioned . Counter to that, neither the Tarkin nor Leia appearances seemed distracting, though the latter's single. Episode IV's title, even as the word is bandied about several times throughout the rest of the film. Disney's 1. 08. 0p transfer is gorgeous. UHD release; the film was finished at 4. K), showcasing all of those incredible Star. Wars textures, both made for the movie and established in lore, with amazing precision. The film begins with a cold, gray backdrop, offset by. Detailing proves terrific in this sequence, with rougher environmental textures, finely defined facial features. Krennic's costume all excellent. The battle- worn locations on Jedha are a textural delight of little nooks and crevices. Stormtrooper uniforms in stark contrast. Rebel costumes are wonderfully defined in close- ups, where. Much the same can be said of Rebel starship interiors, contrasting with the familiar clean. Imperial locations. Digitally recreated characters appear surprisingly realistic with no digital sheen or softness. Much of the. film, however, is either earthy or Imperial gray or poorly lit, though there's plenty of fine nuance and variation of those shades throughout. Flesh tones present no dilemmas. This is Blu- ray at its finest. The image never quite finds that serious screen extension into the back, exploring depth. There's a shot of a Star Destroyer to begin chapter 1. D, much as a similar scene was of reference quality in The Force Awakens. The ship's tip fails. Jyn's mother's arm, as she points a blaster at Krennic in the film's opening minutes. The 3. D effect never feels all that open. Part of the problem is that the movie is very cramped to begin with. The. image does open up a bit when allowed. Surface battles on Scarif, probably the best lit and most colorful location the movie, show a bit more. The space battle has some mildly nifty moments, particularly as the camera is . Corridors through the Rebel flagship and on board the Corvette at. There's still a fair sense of spacing in smaller, cramped. U- Wing's interior or in the planning area of the Rebel headquarters, but the image never quite finds that superior 3. D extension it. deserves. Chief amongst them is a relative lack of sharpness. It's far less crisp than its 2. D companion. a number of edges and straight lines throughout the movie, whether Rebel and Imperial rank insignia on clothes (particularly evident on Krennic with. Scarif base and in the Death Star, or the circular insets on the round table seen in the famous. Rebel headquarters all take on a bit of aliasing and some mildly jagged edges. The image just can't hold very stable. Facial, clothing, and. D, either. Colors are a bit more drained, lifeless, again not helped by the film's relatively dark. Black levels could stand a hair more depth as well. Sad to say it's a fairly disappointing image overall. After the excellence of The Force Awakens, this release comes as a fairly deep. The presentation comes in perfect working. Music flows effortlessly, playing with. Every note of Michael Giacchino's score and John Williams' familiar. Action effects, certainly, dominate the track. Blaster fire is appropriately. Explosions are deep and detailed. Debris scatters through the stage with every one. Jedha or a full- blown land battle on Scarif. That latter battle offers a dazzling array of. With blaster fire, rapid troop movement, screams, walkers pounding the planet's surface, and X- Wings and TIE Fighters maneuvering in the. Star. Wars sound effects present with incredible clarity and distinction, even jumbled together. A young Jyn Erso hides in a hole in a rocky formation early in. Rainfall. on Eadu practically soaks the top end, and a shuttle landing on Scarif has a tangible heft as it descends onto the platform. Lighter atmospherics are. Gentle falling rain and light winds in the film's opening sequence are impressively detailed. Packed chatter and clatter in. Jedha's city streets sonically create a rough textural landscape. Distant PA announcements inside the Scarif facility filter through the stage with ease. The tack. is certainly going to be remembered for its impressive and balanced battles, but it finds a richness in delivery in all aspects. It's not all that thematically resonating, but its characters are well developed, its action is amazingly well staged. Star Wars universe - - even as the darkest and grittiest movie of them all, and by a fairly wide margin - -. A few minor little things also hold it back, but given the dilemma of recreating not only places and things but important people as. Next up in the. branched- out Star Wars stories is the Han Solo film, which will face many of the same challenges Rogue One overcame as it will. Thor - The Dark Kingdom (2. Edit. Storyline. Thousands of years ago, a race of beings known as Dark Elves tried to send the universe into darkness by using a weapon known as the Aether. Warriors from Asgard stop them but their leader Malekith escapes to wait for another opportunity. The warriors find the Aether and since it cannot be destroyed, they try to hide it. In the present day, Jane Foster awaits the return of Thor although it has been two years since they last saw once another. In the meantime, Thor has been trying to bring peace to the nine realms. Jane discovers an anomaly similar to the one that brought Thor to Earth. She goes to investigate, finds a wormhole, and is sucked into it. Back on Asgard, Thor wishes to return to Earth but his father, Odin refuses to let him. Thor learns from Heimdall, who can see into all of the realms, that Jane disappeared. Thor then returns to Earth just as Jane reappears. However, when some policemen try to arrest her, an unknown energy repulses them. Thor then brings Jane to Asgard to .. I knocked my left shoulder out of place, and tore my rhomboid on my right side. It took me out of filming for a month! This small ship barely fit into Loki's secret pathway. If Loki thought they were going to continue on in the big ship, he would have known that there was no way they could escape through the secret pathway and never would have gone on with the plan. Millennia ago, the most ruthless of their kind, Malekith, sought to transform our universe back into one of eternal night. Such evil was possible through the power of the Aether, an ancient force of infinite destruction. The noble armies of Asgard, led by my father King Bor, waged a mighty war against these creatures. As the Nine Worlds converged above him, Malekith could at..
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