The cold open Star Trek: Picard - Two For One begins with Jean-Luc on the ground, unconscious. It’s clear that something is very, very wrong. We then jump back to “34 minutes earlier” to Picard in evening wear with Tallinn at the gala. He and Tallinn chat briefly about Laris,
In this week's episode of Star Trek: Picard - Fly Me To The Moon, Picard finds himself with the Watcher who is not Laris (although they look identical). Her name is Talon. She tells Picard that she has a single purpose, to watch and guard a single individual: Renée Picard; Jean-Luc’s
At the beginning of Star Trek: Picard - Watcher we find our team on the ship. Picard is trying (unsuccessfully) to make contact with his crew. But without the relays, their coms can’t reach far enough. Without life-support, Picard & Juratti decide to cloak La Sirena and take shelter on
Star Trek: Discovery - 4.13 Coming Home opens on Federation HQ where evacuations are in full effect. Tilly briefs the cadets on the evacuation plan. The cadets ask General Vance how many people they can expect to save and the number is depressingly low. However, there is no time to think - only to
Star Trek: Picard - Assimilation picks up at the cliffhanger. President Hansen’s husband has boarded the ship with armed security. It’s clear he has suspicions about Seven as well as the rest of the crew. A brawl leads to Picard’s team vaporizing the security detail (and
Discovery arrives at the hyperfield surrounding Species Ten-C and attempts to hail them - unsuccessfully. The hyperfield is massive, awing the crew. They try to come up with a plan to communicate with the Ten-C using the 16 hydrocarbons they took from their prior home. They program a message using
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl returned for The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Halloween House Party, delivering a double feature built around two very different approaches to Halloween horror. This time, the legendary horror host paired Body Bags (1993) with WNUF Halloween Special (2013),
George Carlin told perhaps the greatest joke on football ever told in his 10/11/1975 SNL monologue, where he contrasted the pastoral nature of baseball with the warlike sport of football. To quote one segment among many, “In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field
The term "crowd pleasing" or "crowd pleaser" has found itself layered with some derogatory undertones among critic circles. Broad appeal seems immediately discounted, as if populist filmmaking is somehow lesser than when compared to auteurs and hidden indie gems. I've always maintained that there
