******SPACE STATION-SIZED SPOILERS!****** I’m a real fan of Michelle Yeoh. Loved her work in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000), “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022), “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997), and even her performance in the otherwise so-so romcom, “Crazy Rich Asians” (2018). Despite all of that, I have mixed emotions about her character in Star…
Month: January 2025
A crew of animated animals goes with the “Flow” (2024)…
******MANY SPECIES OF SPOILERS!****** From the mind of 30-year old Latvian filmmaker (and composer) Gints Zilbalodis and cowritten by Matīss Kaža, “Flow” (aka “Straume”) is a genuine passion project. Made using free online Blender software, the movie has an expensive, rotoscoped look to it. With no dialogue–let alone humans–“Flow” has a unique soundscape of real…
50 years ago, the “Planet of the Apes” TV series (1974) drove my younger self bananas…
******SIMIAN-SPOILERS AHEAD!****** In the dim time before “Star Wars” utterly changed my life at age 10 in 1977, there was another major sci-fi franchise that had me collecting its action figures, play sets, cereal bowls and other memorabilia; it was “Planet of the Apes.” I was only two years old when the first film debuted…
No, Star Trek: Discovery hasn’t been ‘erased,’ nor has any other Star Trek…
******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** In light of the wildfire emergencies here in SoCal–the worst of which are about forty-odd minutes northwest of me–I’ve been reluctant to punch out another column just now, in case my electricity is suddenly cut to prevent sparking from fallen power lines. However, since I need the diversion, here goes. For this column,…
Checking into the latest Doctor Who Christmas Special, “Joy to the Worlds” (2024) …
******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Okay, I know I’m very late to the party on this one (by nearly two weeks or so), but the holidays have been very busy for my wife and I (see: my last post on the “Duran Duran” concert in Las Vegas), so without further ado, let’s check into the ‘Time Hotel’ of…
Seeing “Duran Duran” live in Las Vegas was a great way to end a tumultuous year…
2025 promises to be a year of turbulence and uncertainty. At the time of this writing (January 1st, 2025), the United States has already seen two terrorist incidents, including one in Louisiana that has killed 15 people (at last count) and another suspected car bombing involving a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas. 2025 is off…