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…
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,…
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 Roses (2025) – Jay Roach
Warren Adler’s dark comedy novel gets another big screen adaptation. It has previously been adapted to film by Danny DeVito and starred his Romancing the Stone co-stars Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. This time out, Olivia Coleman and Benedict Cumberbatch take on the lead roles of the Roses, a married couple who when adversity hits,…
Smallville (2002) – Ryan, and Dichotic
Ryan (Ryan Kelly) last seen in the season one episode Stray is back. First airing on 12 November, 2002, Ryan was written by Philip Levens. Ryan makes a desperate call to Clark (Tom Welling) claiming his being held against his will in a hospital that is doing testing on his mind-reading ability. Clark is determined…
The Mind Reels 