Hey, look, Clark (Tom Welling) gets affected by Red Kryptonite again. Written by Kelly Souders and Brian Peterseon. It debuted on 1 February, 2007. It’s Valentine’s Day, and Jimmy (Aaron Ashmore) thinks Clark and Lois (Erica Durance) would make a great couple. Chloe (Allison Mack) scoffs. But when Lois uses a meteor-rock-infused lipstick and collides…
Star Trek: Annual #2 The Final Mission (1986)
DC Comics’ second Star Trek annual was available in September of 1986. Writer Mike W. Barr makes a welcome return to pen the final mission of the Enterprise’s original five-year exploration mandate. The art this time is done by Dan Jurgens on pencils, and inks by Bob Smith. With Barr in the writer’s seat, we…
Flight (2012) – Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis teams with Denzel Washingtton to deliver a fanttastic character drama, in a film whose first half hour is tensley crafted and perfectly sets up tthe character struggle for the rest of the film. Washington is Whip Whitaker, an airline pilot who makes a miraculous landing, that involves inverting the plane. Some lives are…
Battlestar Galactica (2009) – Daybreak: Part 1, 2, and 3
The series finale for Battlestar Galactica was broken up into three parts, and aired on two consecutive Friday nights. Daybreak: Part 1 first aired on 13 March, 2009 and it all concluded the following week, on 20 March, with the last two episodes aired back to back. It was written by show runner Ronald D….
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2023) – Something Borrowed, Something Green, Empathological Fallacies and, Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place
Grace Parra wrote Something Borrowed, Something Green debuted on 21 September, 2023. Tendi (Noel Wells) finds herself summoned back to Orion for a wedding. But that’s not before the season arc continues with the destruction of an Orion ship that combines the looks seen in Enterprise and The Animated Series. There’s also talk about Orion…
The Caretaker (2026) – Marcus Kliewer
Kliewer’s novel We Used to Live Here was really good, and messed with my head (in the best way) so I was eager to dig into his next novel when I had the chance, and The Caretaker does not disappoint. Once again, the story gets under your skin and creeps you out. Macy Mullins is…
Battlestar Galactica (2009) – Someone to Watch Over Me, and Islanded in a Stream of Stars
Somehow we’re coming up on the end of the series. Including this episode, there are three stories left. Means we’re going to start wrapping things up, or at least as much as Galactica is willing to do. Someone to Watch Over Me debuted on 27 February, 2009, andd was written by David Weddle and Bradley…
The Candidate (1972) – Michael Ritchie
I say it every time I write about one of his films, but man, I love watching Robert Redford movies. He made his performances seem so effortless and so real. This time out, he takes a bit of a dig a politics, as he takes on the role of Bill McKay, son of former governor,…
Back to School (1986) – Alan Metter
Some of this one works really well, though the father-son themes and arcs getting lost under the comedy. The things that work, and the things that don’t work all come down to the same person, Rodney Dangerfield, the film’s star. First and foremost he’s a comedian and not an actor, and that is readily apparent…
Smallville (2007) – Justice, and Labyrinth
Steven S. DeKnight wrote and directed Justice, which first debuted on 18 January, 2007. It’s a big one, and the Justice in the title refers specifically to the coming together of a team of super-powered allies to put a stop to Lex’s (Michael Rosenbaum) now active Level 33.1. Oliver (Justin Hartley) recruits Clark’s (Tom Welling)…
