SNAPSHOTThe story in this new series begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as the evil Sith Lord Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #65: Benji Lewis, Meltt, Hermitude, Jamie Lane and ODESZA
Life is loud. Life is big. Life is frantic. There’s a lot going on and sometimes all you want to do is sit back, soak in some beautiful music while still engaging your mind and let the reverie flow. These five thoughtfully talented artist deliver up transportive music, rich in Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Star Wars – Doctor Aphra (Vol. 1-2, issues 1-9) #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou
There is a lot going on in the Star Wars universe (unless, of course, you are on of those people still mourning the killing off of the Expanded Universe in which case it is no longer quite big enough). That is quite possibly because despite catching up with all the Continue Reading
How did the Star Wars Holiday Special come to be? Wonder no more #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou
SNAPSHOTA long time ago in living rooms across the US, a bizarre 98-minute Star Wars-themed variety show aired on CBS to an estimated 13 million viewers. It wasn’t necessarily the first of its kind: hosts like Donny & Marie Osmond and Richard Pryor had done TV variety shows with Star Continue Reading
Book review: The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird by Diane Connell
If only real life could be as good as the ones we imagine for ourselves. Twelve-year-old Ricky Bird, the titular protagonist of The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird, knows how good these made-up wafts of storybook confection can be; while her actual life falls apart around her as her parents Continue Reading
Movie review: Belfast
All of us, to one fundamental degree or another, have a powerful need to belong. It is often what defines and shapes, and gives us a soul-nourishing sense of time and place, and when it is broken or taken away, we lose an immeasurable part of ourselves. This sense of Continue Reading
All aboard the crazy train: Thoughts on Russian Doll (S2)
Most people, but granted not all people will, if they have unresolved issues with their past, head off to see a therapist to talk it all out and hopefully find some sort of closure, elusive though that often proves to be. Not, Russian Doll‘s Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne, who created Continue Reading
Book review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Whenever you pick up a book, the hope, always springing eternal, is that this will be a read that will touch you deeply on some level. After all, what is a book if it doesn’t whisk you off to other realms or peer incisively into your soul, or at the Continue Reading
No longer the apex predator? Humanity gets knocked down a peg or two in new trailer for Jurassic World Dominion
SNAPSHOTFrom Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, Jurassic World: Dominion immerses audiences of all ages in a new era of wonder and thrills where dinosaurs and humankind must learn to coexist. Jurassic World is set against a global backdrop of diverse locations, with a sprawling story grounded in believable science and Continue Reading
Off voyaging with newly-released Star Trek: Strange New World’s opening titles
SNAPSHOTThe series follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series. (synopsis courtesy Wikipedia) I am huge fan of multi-layered, season-long or series-long arc storytelling in Star Trek of the Continue Reading