******SPOILERS****** Since the 1898 publishing of H.G. Wells’ classic alien invasion novel “The War of the Worlds,” there have been multiple adaptations. Notable versions being the Orson Welles’ 1938 Mercury Theatre radio play (which terrified an off-guard United States), the iconic 1953 Cold War-era movie, Jeff Wayne’s 1978 musical, a syndicated TV series (1987-1988), a…
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The Twilight Zone meets The X-Files in “The Vast of Night” (2020)…
*****FLYING SAUCER SHAPED SPOILERS AHEAD!!**** Despite the COVID-19 semi-quarantine, I haven’t really sampled many of the newer movies currently available for streaming, but there was one curious title that caught my eye; director/cowriter Andrew Patterson’s “The Vast of Night” (2020), a film recently purchased for streaming on Amazon Prime Video. From what I’d heard, the…
The legacy of a beloved satire is explored in “Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary” (2019)…
Never Give Up… I’ll admit that in the wake of the seemingly never-ending bad news regarding the global COVID-19 pandemic, my urge to write about sci-fi entertainment has been somewhat diminished lately. But while perusing social media, I ran across a video recommendation from Mike Okuda (who, along with wife Denise, was Star Trek’s…
Season 4 of “The Expanse” sticks the landing at Amazon Prime….
Amazon Prime has resurrected SyFy’s cancelled sci-fi saga “The Expanse,” and it’s never been better. The greater production value afforded by Amazon’s money bags have given the series a luxe sheen that is greatly deserved, as “The Expanse” is easily one of the greatest sci-fi series going on right now (and of the 21st century…