Snowden movie review: the system’s self-correction
A gripping précis of what Edward Snowden learned at the CIA and NSA, why he went public, and why it matters. Entertaining yet also deeply unsettling.
Zachary Quinto
Star Trek Beyond movie review: future positive (but it won’t come easily)
Intense action; smart, funny nods to its roots while moving in a new direction; and explicit confrontation of a problem always at the heart of Star Trek.
Hitman: Agent 47 movie review: kill it
Even dumb SF action needs a certain grounding in plausible reality. But nothing here makes a damn bit of sense.
feel the rush of endorkins (Star Trek Into Darkness review)
A Star Trek for our times. Very much for our times. Which means there’s little hope to be found here…
Margin Call (review)
Wily humor and sly observations about the lives of these high rollers are the highlights. It’s when those give way to issues of morality that the film disappoints, just a little…
now with video of Starfleet officer Benedict Cumberbatch (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Benedict Cumberbatch in a Starfleet uniform
I’ll be in my bunk.
Warren Beatty vs Pauline Kael, MacGruber movie in trouble, more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
Zachary Quinto gives up Spock? a Weird Al movie? save ‘Mad Men’s Sal, and more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
bias update: May 28
obsession: Doctor Who (I’m still on a mad DVD shopping spree of the old episodes, and I can’t wait to start writing about them) boyfriend: Zachary Quinto as Spock in Star Trek (I wasn’t expecting that, because his Sylar is so icky, but…. wow) psyched: absolutely nothing (June is looking pretty dire) girl crush: Amy … more…
