Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actress Chase Masterson sat down to speak with Solzy at the Movies about @SuperheroIRL during Star Trek: Mission Chicago. @SuperheroIRL, a division of non-profit Pop Culture Hero Coalition, is the first 501c3 nonprofit to use evidence-based psychology in combination with iconic stories and characters to teach crucial mental health and social emotional learning skills in ways that children, teens, and adults find relatable. The organization is all about teaching mental…
"Chase Masterson talks SuperheroIRL, Star Trek"
Between film, television, and streaming services, there is simply way too much streaming content getting released for public consumption. It’s all too much as The Beatles guitarist George Harrison once sang. According to a piece in Variety, a Nielsen report states that there are 817,000 unique titles across both TV and the various streaming services as of February 2022. The number is up 26% from 646,000 titles in December 2019. It’s enough to feel overwhelmed–I…
"There Is Too Much Streaming Content Being Made"
It has been over a quarter century since Babe was released August 1995 but the film remains one of the year’s best pictures. The basic gist of the film is a pig wants to be a sheepdog. Of course, this is naturally impossible but that doesn’t stop Babe (Christine Cavanaugh) from learning with the farm’s resident border collies, Rex (Hugo Weaving) and Fly (Miriam Margolyes). It’s not always easy and there are times when the…
"Babe: The Little Pig That Could"
Star Trek Beyond finds a way to take what we love about the Star Trek franchise and then break it down in a way audiences never see coming. Justin Lin is a life-long Star Trek fan so he is a perfect choice to take over for J.J. Abrams behind the camera. Meanwhile, cast member Simon Pegg is also a screenwriter for the film. One of the decisions that Pegg makes as a sceenwriter is make…
"Star Trek Beyond Deconstructs The Franchise"
Star Trek Into Darkness contains as much action-packed fun as its predecessor but the problem lies in using Khan as a villain again. It’s going to come up at some point so better to get it out of the way sooner than later. We need to talk about Khan. Why was it so necessary to bring him back instead of coming up with a new villain? There’s such a big canvas to come up with…
"Star Trek Into Darkness Has A Khan Problem"
Star Trek, the 2009 reboot directed by J.J. Abrams, is among the best Star Trek movies in the franchise’s cinematic history. For a few years there, the future for the franchise looked bleak. Following the box office and critical failure of Star Trek: Nemesis, a planned fifth Next Generation movie installment was scratched. Ratings plummeted quickly for Star Trek: Enterprise and the eighteen year franchise run on TV came to an end in 2005. Cut…
"Star Trek: One of the Best Star Trek Movies Ever"
During a Star Trek: Mission Chicago panel appearance, Wil Wheaton spoke about his appearances on The Big Bang Theory. Wheaton’s appearance comes days before the publication of his updated memoir, Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir. William Morrow Books will release the book in stores on April 12. However, fans attending the convention can stop by the Anderson’s Bookshop for a copy and have Wheaton personalize it at his booth. The actor worked with…
"Wil Wheaton talks The Big Bang Theory, Star Trek"
MLB Opening Day 2022 is finally here so here are a few baseball movies to help you celebrate the day arriving on the calendar. When the lockout started in December, nobody knew if the day would ever arrive. As weeks gave way to months, we didn’t know if we would get a full season or not. Finally, everybody came to an agreement and spring training got underway. And now, it’s April 7, 2022 so we…
"MLB Opening Day 2022: Some Baseball Movies"
Star Trek: First Contact remains the best of the four Star Trek films starring The Next Generation cast just over 25 years later. I have to be honest here: I grew up a Star Wars fan and didn’t really watch any Star Trek series while growing up. My dad did but it just wasn’t my thing. My first experience with anything Star Trek was seeing the reboot in June 2009. Following that, it wasn’t until…
"Star Trek: First Contact: The Best Next Generation Film"
Head, the 1968 psychedelic film starring The Monkees and co-written by Jack Nicholson, is a movie that is largely without a plot. After the passing of Michael Nesmith, I decided that I would finally get around to watching Head. Unfortunately, because of my schedule, I finally got around to watching the 85-minute long film on Friday afternoon. In December 2010, The Criterion Collection released the film on Blu-ray and DVD as a way of celebrating…
"Head: The Monkees Film…Is A Movie"