Posted on August 16, 2016
Star Trek: Beyond
Sigh. Is any Star Trek movie ever going to live up to the original reboot? Probably not. That is damn near a perfect Star Trek movie, in that is about people, about big ideas and it’s more existential… Read More
Posted on July 29, 2016
Stranger Things
A Spielberg production of a Stephen King novel directed by Richard Donner and scored by John Carpenter would not be better than this series by the Duffer Brothers. Watching this show, I get the thrill of something unexpectedly new… Read More
Posted on July 10, 2016
Purge: Election Year
You know how you sometimes go to a party for some innocent fun but you run into a guy who has very strong feelings on a certain subject and he won’t stop ranting at you all night? Even… Read More
Posted on April 19, 2016
ScarJo In The Shell
A large, very vocal population of rightly concerned people have been loudly pointing out that Hollywood has a tendency to cast white actors in the roles of minority characters. This is a brand new practice that started just… Read More
Posted on April 15, 2016
10 Cloverfield Lane
We were supposed to go see Dawn of Justice but a meeting ran too long and the only thing showing at the Drafthouse when we got loose was 10 Cloverfield Lane, a movie I knew nothing about. Turns… Read More
Posted on April 3, 2016
Dune (1984)
I was the one who talked everyone in my unit into going to see David Lynch’s Dune on opening weekend. I was in the military back then, going through intel training in San Angelo. We were all under… Read More
Posted on February 6, 2016
Contest Update
As of today, I am in 3rd place. That’s super good news but there’s still a long way to go. So if you’ve been sitting on the sidelines, trying to decide whether my book is worth backing, now’s… Read More
Posted on February 2, 2016
Big Announcement
Okay, guys, here it is: I’ve decided to submit Dangerous Thoughts to the @Nerdist Inkshares competition. “What does that mean to me?” you’re wondering. Well, first off, it means no more serialization here on the site and no… Read More
Posted on January 18, 2016
The Force Awakens
In 1999, a friend and I started to notice the advance viral marketing for a movie called The Matrix. There wasn’t much at first, just a few very short commercials that included that amazing scene where Trinity leaps… Read More
Posted on December 20, 2015
Space Station 76
This is one of those movies where a thumbs up/down review doesn’t work at all. Not because the movie is uneven but because it’s complex. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I truly understood the limitations… Read More