"This is the way."

Does The Mandalorian and Grogu look like a Legend or Letdown? Come see our reaction to the trailer and drop your thoughts in the comments!

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."

Casablanca, Legend or Letdown? Come Join our discussion as we unravel this iconic film!

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Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid). Laszlo is a famed rebel, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country.

Release date: January 23, 1943 (USA)

Director: Michael Curtiz

Story by: Joan Alison, Murray Burnett

Producer: Hal B. Wallis

Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture 

"Dreams feel real while we’re in them. It’s only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange."

Inception, Legend or Letdown? Come join the discussion!

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Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: “inception”, the implantation of another person’s idea into a target’s subconscious.

Release date: July 13, 2010 (USA)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Awards: Empire Award for Best Film

Budget: 160 million USD

Running time: 2h 28m

Distributed by: Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures, Sandrew Metronome, Warner Bros. Entertainment France

"My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer."

The Godfather II, Legend or Letdown? Come join as we unravel the characters, story, and morality of the sequel to The Godfather.

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The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

Release date: December 20, 1974 (USA)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture 

Sequel: The Godfather Part III

Prequel: The Godfather

Running time: 3h 22m

“I am a Jedi, like my father before me.”

Return of the Jedi, Legend or Letdown? Come join the discussion!

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Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.

Release date: May 25, 1983 (USA)

Director: Richard Marquand

Story by: George Lucas

Running time: 2h 15m

Budget: 32.5 million USD

Distributed by: 20th Century Studios

“England is under threat of invasion, and though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home. This ship is England.”

Master and commander: The Far Side of the World, Legend or Letdown? Come join the discussion as we breakdown the story and what worked for us!

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In 1805, aboard the H.M.S. Surprise, the brash Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) and his trusted friend, the ship's scholarly surgeon, Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany), are ordered to hunt down and capture a powerful French vessel off the South American coast. Though Napoleon is winning the war and the men and their crew face an onslaught of obstacles, including their own internal battles, "Lucky Jack" is determined that nothing will stop the Surprise from completing its mission.

Release date: November 14, 2003 (USA)

Director: Peter Weir

Awards: Academy Award for Best Cinematography 

Adapted from: Master and Commander

Running time: 2h 18m

Budget: 150 million USD

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

The God Father, Legend or Letdown? Come join our discussion!

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The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Release date: March 24, 1972 (USA)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Awards: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, +

Story by: Mario Puzo

Adapted from: The Godfather

Running time: 2h 55m

"No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try."

The Empire Strikes Back (later retitled Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back), Legend or Letdown? Come join the discussion!

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The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader, more determined than ever to capture Luke, pursues Han & Leia across the galaxy!

Release date: May 21, 1980 (USA)

Director: Irvin Kershner

Budget: 18 million USD

Story by: George Lucas

Awards: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and more

Sequel: Return of the Jedi

"I don’t even have any good skills... You know, like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills..."

Napoleon Dynamite — Legend or Letdown? Come join the discussion as we give our takes & break down this iconic film!

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In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico, shows up to keep an eye on him. With no safe haven at home or at school, Napoleon befriends the new kid, Pedro, a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president.

Release date: June 11, 2004 (USA)

Director: Jared Hess

Starring: Jon Heder; Jon Gries; Aaron Ruell; Efren Ramirez; Tina Majorino; Diedrich Bader

Screenplay: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess

Budget:  $400,000 USD

Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, Paramount Pictures

"Our greatest accomplishments cannot be behind us, because our destiny lies above us.”

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In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind's new home.

Release date: October 26, 2014 (USA)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Running time: 2h 49m

Budget: 165 million USD (2013)

Music composed by: Hans Zimmer