Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of movies

{4.5/5} “Ever since I sold out and got famous, we have gotten closer.” Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, released in 2024 Lydia Deetz hosts a ghost-hunter show, and one day she sees Beetlejuice in her audience for a second. Her stepmother Delia informs her that her dad was eaten by a shark after surviving a plane crash. Lydia’s […]

Beetlejuice

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of music

{4.5/5} “I’ve seen The Exorcist about 167 times and it keeps getting funnier every time I see it!” Beetlejuice, released in 1988 Adam and Lydia are looking forward to a vacation at home when they die in a car accident. When they realize they’re dead, at first they think it’s not so bad. But then […]

The Great Wall

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of movies

{4/5} “A man must learn to trust before he can be trusted.” The Great Wall, released in 2019 William and Tovar are in China, looking for the black powder that they have heard of but not seen. They are attacked by a creature — William cuts off its arm with his sword and it falls […]

Eclectic lists of SF & fantasy movies

Posted by Dave Switzer under From the web

I previously pointed to some lists of SF & fantasy books. Now it’s time for movies. Peter Sykes has a few lists for SF books, TV shows, and movies. He used to have a section for fantasy but it seems it’s gone. Here is the movie list: Top 100 Sci-Fi Films DigitalDreamDoor is a site […]

Authors all of whose books I have or will read

Posted by Dave Switzer under My thoughts

Here’s an update to this list. There are a few authors for whom I’ve read all of their books, and a few that I’m very close on or intend to be. Here they are: Douglas Adams I’ve read 5 of his 7 novels plus 1 nonfiction book. I’ve reread 2 of them. Isaac Asimov I’ve […]

Fantasy novels

Posted by Dave Switzer under My thoughts

Here’s an update to this list. It only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 13 years). Best of the best Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin The Quicksilver Court by Melissa Caruso Early Riser by Jasper Fforde Replay by Ken Grimwood How to Stop Time by Matt […]

SF & fantasy collections & anthologies

Posted by Dave Switzer under My thoughts

Here’s an update to this list. Collections Best of the best I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Nightfall by Isaac Asimov Virtual Unrealities by Alfred Bester The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury Keeper of Dreams by Orson Scott Card Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card Exhalation by Ted Chiang Stories of […]

Deadpool & Wolverine

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of movies

{4.5/5} “Want to talk about what’s haunting you, or should we wait for a third act flashback?” Deadpool & Wolverine, released in 2024 Wade Wilson attempts to join the Avengers but Happy Hogan rejects him. Eventually he gets a job as a used car salesman. Then he gets hauled in to the Time Variance Authority. […]

SF & fantasy TV shows

Posted by Dave Switzer under My thoughts

Here’s an update to this list. 5/5 3rd Rock from the Sun 5 5 5 5 5 4.5           4.92 Agents of SHIELD 4.5 4.5 5 5 5 5 5         4.86 Andor 5                     5 Angel 5 5 […]

Best fantasy & science fiction movies by year

Posted by Dave Switzer under My thoughts

Here’s an update to this list. I didn’t watch as many movies this past year as usual, but I did watch a few more from 2023 — an astonishing year for science fiction and fantasy movies. Year Winner Runner Ups 2023 Barbie 57 Seconds   Elemental 65     Asteroid City     Babylon 5: […]