Fleishman is in Trouble is a wonderful adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s novel of the same name.  Toby Fleishman is recently divorced and adjusting to this new reality.  Then one day his ex-wife, Rachel, drops their two daughters off at his apartment… and vanishes.  She

Christopher L. Bennett’s Star Trek novel Living Memory is set in the era between Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.  Admiral Kirk is serving as the commandant of Starfleet Academy, and he is attempting to oversee the incorporation of a group of a

In Search of Tomorrow is a crowd-funded documentary that takes an in-depth look at the sci-fi movies of the eighties.  (I backed this project on Indiegogo back in 2021.) From the huge blockbusters to the low-budget camp-fests, this lengthy film takes a deep dive into the many wonderf

In the prologue of the Disney animated film Strange World, brave adventurer Jaeger Clade and his 15-year-old son Searcher are attempting to cross the seemingly uncrossable mountains that surround their home of Avalonia.  Searcher discovers an amazing plant that seems to generate elec

Not long after watching and enjoying See How They Run, I moved on to another period-piece murder mystery film with a sprawling all-star cast that was released towards the end of 2022: David O. Russell’s Amsterdam. Christian Bale and John David Washington star in the film as Burt

At last — Ted Lasso season three is coming!! Here’s the Super Bowl trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: This is a great-looking trailer for Air, the film reuniting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon on-screen: I’m thrilled that Ben Affleck is back directing.  

Sidney is a documentary on Apple TV about the great Sidney Poitier.  It’s directed by Reginald Hudlin (who has directed many films including House Party and Boomerang, and who also is a talented comic book writer) and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey. The film traces Mr. Poi