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Remember the good old days when families gathered ‘round the kitchen table? You know the one – that Formica thing with knee-slashing metal legs and little boomerangs all over the top. Everyone from young to old […]

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An Op-Ed on feminism in science fiction by author Peter Dabbene.

 
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For a long time, Doctor Who intimidated me.

Not the Doctor himself, of course—between the old men, the curly […]

I recently caught up with a bunch of movies from 2016, and two films stood out — largely because of the great disparity between my opinion of them, and the prevailing opinions of moviegoers and c […]

Star Trek: TOS — a great show that bears the mark of its time (1967, not 2267).

As a longtime Star Trek fan, I was excited to hear that a new chapter would debut on television later this year. My excitement […]

Currently on Amazon Prime, The Girl With All the Gifts is a 2016 film directed by Colm McCarthy (Peaky Blinders). Starring newcomer Sennia Nanua as Melanie, the cast includes Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton (Hansel […]

What a Finale! Once Upon a Time sure outdid themselves this time.

Poignant. Eloquent. Common Ground found between good and evil. The impact show finales dream to accomplish. Only problem, this finale ended only […]

Timeless Presence.
The last year or so has been heavily populated by the theme of time travel television shows. This isn’t anything new. Time travel has been a curious potential practice even before the advent o […]

Superhero fans got quite a treat this past Thursday. Stephen Amell, known for playing DC comics hero Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on CW’s Arrow TV show, appeared on NBC’s celebrity edition of American Ninja Warrior a […]

Last night, I saw the first chapter of American Gods, the new series on STARZ. It’s based on the novel American Gods by British author Neil Gaiman. Until last night, I had resisted adding STARZ, due to the en […]

An overarching theme in the new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, without going into spoiler details, is family. With family comes backstory and tragic pasts. We were given the basic backstories of all the Guardians […]

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
Not often does a film series with six movies conclude in a positive and entertaining way that also shocks the viewer.  So often genre specific films have a formula they follow […]

I know I have arrived a bit late to the party celebrating the release of Independence Day: Resurgence. Admittedly, though, most were not celebrating.  Review after review condemned the film as pointless dribble […]

ARQ, a 2017 Netflix sci-fi feature entertains, but like the three-hour time loop that drives the action, remembering details is a challenge.

Written and directed by Tony Elliot (Orphan Black) ARC uses the time […]

In the month since Iron Fist first began streaming on Netflix, it hasn’t gotten a whole lot of praise – but does it really deserve a 17% on Rotten Tomatoes? Now that any initial disappointments have subsided, l […]

Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine, the reluctant hero of the X-Men series: Sure, he fought for good alongside Professor X and all the other X-Men, but not necessarily because he believed in the cause. More because he pretty […]

The Discovery is a 2017 Netflix production. Written by Charlie McDowell and Justin Lader (The One I Love) and directed by Charlie McDowell, it stars Robert Redford, Rooney Mara, and Jason Segel. The Discovery […]

This weekend, I saw Let Us Prey, a 2014 film by director Brian O’Malley (first feature film) and writers Fiona Watson and David Cairns (first feature). Starring Liam Cunningham (Titanic, Game of Thrones) as Six, […]

Supernatural reboot of the story Sleepy Hollow recently ended its fourth, and possibly last, season with a powerful punch. Read on, with the promise of season spoilers.

Season 4 presented as somewhat of a […]