October

So, who loves Kit Kats as much as I do?  If you do, then you must read the New York Times Magazine’s deep dive into the story behind that candy, and how Kit Kats flourish in Japan.  (I was also happy to see that Kit Kats made it into the top five of fivethirtyeight.com’s

Star Wars: Resistance is the latest Star Wars animated TV show.  Coming on the heels of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels, this new show is, intriguingly, set in the time between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The show takes place on the Colossus, an aircraft

With his novel Hearts and Minds, author Dayton Ward has returned again to the world of From History’s Shadow, his spectacular novel that explored the secret history of aliens on Earth in the twentieth century.  I adore that novel, which was a masterpiece of Star Trek continuit

I’m a nut for science fiction as well as science fact — and so I was instantly excited when I heard that Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land) was directing First Man, a film telling the story of Neil Armstrong’s first landing on the moon.  The film’s trailer

I have a huge amount of love for Alex Garland’s directorial debut, Ex Machina, which he also wrote.  If you haven’t seen that film, I exhort you to track it down immediately.  It’s a riveting piece of speculative fiction, with extraordinary performances by Alicia V

So, here’s our first real look at the new X-Men film, Dark Phoenix: I really want this to be great, but I’m not yet feeling this one.  First of all, the continuity of these X-Men movies makes my head spin.  One of the things I loved about Days of Future Past was the way