The Wandering Image: June 2026

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Viewing Journal: 6/30/2026

269)

MYSTICS IN BALI [LEÁK]

(1981 dir. H. Tjut Djalil) Date Seen: June 30 2026

Monday, June 29, 2026

Viewing Journal: 6/29/2026

BATMAN & MR. FREEZE:

267) SUBZERO

(1998 dir. Boyd Kirkland) Date Seen: June 29 2026

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Viewing Journal: 6/28/2026

266) IT’S ALIVE

(2009 dir. Josef Rusnak) Date Seen: June 28 2026

265) IT’S ALIVE III:

ISLAND OF THE ALIVE

(1987 dir. Larry Cohen) Date Seen: June 28 2026

Saturday, June 27, 2026

Viewing Journal: 6/27/2026

264) POETIC JUSTICE

(1993 dir. John Singleton) Date Seen: June 27 2026

#Criterion #bluray

Friday, June 26, 2026

Viewing Journal: 6/26/2026

263) IT LIVES AGAIN

(1978 dir. Larry Cohen) Date Seen: June 26 2026

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Viewing Journal: 6/25/2026

262) SUPERGIRL

(2026 dir. Craig Gillespie) Date Seen: June 25 2026

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Viewing Journal: 6/24/2026

261)

WELCOME SPACE BROTHERS

(2026 dir. Jodi Wille) Date Seen: June 24 2026

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Viewing Journal: 6/23/2026

260) HUNGRY

(2026 dir. James Nunn) Date Seen: June 23 2026

Monday, June 22, 2026

Viewing Journal: 6/22/2026

259) WEST INDIES:

THE FUGITIVE SLAVES OF LIBERTY

(1979 dir. Med Hondo) Date Seen: June 22 2026

#Criterion #bluray

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Viewing Journal: 6/21/2026

259) STAR WARS:

THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU

(2026 dir. Jon Favreau) Date Seen: June 21 2026

I still enjoy this tv show's narrative concept of Lone Wolf and Cub within "Have Gun -Will Travel CBS", and there's still plenty of charm and adventure surrounding the 2 title characters to make anything they appear in an easy watch; But this one's leap back to theaters exposes just how TV-bound its filmmaking had gotten, (especially in Mando-centric dialogue scenes) with several flat-looking "Russo brother"-ish shots and uninspired edits that never feel worthy of the big screen. & I fear maybe traits like that become inevitable once an i.p. has become this product-ified. I had a flashback to the 2008 animated CLONE WARS thingy while watching the first half of this. Even though the concepts and character models from that animated film were later put to great use on television, it was arguably not up to snuff with even the lesser live-action Star Wars films up to that point.. MANDALORIAN AND GROGU picks up for a bit in its 3rd act when the baby gremlin puppet and his new Anzellan friends go on a rescue mission, but even that didn't last long enough. So overall, i'd say the film's an okay sci-fi adventure serial, but I was personally hoping for a great one. We're settling for familiar comfort instead of taking full advantage of the medium.

↓ personal ranking

of "The Star War" films ↓

*1. RETURN OF THE JEDI

(1983) ****1/2

2. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) *****

3. STAR WARS / NEW HOPE ('77) *****

4. THE LAST JEDI (2017) ****

5. REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005) ***1/2

6. Ken Stephenson's animated

"THE FAITHFUL WOOKIE" (1978) ***1/2

7. THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015) ***1/2

8. SOLO (2018) ***

9. ROGUE ONE **1/2

10. EWOKS: BATTLE FOR ENDOR **1/2

11. ATTACK OF THE CLONES **1/2

12. THE PHANTOM MENACE **1/2

13. THE RISE OF SKYWALKER **1/2

14. MANDALORIAN & GROGU **1/2

15. CARAVAN OF COURAGE:

EWOK ADVENTURE (1984) **

16. THE CLONE WARS (2008) **

↓ & what the heck

let's rank the tv too ↓

*1. Tartakovsky's CLONE WARS

(2003-2005) ****1/2

2. THE CLONE WARS (2008-2013) ****

3. TALES OF UNDERWORLD (2025) ****

4. MAUL: SHADOW LORD

(2026-present) ***1/2

5. VISIONS (2021-present) ***1/2

6. MANDALORIAN (2019-2023) ***1/2

7. ANDOR (2022-2025) ***1/2

8. TALES OF THE JEDI (2022) ***1/2

9. AHSOKA (2023) ***

10. REBELS (2014-2018) ***

11. BAD BATCH (2021-2024) ***

12. TALES OF THE EMPIRE (2024) ***

13. DROIDS (1985) **1/2

14. BOOK OF BOBA FETT (2021) **1/2

15. RESISTANCE (2018-2020) **1/2

16. THE ACOLYTE (2024) **1/2

17. OBI-WAN KENOBI (2022) **

18. SKELETON CREW (2024) **

19. YOUNG JEDI ADVENTURES

(2023-2025) *1/2

20. EWOKS (1985-1986) *

21. HOLIDAY SPECIAL excluding

"FAITHFUL WOOKIE" segment (1978) half star

258)

PROJECT WOLF HUNTING

(2022 dir. Kim Hong-sun) Date Seen: June 21 2026

For its first 15 minutes or so this movie flirts with the energy of a forgotten late-aughts straight-to-DVD action dud; w/ a little too much uninspired staging & jittery edits. But once that main zombie killing machine escapes -- Merciful heavens.. It mutates into a gleefully unhinged spectacle of arterial spray (whose complete devotion to carnage is weirdly admirable).