I’ve loved dinosaurs since I was a little spud, collecting dinosaur toys, model kits, books and movies. I’ve enjoyed the Jurassic Park/World series, as well as other big-budget dinosaur films like 65 , and various lower budget flicks. When I saw the first trailer for The End of Oak Street , and saw that it involved dinosaurs, I was already eager to see this. But when I found out that it was written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, I really wanted to see this movie. DRM wrote and directed the wonderfully bizarre thriller It Follows, a horror film that was extremely creative—and scary—in using its central threat as a metaphor for STD. While I wasn’t expecting anything too deep or subversive in The End Of Oak Street, figuring it was aimed at the four quadrant popcorn audience, I was still pleasantly surprised. Anne Hathaway ( Interstellar ) and Ewan McGregor ( Trainspotting ), star as Denise and Greg Platt, a couple who are living a somewhat ideal life in the suburbs i...
I was originally going to list my top five favorite episodes of the fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, until I thought: to hell with it, let’s review ALL of the episodes. So come join me on the transporter pad and let’s get to it. Valles Marineris: This is a grand, epic science fiction adventure featuring dinosaurs (!!!), and it’s just as much fun as a summer popcorn movie. I loved it. The Griffin Incident: This is the “haunted starship” episode, and it’s GREAT. Kirk, Spock and La’an encounter a derelict Federation starship that was lost nine years ago. This is basically a horror movie that has some genuinely chilling moments. It’s fantastic, extremely scary, and a perfect watch for Halloween. Human Best Friend: Everybody goes on vacation, gets stoned, and then the wackiness ensues! People online have referred to this as the “Dude, Where’s My Shuttlecraft” episode. I agree. But I didn’t care for this one. I’m tired of these characters being reduc...