Film & Video

‘WandaVision’: A superhero mystery wrapped in a sitcom

By David A.M. Wilensky | Jan 19, 2021
The Marvel Cinematic Universe juggernaut has arrived on Disney+, and in our living rooms, with "WandaVision." The nine-episode TV serial ...

How ‘Horta-nomics’ can save Star Trek’s socialist utopia from the horrors of the dilithium mines

By Edmund Schluessel | Jun 19, 2020
This moment — Spock’s mind-meld with the Horta in “Devil in the Dark” -- is the instant when the socialist ...

Excited about the new ‘Picard’ series? Here’s what to watch to get caught up.

By David A.M. Wilensky | Jan 20, 2020
“Picard,” a new “Star Trek” series featuring an older Captain Jean-Luc Picard dragging himself out of retirement for one last ...

Herzog in a Star Wars western? Meet ‘The Mandalorian’ (Review)

By David A.M. Wilensky | Nov 13, 2019
“The Mandalorian,” the first live action Star Wars TV series, is the Star Wars fan’s wet dream. It is a ...

Everything I know about ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ I learned from ‘B.P.R.D.’ (review)

By J. Phantizorn | Jun 19, 2019
You can stream this movie via Amazon or buy the fancy Blu Ray DVD. (Spoilers a-plenty in here, if that ...

‘The Atavist’ adds a humanist twist to time travel

By Josh Wilson | Oct 12, 2017
[Fresh from touring her award-winning science-fiction short "Real Artists," Cameo Wood, the impresario behind Charming Stranger Films, is hard at ...