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Movies & TV
I’ve always tried to write in a cinematic way—you should be able to picture my stories on a screen. This stems from my respect and love for great movies and television. Not “great” as in “classic”, per se, or in “Oscar-worthy”, but high entertainment value. Did a movie hold me to my seat for several hours, or was the ongoing journey of a show worth the ride? Here, I discuss those large and small screen adventures I’ve particularly enjoyed.
Watchmen
A look at the dark side of heroes Watchmen is a classic 1986 comic by the legendary Alan Moore that became a movie in 2009. Just as the...
Murder at the End of the World
In Murder at the End of the World, main character Darby Hart is a true-crime junkie who wrote a book about a cold case she helped crack....
Elio – a lighthearted sci-fi romp
Elio is a Pixar film that rigorously ticks all the boxes. Protagonist is an orphan? Yep. Found family? Check. A minor on a poorly supervised...
Wheel of Time
There Are Neither Beginnings or Endings to the Turning of the Wheel of Time. But the show had to begin somewhere... Amazon Prime’s adaptation of...
Resident Alien
He came in peace to leave us in pieces. Still a better doctor than the town had before. In Resident Alien, Alan Tudyk crashes on Earth and...
Onward – An Epic Road Trip to Self Discovery
I’m going to state right from the start, until the story itself told me otherwise, I had thought the main characters were trolls. That out of the...
Andromeda Strain
The first real sci-fi virus movie Andromeda Strain is a 1971 classic and the forebear of all other sci-fi virus movies. And, as a pioneer, it...
Legend of Vox Machina – D&D Campaign > Stream > Anime?
Roundabout way of getting a D&D story on-screen... During the mysterious early 2020s, a YouTube channel known as Critical Role hit critical...
House of the Dragon – Before The Mad King, a Bunch of Miffed Targaryens
A Game of Thrones prequel that remembers the formula When Game of Thrones debuted in April 2011, viewers were blown away. It promised a grim fairy...
Modern Christmas Mythos
Elves as special forces and low-orbit space sleighs? The year is 1823. James Monroe is president of the United States (of which there are presently...
Free Birds
The SciFi Thanksgiving Holiday Special You’ve Been Missing Every December, and even a little bit before, the world is awash in Yuletide cheer. Every...
The Halloween Tree
Two sci-fi giants, one spooky Halloween classic Well, it's that time of year again. Candy. Costumes. Holiday specials airing nonstop for a month....
Princess Bride
Low-Magic Fantasy? Inconceivable! How a classic tale dodges fantasy’s biggest trap. Magic system. Magic system. Magic system. Start a conversation...
Frieren
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, is a surprisingly succinct title that describes exactly what this anime is about. We meet the protagonist, Frieren,...
Delicious in Dungeon
Iron Chef? More like Adamantine Chef! It's the cooking/dungeon-crawler mashup you didn’t know you needed. Anime has a reputation for magical girl...
Free Guy
Free Guy = Free Will. Can you be more than you’re programmed to be? 2021’s Free Guy was a Ryan Reynolds action comedy about an NPC (non-player...
Rings of Power
When is history not history? Can you write a fictional history as objective truth? Amazon’s Rings of Power is a controversial adaptation of J.R.R....
Logan’s Run
Despite the onesie vibe of silver age sci-fi and promotional artwork that looks like the box for an Atari video game, Logan’s Run is very...
Dollhouse
Dollhouse is an early-2000s TV show starring Eliza Dushku as a programmable human known as a Doll. She is part of a program where a company...
Avatar Last Airbender
Avatar: the Last Airbender is among the latest conversions from animation to live action on the major streaming services (in this case,...
A Prequel to a Sci-Fi Classic (With Apes)
Back in 2011, someone had the bright idea to trample on the grave of science fiction classic, Planet of the Apes. The Charlton Heston original...
Honor Among Thieves
THIS is how you make a D&D movie Fantasy movies have had a rough history in Hollywood. Cheesy special effects, ren faire level costumes, and...
Altered Carbon
What Happens When Tech Makes Life Cheap? Altered Carbon begins with a futuristic twist on the noir whodunnit. The victim commissions the detective’s...