By lucky coincidence, I wrapped up re-reading “The Paradise Snare” (1997), the first book of A.C. Crispin’s “Han Solo Trilogy,” just as Disney announced plans for a young Han Solo movie. If the film is going to be a […]
TV review: “Buffy” doesn’t exactly go out with its best work. But even a weak Joss Whedon season is better than most of what’s on TV.
“Han Solo and the Lost Legacy” (1980) completes a perfect 3-for-3 for Brian Daley writing about our favorite “Star Wars” scoundrel. While “Han Solo at Stars’ End” was a solid double and “Han Solo’s Revenge” was […]
I’ve never fully jumped on the J.J. Abrams bandwagon; he just doesn’t excite me that much as a director, or as a writer. That having been said, I think he’ll do a fine job directing 2015’s “Star […]
“The Following” (8 p.m. Central Mondays on Fox) has all the makings of a hit: Kevin Bacon in his first lead TV role, TV super-producer Kevin Williamson at the helm, a ton of hype, and a […]
Timothy Zahn started his “Star Wars” career with five books dealing with the big picture of galactic war and politics, but his last five entries have been more personal, including two about Outbound Flight, one about stormtroopers and […]
The 2012 college a cappella comedy “Pitch Perfect” (now on DVD) is a nice snapshot of youth culture as it features some of the expected cliques and snobbery — but not too much. When a “Star Wars”- […]
To me, one of the most exciting things about the end of “Fringe” is that I can now look forward to rewatching the show on DVD someday. For five seasons, I watched every episode as it aired […]
With the awesome news earlier this week that AMC changed its mind about “The Killing,” which it canceled a few months ago but has now resurrected for a third season (to air later this year), […]
Making a list of my favorite albums of a year is fairly simple: I think of which discs I spun most often in my Jeep in 2012, then subtract the ones that weren’t released in […]