If I wasn’t a die-hard “Star Wars” books completist, I would’ve given up on Joe Schreiber after “Red Harvest,” which was a whole novel’s worth of people I didn’t care about slaughtering or getting eaten […]
As with the first “Veronica Mars” novel (last year’s “The Thousand Dollar Tan Line”), the follow-up, “Mr. Kiss and Tell” (January, paperback), is a wonderful continuation from the TV show and movie. With Rob Thomas writing (along […]
The latest issue of Star Wars Insider (No. 155) espouses ring theory as a way to glean greater depth from the repeating motifs in the “Star Wars” films. The theory could also be applied to […]
“The Terminator” (1984) is a pivotal movie in sci-fi history. Wanting to make his own “Star Wars”-level blockbuster, director James Cameron drew upon the tropes of time travel and robots – and more specifically and controversially, a […]
‘Jurassic Park’ flashback (Book review): Crichton borrows the title and the concept from Doyle’s novel and also creates a modern Professor Challenger.
‘Jurassic Park’ flashback (Book review): While the science is sleight of hand, there’s a reason why this novel stands as Crichton’s masterpiece.
While it’s not on many fans’ short list of the best “Star Wars” novels, Michael Reaves’ and Steve Perry’s “Death Star” (2007) is one of the most interesting “Star Wars” novels. It has elements of two ideas […]
As “Rebels” moves the Disney timeline into the era of non-clone stormtroopers, it’s a good time to look back at the definitive novel about Legends stormtroopers, Timothy Zahn’s “Allegiance” (2007). More than merely allowing a reader to […]
When the “Episode VII — The Force Awakens” teaser trailer came out a couple months ago, it wasn’t Rey or Finn or Poe or the Sith lord who got the most buzz. The “character” people were most […]
Here are 10 movies, TV series, books and comics I’m looking forward to in 2015: “Marvel’s Agent Carter” (TV show, Jan. 6, pictured) – While I’m not a huge fan of the Marvel movie franchise, I […]