News Around the Net!
Check out this gorgeous new trailer for Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land)’s new film about Neil Armstrong, First Man: Wow that looks spectacular! I love movies about the space program. This looks like it has the potential to be something special. Here’s our first
Star Trek and Star Wars in Trouble…?
It’s been something of a rough week for my two favorite franchises with “Star” in their title. In last week’s big Star Trek news, the show-runners for Star Trek: Discovery were fired mid-way into production of season two, and replaced by Alex Kurtzman… wh
Star Trek: Further Adventures of the Department of Temporal Investigations!
The Department of Temporal Investigations was mentioned in one single Star Trek episode, Deep Space Nine’s “Trials and Tribble-ations.” But many fans (myself included!) loved what we saw of the DTI, and its agents Dulmur and Lucsley. Author Christopher L. Bennet
Josh Reviews the SyFy Channel Adaptation of Childhood’s End
Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End, first published in 1953, is a magnificent novel, a triumph of science fiction that is riveting and heartbreaking. It’s a ripe subject for adaptation, and I’m pleased that I had a chance to catch up with the SyFy channel’s three-part, f
“I Always Wondered How This Was Gonna End” — Josh Reviews the (Series?) Finale of The X-Files
After a weak opening episode, I have been very impressed by how great the subsequent eight, mostly stand-alone episodes of The X-Files season eleven have been! Click here for my review of episodes 1-3, here for my review of episodes 4-6, and here for my review of episodes 7-9. And
Josh Bids Farewell to The Americans!
I started watching The Americans very soon after I’d finished watching Breaking Bad, and right away from the pilot episode I was struck by the similarity of the set-up: Philip and Elizabeth Jennings had to hide their criminal activities from Stan Beeman, their FBI-agent neighbor
“Nothing Lasts Forever” — Josh Reviews the Final Episodes (For Now?) of The X-Files
Although I was not that taken by the 2016 six-episode relaunch of The X-Files, I found myself quite enjoying this year’s new batch of episodes. Click here for my review of the first three episodes of this new 10-episode season, and click here for my review of episodes 4-6. A
Josh Reviews Season Five of Brooklyn Nine-Nine!
In a tumultuous week right before its season five finale aired, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was unceremoniously cancelled by Fox… and then, a few days later, miraculously resurrected by NBC who announced that they’d be picking up the show for a thirteen-episode sixth season. Huzz
Josh Reviews Silicon Valley Season Five!
I was somewhat late to the party with Silicon Valley, but I loved the show when I started watching it last year, and I quickly devoured the first four seasons. I was so happy that I didn’t have too long to wait before season five. As the season begins, the Pied Piper gang ar
Josh Reviews Solo!
Solo takes place in the years prior to the original Star Wars, when the galaxy is still under the thumb of the Empire. Young Han and his friend Qi’ra (pronounced like Kira, which makes me think of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) have grown up in the slums of Corellia, scrounging