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“John Carter” (2012), the unfairly maligned adaptation of the original space hero…

Before Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Luke Skywalker… I was born about a half-century too late to have been among the first generation to read Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “John Carter of Mars” books, but my own first inklings of them came via Carl Sagan’s landmark 1980 PBS TV series, “COSMOS.” The late pop scientist reminisced…

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DisneyPlus’ “Loki” takes a time-traveling leap into Marvel’s mischievous prankster…

Caveats and Chaos. A couple of caveats to this column. First, to my regular readers (I’m grateful for each of you) I want to apologize for the slower influx of fresh content lately. My little house in the ‘burbs has been plagued with a solid month of plumbing/electrical issues, and has only returned to something…

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“The Rocketeer”: Disney’s underrated retro-rocketing adventure, 30 years later…

*****SOARING SPOILERS AHEAD!!***** In the summer of 1991, I went to the famed El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood; a gloriously gilded movie palace hailing from a different era (originally built in 1926), beautifully restored and refurbished. This old glamour of the venue was a perfect way to see “The Rocketeer”; a retro-styled, period piece-adventure set…

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“Lego Star Wars Holiday Special” (2020) is not your father’s Life Day…

If At First You Don’t Succeed… 42 years ago, there was a great disturbance in the Force… CBS aired “The Star Wars Holiday Special” and it was arguably the worst thing to happen to the Star Wars universe before Jar Jar Binks. CBS and Lucasfilm created a shot-on-videotape variety special (which were insanely popular in…

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Recent Posts

  • Revisiting Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.” after 40 years… June 30, 2022
  • Disney’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi” is more about making pieces fit than bold storytelling… June 23, 2022
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, S1.7: “The Serene Squall” sets sail for space pirate hijinks… June 16, 2022
  • AppleTV’s “For All Mankind” kicks off Season 3 with “Polaris,” a high-octane disaster movie in space… June 13, 2022
  • AppleTV’s “Severance” hits you where you live…and where you work. June 9, 2022
  • The Orville: New Horizons, S3.1; “Electric Sheep” eschews humor for heavy… June 6, 2022
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, S1.5: “Spock Amok” is about insight and breaking a few rules… June 2, 2022
  • Tour de Force; the long-delayed Star Wars Celebration 2022 returned to Anaheim with a vengeance… May 31, 2022

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