Having read the novel The Stand by Stephen King many times over the years (it’s my favorite book ever), I know the story that plays out. It’s written sequentially, as in it […]
CBS All-Access The Stand – Episode One: The End (Spoilers Included) – New Depth to Characters and Enhanced Storytelling
The Stand: For Me, It’s Personal
The Stand by Stephen King is my favorite book of all time. It’s a book I’ve read over and over again at various times in my life, in many different versions. At […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Man Trap – Pioneering Ethical Themes in TV Science Fiction
Written by Gene Roddenberry and George Clayton JohnsonDirected by Marc Daniels Captain’s log, stardate 1513.1. Our position, orbiting planet M-113. On board the Enterprise, Mr. Spock, temporarily in command. On the planet, […]
Movie Review: For Love of the Game – Capturing the Spirit of Baseball
Written by Michael Shaara and Dana StevensDirected by Sam Raimi I’ve been a baseball fan all my life, and a diehard Mets fan all that time. There are few films about baseball […]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season Seven on DVD (Original Release)
Fans knew when this season began that the series was winding down. There were so many unresolved issues by the end of the sixth season that needed to be resolved, or at […]
Book Review – Star Wars: Kenobi by John Jackson Miller – A Desert Recluse’s Secret Tale on Tatooine
Star Wars fans: If you’ve ever wondered what Obi-Wan Kenobi did in the years between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, here are some of the answers. If you have […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Seven on DVD – Final Season Review of Star Trek: The Next Generation
That the seventh season would be the final season of Star Trek: The Next Generation was well-known in advance. At the time, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was also on the air. […]
Movie Review – Affliction: Or, “Drunk Man Abuses Family in a Small Town”
Written by Russell Banks and Paul SchraderDirected by Paul Schrader It took me several tries to get through this film. I’d tried to watch it once, and pretty much dismissed it when […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – All Good Things… – Exploring the Finale of Star Trek: TNG
Written by Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Rene Echevarria, and Naren ShankarDirected by Winrich Kolbe When Gene Roddenberry first created his vision of the future, he saw it as a sort of […]
Book Review: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder – Color Illustrations Bring the Story Alive
When I was about nine, a friend of the family gave me my first Little House book. I was immediately captivated by the stories within and read them over and over through […]
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