When they were still in Georgia, the case used to wear jackets sometimes. Now that they are in Virginia, they should be wearing coats in the winter, unless the zombie apocalypse was caused by global warming, in which case perpetual summer is fine, if dull.

I agree about Mad Max, but not about The Martian. The Academy loves big budget movies, directed by former winners, that make a lot of money and aren’t genre movies. Ridley Scott’s The Martian fits the bill.

I get your point, but I also think it’s possible to draw a distinction between “sexual assault” as a penal charge upon which a perpetrator may be criminally convicted, and “rape” as a violation of the boundaries of the person upon whom the sex was performed. (Although there are penal laws that define “rape” as a…

Not SF, but he was fantastic in “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence,” a 1983 moving about British POWs in Japan during WW II. He has a featured role (Tom Conti starred) that he really nailed beautifully, including in a pivotal, and what was at the time a fairly shocking, scene. That was a real acting role, and he gave a…

True, but Gleeson’s character (and performance) could have used some of the juice he brought to Hux.

I only wish that Domhnall Gleeson was playing General Hux in “Ex Machina”, instead of that wet patch of carpeting he did play.

This is really fascinating for numerous reasons, but one in particular that also resonates with the news about CBS/Paramount suing to shut down the “Axanar” fan film: who “owns” the idea(s) of Star Wars (or Star Trek, in the case of “Axanar”), the creator, the current makers, the fans, all or none of the above? To see…

I am not sure I agree that CBS and Paramount had “no choice but to protect their rights” in suing to shut down “Axanar”. It’s my understanding that a copyright holder is not obligated to sue to preserve its copyright, at least as long as the original work is published (as the original Star Trek shows and movies…

I am guessing that we don’t know the whole story, because it seems unlikely that CBS and Paramount would have simply jumped from “okay, go make your fan film,” to “no, it’s too big, you can’t make it.” That said, CBS and Paramount are being ridiculously short-sighted. I would think that the best way to prime the pump…

I’d love to see that too, but the problem is that the general, movie-going audience doesn’t care. And that’s because the general audience isn’t made up of Star Trek fans, or even SF fans. These are action movies with just enough Star Trek trappings to be able to call them Star Trek movies. They are pitched to an…

No, technically there have been 3, because Bill Clinton remained president until GWB was inaugurated on January 21, 2001.

Now I know where you adapted the line “to me, my spoilers” from.

I’d just like to point out that the customer in the story did not reject the gluten-free toast because it had been made in a toaster that was also used for regular toast. The first time she raised the issue, she was informed before she ate that the toast was made in a toaster used for regular bread, and she ate that…

When I saw the headline, I thought, “c’mon, you’re just looking for a different way to describe the usual hostile customers.” Then I read the column.

Can we have an alternate universe where Ian McKellan was the Doctor? Puleese?

It would be nice to think that the Internet, whatever that beast is, could be persuaded to agree to “netiquette” regarding spoilers, but I doubt that will ever happen. Some people just like spoiling the surprise for others and those people will never agree to rules that prevent them from doing so. And if everybody…

As many, many people have pointed out (and many more will, undoubtedly), the biggest problem with the current Bond movies is the mandate for him to have a personal stake in the action. “This time, it’s personal” is the mantra, suggesting that somehow the stakes are higher than if Bond is just doing his job. Maybe if,…

What did he say?

I don’t know. I put it in the same category as “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” and movies of that ilk. Pure B-movie ridiculousness, with a yummy dollop of Aaron Eckhart shirtlessness. What’s wrong with that? Also, it seems kind of weird to talk about this movie as a “reboot”. What’s being rebooted, an almost…

I also think the “Fright Night” remake was unfairly maligned. In fact, I watched it again recently, after rewatching the original. For sure, the original is kooky fun (though those practical effects have dated, some of them badly), but the remake is a far better made and acted movie (and the effects work is very good,…