Words for Nerds
About a third of the way through Ridley Scott’s latest addition to the now-creaking Alien saga, Daniels (Alien: Covenant’s Ripley, or what passes nowadays) says, in as close to a … Read More
On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman stabbed his mother and wife to death then headed to the observation deck of the University of Texas tower in Austin with a Remington … Read More
Hell or High Water is a slow-build Western heist thriller with a sparse plot and faultless acting. Lovingly filmed in several saddle-weary, small New Mexico towns (though set in contemporary … Read More
On the International Space Station (ISS), somewhere in the near future, astronauts conduct experiments on a mysterious life-form retrieved from the surface of Mars. When the organism turns out to … Read More
Beauty and the Beast is a faithful, entertaining, yet deeply flawed live-action remake of the Disney classic that highlights some of the fundamental problems of the original story and introduces … Read More
No matter who you are, you have probably recently developed a deep and surreal sense that we live in unsettled times. You may be doubting the things you thought you knew, the … Read More
2016 was a good year for animated movies. Although the whip-smart Zootopia and rousing Moana dominated the headlines — and not without merit — for me, nothing compares to the … Read More
In a final interview before his tragic and sudden death at 61, the fine actor Bill Paxton revealed that he was never one for speaking in front of people, and … Read More
Today, we’re trying a different kind of review. Dan and Steve both went to see The LEGO Batman Movie this past week, and rather than fight over who gets to … Read More
Elon Musk has promised to put the first people on Mars in the 2020s, provided he can find the volunteers. And you’ve considered going, haven’t you? Earth’s probably a goner, … Read More
