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New Review: Star Trek Voyager 6.11 - Fair Haven. Tom Paris creates a holodeck version of a 19th century Irish village, and Janeway promptly falls for the rugged local bartender. Meanwhile, Technobabble happens. bit.ly/3IDHvAH

New Review: Robotech movie - Codename: Robotech. 10 years after an alien battle fortress crashes on Earth, the ship has been refitted for human use - just in time, as the warlike Zentraedi come in search of it. Edited from the series' first 13 episodes. bit.ly/489Oeg6

New Review: Best Picture 1974 - The Godfather, Part II. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) is betrayed and fights to maintain power. This is contrasted with his father, Vito (Robert DeNiro)'s rise to power. Messier than the first film, but also more complex. bit.ly/3HQjGFF

New Review: Best Picture 1973 - The Sting. A grifter (Robert Redford) enlists the skills of a master confidence artist (Paul Newman) to con the criminal who murdered his mentor. Impeccably crafted entertainment. bit.ly/45rySSr

New Review: Star Trek Voyager 6.10 - Pathfinder. On Earth, engineer Reginald Barclay (Dwight Schultz) has an idea to establish contact with Voyager - but putting it into action may mean the end of his Starfleet career! bit.ly/4kNTTLw

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech - The New Generation Overview. An overview of what I liked and didn't like about Genesis Climber Mospeada and its adaptation into Robotech: The New Generation. bit.ly/4ezgDgX

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech Ep. 25 - Symphony of Light. As the final battle threatens to destroy both sides, Yellow urges the Inbit to end the fighting. Solid finale hits all the notes it needs to, but it doesn't live up to the previous episode. bit.ly/3SWJaD5

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech Ep. 24 - Dark Finale. The attack on Reflex Point begins, but Aisha is determined to find a peaceful end to the conflict. Excellent first part of a two-part finale. bit.ly/43OILcl

New Review: Best Picture 1972 - The Godfather. Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) refuses to provide protection for heroin distribution, sparking a gang war in 1940s New York. A legendary movie that is every bit as good as its reputation. bit.ly/4jBGKEM

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech Ep. 23 - Black Hair's Partita/Reflex Point. The group reaches a battlefield whose only survivor is a photographer tasked with gathering information for the next attack, and whose callousness bothers Stig. bit.ly/45vjhSi

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech Ep. 22 - New York Bebop/The Big Apple. The team infiltrates Inbit-occupied New York to restock for the final attack. Somehow, this ends with Yellow, backed by local dancers, performing a concert. bit.ly/436sYVL

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech Ep. 21 - Arpeggio of Murder/Hired Gun. The team is drawn into a manhunt for a killer who hunts soldiers when it rains. "Mospeada" presents the story more artfully, but "Robotech" does a better job with the killer's motives. bit.ly/43fj8Ql

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech Ep. 20 - Birthday Song of the Night Sky/Birthday Blues. The group throws a surprise party for Mint's birthday. Meanwhile, Stig grows suspicious about Aisha's origins. bit.ly/4iNBUEd

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech Ep. 19 - Forte of the Glacier City/Frostbite. The group literally falls into an underground city, abandoned but untouched by the Inbit, allowing them a much-needed rest. bit.ly/4jYEgRC

New Review: Best Picture 1971 - The French Connection. NYPD detective "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) stumbles across a massive heroin deal and pursues it obsessively - even dangerously. If the movie feels familiar, it's because it created the clichés. bit.ly/42vgtmo

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech Ep. 18 - Old Soldiers' Polka/Ghost Town. While using Aisha to try to pinpoint the Inbit, Yellow runs into a group of old ex-soldiers who are done with fighting. A surprisingly good episode. bit.ly/4cMXW8L

New Review: Worst Picture 2002 - Swept Away. Madonna is a snooty rich woman who ends up stranded on a deserted island with the poor fisherman she's been bullying in director Guy Ritchie's woeful remake of the 1974 classic. bit.ly/4lGhPCk

New Review: Star Trek Voyager 6.09 - The Voyager Conspiracy. Processing all of Voyager's data leads Seven to conclude that Janeway has stranded the ship in the Delta Quadrant on purpose. Anyone who watched "False Profits" could have told her that. bit.ly/4lE42Mx

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech Ep. 17 - White Night Serenade/The Midnight Sun. Stig's group is ambushed by Inbit in a snow-covered mountain range. A weak start, but the episode's saved by a strong second half. bit.ly/3YA9XrY

New Review: Mospeada/Robotech Ep. 16 - Trap Reggae/Metamorphosis. The group takes a much-needed break at an abandoned beach resort. Meanwhile, two Inbit undergo a strange metamorphosis. bit.ly/3XQqZBU