Posts tagged "News Around the Net"(Page 7)

I am delighted by this first trailer for AppleTV’s upcoming adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation: Mr. Asimov’s Foundation series is one of my very favorite works of sci-fi in any medium.  I love those books and have longed for years for a top-notch adaptation.  

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Last week I went down a rabbit hole of watching fan-edited “modern trailers” for classic films.  Check out this terrific trailer for The Empire Strikes Back: I also absolutely love this trailer for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: I’m a huge fan of the Paley Center

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I loved Josh Gad’s Goonies cast reunion, and his Back to the Future reunion was just as much fun! I always enjoy sampling Robert Myer Burnett’s Robservations show.  Recently he had a terrific in-depth interview with Melinda Snodgrass, a terrific writer who, among other cr

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As we begin, please allow me to again ask all of my readers to please support this website by taking advantage of my being an Amazon affiliate.  This means that if you click through to Amazon from any of the links on this site, I’ll get a tiny percentage of the price of ANY pur

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Welcome back — thanks for reading!  Before we begin, kindly allow me to ask all of my readers to please support this website by taking advantage of my being an Amazon affiliate.  This means that if you click through to Amazon from any of the links on this site, I’ll get a

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I was saddened to read of the recent passing of comedy legend Terry Jones.  There are some moving tributes to him up here. This is cool — Uncut Gems was one of my favorite films of 2019, and Adam Sandler and directors Josh & Benny Safdie have already reunited for a short fi

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I am still saddened by the death, a few weeks ago, of Rene Auberjonois, who played Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.  Mr. Auberjonois was an amazing actor.  Deep Space Nine is my favorite of all the Star Trek series, and Odo was one of the best characters.  Coming so soon after t

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I was very sad to read that D.C. Fontana has passed away.  Ms. Fontana was one of the key creative voices on Star Trek the Original Series, and also in the early days of The Next Generation (she co-wrote “Encounter at Farpoint”).  She wrote 10 of the 79 Original Series e

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Well, obviously the biggest new trailer to drop recently is this look at The Rise of Skywalker: That trailer is crazy huge.  There is a lot of extraordinary imagery in there.  Will the movie be any good?  Who knows!  A great trailer for a Star Wars film doesn’t necessarily m

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