I’m a little late to this week’s review—and a little surprised by the intensity of the negative response it has received in some quarters. The episode has an extended PSA-leaning epilogue that feels decidedly out of place, and it’s more than a little confusing, but it’s also one of the more interesting episodes of this season.
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Movie Review: Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
The latest DC super-movie opened, a sequel to Suicide Squad that also functions as an origin for Birds of Prey. It under-performed at the box office on its first weekend and played to mixed reviews.
This review may be more mixed than many.
Doctor Who Review: Praxeus
This week’s episode sets up an excellent, globe-spanning mystery. Some viewers might find the solution to be a bit plastic.
Picard Review: “Maps and Legends”
We have a review of “Maps and Legends,” which gets Picard one step closer to space.
Given the story-arc heavy nature of this series, we will be posting discussions in future weeks, but likely only a few true reviews that will consider sections of the season.
Novel Review: The Testaments
Margaret Atwood’s name already had become synonymous with Canadian Literature when, in 1985, she took an unexpected turn and wrote a dystopian satire. It proved an international sensation, encouraged her to write other works that would be considered SF, and birthed a bad movie, a graphic novel, and an initially excellent prestige series.
In 2019, a sequel appeared.
Doctor Who Review: “Fugitive of the Judoon”
The alien rhinoceros police are back! [spoiler]Jack Harness[/spoiler] is back! The Cyberman may be lurking just around the corner!
And that’s not the biggest surprise this week. No, that accolade goes to the true identity of the titular fugitive.
Graphic Novel Review: Diana: Princess of the Amazons
DC, under their DC Zoom label, has some younger-reader graphic novels planned for 2020, and seem particularly interested in cultivating the growing market of female readers. Unsurprisingly, then, they started the year by releasing a Wonder Tween tale.
What would it be like to be the only little girl on the Paradise Islands?
Picard Review: “Remembrance”
Jean-Luc returns as an aging admiral who turned his back on a Starfleet that he believes betrayed its principals. A mysterious woman, somehow linked to both Commander Data and the Romulans, draws him away from the vineyard and into her conflict.
Doctor Who Review: “Nikola Tesla’s Night Of Terror”
Inevitably, The Doctor and her companions meet Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, who find themselves in the middle of an alien threat.
The Expanse Review: “The One-Eyed Man,” “Saeculum,” “Cibola Burn”
The extraordinary fourth season of The Expanse comes to a conclusion– with happiness, hope, death, and danger.