Retro Review: ALLIGATOR (1980)

Jaws started something, and we are not just talking about a lifelong fear of swimming in the sea. It started a wave of glorious knock-offs. From Piranha to Grizzly, if it could bite or claw, it was game for a movie. As the 1970s turned into the 1980s, this wave

SHOGUN Season 2 Starts Filming

The first season of Shogun was exquisitely beautiful, but also frustrating. Every so often, it looked like it might explode into Game Of Thrones-style life, only for it to pull away. It kept the story personal and focused. That is why it worked, but also why it felt like it

“Starfleet Academy” Deals With DS9 Finale

Though the focus of this week’s fifth episode of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” was on Kerrice Brooks’ holographic character SAM, it also served another purpose. Titled “Series Acclimation Mil,” the episode served as a bookend to “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” as SAM sets out to investigate the disappearance of