Even though I’m an entertainment geek, and entertainment and technology often go hand-in-hand, I’m a technological laggard. There are problems with this, of course, but also some underrated perks, notably the ability to pick up entertainment products in outdated formats for chump change. For example, I recently acquired about 40 “Star Wars” audiobooks for about […]
The most entertainment-oriented aspect of my Thanksgiving trip to North Carolina was a visit to Wilmington, which to me is defined as “the town where ‘Dawson’s Creek’ was filmed.” In reality, the rich entertainment scene of Wilmington (a beautiful riverfront town for people who love scenery and history, as well) is not defined by “Dawson’s Creek,” or […]
Following journeys to a theme park in the desert, the barren wilderness of Alaska, a computerized skyscraper and the bottom of the ocean, Lincoln Child explores yet another fascinating corner of the Earth — and his own imagination — in “The Third Gate” (June, hardcover).
Two years ago, I labeled Fall 2010 as the worst batch of new shows ever. The highlights were “Law & Order: Los Angeles,” which was hardly a new concept; “No Ordinary Family,” which was throwaway fun; and “The Walking Dead,” which wasn’t the show then that it is now. 2011 saw a respectable improvement: “Ringer” was heady fun; “The Secret Circle” and “Revenge” were stupid but fun; “American […]
Aaron Allston had already secured his spot in the “Star Wars” author hall of fame with his work on four of the first nine “X-Wing” books (1996-99), where he masterfully blended complex stealth plots with likable characters. He wasn’t quite as good when working on the broader galactic yarns in “New Jedi Order,” “Legacy of […]
The announcement of “Star Wars — Episode VII” and the “long-term plan to release a new ‘Star Wars’ feature film every two to three years,” according to Disney’s Bob Iger, has led to an explosion of speculation among fans across the web.
As I kind of expected — but don’t really understand — the consensus in the world of fans and punditry in the wake of the “Star Wars — Episode VII” announcement is that the sequels will almost certainly ignore the Expanded Universe of novels and comics. The ForceCast’s Jimmy Mac surmised that “Episode VII” would take place […]
Following Tuesday’s galaxy-shattering announcement that George Lucas had sold Lucasfilm to Disney, and that Lucas and other creative people are going to collaborate on a sequel trilogy starting in 2015 (Lucas actually used the phrase “Episode VII” in the announcement!), speculation has run rampant all over the web. And, frankly, some people are way off base in […]
“Sinister” is the best horror film I’ve seen so far this year, largely because it isn’t content to just do the minimum to scare you (like “Paranormal Activity 4”) and it doesn’t rely too heavily on final-act spectacle (like “The Possession” and, judging by the previews, “Silent Hill: Revelation 3D”). A game Ethan Hawke plays Ellison, a true crime […]
First episode impressions (TV review): “AHS” goes to 1964 as it switches to an anthology format for its second season.