Tony Scott updated the gritty 1974 classic, The Taking of Pelham 123 with his signature style, and introduced it to the 21st century. Featuring his signature editing, camera work and saturated colors, Pelham rockets along, resting easily on the shoulders of the film’s two leads, Denzel Washington, and John Travolta. Washington plays Walter Garber, a…
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Dangerous Animals (2025) – Sean Byrne
Jai Courtney is chewing all the scenery in a wonderfully over-the-top performance in Dangerous Animals. In it, he plays Bruce Tucker, a psychopathic serial killer who uses sharks as his weapon. Set in Australia, Tucker runs a tour boat that takes people swimming with sharks. When he chooses his victims, he chums, and then hooks…
Smallville (2002/2003) – Skinwalker, and Visage
Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders wrote the teleplay for Skinwalker from a story by Mark D. Warshaw and the episode first debuted on 26 November, 2002. After tumbling into an underground cave system, Clark (Tom Welling) meets Kyla Willowbrook (Amara Zaragoza). There’s a chemistry between the two immediately, and she believes that he may of…
Enemy of the State (1998) – Tony Scott
There’s still a couple of Tony Scott films that I haven’t written about, and I’ll be honest, I hadn’t seen Enemy of the State since it hit video back in the day. I don’t remember what I thought of it at the time, which means I probably didn’t care for it. So what did I…
Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Quarantine, and Harmony
Carl Binder wrote Quarantine, which first aired on 18 January, 2008. The entire city is locked down, when a false quarantine sounds and no one is where they will need tot be, if they are planning on saving the day. McKay (David Hewlett) is nowhere near a computer. In fact he and Dr. Brown (Brenda…
Get Smart (1967) – Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho, Where-What-How-Who Am I?, and The Expendable Agent
Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) has an unusual assignment on his hand this time. He has to track down an enemy agent that is destroying buildings. Unfortunately CONTROL can’t figure out how he’s doing it. Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho first aired on 18 February, 1967 and was written by Arne Sultan. To find out…
Batman: Revolution (2025) – John Jackson Miller
John Jackson Miller delivers the second story in his Batman series that connects the 1989 Tim Burton film with is follow up, Batman Returns. It works to sew all of the narrative and connective tissue together, and it does it well. It’s a fun, expansive and while I can’t always hear the actors’ voices in…
Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Be All My Sins Remember’d, and Spoil of War
After McKay’s (David Hewlett) discovery (thanks to the Wraith) of the massive Replicator fleet, the expedition decides it’s time to take the fight to them. Be All My Sins Remember’d was written by Martin Gero and debuted on 4 January, 2008. Both Caldwell (Mitch Pileggi) and Ellis (Michael Beach) arrive to aid in the attack,…
Star Trek: Death of a Star (1975)
Gold Key Comics reprinted the first issue of their Star Trek comic, Planet of No Return in March of 1975. But the Human Adventure continued in May. This time, there was a story by Alan Moniz, art by Alberto Giolitti, and I’m pretty sure a cover painting, my favorite of the series so far, by…
Jumanji (1995) – Joe Johnston
I hadn’t seen this movie since I saw it in the theaters. I remember that it was on all the loop tapes we played in the video store I worked in. I saw the clips of the monkeys in the police car, and the animal stampede countless times, so much so that it almost overpowered…
The Mind Reels 