Smallville (2006) – Void, and Fragile

Holly Harold wrote Void, which first aired on 6 April, 2006. Clark (Tom Welling) heads to Honduras (still obviously Vancouver, with a little dressing up) to look for Milton Fine (James Marsters). Lana (Kristin Kreuk) gets hooked on a kryptonite-laced drug which allows you to flatline, and possibly encounter deceased loved ones. Clark sees the…

Star Trek: #21 – Dreamworld (1985)

Issue 21 of DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series was available on spinners until December, 1985. While Tom Sutton continued on pencils and Ricardo Villagran delivered inks, Bob Rozakis delivered the story, which saw a shift from Kirk and the Excelsior to Spock and his crew (all new characters for us readers) aboard the Surak….

TIFF ’26: Love is the Monster dir. Netto Villalobos Brenes

How far would you go for love? Would you do something truly monstrous? Director Netto Villalobos Brenes delivers a female-driven narrative (men only show up a couple of times throughout the film, and each time makes an impression) that lands the viewer in a not-so-distant, dystopian-leaning future. The men are gone. They left two years…

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004) – Quentin Tarantino

I’ve been a fan of the idea of stitching Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 together since I saw them originally in the theatre, and now, a little late to the party, I’ve added the new 4k release to my collection. And it’s awesome. Spread over two discs, with an actual intermission card, Tarantino’s epic…

TIFF ’26: The Stunt Driver dir. Michael Dowse

There’s always time for some Canadiana at TIFF, and The Stunt Driver delivers it fantastically with lots of humour and great performances, and explores a small but fascinating corner of Canadian pop culture history that I had no clue about. In the late 70s, it seems everyone knew who Evel Knievel (Ben Foster) was. Heck,…

TIFF ’26: Coward dir. Lukas Dhont

Instead of retreading antiwar themes so brilliantly evoked in films like All Quiet on the Western Front (1930, 1979, and 2022) Lukas Dhont’s third feature film delivers a poignant character film that explores hope, love, the horrors of war and the shattering of youth and the illusions they hold for their lives. Pierre (Emmanuel Macchia)…

Battlestar Galactica (2006) – Collaborators, and Torn

First airing on 27 October, 2006, Collaborators, written by Mark Verheiden, this episode starts dealing with the repercussions of the Cylon occupation. The fleet is mostly back together, though there have been losses, and there are those who are seeking revenge against the people who collaborated with the Cylon forces. They are known as The…

The Exorcist’s House (2022) – Nick Roberts

Nick Roberts’ The Exorcist’s House is a fun idea, and it’s filled with little nods to the genre and the tropes, particularly William Peter Blatty’s original novel The Exorcist. But for all that, it seems to be a popcorn horror book. It’s fun, though some of it feels like it goes a little too far…

Battlestar Galactica (2006) – Exodus: Part 1, and Part 2

Exodus Part 1 was written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, it debuted on 13 October, 2006. There is lots going on in this episode; it picks up moments before the previous episode ended. Cally (Nicki Clyne) avoids execution by the Cylons, but what about Zarek (Richard Hatch) and Roslin (Mary McDonnell)? We find out…