Welcome to the Ergulon Galaxy in the year 14,002! Checking in with Prime Video’s outstanding lineup of animated fare is a new full trailer for the streaming platform’s wacky adult sci-fi series, “The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy,” and it’s gonna be pure cosmic chaos when this weird space doctor project premieres on Feb. 23. Created and written by Emmy Award-winning Cirocco Dunlap (“Baymax!,” “Russian Doll”), “The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy” launches animation fans into the manic workplace environment of a bustling outer space medical facility with…
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Marvel Comics celebrates Black History Month with ‘Star Wars’ comics covers
Black History Month, first made official in 1976 by President Gerald Ford to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history,” is upon us once again. Marvel Comics is honoring the occasion with a set of special variant covers across its flagship lineup of “Star Wars” titles. Created by distinguished artist Ken Lashley, these five “Star Wars” Black History Month alternate covers showcase a heroic collection of characters of color existing in the galaxy far, far away. …
Read MoreLearn the history and heroics of ‘Star Wars’ Mandalorians in new souvenir hardcover
Writer/producer Jon Favreau is currently ramping up the development phase for Disney+’s “The Mandalorian” Season 4, and he’s in the nascent stages of directing the recently announced “The Mandalorian & Grogu” feature for Lucasfilm. While there’s a temporary lull in the action for the eventful world of Mandalorians, now is the ideal time to reflect on the legacy of this enigmatic helmeted tribe of the galaxy far, far away with an all-new reference guidebook. This is the way! London-based Titan Books has gathered the finest material from the archives of…
Read MoreAustralia celebrates space history on world’s 1st coin minted in 2024
The world’s first coin to be struck in 2024 highlights Australian space exploration history. “Out of this World – Australia in Space” was chosen by the Royal Australian Mint as its 2024 theme “to showcase Australia’s history and significance as one of the earliest nations to launch its own satellite.” The coin’s reverse, or tails side, depicts an Australian astronaut on a spacewalk and the launch of WRESAT-1 on a modified U.S. Redstone rocket in 1967. The satellite, which carried upper atmospheric radiation measurement experiments, established Australia as the seventh…
Read MoreReview: Zack Snyder’s ‘Rebel Moon’ is a joyless jumble of rehashed sci-fi fare
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas,” Benjamin Franklin once wrote. So it’s with a heavy heart and a liberated soul that I cannot honestly recommend the new Netflix space fantasy, “Rebel Moon: Part One — A Child of Fire,” to anyone but the most hardcore of Zack Snyder acolytes. And that pains me as a serious admirer of Snyder’s previous work on sci-fi and fantasy features like “Dawn of the Dead,” “300,” “Watchmen,” “Man of Steel,” “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” and “Justice League.” However, “Rebel Moon,” with…
Read MoreMold-A-Rama and the space shuttle over Earth: A space age toy story
NASA’s space shuttle reentered orbit this fall after a 15-month retirement — and this time, it was bright blue. Outlasting the real winged spacecraft by more than a decade, the new space shuttle orbiters are identical to the first ones pulled out in 1981, but this time they are launching from Chicago. “‘Mold-A-Rama: Molded for the Future’ an exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), tells the story of the beloved retro machines, which make plastic figurines right before your eyes. For over 60 years, Mold-A-Rama machines have…
Read MoreHome (Alone) on Mars: Actor Daniel Stern on leading NASA in ‘For All Mankind’
If there is indeed a multiverse where in every possible outcome happens, then in one of those universes Marv Murchins, one half of the “Wet Bandits” from “Home Alone,” is serving as NASA administrator. As unlikely as that might seem, such a thing is sort of playing out in the current season of “For All Mankind.” Actor Daniel Stern, who is perhaps best known for his role as Marv from the 1990 Christmas comedy film, has taken on the part of the space agency’s chief in the Apple TV+ alternate…
Read MoreAlexander Skarsgård to star in Apple TV+ sci-fi ‘Murderbot’ series
Everyone’s favorite homicidal SecUnit will soon head to the small screen in a new “Murderbot” TV series picked up by Apple TV+ and based on distinguished author Martha Wells’s thrilling collection of far future sci-fi novels. Wells hinted at a “Murderbot” streaming series in development during our exclusive chat with her back in June of 2021, and now it appears that project is coming to full fruition with the recent full-series commitment and casting announcement of Alexander Skarsgård (“True Blood,” “The Northman”) aboard as executive producer and snagging the lead…
Read MoreMace Windu honors Qui-Gon’s final mission in upcoming ‘Star Wars: The Glass Abyss’ novel
The Jedi Knight Mace Windu doesn’t get nearly enough credit for his valiant deeds in the “Star Wars” universe, even after decapitating Jango Fett in “Attack of the Clones” and then almost vanquishing Chancellor Palpatine (aka Darth Sidious) before Anakin intervened and Windu was chucked out the window in “Revenge of the Sith.” Now the skilled, purple-lightsabered warrior played by Samuel L. Jackson shines in “Star Wars: Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss,” his very own solo novel coming next summer. The book sees Windu taking up arms to complete Qui-Gon…
Read More‘Star Trek: Insurrection’ at 25: When Picard and the Enterprise crew found the Fountain of Youth
Often unceremoniously relegated to the lower-gauged tiers of “Star Trek” feature films, “Star Trek: Insurrection” deserves a respectful place at the table this holiday season as the Jonathan Frakes-directed installment in the sci-fi franchise celebrates its milestone 25th anniversary. Released by Paramount Pictures on Dec. 11, 1998, “Insurrection” was the third film to showcase “The Next Generation” cast and came just two years after the unqualified critical and commercial success of “Star Trek: First Contact,” which is still considered one of the best entries in Hollywood’s long association with Gene…
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