Helena Smith’s mother is suffering from Alzheimer’s and she wants nothing more than to bring back her mother’s precious memories. So she begins experimenting with a new technology that will preserve special moments in life while also allowing them to relive learning to drive, getting married, the birth of their children or the last few moments with a loved one who is about to pass over into the afterlife. Through her research and efforts, “the chair” […]
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What’s the Next Big Thing in Young Adult literature?
Since the Divergent and Hunger Games series have wrapped up their sagas, teens may be looking for the next big thing. There aren’t a lot of series getting much buzz right now and it seems like dystopian is dead. Vampires certainly are and zombies may be on their way out too. What does seem to be emerging is a trend are stories featuring characters with special abilities – maybe YA authors are cashing in on the popularity […]
The X-Files: Season 10 Review
On January 24th, fourteen years after what fans thought was the series finale, The X-Files kicked off its much hyped six episode event. Ratings were HUGE with 16 million people watching episode one (probably didn’t hurt that it directly followed the Super Bowl) and even though episode two only pulled in about 10 million viewers, those are still big numbers for any network show, but especially interesting considering the show’s age (the pilot episode of […]
A Look Back at the X-Files, Season 8
Mulder is out and John Doggett is in as Scully’s new partner on the X-Files. Originally recruited for a special FBI task force to find Mulder (who may or may not have been abducted by aliens), Doggett and Scully start off on the wrong foot but by the end of the season, generally work well together. As a veteran FBI agent on the X-Files, Scully’s skepticism and need for proof seems to have been satisfied and […]
A Look Back at the X-Files, Season 6
Season six of the X-Files picked up where the movie left off and focused on Mulder and Scully’s reassignment to other cases within the F.B.I. The agents, who had been taken off the X-files, still found themselves dealing with cases very much like what they had been working on before, much to the chagrin of the director of the F.B.I. During season 6, production of the show left Vancouver and relocated to Los Angeles, giving […]
A Look Back at the X-Files, Season 5
The fifth season of the X-Files is the series at its very best best. Airing during the 1997 -1998 TV season, the entire season was planned out in advance with the story arc leading up to the series first feature length film, Fight the Future. The movie hit theaters during the summer of 1998, shortly after the season five finale and synced with the season six TV premier. Season five was the most watched season […]