Actor Jimmy Smits (1955)

The Get Down (2016–2017), a creation of Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis, is an American musical drama that premiered on Netflix on August 12, 2016. Sadly, it was cancelled after just one season. The show is set in the 1970s in New York City’s Bronx borough and tells the story of a group of teens who witness the rise of hip-hop and disco music. At the start of each episode, we see MC Books, a renowned artist, performing for a large crowd in 1996. Using rap as his medium, he recaps previous events and sets the stage for what’s to come. Throughout the ...

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) is an epic space opera film directed and written by George Lucas. While above Coruscant, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker embark on a rescue mission to save Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from General Grievous, a cyborg Separatist commander. Their plans are disrupted when they encounter the Sith Lord Count Dooku, whom Anakin ultimately defeats. Despite their success, Grievous manages to escape as the flagship sustains damage and crashes onto Coruscant. Upon returning to the planet’s surface, Anakin is reunited with his wife Padmé Amidala. However, he soon ...

In the epic sci-fi film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), directed and co-written by George Lucas, the Galactic Republic faces a new threat ten years after the events on Naboo. The Separatist movement, led by former Jedi Master Count Dooku, poses a danger to the Republic. Senator Padmé Amidala, who was once Queen of Naboo, travels to Coruscant to vote against creating an army to assist the Jedi in fighting this threat. However, upon her arrival, she narrowly escapes an assassination attempt and is placed under the protection of Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice Anakin Skywalker. After foiling ...

The drama film, The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), is based on a concept story by Bono and Nicholas Klein, and directed by Wim Wenders. It centers around the supposed murder of Izzy Goldkiss and the investigation led by FBI Agent Skinner to uncover the killer. As he arrives at the ‘hotel’, he encounters a diverse group of forgotten individuals living in the city. Among them are Geronimo, a self-proclaimed Native American artist, Dixie, known as the ‘fifth’ Beatle still awaiting recognition and royalty ...

The Tommyknockers (1993), a TV miniseries, is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It was aired on ABC and directed by John Power, with Lawrence D. Cohen as the writer. The story revolves around Bobbi Anderson, a Western fiction writer, and her boyfriend Jim ‘Gard’ Gardner, a poet living in Haven, Maine with their dog Peter. While Bobbi is struggling with writer’s block, Gard is recovering from alcoholism and has paused his writing. One day, they stumble upon an unidentified stone object ...