I like the Doctor better when he’s flying around outer space, visiting distant planets and distant times. Series 10’s premiere episode was a great introduction to Bill, but it was a little too earthbound for my taste. “Smile” took us to a distant planet in the distant future, which made for a much stronger episode.Read more
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I didn’t see Moana in the theaters. As I’ve written about before, I don’t get to see as many movies as I used to. Moana looked good, but not good enough to find a babysitter or abandon my wife and child for two hours. I bought it, though, when it came out on Blu-ray andRead more
A year ago Alycia and I woke up early in the morning and got ready to go to the hospital. We had a C-section scheduled for Clara’s delivery and knew that April 21, 2016 would be our daughter’s birthday. In some ways I can’t believe a year has gone by. Everyone says that it goesRead more
A year ago Alycia and I spent our last night without a child in our lives. It has been an amazing year with Clara, which I’ll write about tomorrow. For today, though, here’s a #TBT post about my favorite scavenger and why I’m glad my daughter was born in a time with such great femaleRead more
The Doctor is in. After an extended hiatus, the mad man in the blue box is finally back. Series 10 of Doctor Who finds the Doctor putting down roots as a university professor. He and Nardole seem to have some secrets buried beneath the school, but that doesn’t keep the Doctor from taking an interestRead more
On Friday Rian Johnson dropped the first trailer for The Last Jedi at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando. I got to watch the entire panel, which offered some great insights into Johnson as a director. I haven’t seen any of his movies, but each of the actors seemed to trust him implicitly. I am veryRead more