****THE SPOILER ZONE!**** The season finale of CBS-AA’s rebooted Twilight Zone has arrived, and while significantly more enjoyable than previous entries, it still has its own share of issues. The Story. “Blurryman” opens with an unusually artificial looking apartment exterior, which takes us inside to a harried writer played by Seth Rogen, who is frustrated…
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Twilight Zone S1.8: “Point of Origin” makes a slightly muddled point…
****SPOILERS!**** The Story. Eve Martin (Ginnifer Goodwin) is the walking/talking cliche of a privileged, upper-middle class suburban wife/mother. During our introduction to her, she is planning a big PTA mixer in her mansion-esque home in what looks like a Tim Burton vision of 1950s Connecticut. Eve’s longtime housekeeper Anna (Zebrena Guevara), a Guatemalan immigrant, humbly…
The Twilight Zone, S1.7: “Not All Men” addresses toxic masculinity…
****SPOILERS!**** The Story. Annie Miller (Taisa Farmiga) is a promising young newbie in a lab office. We see her tackling new projects with zeal, despite a lack of self-confidence. She’s invited by coworker Dylan (Luke Kirby) for lobsters, drinks and watching the Perseid meteor shower from his backyard later that evening. She semi-reluctantly accepts. The…
The Twilight Zone’s “Six Degrees of Freedom” fails to fly…
****SOME SPOILERS**** A near-future mission to Mars, sponsored by the “Whipple” company is on the launchpad and ready to take off for the red planet. With less than a few minutes to launch, the crew, led by Commander Alexa Brandt (DeWanda Wise) gets word from Flight Control that incoming North Korean missiles have hit the…
The Twilight Zone, S1.5: “Wunderkind” is not a hole in one…
****THE SPOILER ZONE!**** ~ sigh~ I need to preface this by saying that few people were more excited for Jordan Peele’s new version of “The Twilight Zone” than myself. The original TZ was my first television love (even before Star Trek), and I am also a huge fan of Peele’s “Get Out” (2017) and “Us”…
The Twilight Zone S1.4: “A Traveler” stops along a few familiar paths…
****AT THE SIGNPOST UP AHEAD: THE SPOILER ZONE!**** Story. An indigenous Alaskan policewoman, Sgt. Yuka (Marinka Sila) is taking her own drunkard brother Jack (Patrick Gallagher) to jail on Christmas Eve on a drunk & disorderly charge. There, he is expected to get some turkey, a slice of pumpkin pie, and the annual Christmas Eve…
Jordan Peele’s first two entries into “The Twilight Zone”…
Debuting auspiciously on April Fool’s Day, Jordan Peele’s take on the classic TV series “The Twilight Zone” has arrived on CBS-All Access streaming service. Peele is part of the sketch comedy duo of “Key & Peele” as well as the talented suspense filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning “Get Out” (2017) and the recent “Us” (2017), both…
WonderCon 2019 in Anaheim: Star Trek, superheroes, cosplay and wam-bam, thank you, Shazam!
Welcome to WonderCon 2019! Another WonderCon (my 6th now) comes to a close. Yes, in many ways it’s San Diego Comic Con Junior, but that’s part of its appeal for me; lots of ‘big ticket’ events (and a kick-ass dealer hall) with some of the charm and intimacy of the smaller conventions. The best of…
Paley Fest 2019: “Star Trek: Discovery” and the new “Twilight Zone”…
Way back in March of 2006, a very good friend of ours (and convention pal) helped my wife and I secure tickets to an event for the Paley Center (then it was called the MTR; Museum for Television and Radio) honoring our favorite show at the time, Ron Moore’s revision of “Battlestar Galactica.” It was…
Jordan Peele’s newest thriller says much about “Us” (2019)…
I’d like to say a few things about writer/director Jordan Peele’s latest movie, “Us”, an ambitious, scary followup to 2017’s brilliant “Get Out”, but I cannot (and will not) reveal the ending. All I can say is that the ending will change your perception of everything that precedes it. And you won’t read that ending…
Sci-fi and diversity do well at the 90th Annual Academy Awards…
First, I want to say upfront that I’m not big on the idea of pitting art (and artists) against each other in competition. Personally, I am one of the least competitive people on Planet Earth. The Academy Awards ceremonies in particular bring to mind the apples and oranges analogy: Is “2001: A Space Odyssey” any…
“Get Out” really drew me in…
Just saw a film that’s been out for a few weeks, written and directed by Jordan Peele (half of the comedic duo “Key & Peele”) called “Get Out” (2017). The movie stars Brit actor Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington, a young African-American photographer, who goes for a weekend in the country to meet the…