Station wagons used to be all the rage with their low profile and extended storage areas. Heck, when I was a wee tyke, I remember my family having a red Pontiac station wagon for many years. By the late 1950s, a whopping 20% of all cars sold in America were station...
It's the early 1960s in London, and everyone's getting along just fine. Pearly Gates (Peter Sellers), affecting a posh French accent, runs a chic haute couture shop frequented by high society. Behind the scenes, he's a criminal mastermind with a Cockney accent, and...
Be honest, do you think of Lexus as a manufacturer of small vehicles? If so, you're out of date; the company introduced the LX full-size SUV flagship way back in 1995, and it's done well for the company, with multiple major design changes in that period. The latest...
It was the third year of Australia's involvement with World War II, but to the young recruits, military service was an adventure, with little sense of the danger they'd meet once they volunteered and were deployed overseas. Basic training was a chance to build...
I've previously written at length about how non-EV owners are missing out on the torque and pure power of electric vehicles. There's a sensory rush when a big muscle car roars into action, wheels spinning and tires burning, but even a budget EV can often give it a run...
Funerals are a common place for friends long out of touch to reconnect, and so it is with Long Island, NY, thirty-somethings Jason (Scott Dowd), Lisa (Mackenzie Keyes), Al (Matt Tanzosh), and Danny (Jimmy Donohue). It’s been ten years, and their uncomfortable dynamic...
Chevrolet has been a cornerstone of American automobile history. Founded in 1911, it joined the General Motors conglomerate in 1918, helping create one of the largest car companies in the world. Zoom forward to the 21st century, and Chevrolet is a global brand, with a...
Megan (Megan Stevensen) and Ruth (Ruth Syratt) run a vintage shop called Cha Cha Cha in North London, forever trying to scrape enough profits together to stay afloat. Their landlord Rick (Simon Killick), is eager for them to fail so he can sell the property to...
A group of rebellious teenagers in a typical Australian secondary school invites nerdy outsider Frankie (Riley Klotz) to join them in the graphic, violent first-person shooter game Backlash. It’s a popular game likely inspired by Fortnite, and the group’s lively,...
One of the perks of writing about cars is the chance to get behind the wheel of a wide variety of vehicles. I’m particularly interested in entry-level cars since not everyone can afford to spend $50,000 or more on their next car. However, I also end up driving plenty...
One of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature is the mythic epic "Journey to the West". Written in the 16th century, it is part pilgrimage, part comedy, with demons, immortals, and lots of slapstick silliness. It is much beloved in China and most...
Could astronauts returning from space be attracting alien hitchhikers? You're right if you're thinking that this storyline's been explored in previous films. Friendly alien films? Check. Dangerous alien movies? Check. Friendly aliens who seem dangerous on first...
The Coast Guard is usually on top of matters, but your new assignment in the North Sea is problematic: They've lost all their maps! It's your job to go out in your boat and map the shoreline again, paying particular attention to the location of each buoy and...
For many years, if you wanted the biggest SUV from Toyota, you'd be buying a Sequoia. Debuting in 2000, it's Toyota's full-size SUV built specifically for the North American market, and is now on its third generation, built atop the same TNGA-F platform as the Tundra...
The ebb and flow of civilization passed quite differently in Japan than it did in Europe, with dramatically different cultures as recently as two hundred years ago. Go back further, and Japan was a frequent battleground of feudal lords and downtrodden serfs. The...
Planet Dave is run by Dave Taylor, who has been writing about film, cars, games, and his lifestyle for many years. He's based in Boulder, Colorado and assures readers he's only occasionally falling into a gravity well or temporal distortion field.