In the highly enjoyable Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, Spock only knows of Genesis through the biblical reference. Then, he’s shown by Kirk a video about the “Genesis effect”. The video is informative. In the video, scientists describe how they are trying to build a planet out of regenerating a moon. Problems of…

Ghostbusters (2016) is entertaining. Also flat at the beginning, but overall an entertaining film and an amusing comedy. It is a visual effects heaven. Chris Hemsworth is amusing as the “dumb blonde”. The ghostbuster heroines are believable. Ghostbusters is also supernatural fiction, but in spite of it being fiction, is it saying there’s a supernatural world…

Seemingly insignificant tasks can have a way of becoming useful, perhaps even the main thing. Take the reboot of Ghostbusters (2016). Not many would call Abby Yates mission to prove ghosts exist a real occupation. It may be funded research, but the odds of coming up with the goods appears remote. Aren’t ghosts the figment of…

Alice in Wonderland demanded a sequel. Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016, USA) begins where Wonderland left off. The connection with the past isn’t left there. There’s a whole story about the past. After again escaping the real world, Alice is back in Underland. Her mission is to save the Mad Hatter’s family because the Hatter…

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