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
The above video by Michael Tucker from his series Lessons from the Screenplay is quite insightful and useful. And it has helped me determine exactly why I do not find Breaking … 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
In my preview of tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead, I suggested that this somewhat sub-par season could be redeemed with a strong enough finish. And that, dear reader, is … Read More
It’s hard to believe, but here we are once again at the end of another season of The Walking Dead. This has not been the best season of the show, … 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
Over the past several weeks I’ve been slowly but steadily ramping up my internal complaint engine regarding the lack of any real movement or action in this season of TWD. … Read More
Last week’s episode of The Walking Dead was about betrayals and reconciliations (read my episode synopsis and review here). This week’s theme looks to possibly double-down on at least one … 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
And then there were two. Tonight’s episode leaves us with two more before the season finale, a finale that is shaping up to be some sort of major showdown between … Read More
