'Extra Hot Great': I Survived Watching 'The Brady Bunch in the White House'

Did you know that there was a 2002 TV movie with Shelley Long and Gary Cole reprising their roles as the big-screen Carol and Mike Brady? Well, there was, and my pals at Extra Hot Great invited me on to talk about it. We also discussed Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Criterion Closet videos. This was recorded the morning of the Election. How young we were back then. Check it out below.

My Interview With Wil Wheaton

Almost 20 years ago, Wil Wheaton wrote a memoir, Just a Geek. Recently, he reread the book and realized that he didn't like how he sounded. So he decided to do something about it. For MEL, I spoke to Wheaton about his revised memoir, Still Just a Geek, therapy, surviving abuse and living with anger. Hope you enjoy.

'Galaxy Quest': A Christmas Tradition

On December 25, 1999, a sci-fi spoof that took aim at Star Trek came to theaters. Twenty-one years later, we're still talking about Galaxy Quest. My piece is up at SyFy.

The Sequels That Destroyed Their Franchises

Hollywood will just keep pumping out sequels until audiences have had enough. For this week's edition of my MEL Ultimate Summer Movie Guide, I paid tribute to the franchise installments that turned viewers off, sometimes for good. Hope you enjoy.

The Therapeutic Properties of Watching People Scream in Movies

Random neighborhoods are organizing primal-scream sessions, where people go outside and just yell their heads off in frustration and anger over the pandemic. This got me thinking about how, in movies, characters are yelling all the time. There's something incredibly cathartic about that, which I explore over at MEL.

The Best 'Star Trek' Movies

Finishing up this month's look at everything Star Trek for SyFy, we ranked the best films in the series. J.J. Abrams does not put in an appearance. Check out the list here.

Which Jean-Luc Picard 'Star Trek' Movie Is Best?

With Picard about to debut on CBS All Access, we took a look back at Patrick Stewart's Star Trek films. My big takeaway: On the whole, they weren't as good as they should have been. Read all about it over at SyFy.

(And, yes, that is Tom Hardy in the photo with Stewart. He's sorta rocking some Ezra Miller vibes, right?)

Which 'Star Trek' Bad Guy Is Best?

In honor of the forthcoming Picard, this month at SyFy we'll be doing some writing about the Star Trek universe. First up: the best villains from the movies. Khan!

The Best Sci-Fi Planets

Wanna get away? For this week's Debate Club, we wrote about five of science fiction's most indelible planets. (People hoping to see Pandora on this list: Sorry, that's a moon.) Hope you enjoy.

Movies Based on TV Shows

Over at SyFy, we're saluting the best films adapted from TV shows. (How many people are unaware that The Fugitive used to be on television?) Check out the results here.

What's Better: 'Star Trek II' or 'Star Trek IV'?

It's an argument that's raged for decades: What's the best Star Trek movie? Will and I take to SyFy to present the pros and cons of The Wrath of Khan and The Voyage Home. Which film won? Read on.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: We Like 'Star Trek Beyond' and 'Don't Think Twice'

On the latest episode of the Grierson & Leitch podcast, we review Star Trek Beyond and Don't Think Twice. We also spend a little time discussing The Proposition, the gritty Western that put director John Hillcoat on the map. Does it hold up? That answer, and so many others, can be found right here.

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Sci-Fi Franchises and 'Don't Think Twice'

I pulled off the rare feat off being on Press Play two times in the same week. Wednesday, I talked about Garry Marshall's passing. Today, I was on with Witney Seibold to review Star Trek Beyond. I went solo to discuss the very funny Don't Think Twice, Witney had the honors with Lights Out, and we both discussed what's going on with the woeful Divergent series. You can listen to the whole thing here.

'Star Trek Beyond' Review

Where does Star Trek Beyond rank among the series' best? It's better than Star Trek Into Darkness, probably on par with Star Trek. (Is it as good as Star Trek II or Star Trek IV? Don't be silly.) I reviewed the new film for The New Republic.

'What the Flick?!': Talking 'Star Trek Beyond' and 'The Night Of'

I returned to What the Flick?! this week to hang out with my dear friends Alonso Duralde and Christy Lemire to review Star Trek Beyond. Plus, I talk The Night Of's second episode, "Subtle Beast."

What Is the Greatest Sci-Fi Film of the 1970s?

That's what the fine folks at Rolling Stone are here to find out, with a little help from myself and my colleagues. On the website, my editors ranked the 50 best science-fiction movies of the '70s, and I did the write-ups for Alien, A Clockwork Orange and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Enjoy!