The new “Quantum Leap” (2022) is worth the time…

*****ZIGGY-SIZE SPOILERS!***** The Best of Both. I’ve recently reviewed the pilot episode of the “Quantum Leap” (2022) soft-reboot in an earlier column, and even though the series hasn’t yet reached its midseason break (as of this writing), I feel it already warrants a closer look. I also hope to reach a few reluctant old-school ‘Leapers’,…

The Orville: New Horizons, S3.6; “Twice in a Lifetime” takes a voyage home…

*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!***** “Lasting Impressions.” The second season of The Orville featured the episode “Lasting Impressions”, a variation on Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Booby Trap,” which saw Geordi La Forge fall in love with a holographic representation of one of the Enterprise-D’s designers, Dr. Leah Brahms. Things got a little ‘icky’ when the real Brahms…

“Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut” (2006) turns back time…

Superman Reborn. “Superman: The Movie” redefined the superhero genre. Released in December of 1978, the film made possible the big-budget release of Tim Burton’s “Batman” 11 years later, not to mention the current DC and Marvel cinematic/TV waves being ridden to this day. Before Richard Donner’s film, my generation had the campy, tongue-in-cheek “Batman” and…