Happy Sunday everyone and welcome to my first weekly update for SciFi Month 2026! Sci-Fi Month is a month long celebration of all things sci-fi and it's hosted by Lisa @ Dear Geek Place, Imyril @ There's Always Room For One More, Annemieke @ A Dance With Books, and Mayri @ Book Forager. I've made some progress on both my tbr and my watchlist as well. Keep reading to see what I've been up to since last week:
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The Umbrella Academy, Season 4 (2024) - Overall, this was a disappointing end to an otherwise favorite series. The season started off well and the first 3 episodes were good. The best of the entire season was easily the second episode. I just wish it could have ended differently for my favorite characters.
My review is also on Serializd.
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Episode 3 - I hope Klaus gets a good ending after everything he's been through. I smiled when he said Lila was the best one of the group. Does it sound odd when I say I miss Ghost Ben?
My review is also on Serializd.
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Episode 4 - My unexpectedly favorite team up of this season has been Five and Lila, and that continues here. Otherwise, both Viktor and Klaus have the best storyline in this particular episode. I bet Klaus was really having flashbacks to Vietnam with gunfire. I also really, really wanted Viktor to fully use his powers against Reginald.
My review is also on Serializd.
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Episode 5 - I know I've been talking about liking Five and Lila teaming up, but I didn't mean like this. Not at all, no thank you. I did like Luther and Diego teaming up though, that was fun. Viktor's storyline with Reginald is interesting as well. I was glad for Klaus realizing that he needs to do whatever he can to help himself get out and I'm glad Alison and Claire were there to help him. Still mad at Alison though for what she did to him, and how some of her thinking about Klaus definitely rubbed off onto Claire, but I'm still glad they were there. Still very worried for Klaus though, and upset with Five's storyline this episode.
My review is also on Serializd.
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Episode 6 - Well, that was just disappointing. I wish it could have ended pretty much any other way than how it did. I wanted so much more for these characters, especially Klaus and Viktor. I can't believe Five went from my favorite character tied with Klaus to least favorite by the time this ended. But, you know, at least I still have the previous seasons to enjoy. That said, I'm glad I stuck around for the end credits because it was nice to see those behind the scenes photos from the course of the entire series.
My review is also on Serializd.
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Code 8 (2019) - This is one of those stories that I think could benefit from being a tv series. Either that or just stick with the short film. I will say that this series definitely made me miss Upload. That was such a fun show.
My review is also on Letterboxd.
I wouldn't quite call The Star Beast a favorite episode, but it's definitely a step up from quite a few of those from the previous couple of seasons. Honestly, though, it was just fun to see the Doctor (though a little different this time around) back together with Donna. Donna is one of my favorite characters from the show and David Tennant's clearly having a heck of a time.
My review is also on Serializd and Letterboxd.
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Godzilla Minus Zero (2026) - I'm so happy I got to see Godzilla Minus Zero in the theater. This movie is incredibly ambitious and the scale is massive so it was good to see that brought to life on the big screen. I loved that this one just drops you right into the story. Ghidorah looks amazing and is terrifying. The flight and battle scene with Shikishima during the attempted attack on the dormant Ghidorah was something else. Anyway, it was good to see everyone again and I was so choked up during so many scenes the final act. I hope we'll get to see our main characters again in the future - and hopefully under more peaceful circumstances.
My review is also on Letterboxd.
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