There’s a lot going on in the United States right now. We have ‘leadership’ that is authorizing federally-funded masked goons to disappear people and kill innocent protesters. That same leadership has all but declared war on friends and allies across the world. With all that going on right now (and much more), I’m willing myself…
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“I.S.S.” (2023) presents a darker, more sobering kind of ‘star wars’…
*****SPACE STATION-SIZED SPOILERS!***** Shot on a shoestring budget of $13.8 million (the catering budget of an average Marvel movie these days), 2023’s “I.S.S.” was released with nary a notice in the US back in January, making very little in its domestic run, despite a dark and intriguing trailer that made me curious enough to plunk…
Still feeling “Gravity” (2013), ten years later…
*****SPACE SHUTTLE-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!***** In 620 or so columns, I was surprised to realize that I’d not yet written about director/cowriter Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity”, a movie that hits its decade mark this year. I remember going to see “Gravity” twice in theaters, because it was such a cinematic experience. Almost like a 1990s IMAX movie…
AppleTV’s “For All Mankind” imagines a space race set on a more ambitious track…
I’d been meaning to write about AppleTV’s “For All Mankind” for awhile now, but frankly, it’s a daunting challenge, because (and I try not to say this too much) this is my favorite TV show on at the moment. How to put my love for it into words without gushing or fanboying is my challenge….