Science Fiction

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘A New Hope’ radio drama (1981) (Review)

Because watching the six episodic “Star Wars” films for the ump-hundredth time isn’t always appealing, it’s fun to approach those familiar stories from less-notable angles

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MCU goes back to the 1940s for ‘Marvel’s Agent Carter’

“Marvel’s Agent Carter” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on ABC) largely meets my expectations of having the vibe of those two “X-Files” episodes that featured FBI agent

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Millennium Falcon’ (2008) (Book review)

When the “Episode VII — The Force Awakens” teaser trailer came out a couple months ago, it wasn’t Rey or Finn or Poe or the Sith lord

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‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ looks great, doesn’t have much of a point

“Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014) has such gorgeously detailed production design in every frame that I almost want to watch it again on mute. There probably

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‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ explores human nature via apes, brilliant special effects (Movie review)

The “Planet of the Apes” franchise shows us we’re not much different from apes, and we’re both victims of our respective races’ propensity for violence

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Force Unleashed II’ (2010) (Book and comic review)

Out of all the Legends stories that went unfinished due to Disney’s rebooting of the timeline, none is more of a cliffhanger than the “Force

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‘Droids’ (1985-86) continues adventures of C-3PO, R2-D2

There are two categories of old “Star Wars” stuff: That which you consume as entertainment, and that which you consume purely for nostalgia. “Droids,” the 1985-86 animated

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Boba Fett makes ‘Star Wars’ debut in ‘Story of the Faithful Wookiee’ (1978)

Ah, Christmas Day. For a “Star Wars” fan, that means listening to Chewbacca croon “Silent Night”and watching the “Star Wars Holiday Special” on YouTube, right? On

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Force Unleashed’ (2008) (Book and comic reviews)

“The Force Unleashed” (2008) – the multimedia project highlighted by a video game, novel and comic — despite being a fairly recent endeavor, is among the first Legends material

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The future is not set. Nor, apparently, is the past: Thoughts on the ‘Terminator: Genisys’ trailer (Movie commentary)

In a previous post, I looked at the trailers for “Jurassic World” and “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.” Now joining the ridiculously

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