“Save Hitler? That’s not what you do with a time machine!” — SyFy’s 12 Monkeys
Late last year I discovered that Hulu was finally streaming the fourth and final season of SyFy’s 12 Monkeys TV series. In the lag between Christmas and the second half …
Category: Movies
What’s wrong with ‘Star Wars’ (and How to Fix It)
Once again, I found myself writing a lengthy response to a post on Facebook, and just before I hit send, I thought “gee, this would be better as a post over at the Junk Shop.” So here we are. This time it’s the Star Wars Saga. The first response posted to that thread was the suggestion that “maybe, just maybe, Star Wars was a really cool idea that got taken way too far.” My reaction to that, and the reason we’ve assembled here today, was that some parts were taken too far, while others were simultaneously not taken far enough.
“He who possesses this weapon possesses the whole world”: The Death Ray Mirror of Dr. Mabuse
In 1964 the Dr. Mabuse series ended with a whimper. The Death Ray Mirror of Doctor Mabuse (also known as just The Death Ray of Doctor Mabuse) is better than …
I’ve recently watched movies from the past thirty years, and here’s what I think of them!
Hey, let’s take a look at some movies!
Christmas: A Day So Nice They Did It Twice (and Sometimes More)
The Christmas movie, like any other film genre, doesn’t stay constant. Even though Hallmark and Netflix Christmas rom-coms seem to grab the greatest share of attention these days, they’re not …
