Star Trek: The Light Fantastic
Last year, David Mack wrote a terrific trilogy of Star Trek: The Next Generation novels, under the subtitle “Cold Equations.” (Click here for my review of book 1, click here for my review of book 2, and here for my review of book 3.) It’s a great trilogy that moved
Josh Reviews Game of Thrones Season Four
I keep waiting for Game of Thrones to stumble, but so far show-runners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have continued on an impressive winning streak, with each season successfully building on what came before. I wondered, in my review of season three, how the show would continue afte
Star Trek Enterprise: Rise of the Federation: Tower of Babel
Star Trek Enterprise was was an interesting failure as a TV show. Its pilot episode showed great promise, but the show quickly fell into the trap of recycling familiar Trek story tropes. Its first two seasons were very mediocre, and the show quickly shed most of the viewers who ha
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So Seinfeld premiered twenty-five years ago last week? Holy cow. Here’s a great look back at the beginning of the show. This is an interesting assessment of the show’s influence by noting, counter-intuitively, Seinfeld’s lack of imitators. This is also worth
Josh Reviews Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
I have been troubled by the popularization, over the past several years, of the idea of a “reboot” as a way to keep franchises evergreen and continually making money for the corporations that own them. I think there are times when a reboot is foolishly chosen whereas a c
Josh Reviews 22 Jump Street
I enjoyed 21 Jump Street but not nearly as much as many others seemed to. I remember reading rave reviews of the film, and I saw it on several best-of-the-year lists. I’m not sure what others saw in the film that I didn’t. I thought it was an amusing diversion but no
Josh Reviews They Came Together
They Came Together was released to select theaters on June 27, but it never opened anywhere around me. However, I was pleased to discover that the film is available to watch on VOD through iTunes and amazon. Right now, from the comfort of your own home! Just click here and watch
Josh Reviews Edge of Tomorrow
While humanity wages a bitter war against a race of alien invaders nicknamed the Mimics, Major William Cage works for the military as a television-friendly recruiter, encouraging young men and women to enlist in the fight. But when he finds himself assigned to the front, Cage panics
Star Trek Continues! “The Fairest of Them All”
After the dismal Star Trek Into Darkness (click here for my review), with the rumor that Bob Orci (who is perhaps a 9/11 Truther) will be directing the next Trek film, and with no prospects of a new Trek TV show anywhere on the horizon, this feels like a bleak time for Trek fans. Bu
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Did you know that genius Calvin & Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson recently drew a few new comic strips? I sure didn’t!! Here’s the whole crazy story of how master artist Bill Watterson wound up collaborating with Stephan Pastis on his comic strip Pearls Before Swi