Category Archives: TV and Movies

What I am Watching: Star Trek: Discovery and Seasons Three and Four of Star Trek: Voyager

Posted on September 26, 2017 by

Star Trek: Discovery  Well, it’s a sci-fi extravaganza for this latest blog post. This past Sunday CBS and CBS All Access premiered the first two episodes of the long-awaited new Star Trek television series Star Trek: Discovery. There’s a lot riding … Continue reading →

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What I am Watching: IT (2017)

Posted on September 7, 2017 by

  I just came home from watching the pre-premiere of IT and my senses are overloaded. This much-awaited reboot of the original made-television mini-series had a lot riding on its shoulders. IT is one of Stephen King’s most famous works, … Continue reading →

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Twin Peaks Has Raised the Bar for Scripted Television Once More.

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

In 1990-1991, David Lynch and Mark Frost changed the landscape for scripted television forever with their drama, Twin Peaks. Even at its weakest, the show raised the bar far beyond its peers by introducing narrative, sound, and visual elements which … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman – The Triumphant Lifeline DC Movies Desperately Needed

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

Let me get straight to the point. Wonder Woman is a great film in any genre, not only superhero fare. It trades overproduced action sequences for a coherent, evenly paced story-line. It relies less on expository and quick quip dialogue … Continue reading →

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What I am Watching: The Witch, Don’t Breathe, Event Horizon and The Void

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

I went around asking some folks to recommend some horror or suspense movies that focused more on atmosphere and character than shock and gore. I got a few good hits. Here is what I thought of four that I watched. … Continue reading →

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Ranking all of the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” Movies

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

I am by no means a horror movie super-fan, but I do enjoy a good horror film now and again. The horror films that marked my childhood – and scared me enough to never want to revisit the series again – … Continue reading →

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What I am Watching: Kids and movies that actually came out this year!!!

Posted on April 9, 2017 by

Kids (1995) When Kids originally premiered in 1995, it created quite a stir. It was called everything from exploitative to borderline child pornography. It was slapped with an NC-17 rating, and a bunch of my classmates ran around quoting bits … Continue reading →

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