Retro-Musings: “The Bionic Woman” (1976-1978) was a giant leap for women in action/sci-fi…

*****BIONIC SPOILERS!***** During the heyday of ABC-TV’s cyborg-action series “The Six Million Dollar Man” (1973-1978), a spinoff was created in 1976 centered around bionic astronaut Steve Austin’s childhood sweetheart, Jaime Sommers; a tennis pro who is badly injured in a skydiving accident (both legs, right arm and right ear critically damaged) with Steve during their…

Michelle Yeoh returns to “Star Trek: Section 31” for a Paramount+ movie…

The Announcement “Paramount+ today announced it has officially greenlit Star Trek: Section 31 starring Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh. In this special original movie event for the service, Yeoh will return to her role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou, a character she first played in Star Trek: Discovery’s first season. In Star Trek: Section 31, Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked…

Teaser trailer for “Ahsoka” is unveiled at Star Wars Celebration 2023…

*****DEATH STAR-SIZED SPOILERS!***** As of this writing, “Star Wars Celebration Europe” is currently underway (April 7-10th) at ExCel London.  While I’m not there personally, I’ve been lucky enough to have attended two Star Wars Celebrations here in California over the past decade, and they are wonderful. I hope every Star Wars fan attending in London…

“Avatar: The Way of Water” (2022) feels a bit waterlogged…

As longtime readers of this column might’ve guessed, I’m a longtime fan of innovative sci-fi/action director James Cameron’s work. “The Terminator,” “ALIENS,” “The Abyss,”. “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” and “Titanic” are all favorites of mine. Of the James Cameron canon, I’d say that 2009’s “Avatar,” Cameron’s groundbreaking study in CGI and motion capture, is probably…