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Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Created by Jeffrey M. Howard, Kate Kondell, Steve Loter. With Diamond White, Fred Tatasciore, Alfre Woodard, Libe Barer. After 13-year-old super-genius Lunella accidentally brings ten-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City via a time vortex, the duo works together to protect the city’s Lower East Side from danger. With animation that seems to be inspired by the Spider-verse and character designs that resemble Brats dolls, I was both interested and leery of this cartoon series, though it turns out that it’s a perfectly fine series that I’m not really in the target...
The Ark: Created by Dean Devlin. With Christie Burke, Reece Ritchie, Richard Fleeshman, Stacey Read. Follows the remaining crew of a spacecraft known as Ark One, who must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive after experiencing a catastrophic event that caused massive destruction and loss of life. This feels equal parts “Origin” and “Ascension” but never really gets it’s feet under it, at least not in the first couple episodes I watched. There’s a paradox in the series with some heavy science fiction, which I appreciate, but then a complete lack of respect for...
When an experimental shuttlecraft fails, Captain Christopher Pike suspects a mechanical malfunction—only to discover the very principles on which Starfleet bases its technology have simply stopped functioning. He and his crewmates are forced to abandon ship in a dangerous maneuver that scatters thei This is is one of the best Trek books that I’ve read in a while, with no offense intended towards the other ones that have come and gone. I’m somewhat surprised that I had such a great experience with it, as I recently read “Rogue Elements” and hated nearly everything about it, and both of them were...
Glimpse: Directed by Michael Robison. With Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra. Carter and Jo try out Zane’s new high-powered risk assessment system, but find that even it may not be a match for the dangerous level of competition among Eureka’s scientists. I bought the entire blue ray set of the show “Eureka” just to have the one episode that Stan Lee guest starred it. I had watched the entire thing back when it was originally airing and really enjoyed it, so it was nice to revisit the series and remember how good it was. The show follows...
Death to Smoochy: Directed by Danny DeVito. With Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito. A kids’ show host, Rainbow Randolph, is fired in disgrace while his replacement, Sheldon Mopes, A.K.A. Smoochy the Rhino, finds himself a rising star. Unfortunately for Sheldon, the business of kids’ television isn’t all child’s play. Still a hilarious take on the children’s show industry, with Robin Williams playing the bad guy and Edward Norton as the subversive straight edge idiot that gets way over his head in a world that isn’t ready for his brand of innocence. There’s a lot that I love...
Seriously Red: Directed by Gracie Otto. With Krew Boylan, Daniel Webber, Rose Byrne, Celeste Barber. A realtor pursues a new career as a Dolly Parton impersonator. Heartfelt exploration of a woman’s journey finding her true self by pretending to be someone else, all by a near fully Australia cast, so it’s entertaining to see people flipping accents within a single scene. Buy On Amazon!
Devotion: Directed by J.D. Dillard. With Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadoski. A pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy’s most celebrated wingmen. I had dismissed this as a run of the mill military movie without much redeeming value, but after watching Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, I realized that Jonathan Majors was having one hell of a summer and if I enjoyed him so much that I should check him out here. I’m glad I did because the combination of Majors and Powell made for...
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films: Directed by Mark Hartley. With Sam Firstenberg, David Paulsen, Luigi Cozzi, Menahem Golan. The history of the independent film company, The Cannon Film Group, Inc.. The better of the two documentaries about Cannon Films, this one holds absolutely nothing back, with an absolutely gratuitous level of nudity, but what else would you expect from a company that’s done so much exploitation style movies? It’s actually really interesting to watch the two documentaries back to back (this one first!) to see the two sides of a few situations. Buy On Amazon!
The USS Enterprise has been granted the simple but unavoidable honor of ferrying key guests to Betazed for a cultural ceremony. En route, sudden tragedy strikes a Federation science station on the isolated planet Kota, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard has no qualms sending William Riker, Data, and Chief If you were to tell me that this was based on an unaired script for a few episodes, I’d believe it. There’s three distinct stories going on, one on Batazed, one on a potential colony planet during a survey, and one tracking down some stolen goods. All three are decent stories, but the one...
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films: Directed by Hilla Medalia. With Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Yehuda Barkan, Ram Globus. THE GO-GO BOYS: The Inside Story of Cannon Films is a documentary about two Israeli-born cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who in pursuit of the American Dream turned the Hollywood power structure upside down, producing over 300 films and becoming the most powerful independent film company in the world. Up close and personal, the film examines the complex relationship between two contradictory personalities whose combined force fueled their success and eventual collapse. A much more positive look...
