Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019): Almost Anything Else Would Have Been Better
My The Rise of Skywalker review: the story didn’t make sense and it wasn’t a good way to end the saga. I’d have preferred almost anything else. 2 out of 5.
My The Rise of Skywalker review: the story didn’t make sense and it wasn’t a good way to end the saga. I’d have preferred almost anything else. 2 out of 5.
unlike older Star Trek shows where each episode was something that primarily stood alone, Star Trek Discovery is basically an extended movie with a single underlying story that ties each episode together.
My military SciFi picks of 2019: a BattleTech year, from Decision at Thunder Rift and the Gray Death Legion to the Jade Falcons in Way of the Clans.
With the Watchmen, for example, I hadn’t seen the original movie and while I’m about 1/2 way through the series, I’ve yet to finish it. I’ve done better this time…
As you’ve probably noticed, I’m a bit of a junkie when it comes to Battletech, Mechwarrior and the whole genre. Some of the books in the series are really excellent…
If you bring back actor Linda Hamilton, insert the super hot director of Deadpool, Tim Miller, and even entice original-creator and mega-producer James Cameron to create your new Terminator movie and…
I know if you’re on this site you be as shocked as I am that I’ve not watched the original Watchmen movie or even read the original Watchmen comic. Sadly…
The Boys is a brand-new superhero drama on Amazon. It is dark and gritty, and ultraviolent. It’s difficult to reject that we live in an age controlled by the superhero.…
My Spider-Man Far From Home review: Tom Holland grieving Tony Stark, Zendaya’s brilliant MJ, and Mysterio’s con on a European class trip.
Endgame provides a glorious end to the Avengers saga and Marvel’s phase 3 initiative. With some amazing battles and a reasonably tight story it is a winner.
The original Aladdin was a great animated movie. I loved it as a kid. This is not a rant about Aladdin, but rather repetition and boredom.
Continuing on directly from Decision at Thunder Rift, Mercenary’s Star sees the fledgling legion struggling to find a new client. With limited funds remaining Grayson Death Carlyle has limited options…
As mentioned in previous posts, Scribd has an excellent selection of Battletech novels. However they are somewhat out of sequence as I’ve discussed earlier and this book which I think…
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I’m eagerly anticipating seeing Larson in Avengers: Endgame, but this film really felt like enduring a preview before the flick; forgettably enjoyable, a means to pass the time before the…
When it comes to TELEVISION, normally I’m not much of a binge-watcher. But last week I was stuck at home for two days straight, and my only options were Spend…
Amazon Prime’s Hanna: reintroduces the visitor to the story-line of the original film in direct style, foregoing the flash-backs used in the source material. Though this story-telling choice alleviates the…
Doctor Who is a long running British science-fiction series. In fact, it’s been nearly ongoing since 1963. The show follows the adventures of an alien from the planet Gallifrey known…
A Dalek mutant buried under Sheffield builds itself a casing out of scrap, in a New Year special that finally remembers how to make a monster frightening.
Series 11 ends with Tim Shaw as a false god and Graham deciding whether to avenge Grace, in a finale with no scale, no stakes and no season to resolve.
A cabin in Norway hides a mirror world that offers back the dead, in the strangest and most divisive episode of Series 11, and the one Graham needed.