A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

© 2019 Buena Vista Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL)   On September 22, three months before the theatrical premiere of Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Buena Vista Home Entertainment reissued the Blu-ray editions of all of the 10 live-action Star Wars feature films released by both 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Motion Pictures since May 1977.  This re-issue, the first since The Walt Disney Company acquired 20th Century Fox earlier in 2019, includes all of the Skywalker Saga films, as well as Lucasfilm's Star Wars Anthology entries, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story.  Promotional photo showing the new packaging for the "Multi-Screen" 2019 re-issue. Note that The Force Awakens Blu-ray is placed with the Prequel Trilogy, and that the two Star Wars Story standalone films are not pictured. ©2019 Buena Vista Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) In the video trade, this re-issue is dubbed the Multi-Screen ed...

On August 31, 2018, Amazon's Prime Video began streaming Season One of  Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, an eight-episode action-adventure/political thriller web television series based on the eponymous character created by the late Tom Clancy. Starring John Krasinki ( The Office, A Quiet Place ) as Ryan, Wendell Pierce as James Greer, Abbie Cornish as Dr. Cathy Mueller, Ali Suliman as Mousa Bin Suleiman, and Dina Shibabi as Hanin Ali, Jack Ryan is not an adaptation of any of Clancy's novels but is a reimagining of the best-selling author's multimedia "Ryanverse" that borrows elements of the literary character's DNA to create a story set in the troubled times we live in. Created by Carlton Cuse ( The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and Lost ) and Graham Roland ( Fringe, Prison Break, and Lost ), Jack Ryan focuses on the efforts of Central Intelligence Agency analyst John Patrick Ryan to find a shadowy Muslim terrorist and prevent him from carrying out a terro...