Written by Brannon Braga, Rene Echevarria, and Naren ShankarDirected by Gates McFadden This is just one of those episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation that sticks in my head. When I’ve […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Genesis – Makeup, Special Effects, and Performances
Movie Review – The Manchurian Candidate (2004): The Wrong Time for a Thriller About a Presidential Race?
Written by Richard Condon, George Axelrod, Daniel Pyne, and Dean GeorgarisDirected by Jonathan Demme I hadn’t seen the original Manchurian Candidate until a few months prior to seeing the remake. A discussion […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Eye of the Beholder – Discovering Empathic Echoes
Written by Rene Echevarria, Brannon Braga, and Naren ShankarDirected by Cliff Bole For most of the run of Star Trek: The Next Generation, it seemed like the writers didn’t know what to […]
Book Review – Invasion: Colorado by Vaughn Heppner – American Super-tanks vs. Chinese Invasion
This is the third book in Vaughn Heppner’s Invasion series. Set in the not-too-distant future, the world has cooled off due to volcanic activity, creating a food shortage. The United States has […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Masks – Transformations and Beliefs
Written by Joe Menosky, Rene Echevarria, and Naren ShankarDirected by Robert Wiemer This is one of those episodes that produces two reactions in me. The first is “What were they thinking?” The […]
Corona Virus Diaries: November 29, 2020
New Hampshire is feeling it. We now have 327 total cases in my county, with 90 active cases. There are only 8 ICU beds in my county, so if a lot of […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Thine Own Self – Weak Script and Strong Performances
Written by Ronald D. Moore, Christopher Hatton, Rene Echevarria, and Naren ShankarDirected by Winrich Kolbe For a while, the writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation seemed immune from the sort of […]
Movie Review – American Gun: James Coburn’s Final Film is Perhaps His Best Performance in Years
Written by Alan JacobsDirected by Alan Jacobs Don’t be fooled by the title. If you think this is a “liberal Hollywood anti-gun propaganda film”, you might be missing a touching story about […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Lower Decks – Fresh Perspective of Junior Officers
Written by Rene Echevarria, Ronald Wilkerson, Jean Louis Matthias, and Naren ShankarDirected by Gabrielle Beaumont Now that the seventh season seems to have had a character-driven episode based around every single regular […]
Book Review: Against All Enemies by Richard Clarke – Richard Clarke’s Eye-Opening Political Memoir
Written in 2004 For anyone who doesn’t know who Richard Clarke is, he began his federal service in 1973 working on security issues. As the years progressed, he worked directly under Presidents […]
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