Short Films
Sing: Thriller
- Title: Sing: Thriller
- IMDb: link
Given the multiple allegations of the singer sexually abusing children, one could argue on whether or not creating a children’s short around one of Michael Jackson‘s most famous songs is in good taste. That said, judging the short on its own, Sing: Thriller offers a simple setup to allow the cast of the Sing films to perform “Thriller” twice, first on-stage as part of their latest show and later in Buster’s (Matthew McConaughey) hallucination with each casting the regulars as zombies dancing to the music. Both offer a fun Halloween kid-level creepiness which has the benefit of bringing in both fans from the animated films and those seeking a bit of 80s nostalgia as well.
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Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – An Imperial Feast
- Title: Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – An Imperial Feast
- wiki: link
Star Wars Sunday takes us back to another Star Wars: Forces of Destiny short. Most of the shorts stay in their lane, so to speak, with characters interacting with those they usually do. “An Imperial Feast” is notable for a bit of a crossover with Han Solo (AJ LoCascio) needing to ask Hera Syndulla (Vanessa Marshall) for a favor just after the Battle of Endor to save the lives of some Stormtroopers the Ewoks plan to feast on. Unfortunately, there’s not too much to this with Leia (Shelby Young) forcing Han into the interaction and Han lying to Hera to tell her what she wants to hear and to get the rations he needs.
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Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – The Imposter Inside
- Title: Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – The Imposter Inside
- wiki: link
Star Wars Sunday takes us back to another Star Wars: Forces of Destiny short. Set some time before the events of Rise of the Sith, we get a team-up of prequel characters when, while visiting Amidala (Catherine Taber), Ahsoka (Ashley Eckstein) notices something amiss leading to the discovery of an assassin working towards disrupting negotiations. There as some continuity issues here with Ahsoka feeling far to old for the story, but the pair are fun together taking down the assassin Cato Parasitti (Gina Torres).
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