Science Fiction

This week, we celebrate our ‘Independence Day’: ‘Dark Fathom’ (2016) (Comic book review)

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Independence Day” and the release of the sequel, “Resurgence,” this week I’m looking back at the various spinoff comics

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This week, we celebrate our ‘Independence Day’: ‘War in the Desert’ (1999) (Book review)

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Independence Day” and the release of the sequel, “Resurgence,” this week I’m looking back at the various spinoff comics

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This week, we celebrate our ‘Independence Day’: ‘ID4’ novelization (1996) (Book review)

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Independence Day” and the release of the sequel, “Resurgence,” this week I’m looking back at the various spinoff comics

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This week, we celebrate our ‘Independence Day’: ‘Silent Zone’ (1997) (Book review)

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Independence Day” and the release of the sequel, “Resurgence,” this week I’m looking back at the various spinoff comics

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This week, we celebrate our ‘Independence Day’: ‘ID4’ Issue 0 prequel (1996) (Comic book review)

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Independence Day” and the release of the sequel, “Resurgence,” this week I’m looking back at the various spinoff comics

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines’ (2006) (Book review)

On one hand, it seems unlikely that “The Force Awakens” screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan and J.J. Abrams read the “Legacy of the Force” series. But on

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Legacy of the Force: Betrayal’ (2006) (Book review)

I wasn’t a huge fan of the nine-book “Legacy of the Force” series on my first read, not because of the quality of the writing

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‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ advances the saga while essentially remaking the original (Movie review)

“Independence Day: Resurgence” is what a summer blockbuster should be: the kind where after watching futuristic aerial dogfights (in 3D if you pay a couple extra

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‘The 5th Wave’ tells an alien invasion yarn for the Disney Channel set (Movie review)

Later this week, “Independence Day: Resurgence” will likely deliver the biggest alien invasion spectacle in what is turning out to be the year of the

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Engrossing ‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ shows a different way to build a franchise (Movie review)

“10 Cloverfield Lane” — now available at Redbox — is one of those Mystery Mine Ride movies that are all too rare: a film that gives

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