The Binge: The Mandalorian S1 (#DisneyPlus)
Here is the future of Star Wars, one not mired in the narrow threads of the movies’ mythology, but a story that acknowledges that there is a whole big complicated wonderful galaxy to explore.
Firefly
Prospect movie review: frontier sci-fi with a working-class vibe
Smart, gritty-stylish indie science fiction that is actually about ideas, and about building a future world that is authentic and lived-in. It has a really memorable teen-girl protagonist, too, who is badass but still a real kid.
Scorched Earth movie review: there’s still room for feminism at the end of the world
Gina Carano roams a mild yet tedious postapocalyptic wasteland as a bounty hunter, and either you are here for this lady badass of our feminazi dreams, or you are not.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure movie review: cute boys at the end of the world
The Auto-Tuned boy-band version of the apocalypse. You will forgive that every plot point that isn’t a cliché is in fact a plot hole because the hero is so dreamy and impossibly perfect, right?
from Facebook: a love song to a spaceship
[This post is not behind the paywall.]
Index Zero movie review (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
Smart, thoughtful science fiction that’s about ideas, not spectacle, with an extra kick of cautionary-tale warning in light of current events.
Doctor Who blogging: “The Caretaker”
So this is my life now. Even Doctor Who has abandoned me. Forget escapism: there’s no escapism anymore. The escapism is happening over there, offscreen…
The Muppets review: are we not men? we are weirdoes
What is a Muppet? Is it something one is born? Is it something one chooses? Is it a state of mind? Is it a lifestyle?
Veronica Mars trailer: will this have anything for non-fans?
This trailer looks pretty generic-20something-comedy. It looks — perhaps unsurprisingly — like an for a TV show.
why reader Jay just doubled his monthly subscription from $5 to $10
Because, Jays says: “I used to check Rotten Tomatoes but now I just check FlickFilosopher.com!”
