Alright, one final movie review before the fall semester starts! The funny thing is that this series of movies was what I watched first on the way to Greece this summer 😂. Saved the best for last?  Maybe. Or maybe they were just popcorn flicks and I left that for last.  Either way, here we are.I've loved the Mission: Impossible universe since I was a kid watching the 1988 series (which

One more "watch on the plane" film.  This was also on my to watch list for a while since I've seen most Karate Kid films.Right off the bat, I will say that it's a disappointment that none of the Karate Kid spin-offs since the original trilogy recognize The Next Karate Kid (1994), which is the only one I watched in the movie theaters (and probably one of my first films watched in the theaters

Here's another "watched on the plane" short thoughts. I think I watched this coming back from Greece?  It doesn't really matter.  This was a movie that I also had on my to watch list, but never made the time for when I was at home.  I read the novel (audiobook version narrated by Wil Wheaton), and I found it rather enjoyable. I understand the criticism that it was rather derivative

It's been a while since I saw this on a plane to (or from?) Greece, but I thought I'd add some short thoughts here. All of the Tron movies, which include Tron (1982), Tron: Legacy (2010), and Tron: Ares (2025), have been on my to watch list for a while now. Tron seemed like one of those culturally defining movies (at least the original 1982 one) that I should watch.I started with Ares first to

Welp... the TV Tracking app I used is no more!  It's actually been a week since it went dark, but I just had the time to sit down and write a couple of in memoriam words for it.I had been using the app for a while now, and back in the day it was called TV Show Time. I guess it emphasized discoverability.  It was fun to see what friends were watching, and also to keep track of what I've

 Last week Paramount released the Section 31 (made for TV) movie, set in the Star Trek Universe. As a fan of Trek I watched it, so here are a few thoughts, along with spoilers.  Don't claim you weren't forewarned ;-)There's a lot of hate about this film online, even before it dropped on Paramount+.  The familiar chorus of "It's not Star Trek" or "This isn't Star Trek, where's the optimism"

 And...here's my TVTime Year In Review, which they call a Rewind (do people get the reference anymore? 😅).I am not surprised that my first tracked viewing was Googlebox UK, there is usually some Christmas or New Year's special that's available on Channel 4.  I am also not surprised at the "Drama Devotee" style of watching because last year I spent a lot of time binging all the various

 Alllllright!  I guess there was one more Year In Review for 2023! This one came in while I was on vacation overseas. It seemed interesting enough to post about.  I think March was my busiest month because I probably marked a whole bunch of past seasons of shows as "viewed" and the platform took that to mean that I watched them in 2023.  I wish there was a "watched when originally

 TVTime, the app I use to track what I've watched on TV (and in various streaming services) gave me a "rewind" this year. I think some of my stats are a little skewed because I marked a lot of episodes watched in 2022 when I had really watched them in years prior, and I only really rated like 4% of the episodes that I watched.  Maybe in 2023 I'll rate things more consistently to see what

It seems like the 2021 trend in social media year-in-review stats was various cards that you scroll through on your tablet or phone. This one is from the app TV Time that I use to mark my TV viewing.  I suspect that the numbers are off since I marked some TV series as watched just to get them off my pending list (things like Diners, Driven-ins and Dives that seem to be going to revisit old spots