Books Fx’s Adaptation Of Octavia E Butler’s Award-Winning Novel Kindred Is A Bridge Between Two Worlds That Reflects All The Light And Darkness That Comprises Humanity Diana Marsh, December 25, 2022 Sometimes it is only through the eyes of travelers that we see the realities of our own history. Starring Mallori Johnson and Micah Stock Kindred is a brilliantly written story that links the present to the past in the most painful and unknowingly consequential ways. It centers around Dana James… Continue Reading
Comic Con 2022 STP: Ghost In The Machine Pits The Crew Against All Their Favorite Holodeck Programs For The Ultimate Living Construction Diana Marsh, December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 When something is amiss (mainly because you’re on a starship and it shouldn’t be cloudy or swampy), you can’t quite put your finger on it. All photos courtesy of Paramount+, CBS/Viacom. Ghost In The Machine is another knockout ep that this time puts our crew at wits with a corrupted… Continue Reading
Links Discovery+’s New Holiday Film Designing Christmas Is A Fun, Lighthearted Romcom That Embraces All The Possum-bilities Of The Season Diana Marsh, November 21, 2022 L-R Jessica Szohr as Stella, Marco Grazzini as Pablo, and Hilary Farr as Freddy in Discovery+ Original Film Designing Christmas I’m not precisely a Rom-Com fan but I got off my cross long enough to watch Designing Christmas and I have to admit I really enjoyed it (if the four… Continue Reading
Movie Review Quantum Leap Halloween EP O Ye Of Little Faith Is Heavily Inspired By The Exorcist But With A Twist Diana Marsh, November 1, 2022 Talk about a leap of faith. Tonight’s episode is based on The Exorcist, a 1973 horror involving demonic possession that to this day is still considered one of the most terrifying horror movies of all time. In O Ye Of Little Faith we see a respectful nod to the OG… Continue Reading
Movie Review Season Opener Of Star Trek: Prodigy EP 111 Asylum Proves The Series Has Lost No Momentum Since 110 Diana Marsh, October 31, 2022 “Sometimes it just takes a leap of faith” In the mid-season opener, we see the crew preparing to meet Star Fleet and things get a bit wet, squishy, and yes, fishy (come on, it’s a kids’ show.) Along the way to the closest Star Fleet outpost, they perform multiple tasks… Continue Reading
Movie Review Star Trek: Lower Decks Season Two Finale Proves Humanity In All Its Imperfections Trumps AI, For Now Diana Marsh, October 30, 2022 What a finale. We’ve got Mariner out on the galactic Antiques Road Show stealing artifacts for Picard, Admiral Les Buenamigo and his fleet of HAL wannabes blowing people up, a reporter who’s undoubtedly moved on from FNN to a higher-paid gig at a celebrity news channel or at something that… Continue Reading
Movie Review New The Orville Promo Dropped Today Reminding Fans And Schooling Soon To Be Fans Of Just How Brilliant Season Three Is. Diana Marsh, October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 With accolades such as “A Tour De Force” space.com, “A Modern Sci-Fi Master Piece” Bleeding Cool, and “Grander Than Ever” SFX Magazine The Orville has undoubtedly impressed the hell out of fans and critics alike. Season three has seen its crew navigate the waters of several profoundly personal yet universally… Continue Reading
Movie Review Review- Don’t Look Up Is A Deeply Moving Film That Gives A Voice To Our Collective Fears, Anxieties, And Our Unwillingness To Do Anything About Them Diana Marsh, January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 So maybe you’ve heard this one, a Ph.D. student and a professor of astronomy walk into a room with evidence that nearly all living things on Earth will die a very violent death very soon and get this, no one takes them seriously no matter how many times the evidence… Continue Reading
Links Apple+ Documentary FireBall: Visitors From Darker Worlds Is A Brilliant Global Pilgrimage Through The Scientific And Cultural Impact Of Meteors An Comets On Society Diana Marsh, November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 A meteor strike in Western Australia discovered only a few decades ago which houses some amazing findings both as a center for indigenous culture and deep space debris. Photo courtesy of Apple TV. From Australia to Arizona, Mexico, Rome, Norway, even the Antarctic, space debris in all shapes and sizes… Continue Reading
Links Animated Sci-Fi Short Film The Looking Planet From DUST Is A Beautiful, Imaginative Story Of How The Universe Was Created Diana Marsh, November 9, 2020 The animation is just next level in The Looking Planet. Who needs God when you have an alien race with a plan? Photo courtesy of DUST This beautifully, almost endearing short film about an alien race whose sole job is to create universes out of matter and debris leftover… Continue Reading