Katie

Katie found her way into loving all things science fiction and fantasy through books at a young age. She’s been reading and writing about it ever since. Her dog, Telly, eats books that she’s reading with alarming frequency, so Katie can actually say that the dog ate her book review homework.

By: Katie June 9, 2017

Dark Matter Review: The Costs Are Always Personal

The first part of the Dark Matter third season premiere, Being Better Is So Much Harder, just doesn’t disappoint, does it? The Raza crew is scattered by the explosion. Five and Truffault escape via a Volkov-Rusi ship and make it back to the Raza and Android. Lt. Anders shows up when we least expected him […]

By: Katie October 28, 2016

Review: The Living And The Dead

The Living And The Dead aired on BBC America on October 27, just in time for some Halloween weekend binge watching. It’s a mystery and ghost rolled into one, with some great acting from the cast, and is definitely worth a watch. It’s available for streaming, so go forth and watch. Charlotte and Nathan Appleby come […]

By: Katie October 26, 2016

Preview: BBC’s The Living And The Dead Will Give You An Old Fashioned Scare

The Living And The Dead will air on BBC America on Thursday, October 27, starting at 9/8c. All six episodes will air that night, so prepare yourself for a long, but excellent, night of television. The entire series will be available for streaming the following day on BBC America. Nathan Appleby, a Victorian psychologist on the […]

By: Katie September 16, 2016

Dark Matter 213 Review: Bombs Away

So, here we are, with our review of the season finale of Dark Matter 213, “But First, We Save The Galaxy,” which I’ve been calling Bombs Away, or Have Fun Storming The Castle! The episode title goes to Two, so that gives her three episode titles (episodes 5, 9, and 13). If you were playing along […]

By: Katie September 10, 2016

Dark Matter 212 Review: I Like To Be Thorough

Okay, Dark Matter people! Here’s I Like To Be Thorough, your review of episode 212, which is actually titled “Sometimes In Life You Don’t Get To Choose.” … I…. Well…huh—OH MY GOSH. Glad we talked! I jest. But really, that was CRAZY, wasn’t it? I had tweeted earlier in the week about it, and Joe […]

By: Katie September 10, 2016

Dark Matter 211 Review: Change Is Coming

Change is definitely coming by the end of Episode 211 of Dark Matter, so here’s your review of the goodies gifted to us this time. The episode title of “Wish I’d Space You When I had The Chance” goes to Three, so that clocks him in at two episode titles, for those of you playing […]

By: Katie August 5, 2016

Dark Matter 206 Review: I Hate Being Predictable

Welcome to the review of episode 6 of Dark Matter, titled We Should Have Seen This Coming, which I kept referring to in my head as I Hate Being Predictable. Coming into this episode, I kept hearing Five’s line from last week, pondering who the crew even is anymore. Who are they? What are they […]

By: Katie July 24, 2016

Movie Review of Star Trek: Beyond

Here Be Mild Spoilers in this movie review of Star Trek: Beyond. You’ve been warned. Let me start by saying that I had my doubts going into Star Trek: Beyond. I had been pretty disappointed by Star Trek: Into Darkness, and I was afraid, judging by the trailers where I saw the Enterprise breaking apart […]

By: Katie July 15, 2016

Dark Matter 203 Review: Little Green Haired Girl

So, here we are, with “I’ve Seen The Other Side Of You,” the title of episode 203. The title ends up being taken from a line from FIVE, so that makes her 2 for 3 on episode titles. If you’re playing along with my game of “Which Raza crew member gets the most of their […]

By: Katie June 6, 2016

Book Review: Star Trek: The Official Guide To The Universe

There is one thing I want you to know about Andrew Fazekas’s Star Trek: The Official Guide To The Universe: True Science Behind The Starship Voyages: We had such fun reading the book that we bought a telescope. If that’s not a great recommendation, then I don’t know what is. I knew I was going to […]