Star Trek: #22 – Wolf on the Prowl (1986)

Tony Isabella writes a two-part story that brings back Redjac from Wolf in the Fold. The Wolf, issue 22 in DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series, was on shelves for January of 1986. It featured pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. Does the comic pull off a worthy successor to the classic…

The Sandlot (1993) – David Mickey Evans

I don’t remember this one in theatres, but when it came to home video, this thing was huge! It was a go-to film to play in the store, because it had great tunes and quotable dialogue, and it’s just so much fun. And I think the last time I saw it was probably sometime in…

From a Buick 8 (2002) – Stephen King

For some reason this Stephen King novel seems to keep slipping off my list, and I don’t know why. I stopped it sliding off this time, and dug into a creepy and fun novel that feels like it’s on the edge of other King stories without throwing you right in the middle of one. It’s…

Battlestar Galactica (2006) – A Measure of Salvation, and Hero

Michael Angeli delivers the next part in the Cylon virus story with A Measure of Salvation, which first aired on 10 November, 2006. The Galactica and the fleet have joined the Raptor at the infected basestar. When they find some dying survivors aboard, Apollo (Jamie Bamber) and Athena (Grace Park), along with their team, bring…

TIFF ’26: Half dir. Samjad

On paper this one sounded like a complete winner to me, and perfect Midnight Madness fare for which it was programmed at TIFF. A Curry Western with vampires, sign me up! I love the sound of it, we know there’s going to be blood and violence – its action sequences were choreographed by Very Tri…

TIFF ’26: The Spiral dir. Paolo Strippoli

A Faustian thriller that drips with dread, The Spiral is fantastic TIFF fare. It will not only appeal to the Midnight Madness crowd for which it was selected, but also countless film lovers as it plays within the genre, but also raises lots ot morality questions, and is executed seamlessly and skillfully. Spirals can be…

The Man With Two Brains (1983) – Carl Reiner

Steve Martin is always a delight, even when the films he is in don’t work as well as they could. The Man With Two Brains seems like a bit of a hybrid between sex comedy, romance, and an homage to the B-movie horror films of yesteryear. And a couple of the things in the film…