Goldie Hawn walked away with a Best Actress Oscar nomination, Eileen Brennan got a Supporting Actress nomination, and the film got a Best Original Screenplay nod, and it entertained millions of people, and arguably empowered a lot of women. The end of the 70s and the 80s were a different time. Predating Stripes by a…
Battlestar Galactica (2007) – Razor
Before season four of Battlestar Galactica began, and we could start to dwell on the mystery of how Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) came back and what is going to happen with Baltar (James Callis) and the stunning reveal of four of the Final Five Cylons, Ronald D. Moore and his creative team went back in time….
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2021/2022) – Wej Duj, First First Contact, and Grounded
Wej Duj, Klingon for ‘three ships,’ was written by Kathryn Lyn and was the penultimate episode of season two. It debuted on 7 October, 2021. A Vulcan ship and a Klingon ship have troubling encounters with another starship, and the Cerritos may be next in line. But first, it’s rather quiet on the Cerritos as…
Desperation (1996) – Stephen King
God is cruel. That’s what this book tells me. I remember buying this book, and its companion piece, The Regulators when they came out. I also know I read them, but some twenty years later, I have no memory of what happened in either of them. So it seemed like a great time for a…
Battlestar Galactica (2007) – Crossroads: Part 1, and Part 2
The third season finale of Battlestar Galactica aired on 18 March, 2007. Written by Michael Taylor, the stage is set for Baltar’s (James Callis) trial. A trial that is going to have reverberations throughout the fleet. Welcome to Crossroads: Part 1. Roslin (Mary McDonnell) is having dreams of Hera as a young girl being pursued…
Howard’s Mill (2021) – Shannon Houchins
None of the posters designed to promote this film that I came across on IMDB do this film justice. Some hint at the strangeness that plays out in the later part of the film, and arguably spoil some of it. And the ones hinting at the missing and the mystery at the heart of it,…
Encino Man (1992) – Les Mayfield
Encino Man is a silly, feather-light comedy that gives Pauly Shore too much to do, tries to make Sean Astin a bit of a tool, and lets Brendan Fraser be an absolutely unrestrained goofball. Astin plays Dave Morgan, a high school senior who wants to be cool, is digging his own pool in the backyard,…
Smallville (2006) – Zod, and Sneeze
Season six got underway on 28 September, 2006. Zod, the season premiere was written by Steven S, DeKnight. Clark (Tom Welling) remains trapped in the Phantom Zone, Metropolis looks like a war zone with riots consuming the city, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is possessed by Zod with Lana (Kristin Kreuk) at his side, Lois (Erica Durance)…
Star Trek: #24 – Double Blind (1986)
Double Blind, a two-part story, was written by Trek author Diane Duane, with the first part being found on comic spinners until March of 1986. DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series continued to feature pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. The cover was done by Jim Starlin. Duane had written a couple…
The Majestic (2001) – Frank Darabont
Somehow, this Frank Darabont movie has gotten by me for over twenty-some years. I greatly enjoy his work, and I had a friend in my video store days who adored this movie. So I guess I figured it was time to remedy that. As I settled in, I realized why I hadn’t seen this one…
