Articles by Tyler Howat
Review | Annihilation (2018)
Alex Garland, writer of Danny Boyle masterpieces 28 Days Later… and Sunshine, his own novel The Beach, and writer-director of 2016’s brilliant sleeper mind-blower Ex...
Flashback | Recap | Star Trek: The Original Series S1E27: The Alternative Factor
Season 1, episode 27 of Star Trek: The Original Series, The Alternative Factor is not only pretty darned bad, it’s nearly incomprehensible at times. Written by...
Review | Phantom Thread (2017)
In Phantom Thread, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson and star Daniel Day-Lewis collaborate again for the first time since 2007’s There Will Be Blood to put forth a...
‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Season 1, Episode 25 Recap – “The Devil in the Dark”
The mining operations on Janus VI have been terrorized by something in the dark. It burrows “through solid rock as easily as we move through...
Flashback | Recap | Star Trek: The Original Series S1E24: “This Side of Paradise”
The Enterprise arrives at Omicron Ceti III to understand its destruction. A colony, led by Elias Sandoval (Frank Overton) was sent to that planet three...
‘Winchester’ Review – This Is Not A Good Horror Movie
The Winchester Mansion is supposedly the most haunted house in America – and maybe the world. Each and every one of the victims of the...
‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Season 1, Episode 21 Recap – “The Return of the Archons”
When Lt. Sulu (George Takei) returns to the Enterprise without his partner on the landing party, muttering dazedly about paradise, Captain Kirk (William Shatner) must...
Flashback | Recap | Star Trek: The Original Series S1E20: “Court Martial”
The Enterprise arrives at Starbase 11 in desperate need of repairs. They rode through an ion storm, which left the ship damaged and a single crewman, Lt....
Flashback | Recap | Star Trek: The Original Series S1E18: “Arena”
The Earth Outpost on Cestus III is completely destroyed by an unknown alien vessel that struck viciously and then fled. The Enterprise must give chase....
Flashback | Recap | Star Trek: The Original Series S1E17: “The Squire of Gothos”
Star Trek – The Squire of Gothos Episode Title “The Squire of Gothos” Episode No. 17 Air Date January 12, 1967 Written By Paul Schneider
‘The X-Files’ Season 11, Episode 1 Recap – “My Struggle III”
First, I’m really excited to start covering The X-Files, because it’s one of those shows whose nostalgia factor is pretty high for me. I just...
Flashback | Recap | Star Trek: The Original Series S1E14: “Balance of Terror”
Star Trek – Balance of Terror Episode Title Balance of Terror Episode No. 14 Air Date December 15, 1966 Written By Paul Schneider What happened?...
Review | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
In this continuation of the classic Robin Williams adventure flick, the board game Jumanji has been adapted to fit the modern world. Transforming itself into...
Recap | Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017: “Twice Upon a Time”
In his final outing as The Doctor, Peter Capaldi meets The First Doctor (David Bradley, in the role, originated by William Hartnell in 1963). Each...
Flashback | Review | Die Hard
Die Hard Director John McTiernan Writer(s) Roderick Thorp (Novel), Jeb Stuart & Steven E. de Souza (Screenplay) Rating R Release Date July 20, 1988 What’s...
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episodes 11 and 12 Recap “The Menagerie, Pts 1 and 2”
For some reason, Spock redirects the Enterprise to Starbase 11. He then commandeers the Enterprise, kidnaps his horribly injured former captain, and takes him to...
Flashback | Recap | Star Trek: The Original Series S1E10: “The Corbomite Maneuver”
The Corbomite Maneuver Show Star Trek: The Original Series Episode Title The Corbomite Maneuver Episode No. 10 Air Date November 10, 1966 Written By Jerry...
‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap – “What are Little Girls Made Of?”
A search for the missing scientist Roger Korby (Michael Strong) brings the Enterprise to Exo III, an all-but-abandoned planet. Beneath the planet’s surface, Kirk and...
Review | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Director Martin McDonagh Writer(s) Martin McDonagh Rating R Release Date November 10, 2017 What’s This? A year ago, Mildred Hayes’...
Review | Coco
Coco follows a young boy, Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez), on the Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), as he hopes to follow his dreams...