Chasing Chasing Amy: Directed by Sav Rodgers. With Joey Lauren Adams, Andrew Ahn, Trish Bendix, Robert Hawk. A documentary that examines the complex legacy of Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy (1997) on LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers. What starts out as a typical documentary about a movie that I know pretty Read the full article…

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Trump won because the opposition party is committed to ancien régime restoration in a country that desperately wants change.

Florida voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure that would have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution. To be clear, the majority of voters voted for it, but Florida has a requirement that at least 60% of them approve of it, and it failed this time.

Out today: “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum“, by Una McCormack. When Una Chin-Riley and Christopher Pike meet at Starfleet Academy after one of his lectures, they immediately become friends. A stellar student, Una is the “poster girl” of her class, and Pike is determined to become a Starfleet captain with his own ship, rhetorically Read the full article…

This month’s ebook deals have landed with 7 books on sale for $0.99 – $1.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold: Get your cloak and dagger ready, it’s time to read some stories of Section 31! Star Trek: 15 Corona Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Section 31: Abyss Star Trek: Read the full article…

IDW Catalog 2024-11 IDW November 2024 Catalog Star Trek #28 Lore has destroyed the multiverse, and its fate now lies in Benjamin Sisko’s hands. But after the U.S.S. Theseus slingshots into the Celestial Temple, Sisko finds himself without his crew…or any technology…on a Bronze-age Bajor. The ancient Bajorans don’t know what to make of him: Read the full article…

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I start off my conversation with Una McCormack with a mutual admiration for time shenanigans, then we move on to talk about the audio adaptation of her upcoming book “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum” and features “Una by Una”, which is a clever way of saying that this is the first time that Una Read the full article…

It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei has been added to the Star Trek Book Club! Following the award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, George Takei’s new full-color graphic memoir reveals his most personal story of all—told in full for the first time anywhere! George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken Read the full article…

Three Eras. Three Mysteries. One Ancient Enemy? 2024: Almost forty years ago, marine biologist Gillian Taylor stormed away from her dream job at Sausalito’s Cetacean Institute—and was never seen or heard from again. Now a new true crime podcast has reopened that cold case, but investigator Melinda Silver has no idea that her search for Read the full article…

Out today: “Star Trek: Year Five Deluxe Edition: Book 2“, by Brandon Easton and Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing. Embark on the critically acclaimed final chapter of the U.S.S. Enterprise‘s five-year voyage. The crew left Earth four years ago. Since then, they’ve traveled to strange new worlds, defeated impossible foes, and made universe-changing decisions. But now, Read the full article…

Teri Garr, the actress and singer who brought her buoyant personality to ‘Young Frankenstein’ and was Oscar-nominated for ‘Tootsie,’ has died at 79.

Venom: The Last Dance: Directed by Kelly Marcel. With Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans. Eddie and Venom, on the run, face pursuit from both worlds. As circumstances tighten, they’re compelled to make a heart-wrenching choice that could mark the end of their symbiotic partnership. The good news is that if you enjoyed Read the full article…

Wishmaster: Directed by Robert Kurtzman. With Angus Scrimm, Ari Barak, Jake McKinnon, Greg Funk. A demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to Earth. I’m not sure what I was actually expecting, but this franchise gets off to a good start with a story that Read the full article…

Both The Mandalorian season 3 and the first season of Ahsoka are getting physical releases on collective 4K blu-ray steelbooks.

Loudermilk: Created by Peter Farrelly, Bobby Mort. With Ron Livingston, Will Sasso, Anja Savcic, Brian Regan. Sam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance-abuse counselor with a bad attitude. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a mess, getting clean is the easy part. I watched the first Read the full article…

Taylor also worked for four seasons on ‘The Next Generation.’

