‘A Scanner Darkly’ (2006) is the most faithful PKD adaptation
PKD flashback (Movie review): This animated film faithfully adapts one of Dick’s best works.
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‘A Scanner Darkly’ (2006) is the most faithful PKD adaptation
‘Animatrix’ (2003) fills out trilogy’s mythology
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This 100-minute DVD collection of animated shorts gives us a fuller picture of the “Matrix” world.
Sony enters multiverse with ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’
Movie review: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” loses something in 2D home viewing.
‘Big Mouth’ is the next iteration of Things You Can Do on Television – and it’s also darn funny (TV review)
Netflix’s “Big Mouth” – which recently released its second season — marks the latest sea change in Things You Can Do on Television, as it chronicles 12- and 13-year-olds entering puberty. But unlike “The Simpsons” […]
‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘Time Jam’ episodes 31-40 (2008) (TV review)
In its final 10 episodes, “Valerian and Laureline: Time Jam” wraps up by riffing heavily on the “Star Wars” prequels, but it stands as its own thing thanks to its trademark bevy of wild ideas […]
‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘Time Jam’ episodes 21-30 (2008) (TV review)
The “Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline” writers finally give us the cute romantic sequence they had been so obviously holding back from us in the 30th episode, “Get With the Times,” and darn if it […]
‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘Time Jam’ episodes 11-20 (2007) (TV review)
Whether it’s because I’m more used to the show’s rhythms or because the scripts are getting better, I enjoyed episodes 11-20 more than the first 10 episodes of “Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline.” These aren’t […]
‘Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline’ blasts off with episodes 1-10 (2007)
‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback (TV review): We look back at the first 10 episodes of this altered take on the comic heroes.
‘Futurama’ Season 5 review
John’s “Futurama” Season 5 (episodes 1-9) review, Brainerd Dispatch, June 5, 2003