******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Rumor Control At the recent Creation Entertainment STLV convention (the convention also known as “Star Trek Las Vegas”), actor Scott Grimes, who played Gordon Malloy in “The Orville” said that the 2017-2022 Fox/Hulu/Disney+ series had indeed been picked up for a 4th season and was currently in preproduction. However, he was a bit…
Month: August 2024
Retro-Musings: 1971’s “They Might Be Giants” tilts at windmills with a charm offensive…
******SPOILERS AFOOT!****** The late George C Scott (1927-1999) was one of my favorite actors. Lately, I’ve had the chance to revisit a few of his less popular (but no less interesting) films, thanks to Kino Lorber Video and their eclectic selection of Blu-Rays. Having recently taken a look at 1973’s “The Day of the Dolphin”…
“ALIEN: Romulus” is a well-crafted miscellany of the ALIEN franchise’s greatest hits……
******SPACE STATION-SIZED SPOILERS!****** After my deep disappointment with the last two installments of the ALIEN franchise (“Prometheus,” “Covenant”) another ALIEN movie has burst from the chests and brains of director/cowriter Fede Álvarez. Like “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “ALIEN: Romulus” (2024) feels conspicuously designed for a younger audience (as is most everything these…
Retro-Musings: “The Day of the Dolphin” (1973) is a curious mix of “Three Days of the Condor” and “Flipper”…
*****CETACEOUS SPOILERS!***** A little over 50 years ago, a movie came out starring one of my favorite actors, George C. Scott (1927-1999), that, until very recently, I’d somehow missed over the years. The movie is called “The Day of the Dolphin” (1973) and was adapted by the late comedy screenwriter and early Saturday Night Live…
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” unveils a most illogical preview of season three…
******STRANGE NEW SPOILERS FOR SEASON 3****** After its electrifying debut two years ago, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” (SNW) really had me. Coming five years after a lot of uneven, too-heavily serialized, and often less-than-satisfying Star Trek stories, the franchise got back on track with SNW returning to largely episodic storytelling, with some serialized elements; striking…
Marvel goes full Mel Brooks for its superhero satire “Deadpool & Wolverine” (2024)…
******SOME SPOILERS****** As I’ve said in earlier columns, I’ve gotten away from the superhero genre lately, which more or less peaked for me with 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.” Now, with the seemingly endless flood of Disney/Marvel multiverse product, my eyes glaze over whenever I’ve tried to get into a new Marvel movie or show, and I…
“Top Gun” enters “The Twilight Zone” in 1980’s “The Final Countdown”…
******NIMITZ-CLASS SPOILERS!****** My late European-born dad, while not exactly a hawk by any means, was fascinated by modern US aircraft carriers; mainly for their awesome size and impressive strategic capabilities. And in early 1985, in my late teens, he and I went on a tour of the Kitty Hawk-class USS Constellation (CV-64); a massive carrier…