In his introduction, Caseen Gaines sets the bar high for We Don’t Need Roads: You may not believe Back to the Future is the most important film trilogy of all time, but after reading this…
TARDIS Talk: “Under the Lake” (Series 9.3) (SPOILERS)
- October 7, 2015
- Tagged as: Cass, Doctor Who, persons with disabilities, Sophie Stone, TARDIS Talk
“Under the Lake” unapologetically stakes its claim in Doctor Who’s expansive territory of “base under siege” stories. It even ups the ante with a base, The Drum, that’s also under water and, by hour’s end,…
TARDIS Talk: “The Witch’s Familiar” (Series 9.2) (SPOILERS)
- October 2, 2015
- Tagged as: Doctor Who, TARDIS Talk
Now that’s more like it! “The Witch’s Familiar” foregoes the epic set pieces and over-the-top theatrics of last week’s “The Magician’s Apprentice” in favor of a clean, compelling plot full of gripping, character-driven drama. Julian…
TARDIS Talk: “The Magician’s Apprentice” (Series 9.1) (SPOILERS)
- September 23, 2015
- Tagged as: Doctor Who, TARDIS Talk
Who is the apprentice of this episode’s title? Is it Bors—poor, Dalek-ified Bors—as one might think from the highly amusing prequel episode “The Doctor’s Meditation”? Is it Clara, as the Doctor’s current companion? Regardless of…
Book Review & Reflections: Armada by Ernest Cline
- September 4, 2015
- Tagged as: Armada, Ernest Cline, ready player one
At the risk of my geek cred losing some hit points, I confess I still haven’t read Ernest Cline’s acclaimed debut novel, Ready Player One (which, like another book on my must-read-ASAP list, is coming…
Is Following Jesus Like Going To Mars? (Citizen MarsTrailer)
- August 21, 2015
- Tagged as: Citizen Mars, discipleship, Mars, trailers
The “Mars One” mission is an ambitious (and already controversial) initiative to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars within the next decade. Citizen Mars, a digital series from Engadget and AOL that debuts September 1,…
It’s an old trivia question, but it sometimes still manages to trip people up: “Who played Frankenstein in the famous 1931 Universal movie?” The answer is Colin Clive. The incomparable Boris Karloff, whose name first…
Childhood’s End Trailer: The No-God Golden Age
- August 4, 2015
- Tagged as: arthur c clarke, C.S. Lewis, Childhood's End, Syfy, utopia
“How do you like your Golden Age?” The trailer Syfy released last month at Comic-Con for its upcoming adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s novel Childhood’s End (1953) ends with that ominous-sounding question. Posed by the enigmatic,…
Ant-Man: One Sci-Fi Christian’s Review and Reflections (with SPOILERS)
- July 20, 2015
- Tagged as: Ant-Man, marvel cinematic universe
It seems right that Ant-Man managed to win the box office this weekend with the smallest per-screen average gross—“only” $15,051—of any Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to debut at number one. After all, the movie is…
Greg Pak and Aaron Kuder’s current Action Comics run continues to feel incredibly timely, filled with images of urban unrest, as well as discussions of what values define America, and when they’re worth fighting for. …