# Deleted Scenes I write about movies with dinosaurs, spaceships, toxic relationships, the sound of guns reloading, time travel, robots with feelings, villains with bad accents, and heist montages. Page: Feed: --- ## [In Defense of The Last Jedi](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-the-last-jedi) _2026-08-18 · Bardiya Mazda_ The Star Wars Movie that Broke Star Wars is the Best Star Wars since Empire ## [Against All Odds, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a Masterpiece](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/who-framed-roger-rabbit-is-a-masterpiece) _2026-08-13 · Bardiya Mazda_ It's not just a cartoon crossover. It's one of the great American films. ## [Did the Pandemic Save Cinema?](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/did-the-pandemic-save-cinema) _2026-08-11 · Bardiya Mazda_ Lockdown created a generation of cinephiles, now they're going back to the movies ## [Charlie Chaplin Was Ahead of His Time](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/charlie-chaplin-was-ahead-of-his) _2026-08-07 · Bardiya Mazda_ What City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator still gets right about us ## [Across the Spider-Verse is One of the Best Movies about Growing Up](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/across-the-spider-verse-is-one-of) _2026-07-28 · Bardiya Mazda_ Find Your Identity, Find Your People, Break the Canon, Tell Your Story ## [The Odyssey is Why We Go To The Movies](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-is-why-we-go-to-the-movies) _2026-07-19 · Bardiya Mazda_ Scope. Scale. Ambition. Nolan keeps going bigger, and delivers an instant classic. ## [Matt Damon Owns the Best 20 Minutes of Interstellar](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/interstellar-peaks-with-matt-damon) _2026-07-15 · Bardiya Mazda_ A planet made of ice, a movie star playing against type, and a docking sequence that never lets you breathe ## [Inception Has One of the Best Endings Ever Put on Film](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/inception-has-one-of-the-best-endings) _2026-07-07 · Bardiya Mazda_ No dialogue and a perfect Hans Zimmer track do all the emotional heavy lifting ## [How Do You Build a Cinephile?](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/how-do-you-build-a-cinephile) _2026-06-29 · Bardiya Mazda_ On Passing Down What You Love Without Poisoning It ## [Toy Story 3 is a Test of Your Faith](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/toy-story-3-is-a-test-of-your-faith) _2026-06-23 · Bardiya Mazda_ Andy is God, Woody is a true believer, and Lotso is a false prophet ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ENQGdg4Zrwdp) _2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [Disclosure Day is Spielberg's Call for Empathy](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/disclosure-day-is-spielbergs-call) _2026-06-17 · Bardiya Mazda_ Spielberg has always used aliens to talk about humanity. Disclosure Day is his most direct conversation with the audience. ## [No Spielberg Film Is More Mysterious Than Close Encounters of the Third Kind](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/no-spielberg-film-is-more-mysterious) _2026-06-03 · Bardiya Mazda_ Wonder, obsession, and the one Spielberg film that refuses to answer questions ## [The Case for Small Star Wars](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/the-case-for-small-star-wars) _2026-05-26 · Bardiya Mazda_ The Mandalorian and Grogu is not the Star Wars movie I wanted but it's so much better than the one I was dreading ## [Nolan's Inevitable Odyssey](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/christopher-nolans-odyssey-was-always) _2026-05-20 · Bardiya Mazda_ Going home, fragmented narratives, and an obsession with the epic... Nolan spent 25 years rehearsing for The Odyssey ## [Jurassic Park Changed Everything](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/jurassic-park-changed-everything) _2026-05-13 · Bardiya Mazda_ On wonder, terror, and what it means to watch the impossible happen in real time ## [Fan Service is Not a Movie](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/fan-service-is-not-a-movie) _2026-05-10 · Bardiya Mazda_ On Mortal Kombat II and the difference between giving people what they want and giving them something worth watching ## [The Star Wars Movie Titles, Ranked](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/the-star-wars-movie-titles-ranked) _2026-05-04 · Bardiya Mazda_ The definitive ranking of how the galaxy far, far away names itself ## [The Best Movies Are the Ones You Can't Stop Talking About](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/the-best-movies-are-the-ones-you) _2026-04-28 · Bardiya Mazda_ On Tenet and the films that follow you home ## [Speed Racer is Everything Art Should Be](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/speed-racer-is-everything-art-should) _2026-04-23 · Bardiya Mazda_ How the Wachowskis made a masterpiece that is STILL ahead of its time ## [We’ve Killed the Way We Talk About Movies](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/weve-killed-the-way-we-talk-about) _2026-04-20 · Bardiya Mazda_ Film discourse is broken, Star Wars and social media are to blame ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BtK4mOgGicvB) _2026-04-20 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [The Double Franchise Hall of Fame](https://bardiyamazda.substack.com/p/the-double-franchise-hall-of-fame) _2026-04-16 · Bardiya Mazda_ A ranking of the rare actors who anchored two iconic franchises