Set after the events of Return of the Jedi, Disney Plus’ original Star Wars series focuses on a Mandalorian bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal) as he accepts an… Read more “Final Thoughts: “The Mandalorian” (Series One)”
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Final Thoughts: “Star Trek: Picard” (Series One)
In Amazon Prime’s original Star Trek series, Partick Stewart steps back into his popular role of Jean Luc Picard, now retired from Starfleet and living at his… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Star Trek: Picard” (Series One)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Predator” (2018)
In Shane Black’s 2018 film, a fugitive Predator crash lands on Earth and, after getting into a skirmish with army sniper McKenna (Boyd Holbrook), is apprehended and… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Predator” (2018)”
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Kill All Others”
In a futuristic Northern American mega-nation called MexUsCan, presided over by a single “Candidate” (Vera Farmiga), Philbert Noyce (Mel Rodriguez) works as part of a three man… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Kill All Others””
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Safe and Sound”
Sometime in the future, small town teenage girl Foster (Annalise Basso) moves East with her mother (Maura Tierney) to a city where security and terrorist prevention is… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Safe and Sound””
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Annihilation” (2018)
Contains Minor Spoilers Writer/director Alex Garland’s adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel of the same name stars Natalie Portman as cellular biologist and former soldier Lena who joins… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Annihilation” (2018)”
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Autofac”
In a post-apocalyptic settlement, built after a devastating world war, settlers are provided for by a gigantic automatic factory but some of them start to realise that… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Autofac””
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “The Father Thing”
Aaaaand, we’re back! Following a mysterious meteoroid shower near Illinois, young Charlie Cottrell (Jack Gore) starts to suspect that his once loving father (Greg Kinnear) has been… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “The Father Thing””
Final Thoughts: “Star Trek: Discovery” Series One
Set roughly a decade before the time of Kirk and of the original Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery takes place at the start of the Federation/Klingon war, which was inadvertently set… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Star Trek: Discovery” Series One”
