Documentaries

Posted on January 7th, 2022 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

Here is an update to this list. I’m listing both movie documentaries and TV documentaries here. Best of the best The Battle Over Citizen Kane Bowling for Columbine Capitalism: A Love Story The Corporation Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner Fahrenheit 9/11 Fahrenheit 11/9 The Fog of War Guns, Germs and Steel An Inconvenient Truth Jane […]

Best movies of the 2010s

Posted on January 7th, 2022 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best 50/50 About Time The Adjustment Bureau The Aeronauts American Hustle Arrival Avengers: Endgame Barney’s Version The Big Sick Bird Box The Bookshop The Boxtrolls Brooklyn The Call Captain Fantastic Cloud Atlas Collateral Beauty Crazy, Stupid, Love. Deadpool The Descendants Despicable Me Detachment Edge of Tomorrow […]

Best movies of the 2020s

Posted on January 7th, 2022 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best Emma. The Mitchells vs. the Machines Palm Springs Rams Soul Runner ups Bill & Ted Face the Music The Croods: A New Age Enola Holmes The Willoughbys Honourable mentions Onward Tenet Wonder Woman 1984 I previously listed the best movies of the 2010s.

The Flat Earth conspiracy theory

Posted on January 7th, 2022 by Dave Switzer  |  2 Comments »

You might be wondering how people in the 21st century could believe the world is flat. In this video Simon from Today I Found Out details the rise and fall of various Flat Earth societies. He points out that all intelligent people have known the Earth is round for thousands of years. As you might […]

TV movies, miniseries & specials

Posted on January 6th, 2022 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best 11.22.63 Anne of Green Gables (1985) Ascension Babylon 5: In the Beginning Battlestar Galactica (2003) The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Friends: The Reunion Good Omens A Parks and Recreation Special Political Animals The Queen’s Gambit Shackleton WandaVision Runner ups Anne of Green Gables: The […]

SF & fantasy TV shows

Posted on January 6th, 2022 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

Here’s an update to this list. 5/5 3rd Rock from the Sun 5 5                   5 Agents of SHIELD 4.5 4.5 5 5 5 5 5         4.86 Angel 5 5 5 5 5             5 Babylon 5 4.5 […]

Why the Mona Lisa?

Posted on January 5th, 2022 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

The Mona Lisa is certainly a beautiful painting, but there are lots of other beautiful paintings too. Why is this one so famous? Noah Charney answers the question here on TED-Ed. It’s a combination of factors, including a brazen theft in 1911. Why is the Mona Lisa so famous? – Noah Charney

Best fantasy & science fiction movies by year

Posted on January 5th, 2022 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

Here’s an update to this list. I didn’t watch as many movies as usual in 2021 so there are not too many additions to this list. Hopefully I will catch up soon on some that I missed. Year Winner Runner Ups 2021 The Mitchells vs. the Machines   2020 Palm Springs Bill & Ted Face […]

Best tie-in novels by year

Posted on January 5th, 2022 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2021 Christopher L. Bennett TOS: Living Memory Cassandra Rose Clarke TNG: Shadows Have Offended 2020 Una McCormack PICARD: The Last Best Hope Christopher L. Bennett TOS: The Higher Frontier       Kirsten Beyer VOY: To Lose the Earth   […]

Best science fiction novels by year

Posted on January 4th, 2022 by Dave Switzer  |  No Comments »

Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2021 Becky Chambers The Galaxy, and the Ground Within     2020 Adrian Tchaikovsky The Doors of Eden Marina J. Lostetter Noumenon Ultra       Robert J. Sawyer The Oppenheimer Alternative       John Scalzi The Last Emperox […]