The Sci-Fi Chronicles now brings me to the most recent installment of the film adaptation of the Capcom videogame, Resident Evil. This one, finds Alice (Milla Jovovich) in some strange territory after we see how the attack on the Arcadia played out… she wakes up in suburbia, and is surrounded by familiar faces like…
Month: January 2016
Doctor Who (Tom Baker) – The Creature From The Pit
David Fisher pens this week’s installment of Doctor Who. Airing as four parts from 27 October to 17 November, 1979, the Doctor (Baker), Romana (Lalla Ward) and K9 (who has a different voice all of a sudden, David Brierley replacing John Leeson for the season) arrive on the verdant and vibrant planet Chloris. They…
JeruZalem (2015) – Doron and Yoav Paz
Opening today in Toronto at the Carlton Cinema, and also being released on VOD, is this could-have-been-great found footage (don’t we have enough of these yet?) from the Paz brothers. This time, the film’s camera is supposedly in the form of a pair of Smart Glasses. This ends up being a nice touch, because…
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) – Paul W.S. Anderson
These films keep coming, and it’s a good thing, that for the most part, I am willing to indulge them as a guilty pleasure. The Sci-Fi Chronicles brings me the third sequel in the Resident Evil Series that sees Alice (Milla Jovovich) trying to catch up with those she left after the events in…
Magnum, p.i. (1986) – Summer School and Mad Dogs and Englishmen
It’s a pair of fun episodes this week with Thomas (Tom Selleck)! First up is Summer School, written by Bruce Cervi, with an original airdate of 9 January, 1986. Tate Donavan guest stars in this ep as Robin’s nephew RJ, who has been sent to Hawaii, and the estate to be educated and refined…
Reelies – Round 1 – Week 4 – Favourite Group Cast-TV
Choose your favourite TV series cast! Voting for this round will be open for one week only, so make sure to come back and vote often to ensure your favourite casts make it to the final round! You can vote as often as you like (though only once per hour), and for the same…
Star Trek: The Covenant of the Crown (1981) – Howard Weinstein
It’s time to continue going boldy with the next installment in the Pocket Books non-canon Star Trek series. The next novel in the collection is The Covenant of the Crown. It’s special because its author, Howard Weinstein also wrote an episode of the Star Trek: Animated Series, The Pirates of Orion. This novel joins…
Da Vinci’s Demons: Season 3
Releasing from Anchor Bay today is the final season of David S. Goyer’s series that follows the times and trials of a young Leonardo Da Vinci. The ten episodes, spanning three discs, bring the series to a satisfying conclusion, though I will be sad to see Tom Riley leave the series behind, I quite…
Batman: The Animated Series (1992) – Feat of Clay Parts I & II and It’s Never Too Late
More adventures this week with The Dark Knight as I dive into the next trio of episodes of the incredible animated series. These three episodes aired on the 8th, 9th and 10th of September, 1992 respectively. First up is Feat of Clay, Parts I & II, which sees a renowned actor, Matt Hagen (Ron…
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) – Russell Mulcahy
The Sci-Fi Chronicles continues to explore my guilty pleasure film series, by plunging me into the third film based upon the popular Capcom video game. Once again, this one picks up more or less where the previous one left off, as Alice (Milla Jovovich) travels on her own, having left the other Raccoon City survivors,…
The Mind Reels 