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‘Planet of the Apes’ (1968) reviews

John’s “Planet of the Apes” flashback review, April 3, 2018 “Planet of the Apes” – With apologies to “Forbidden Planet” and “2001,” “Planet of the

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ returns franchise to thoughtful sci-fi roots (TV review)

As a franchise, “Star Trek” has boldly gone many places, and not all of them have been good. While the original series is legendary, and

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‘Cloverfield Paradox’ pays lip service to science, turns into a familiar space thriller (Movie review)

“The Cloverfield Paradox” (which recently debuted on Netflix), the third installment of the loosely connected Cloververse saga, takes topical physics such as the recently discovered

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‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘The Complete Collection, Volume 3’ (Comic book review)

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘The Complete Collection, Volume 2’ (Comic book review)

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘The Complete Collection, Volume 1’ (Comic book review)

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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Christie Golden’s ‘Valerian’ novelization delightfully digs into Valerian-Laureline relationship (Book review)

After seeing “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” my No. 1 movie of 2017, I wanted to spend more time in the world,

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ comic book stories: The top 10

Concluding the countdown of my top 40 “Star Wars” comic stories, here are my top 10: 10. “Dark Empire” Six-issue series, 1991-92, Tom Veitch, Cam

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ comic book stories: Nos. 20-11

Continuing the countdown of my top 40 “Star Wars” comic stories, here are Nos. 20-11: 20. “Jango Fett: Open Seasons” Four-issue series, 2002, Haden Blackman,

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ comic book stories: Nos. 30-21

Continuing the countdown of my top 40 “Star Wars” comic stories, here are Nos. 30-21: 30. “The Dynasty Trap” “Jabba the Hutt” Issue 3, 1995,

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