Science Fiction

Will Ferrell’s ‘Land of the Lost’ has too much cheese in the recipe (Movie review)

“Land of the Lost” has tasty ingredients, but doesn’t mix them in the right proportion. It blends comedy, adventure and cheesiness (as per the old TV

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Good news for fans of good TV: Comedy Central is going back to the ‘Futurama’ (Commentary)

Comedy Central found a pretty cool way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of “Futurama.” The network announced on Tuesday that it’s bringing the 1999-2003 Fox series back

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Matthew Stover gives Luke Skywalker his due in ‘Star Wars’ novel ‘Shadows of Mindor’ (Book review)

Matthew Stover goes back to the beginning with “Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor” (December 2008, hardcover). Not the beginning of the “Star Wars”

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5 random observations (Commentary)

Here are five random observations: 1. I’ve been listening to a lot of Minnesota Twins games on the radio this year and for some bizarre

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State of Television Address, Part 1: Departed shows I’ll miss – ‘Privileged’ and ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ (TV review)

Here’s an honor that no one wants to get and that I hate to bestow: The best show that was canceled too soon. This year’s

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‘Terminator Salvation’: Cool chases and explosions, but a muddied mythology (Movie review)

“Terminator” creator James Cameron felt the story was done after two movies, but of course, where there’s money to be made, there are stories to

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Have Excedrin handy: This post is about ‘Terminator’ continuity (Movie and TV commentary)

What happened to Derek Reese and Cameron? And why does Kate Connor look so young? The “Terminator” timeline(s) is (are) complex enough without these unanswered

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Maybe ‘The Phantom Menace’ was ‘just a movie’ after all (Commentary)

Ten years ago today, I was waiting in a sun-drenched line at West Acres Cinema in Fargo, N.D., to buy a ticket for the midnight

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5 cute little movies I want to see this summer (Commentary)

The big movies get the buzz; the little movies get the love. My previous blog entry was movies that you’ll see with a group of

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5 big, obnoxious movies I want to see this summer (Commentary)

You’re going to hear lots of hype in the months ahead, but it’s sometimes hard to know which summer movies you should ignore and which

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