The complete list may be found here, as usual.
(And check out this newish Comics Blog from Lubbock, Texas).
Stargate SG1 Series Finale
Jethro writes, The Stargate: SG1 era comes to a close in what, to me, was a fairly weak and disappointing episode. What did you all think?
Weekend Review: The Thing from Another World
If you’re going to review the influential SF of the 50s, this 1951 movie belongs on your list.
The low-budget Man from Planet X arrived in theatres days earlier, but this Thing really started the 50s SF craze, and it is far superior to most of what followed.
Weekly DVD Picks – June 26, 2007
Looking to build your HD DVD collection? This is a good week to shop. If not, don’t spend Tuesday night watching DVDs, spend it in line for a “Live Free Or Die Hard” midnight screening.
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Novel Review: No Humans Involved
Like miracle workers, we return the ghost—the soul—to the body, conscious and aware. So unless you raise a Hannibal Lector, the person’s not going to start eating brains. But the body is the dead one, the broken one, the rotting one, just like in a horror flick. So now the ghost is trapped, fully aware, in that broken, rotting, corpse.(242)
Kelley Armstrong has made the New York Times’ bestseller list with her seventh “otherworld” novel. This blend of urban fantasy, mystery, horror, and romance takes place in a contemporary world where the supernatural really exists, but remains hidden from public view. It’s rather like a literary, early-season Buffy.
Virgin buys ‘Star Trek’
Yeah, the whole thing. Variety has a few details, but it looks like Paramount will no longer be (mis)managing the license. Paramount has owned the property since 1967 when it’s then-parent Gulf+Western acquired Desilu Productions.
No word on how (or if) this affects the 11th film being written and directed by J.J. Abrams.
Civil War Comic Review – “Fallen Son – Spider-Man”
One of the best two issues of the whole “Civil War” event. Check it out.
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Weekly Comics Discussion – June 20, 2007
The complete list is available here, as usual.
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Doctor Who Review: Utopia
The return of Captain Jack sets us up for what looks like a non-stop sprint to the end of the series.
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Weekly Digital Disc Picks – June 19, 2007
Like animation? You’ll love this week. Don’t like animation? There are three new Criterion releases. Don’t like animation or art films? Move along, nothing to see here.
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