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Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso and the Missing Christmas Mustache

Posted on Dec 24, 2022Dec 24, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Ted Lasso sheds toxic masculinity and brings positivity to Apple TV+ — and to a Christmas special about a missing mustache.

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A Pandemic Year of Moviegoing & Star Trek

Posted on Dec 24, 2021Dec 17, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Despite the pandemic, I went to the movies more than I did in 2020 — and saw more original episodes of Star Trek than possibly any year ever.

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Take care of yourself for Christmas 2020

Posted on Dec 24, 2020Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Media hasn't caught up to the pandemic. This holiday season, that may be a good thing, as seen in this Doc Morris commercial.

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Picard Will Make It So

Posted on Dec 24, 2019Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Jean-Luc Picard returns in a serialized, dystopian series on CBS All Access. Will he make it so?… or make it snow?

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Enterprise Rock

A Christmas aboard the Enterprise NX-01

Posted on Dec 24, 2018Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

This Christmas Eve, John C. Worsley's 'Enterprise Rock' music video has me remembering the NX-01 and watching Star Trek with my dad.

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A Star Trek Christmas with family

Posted on Dec 24, 2017Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

I'm spending my Christmas Eve with family and Star Trek — a union made possible in the memory of my dad.

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Star Wars Rogue One

Rogue One is a one-hit wonder

Posted on Dec 24, 2016Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

This holiday season marks several milestones, including the first standalone Star Wars movie. Rogue One debuted this month and is set immediately before the events of 1977's Episode IV: A New Hope, answering several of the questions raised by that movie. In many ways, Rogue One defies what we've come to expect from a Star…

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Darth Santa

Posted on Dec 24, 2015Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Corridor Digital brings us this video showing what would happen if Star Wars' Darth Vader subbed for Santa Claus one Christmas Eve.

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