Thunderbolts*, as a film, is a bold choice for Marvel. It’s also smaller and more… intimate doesn’t feel like the right word, for a Marvel film. That being said, it’s a big action movie for anyone else. With Jake Schreier helming this outing, and a script by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo, we catch up…
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Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Rock and a Hard Place (1990) – Peter David
There’s a couple of minor things that stick in my craw about Peter David’s A Rock and a Hard Place, but none of them detract from my enjoyment of the book which actually reads, and feels a lot like n actual episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Despite the art on the cover showing…
Northern Exposure (1993) – Learning Curve, and Ill Wind
Marilyn (Elaine Miles) prepares for a vacation to Seattle, though Joel (Rob Morrow) isn’t sure she should travel on her own. But that’s just the beginning of things for this episode. Joel is mothering her from the get-go, trying to make sure she has everything she needs for a safe trip, but Marilyn insists she…
The Return of Ellie Black (2024) – Emiko Jean
To call The Return of Ellie Black a jaw-dropping page-turner doesn’t do the book, the story, or the author, Emiko Jean, justice. It was nothing short of a compulsive read, one that I stayed up late to finish, something that doesn’t happen often for me. I had to know how the story played out, I…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023) – The Broken Circle, and Ad Astra Per Aspera
Season two of Strange New Worlds got underway with The Broken Circle. Written by Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman, the season got underway on 15 June, 2023. The Enterprise is docked at a starbase as Captain Pike (Anson Mount) goes off in search of someone who will be able to help Una (Rebecca Romijn)…
Family Ties (1983) – Elyse D’Arc, Tender Is the Knight, and The Homecoming
Elyse D’Arc finishes up season one. It closed out on 11 August, 1983 and was written by Micheal J. Weithorn. There’s a little trouble in the Keaton household as Steven (Micheal Gross) and Elyse (Meredith Baxter) have some marital difficulties as they are troubled by the fact that they aren’t getting enough time with one…
Always (1989) – Steven Spielberg
The second film Spielberg released in 1989 was an update of the classic film A Guy Named Joe starring Holly Hunter, Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, Brad Johnson, and Audrey Hepburn. I was in a completely different place for this film than I was for Last Crusade, I was worlds away from where I was with…
The Conjuring 2 (2016) – James Wan
The second film in the Conjuring series once again focuses on a case investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren (portrayed in the film by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) and unlike the Annabelle stories, these films lean towards the smarter, filled with a well-crafted story, and some legitimate jump scares and actual terror. The film…
Star Trek: Death Count (1992) – L.A. Graf
Sometimes a Trek book just works for me, and this one totally did. Set between The Motion Picture, and The Wrath of Khan, but featuring the new burgundy uniform jackets, the story despite featuring Kirk heavily on the cover, focuses more on Chekov, Sulu and Uhura, to my total delight. Their friendship is explored, from…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2009) – Senate Spy, Landing at Point Rain, and Weapons Factory
“A true heart should never be doubted.” Senate Spy was written by Melinda Hsu and supervising writer Drew Z. Greenberg. It first aired on 17 October, 2009. Senator Padme Amidala (Catherine Taber) is recruited by the Jedi council to investigate a possible Separatist spy, Clovis (Robin Atkin Downes) and conspiracy within the Senate. This disrupts…
The Mind Reels 