Jennifer (Tina Yothers) and a friend, Simon (Jason Naylor) have a school project to work on together about teens in the workplace and have gotten a job at a fast food restaurant, Chicken Heaven. Unfortunately, Simon is completely smitten with Jennifer and can’t concentrate on the job at hand. Written by Katie Ford the episode…
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I Was a Teenage Slasher (2024) – Stephen Graham Jones
Simon & Schuster have been delivering a lot of great summer reads my way and Stephen Graham Jones’ latest tale, I Was a Teenage Slasher is wonderful fun. Tolly and Amber are best of friends in high school. It’s the 80s, with the best music, best movies, and best clothes, and they are content to…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Birthright, and Dark Skies
While Higgins (Perdita Weeks) starts work on the latest case, which involves the robbery of an elderly man, Gus (Lawrence Pressman) suffering from Alzheimer’s, whose daughter, Kerry (Bethany Anne Lind) now looks after him, while her brother, Brent (Jordan Belfi) doesn’t understand all the strain Kerry and her father are under. Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is…
Blow Out (1981) – Brian De Palma
With a film like Blow Out it is very easy to see why comparisons to Hitchcock were made throughout De Palma’s career. A fantastic thriller that makes unique use of camera angles, framing, shots and the all important sound aspect of film. John Travolta headlines as Jack a soundman for low-budget horror movies who is…
London Has Fallen (2016) – Babak Najafi
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is preparing to tender his resignation and see to his about-to-grow family with an expecting Leah (Radha Mitchell) when the world interferes again. This time, he and the president, Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) are off to London to attend a funeral; the British Prime Minister suffered a heart…
Starman (1987) – Grifters, and The Wedding
Paul (Robert Hays) and Scott (Christopher Daniel Barnes) seem to be conned on both sides of the law in Grifters. Written by Steven Hollander, the episode first aired on 13 March, 1987. The pair have driven a car up from Texas as a way to make some money, but they are about to find a…
Love and Monsters (2020) – Michael Matthews
The charming and likeable Dylan O’Brien stars in the adventure comedy Love and Monsters which serves as a bit of a coming-of-age tale for his character, Josh. Seven years ago, Earth was able to launch enough missiles to stop an asteroid from wiping out the planet, unfortunately, the chemicals used perverted the environment and mutated…
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) – Blu-ray
I’ve been with the Ghostbusters since before the first movie came out, forty years ago. I remember seeing the advertising for it on the back of my comic books, I also tried writing my own version of the story before I even knew what it was or what it was about. I had a little…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Welcome to Paradise, Now Die! and Dead Ringer
When a tourist, David Carter (Patrick Cavanaugh) goes missing, his wife, Dana (Ashani Roberts) and daughter, Mia (Serenity Grace Russell) ask the hotel for help. The hotel reaches out to Katsumoto (Tim Kang) to help, and he reaches out to Magnum (Jay Hernandez). The pair find themselves wrapped up in a case that sees them…
Family Ties (1989) – The Wrecker’s Ball, My Best Friend’s Girl, and ‘Til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away
While Mallory (Justine Bateman) discovers a new passion for massage, Elyse (Meredith Baxter) is troubled to learn that the first building she ever designed is scheduled to be torn down. It’s the Keatons versus City Hall in The Wrecker’s Ball. Written by Douglas Wyman and first aired on 12 February, 1989. Even as the family…
The Mind Reels 