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 […]
Because watching the six episodic “Star Wars” films for the ump-hundredth time isn’t always appealing, it’s fun to approach those familiar stories from less-notable angles every now and then: The novelizations, the comic adaptations, the “Tales” short stories, […]
First episode impressions (TV review): Atwell is an appealing lead as the MCU goes back to the 1940s.
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 […]
Movie review: James Gunn’s first MCU entry looks great, but doesn’t have much of a point.
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 […]
The “Planet of the Apes” franchise shows us we’re not much different from apes, and we’re both victims of our respective races’ propensity for violence and destruction. But 2011’s “Rise of the Planet of the […]
These were my 10 favorite movies of 2014: 1. “Dumb and Dumber To” – Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels effortlessly slip back into Lloyd and Harry’s born-of-stupidity mistreatment of animals and their fellow man, but this isn’t […]
Out of all the Legends stories that went unfinished due to Disney’s rebooting of the timeline, none is more of a cliffhanger than the “Force Unleashed” saga. At the end of 2010’s “The Force Unleashed […]
‘Star Wars’ Legends flashback (TV review): Here’s a look back at “Droids,” which (along with “Ewoks”) brought the GFFA to weekly series TV.