Space

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

READ MORE

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

READ MORE

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

READ MORE

‘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

READ MORE

‘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

READ MORE

‘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

READ MORE

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Nest III: The Swarm War’ (2006) (Book review)

Troy Denning wraps up his bridge trilogy between “The New Jedi Order” and “Legacy of the Force” in mostly satisfying fashion with “Dark Nest III: The

READ MORE

All 6 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ 2016 miniseries, ranked

It was great to have “The X-Files” back with the six-episode miniseries earlier this year on Fox, and now it’s available on DVD, and you get a

READ MORE

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen’ (2005) (Book review)

While the first volume set the groundwork and featured philosophizing about the Jedi Order’s relationship to the Galactic Alliance, “Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen” (2005) puts

READ MORE

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Nest I: The Joiner King’ (2005) (Book review)

Call him the Stephen King of “Star Wars” authors. No other scribe has a bigger gap between his lows and highs than Troy Denning. I

READ MORE