Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh make a great pairing in this action buddy-comedy throwback that shows the 80s had that formula down pat. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein Mayday is vastly entertaining. Reynolds, when he wants, can do a lot more than the one-note sarcastic charming guy, but that seems to work,…
Backrooms (2026) – Kane Parsons
I enjoyed exploring Kane Parsons Backrooms videos on YouTube, not to mention the whole mythology that has spread around it. There’s so much going on with it, and so much being projected onto it, as it is explored. Liminal spaces are creepy at the best of times, but to fall behind reality and to discover…
Smallville (2006) – Oracle, and Vessel
The penultimate episode of season five sees Clark (Tom Welling) celebrating his birthday, and receiving a ghostly visit from Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) who tells him that to become the man he has to be, and to save the world, he has to kill Lionel Luthor (John Glover). Oracle was written by Caroline Dries from…
Star Trek: # 23 – Wolf at the Door (1986)
The Redjac story concludes with Wolf at the Door, the twenty-third issue in DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series. It was on comic spinners for February of 1986. It was written by Tony Isabella, and Tom Sutton continues on pencils with Ricardo Villagran delivering pencils. Stardate 8878.4 The story picks up where the previous one…
TIFF ’26: Smudge the Blades dir. Cody Lightning
I love underdog sports movies, and I know I’m not the only one, because they keep cycling around, but Cody Lightning has taken the trope in his new feature and done something wonderful with it. The team we are introduced to, Treaty 6 Blades, is an indigenous team playing in the country league in Northern…
Battlestar Galactica (2007) – Taking a Break From All Your Worries, and The Woman King
So Baltar (James Callis) is back in the fleet. He doesn’t plan on facing anything, so he attempts to take his own life, with help from Six (Tricia Helfer) – he dreams (?) of resurrecting on a Cylon ship – is he a Cylon? – but Gaeta (Alessandro Juliani) saves him as one of the…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2021) – We’ll Always Have Tom Paris, Mugato, Gumato, and An Embarrassment of Dooplers
M. Willis wrote We’ll Always Have Tom Paris which first aired on 26 August, 2021. The episode features the return of Robert Duncan McNeill not only as Voyager’s Tom Paris, but he also played Nick Locarno from TNG as well, important? We’ll find out. There are tons of Voyager nods, from episode references to music…
Inside of a Dog (Revised Ed. 2025) – Alexandra Horowitz
I have always loved dogs. I feel I have an affinity for them, and they me. In a room filled with people, I’m going to look for a dog to hang out with. And though we anthropomorphize our furry companions, they aren’t human. They see and know the world in a different way than we…
Battlestar Galactica (2006/2007) – The Eye of Jupiter, and Rapture
The Eye of Jupiter was the last episode broadcast in 2006, first airing on 15 December. It was written by Mark Verheiden. The Galactica and the fleet having survived the passage is harvesting the algae (full of protein) on the planet they’ve reached to replenish their dwindling food stores. Apollo (Jamie Bamber) and Starbuck (Katee…
Spies Like Us (1985) – John Landis
Wow, my friends and I watched this movie so many times throughout my teen years; it is now inextricably tied to my youth, and no matter how many times we said it, we never got tired of the ‘dickfer’ joke. Filled with lots of great jokes and gags, the film puts Dan Akroyd and Chevy…
