In 2001, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg oversaw the production of HBO’s Band of Brothers, a fantastic chronicle of everyday men caught up in the events of World War II, from their cohesion as a unit to the end of World War II. Based on the non-fiction book by acclaimed historian Stephen E. Ambrose, the…
The Gate of the Feral Gods (2021) – Matt Dinniman
Book Four of the Dungon Crawler Carl series, The Gate of the Feral Gods, ups the stakes yet again. Carl, Princess Donut, and Katia find themselves in all manner of trouble, and not all of it is taking place in the dungeons. This level, the fifth, is comprised of bubbles. The crawlers have been spread…
Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down, and The Hand of God
Both Tigh (Michel Hogan) and Adama (Edward James Olmos) have major problems this week in Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down. Written by Jeff Vleming and directed by Olmos, this episode was first broadcast on 4 March, 2005. Following the Cylon interrogation in the last episode, Roslin (Mary McDonnell) begins to harbour suspicions that Adama…
The Sheep Detectives (2026) – Kyle Balda
The Sheep Detectives is a charming murder mystery with a bit of a twist. Based on the novel Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, the film features a fun cast and a great take on the traditional British murder mystery. Despite featuring a murder, this ends up being delightful family fare and an engaging mystery….
Species (1995) – Roger Donaldson
The cast, and some of the top-notch names behind the camera somehow got involved in this messy sci-fi erotic thriller, that somehow spawned a series of sequels. In front of the camera you have Ben Kingsley, Forest Whitaker, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina Marg Helgenberger, a very young Michelle Williams and Natasha Henstridge in her first…
Smallville (2005) – Arrival, and Mortal
Season five of Smallville got underway on 29 September, 2005. It was written by Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer. Lots happens in the opener, coming off that cliffhanger season four finale. What came down in the meteorite shower? A pair of super-powered Kryptonians, Aethyr (Alana De La Garza) and Nam-Ek (Leonard Roberts), and they are…
Star Trek: #14 Behind Enemy Lines (1985)
Hitting comic spinners until May 1985 was the sixth chapter in DC comics’ ongoing Star Trek mirror universe saga. Once again, it was written by Mike W. Barr and featured pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. And if the cover is anything to go by, it looks like both Spocks and Konom…
The Stand (1994) – The Stand
12 May, 1994, brought us the fourth episode, and the conclusion of the Mick Garris-directed adaptation of Stephen King’s gigantic book, The Stand. The story is moving to its conclusion as the pieces of good and evil are finally arrayed for the last battle. Harold (Corin Nemec) is cast aside by Randall Flagg (Jamey Sheridan),…
Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Six Degrees of Separation, and Flesh and Bone
Six Degrees of Separation was written by Michael Angeli and was first broadcast on 18 February, 2005. After Baltar (James Callis) mocks the faith of Six (Tricia Helfer) and her fellow Cylons, he discovers he’s really stepped in it, when another Six shows up, a physical version, as opposed to the one in her head….
Something in the Dirt (2022) – Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
I do enjoy the films of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. I like the way they play with time, horror and ideas. And this time, they also throw themselves into the mix, taking on roles in their own film. Written and shot during the COVID lockdown the pair cooked up a fun tale that once…
The Mind Reels 