Despite the fact that this film would bring to a close a story that began over 40 years ago, I can’t say that I was really excited to go see it. Plus, it didn’t help that early reviews panned the finale to the Skywalker saga so thoroughly. Nevertheless, having taken great pains to enjoy all…
Tag: JJ Abrams
Star Trek Beyond – Movie Review
I guess it says something that a die-hard Star Trek fan like myself took so long to see Star Trek Beyond. (Why did they call it that, anyway? The title makes it seem like the Enterprise crew is going to travel outside the galaxy or something, rather than stay in the nebula-around-the-corner.) This is…
Midseason TV 2014, part 3
I don’t know if this still counts as “mid”season since we’re hitting spring, but I couldn’t miss the opportunity to talk about a few more cool, genre shows. My previous two updates contained more misses than hits, but I think there are a few this time that have some real potential to stay on my…
40 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films for 2013 (part 1)
As I mentioned previously, 2013 is chock full of sci-fi and fantasy movies. Many of last year’s trends are continuing, including fairy tale retelling or reinventions, vampires and supernatural romance, those ubiquitous super-hero movies, and even a new category in the mix: the scorched Earth movie. There are many many 2013 movie lists that you…
Fall TV 2012: Preview Week Zero
I can’t believe that summer is behind us already and networks are gearing up to bring us all their fall seasons. Fortunately some networks also decided to put their new shows up on iTunes or streaming from their websites, so I’ve gotten to watch some of the pilots of new shows even before they air….
Fall TV Preview 2012
A year ago, when I previewed the new shows that debuted last fall (gosh! has a year passed already?) I separated the previews into sci-fi and non-sci-fi. This fall, I’m sad to report that there will be so little in that first category that it doesn’t warrant a category. Last year saw the last show…
Midseason TV 2012
After a fall season that was full of promise but failed to deliver many instant classics (Revenge being perhaps the only exception), I had high hopes for midseason. It seems that lately a lot of cool stuff shows up in midseason (since the networks are probably reluctant to take chances with off-centre series and a…
Fall TV 2011 – week 2
Didn’t I tell you that week two was going to be packed? There are over 20 new and returning shows that I want to talk about, so I’ll try to make it quick and rapid-fire (try to keep up). I’m getting a bit tired of Glee with its “We’re so unpopular that we still get…
Fifteen Flicks for Fall 2011
1. Dream House (9/30) Daniel Craig is my idol, so having him star in a creepy, twisty, Sixth Sense style thriller with his real-life wife Rachel Weisz — sign me up! 2. Real Steel (10/7) I’m not really a fan of boxing movies. They seem to follow a very predictable arc, and I just don’t…
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