Few British spy thrillers have a more stellar reputation than the campy and often existential TV series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee as superspy John Steed and a number of different female leads as his variously amateur or equally skilled professional...
Most people around the world marvel at the American obsession with big vehicles. The most popular vehicle sold in Europe, for example, is the Dacia Sandero, a cute little sedan, while in the USA it's a big Ford F-Series pickup truck. Dacia, in fact, doesn't even...
We're back in the Middle Ages and you're lucky to be one of the merchant class in a tough, resource constrained era. Being an entrepreneur, you also enjoy constructing various types of buildings and, of course, what merchant doesn't have an entourage of fellow...
I've always been a big fan of Toyota, so it's logical for me to like Lexus too, as it's the premium vehicle brand from Toyota. In fact, while I've never owned a Lexus, I have owned a number of Toyota vehicles, including a Tercel, a Sienna, a Prius, and a Highlander....
Disney owns both Marvel and Star Wars, two ginormous franchises that collectively have significantly influenced our culture in countless ways. But the company has never really experimented with a cross-over, and with good reason; they're different universes. Right?...
The price of all vehicles seems to be on an endless upward trajectory and there are few segments more affected than pickup trucks. I can recall when pickups were for work or for kids who couldn't afford a car: They started out as the least expensive of any vehicle you...
Let's start by going back to the Bible. In the Book of Esther, we learn that Persian King Ahashverosh married Esther without knowing that she was Jewish. Her cousin Mordechai was also an advisor to the King, and things went well in the kingdom. Except there was...
As a brand, I have to admit that BMW has grown on me over the last few years. Where the company really shines is in its luxury sedans and when you take the very latest design and add M-Series upgrades, it's a formidable combination that reveals why they are considered...
The British Special Air Services were a rogue military unit formed in North Africa during World War II. Ben Macintyre has an excellent book on the history of the SAS that's also been made into a fantastic and gritty BBC series, the former called "Rogue Heroes" and the...
Four years ago the Chinese film industry released one of its first big budget sci-fi thrillers, The Wandering Earth, to great acclaim and strong global box office results. When I reviewed it back in 2019, I found it interesting and exciting, partially because of its...
In the early days, pickup trucks were sold bare bones, intended to be work vehicles more than family transportation. They were also inexpensive too, offering people who couldn't afford a fancy sedan or station wagon an alternative. I remember in high school that one...
It was just a few years after the end of World War II and color had only just arrived in the science fiction genre a few years earlier with the science-heavy Destination Moon (1950). Director and production genius William Cameron Menzies was engrossed by a short...
Jeep has come a long way from its original vehicle, the Willys MB, a tough and durable car for wartime. Sold to the US Army in the 1940s, the Jeep 4x4 became one of the enduring symbols of World War II, and the first commercial Jeep, the CJ, was introduced immediately...
The 2001 sci-fi film A.I. - Artificial Intelligence explores a mythic and timeless tale of a mechanical child that joins a family beset by a terrible tragedy. Haley Joel Osment is "David", a startlingly realistic robot who seeks to assuage the pain of his human...
The compact SUV space is hot, and there are a lot of great options for today's car buyers, from the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 to the Mazda CX-5. In the Chevrolet lineup, the compact but roomy Chevy Equinox offers yet another solid option, though whether it's truly...
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.