******SAUCER-SHAPED SPOILERS!****** Growing up in the 1970s, UFOs (as they were called then) were wildly popular. I watched alien visitation/invasion movies, such as “The War of the Worlds” (1953), “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” (1956), and “Invaders from Mars” (1953)–that last one really scared the hell out of me watching it alone on late-night TV…
Month: May 2026
“The Mandalorian and Grogu” (2026); this is (not) the way…
******HUTT-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Debuting just before the COVID pandemic on the then-new Disney+ streaming service, Star Wars’ “The Mandalorian” took place shortly after the fall of the Empire, and chronicled the adventures of independent Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), as he made his way through the galaxy in his Razor Crest starship taking various…
“So say we all!” The cast of “Battlestar Galactica” reunites for Comic Con Revolution 2026…
Comic Con Revolution 2026 I’ve attended Comic Con Revolution in Ontario California since it was a seedling sci-fi/fantasy convention back in 2017, when they had only a few celebrities autographing, and a very sparse Exhibit Hall. CCR had slim pickings that first year, but it had great potential; a sci-fi/fantasy convention in the heart of…
My on-again/off-again love for the theatrical experience…
The Old Days One of my favorite pastimes as a kid was going to the movies. It was a safe trip into a darkened realm of imagination, where larger-than-life stories shadow-played before my eyes and ears. I even remember taping newspaper ads for my favorite movies to my bedroom wall. As the late film critic…
Retro-Musings: “Rocketship X-M” (1950); a funny thing happened on the way to the moon…
******SPACESHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** The 1950s saw a wave of ambitious space adventure films, inspired by the heady optimism of post-World War 2 prosperity in the United States, as well as a brain trust of science and engineering (a brain trust in serious danger of extinction these days). Full-color space epics such as “Destination Moon” (1950) and…
Class is dismissed for “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,” after wrapping season 2…
******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Debuting on Paramount+ streaming this past January, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy was created by Gaia Violo under Star Trek executive producer Alex Kurtzman, and was recently cancelled just after its as-yet-unreleased second season wrapped. Kurtzman himself might be stepping down after this year. For the first time since the cancellation of Star Trek:…