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Whatever a Spider Can
This morning Michael Giacchino posted a clip that should make long-time Spider-Man fans happy. Hopefully it will play a prominent role in this summer’s Spider-Man: Homecoming movie. Turn up the volume and hit ‘play.’
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Discovering Star Trek
CBS’s recent attempt at bringing Star Trek back to the small screen has been frustrating. Lots of starts and stops, a good bit of odd, slightly negative press. The fact that the show will move to the network’s app is … Continue reading
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Once More for the Planet of the Apes
We’re a couple of weeks into the summer movie season. Guardians Volume 2 was good, with a heavier ending than I had anticipated and that worked well. Last weekend saw the release of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, which … Continue reading
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Fury of an Android Scorned
The final third of this season of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has been fascinatingly tense, even as most of it has happened in virtual reality. Now, most of the agents are out of the Framework crafted by the android Aida, … Continue reading
Together the Wrong Way
Here’s the “sizzle reel” for the final batch of season three episodes for The Flash. It could turn out to be a great finale to an up-and-down season. I still think that we’ll go back to the original timeline, but … Continue reading
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Easter Season for Every Season
We are now a few weeks into the Easter season, at least as far as the “church calendar” is concerned. It has been interesting for me this year, as I’ve tried to think well about the liturgical calendar, to see … Continue reading
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Miraculous Life
Here’s Andrew Peterson performing another track from The Burning Edge of Dawn, one I probably shouldn’t skip over as much as I do.
Calvin on Reading
At least he doesn’t even pretend to try SparkNotes . . . or Cliff Notes, even. (image from gocomics.com)
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To the Dark Tower, Come
Today saw the release of the first trailer for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Check it out. Some initial thoughts: it looks good. Is it as gritty as the source material? Not at all. There are books in the series … Continue reading
Closer to the Field of Roses (or everything goes 19)
Trailer sometime tomorrow. Hoping that this movie is as amazing as it deserves to be.
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Space Enough, and Time 