More On This – Woman Breaks Blade Off In Man’s Body During Attack (watchaeor.com) The story from the Bloomington Police Department so far is that the evidence indicates Briley Shayne Turner over the weekend grabbed a kitchen knife, a “black-handled tire plug  tool with a metal spike on it,” and a baseball bat when the victim thought the two Read the full article…

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X-Men: The X-Mansion

Twisters: Directed by Lee Isaac Chung. With Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea. Kate Carter, a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist, is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies. Not as good as the first one, but definitely not a step down in quality or gumption. There’s Read the full article…

Despite increasing restrictions on the freedoms of women on Earth, Valerie Black is spearheading the first all-female mission to a planet in the Goldilocks Zone, where conditions are just right for human habitation. It’s humanity’s last hope for survival, and Naomi, Valerie’s surrogate daughter and the ship’s botanist, has been waiting her whole life for Read the full article…

Out today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks – Warp Your Own Way“, by Ryan North. Mariner just wants to have a normal day, but no matter what side of the bed she wakes up on, the world is ending. Literally. If she has coffee, Borg attack! If she has raktajino, cue the Romulan boarding party! And Read the full article…

Jaws: The Revenge: Directed by Joseph Sargent. With Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young. Chief Brody’s widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge. It’s Jaws 4, but you can call it “THE REVENGE”, because the original shark is back and it’s hungry for Read the full article…

The Art of Star Trek: Lower Decks by Megan Treviño has been added to the Star Trek Book Club! There’s no official cover yet, so keep an eye on the book page for updates! Get a behind-the-scenes look at the art of this fan-favorite series! Climb aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos with its crew in this Read the full article…

Hasbro announced a new collaboration between Star Wars and Transformers: the N-1 Starfighter turning into an Autobot.

Jaws 3-D: Directed by Joe Alves. With Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale, Louis Gossett Jr.. A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it’s up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone. A very young Dennis quaid costars with an equally young Lea Thompson in this movie Read the full article…

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Jaws 2: Directed by Jeannot Szwarc. With Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo. Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters. Spielberg is out, but Roy Scheider is back as the chief of police who clearly has PTSD from events of first movie Read the full article…

Jaws: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary. When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it’s up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. The pinnacle of Steven Spielberg’s short (at the time) Read the full article…

Lain Volta Trzaska (she) Creates stories with Sounds and Images. Each album features a Character set in a world where the listener decides the outcome of events played out in the music. I’ve been listening to music from “she” for about a week or so now and the tracks are a great combination of ambient Read the full article…

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More On This – Cop Steals Woman’s Nude Photos During Traffic Stop (watchaeor.com) A 24-year old Missouri woman filed a $25,000 lawsuit Friday calling a local cop “a sexual voyeur and predator of the worst kind,” over what she said was a traffic stop that turned into an invasion of privacy. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are identified only Read the full article…

Out today: “Star Trek #25“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing. The android Lore has done the unthinkable: He has detonated the Orb of Destruction, unmaking the universe. After an extra-galactic tumble on the ensuing shockwave, the Theseus sinks into fluidic space. There, the crew melds in and out of a manifold of realities. Benjamin Read the full article…

This conversation is my first branch out from talking to Star Trek authors, this week I spoke to Robert Petkoff!  He’s narrated over 30 Trek books and has done dozens upon dozens of audio books not related to Trek.  You may notice his glorious mustache that he has in place for a role that he’s Read the full article…

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Out today: “Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman’s Trek“, by Nana Visitor. Nana Visitor, Star Trek’s Kira Nerys, explores how the series has portrayed and influenced women. Interviews with the stars, writers, producers, and celebrity fans reveal the struggles and triumphs of women both behind and in front of the camera throughout the sixty-year Read the full article…

Out today: “Star Trek, Vol. 3: Glass and Bone“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing. The third arc of the critically acclaimed Star Trek flagship comic series continues in paperback collection! Benjamin Sisko is called out of retirement to defeat the Tzenkethi Coalition! Captain Benjamin Sisko’s quest to defeat the killer of gods is at Read the full article…

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A Japanese company becomes the first to approach a piece of space junk in low-Earth orbit.