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Ugly Betty “Pilot” – Review

US adaptations are always a struggle, just look at the difference between seasons 1 and 2 of The Office. Written by the showrunner and the guy who developed the show into this adaptation, Silvio Horta, I’d be pressed to say Horta saw…

SNW “New Life and New Civilizations” – Review

For those that come after. Directed by Maja Vrvilo, Vrvilo is best known for episode 17 of Limitless, the first of Short Treks, two of Picard, two of Discovery, two previous episodes of Strange New Worlds, as well as two from The…

SNW “Terrarium” – Review

Pah-wraiths! Pah-wraiths! Pah-wraiths! Ahh, spoil sports. In his directorial debut, Andrew Coutts takes the helm, commanding the Strange New Worlds penultimate episode for season three. It isn’t Coutts first foray with Strange New Worlds or even Star Trek, though. He was previously…

Fluxx (Movie) Review

The world of Indie Movies is a relatively new experience for me. With the types of theaters I have in my area, the majority of films that I have been exposed to are big-budget ones that feature household names like Denzel Washington…

SNW “Four-and-a-Half Vulcans” – Review

That’s it, I’m becoming racist towards Vulcans; it is the only logical option! Directed by Jordan Canning, this is her second episode of the season, having previously worked on “Charades.” I believe it was the philosopher and inventor Meat Loaf who said,…

SNW “What Is Starfleet?” – Review

Military, we’ve established this before, and I don’t just mean in Lower Decks. Directed by Sharon Lewis, who sadly is best known for reality TV peddled as documentarian stuff: Restaurant Makeover, World’s Worst Mom, Property Brothers, TVO Kids show It’s My Party!…

SNW “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail” – Review

So, Shub-Niggurath eats the USS Enterprise after devouring Klingons and beyond, and now we have the TOS’ crew together. Directed by Valerie Weiss, Weiss previously directed “Ad Astra Per Aspera” as well as Netflix’s Julie Bowen-led coming-of-age teen drama thing, Mixtape. While…

SNW “Through the Lens of Time” – Review

Yeah, I’ve heard of “a people with eternal life”; it was probably the biggest waste of $235 million for an Angelina Jolie film this side of Maleficent. Directed by Andi Armaganian, she previously worked on “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach,” as well…

SNW “A Space Adventure Hour” – Review

If we go any more retro, I think Hulk Hogan will get to say his favorite word in front of his new friends in hell. Names close enough, we’ll start with the writing credit for Dana Horgan, who previously wrote “Ad Astra…

SNW “Shuttle to Kenfori” – Review

Plants versus Zombies. Returning for his third episode of Strange New Worlds since “Memento Mori” and “Lost in Translation,” Dan Liu comes back to Star Trek after episodes 5 and 6 of Picard’s third season. While staff writer and story editor Onitra…