Author Archive: ColonelFrog
Colonel Frog is a long time science fiction and fantasy fan. He loves reading novels in the field, and he also enjoys watching movies (as well as reading lots of other genre books).
Black Widow reviewed, to bring you the good, the bad, and the nerdy (video).
That fine connoisseur of all things film-related and genre-packed, Andre, is once more here to bring you the skinny on the new (well, much-delayed) Marvel superhero movie that is Black Widow. Nats is on the run and re-uniting with her spy family back in Mother Russia. What could go wrong? Plenty, if only for dramatic […]
Michael Golden: best Star Wars illustrator of comic-books ever (video).
Was Michael Golden the best Star Wars illustrator, like, ever? This is the vital question being asked by Ed and Jim in their latest 17 minute deep dive into the glorious past of comic-books.
The Tomorrow War: scifi movie review… dumb, but fun (video).
That most Critical of thinkers, I mean, Drinkers, is back with us again, this time to give you his thoughts on the recent Amazon-backed SF movie, The Tomorrow War, with Chris Pratt and JK Simmons in the main acting front seat. He found it a little dumb, but a lotta fun (kind of).
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf animated film on Netflix (trailer).
Here’s the trailer for The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf animated film on Netflix. Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past. Streaming on Netflix on August 23rd, 2021.
Dune: Denis Villeneuve scifi movie (new mega trailer).
Here’s the new mega trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s take on the Frank Herbert classic, Dune, the story of Paul Atreides, a young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode […]
Richest, oldest, and youngest crew return to Earth after New Shepard space flight (science news).
The richest, oldest, and youngest crew have returned to Earth after New Shepard’s first successful human-manned space flight mission to orbit. Jeff Bezos was the richest, of course. While Wally Funk’s journey to space began in the 1960s, when she was the youngest graduate of the Woman in Space Program, a privately-funded project which tested […]
Black Widow not doing so good at the cinema (news).
The superhero movie Black Widow is suffering the pandemic blues, apparently, and not doing so good, despite not being a bad movie. Is this the end of the road for superhero flicks?
Starship Troopers: a scifi movie retrospective (audio).
Paul Verhoeven’s OTT but Sci-Fi classic, Starship Troopers, comes under the magnifying glass in this hour long audio discussion of the 1997 military science fiction action film based on Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 novel of the same name.
Star Trek Strange New Worlds: a peek into the new TV series (video).
Here’s a recent peek at the recent images for the transporter room on the USS Enterprise under Captain Pike in the new Star Trek Strange New Worlds TV series.
Kenobi: will the Star Wars TV series be a good’un? (news).
The new Star Wars TV series Kenobi, being made for streaming on Disney+ is nearing completion, and from what the Dark Lord of the Universe been told, this might be the best Disney Star Wars series ever. New details and rumours have emerged concerning the plot, watch the scuttlebutt unfold here, folks!
