Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

This is all kinds of special effects, and that is what both dominates the 150 minutes of screen time you log in watching it, but it also has more of a plot to follow than the last couple of movies--although as I think about them, they kind of echo the plot progression of the first Star Wars movies released, which happened in my late teens (in other words, quite a long time ago).  This is the latest in the current trilogy, the one where good is the acknowledged underdog and evil is the overwhelming favorite to take home the prize.
The roles in this story, as in others, have seen women rise to leadership roles.  They are still mostly bad asses rather than using their intuition and social skills to rise above the fray and do good, but still, this is a welcome change from where the series started.  Adam Driver is exceptional in that this seems so far afield of what he normally does as to be impressive that he pulls this off too.  The sound and lights and special effects are impressive, and the gratuitous creatures of yore are actually toned down and more enjoyable.  All in all, this was really pretty good.