Michael S. Poteet is a teaching elder (ordained minister) in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and a freelance writer-researcher and wordsmith. His most recent publication is the youth study guide for Half Truths (Abingdon Press). Follow him on Twitter (@WriterMPoteet).
Sequels find a way… The official trailer for next June’s Jurassic World is landing on the Internet with all the explosive force of the fiery asteroid that wiped out the Earth’s reptilian rulers millions of years…
I admit it: I wondered whether Michelle Gomez would deliver anything more than an over-the-top, scenery-chewing performance as the Master. While her fake “welcome droid” routine in “Dark Water” entertained me, I wasn’t sure I…
Contrary to my expectations, learning Missy’s identity wasn’t the most interesting thing about “Dark Water.” Sure, I’m curious to know how the Master escaped what appeared to be a self-sacrificial end in a blaze of…
If you think Episode VII’s title counts as a spoiler, don’t click here! Let’s face it: Assuming Episode VII has anything like the usual amount of pre-release hype and merchandising most of the other Star…
Disney’s much-anticipated big screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s fairy-tales-with-a-twist musical, Into the Woods, arrives in theaters this Christmas. Fans of the original show, which premiered in 1986, are wishing the silver screen version will retain…
Like the thoughts swarming so quickly around Maebh Arden that she couldn’t slow them down, the ideas in Frank Cottrell Boyce’s first Doctor Who story fly around so fast that I, at least, don’t feel…
No matter what the calendar may say, it isn’t Halloween for me until I’ve listened to Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns. This orchestral tone poem, composed in 1874, evokes the holiday’s magical and mysterious nature…
Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve. —Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree Bradbury was right: There…
The sight of the Doctor’s hand moving the miniature TARDIS away from the train tracks in “Flatline” may be the weirdest sight Doctor Who has served up so far this season. (It’s certainly one of…
More than halfway through series eight, Doctor Who remains firmly on track. An artful and entertaining homage to Agatha Christie and old-fashioned mummy movies all at once, “Mummy on the Orient Express” also offers many…
