The first two episodes of Apple TV’s Foundation are finally out and I’m a little bit conflicted. While it never fails to flaunt their absolutely stunning visual capabilities and certainly attempts to cover some heavy themes, I’m left wanting more so far. And in the worst possible way. Beware! Minor spoilers for the two-episode premiere of Foundation are below. To begin,
Read MoreThe first Star Wars Disney+ show to star 100% new characters, concepts, and history, Star Wars: Visions is sublime. It is jaw-dropping. It is fun, it is stoic, it is heartbreaking, it is visually and musically stunning. And more than anything, it is Star Wars. With my friends Tucker and Alex reviewing a couple of episodes themselves (check out Tucker’s reviews
Read MoreStar Wars: Visions is finally out and a couple of my friends, as well as myself, here at The Cosmic Circus decided to divvy up the workload. Alex and Vin were both really excited to cover certain studios and certain episodes, so I decided to just take whatever episodes were left over. Frankly, I was so excited to watch and write
Read MoreReminiscence seemed like exactly my kind of thing — drama, love story, sci-fi — it’s all there. Even just watching the trailer, I could tell it took after one of the most interesting films ever: Blade Runner. Reminiscence might be interesting, but for all the wrong reasons. Spoilers for Reminiscence below, final warning! Reminiscence follows a man named Nick (Hugh Jackman),
Read MoreThe season 2 premiere episode of Star Trek Lower Decks pays homage to an original Star Trek episode, in its own wacky animated style, while keeping it original enough to be highly entertaining. This show and its characters are “not your Dad’s Star Trek” for sure, and so perhaps not for everyone, but myself being an old Star Trek: The Next
Read MoreClose your eyes and imagine for a moment that it’s 1999. “Genie in a Bottle” by Christina Aguilera is a chart-topper, and the Budweiser Frogs commercials were still on TV. There were distant rumblings of the thing called “Y2K,” and shiny AOL CDs were probably delivered to your house a few times a month. Enter Wing Commander, a sci-fi action movie
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