I like Robert Carlyle, I like Guy Pearce, and there’s some really horrific stuff in this film, but I have to be honest, the musical score kept ejecting me from the film. Beyond that it’s a tightly crafted film about cannibals, using the story of the Donner Party as a loose launching point. Guy Pearce…
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Stargate: Atlantis (2004) – Suspicion, and Childhood’s End
When Sheppard’s (Joe Flanigan) team is ambushed by the Wraith yet again, Weir (Torri Higginson) begins to suspect that there is an informant somewhere on Atlantis. Blame initially falls on the Athosians who the Earth expedition has taken in and housed. Suspicion was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie from a story by Kerry…
Northern Exposure (1994) – A Wing and a Prayer, and I Feel the Earth Move
A Wing and a Prayer was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, and it debuted on 11 April, 1994. Shelly (Cynthia Geary) is excited by the arrival of Father McKerry (Tom Mason) who is coming to baptize the baby. Holling (John Cullum) is agnostic but opened minded, and Chris (John Corbett) wants to get…
Stargate SG-1 (2004) – Icon, and Avatar
Daniel (Michael Shanks) is in the middle of a global conflict in Icon. Written by Damian Kindler, it first aired on 6 August, 2004. Told through flashbacks while Daniel recovers, the story sprawls three months, from SG-1’s first contact with the planet of Tegalus. Daniel briefs O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Teal’c…
Red Heat (1988) – Walter Hill
Red Heat has quite the pedigree. It has Walter Hill directing. It has a score by James Horner. And look at this cast, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle, Gina Gershon, Laurence (as Larry) Fishburne, Brion James, Ed O’Ross, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and Mike Hagerty. That’s insane. Red Heat keeps Hill solidly in violent, and…
Raw Deal (1986) – John Irvin
I knew not all of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s early work were going to be winners. And there was a reason I never wanted to take a chance on Raw Deal. From everything I’d seen, trailer and image wide it looked pretty horrible. Surprise, surprise I was right. It has a horrible soundtrack and score, and the…
Farscape (2001) – Infinite Possibilities: Part 2 – Icarus Abides, and Revenging Angel
Part 2 of Infinite Possibilities first aired on 3 August, 2001. It was written by Carleton Eastlake. With the Scarran Dreadnought drawing closer, the Ancient version of Jack (Kent McCord) and Crichton (Ben Browder)have to come up with a plan to best the dreadnought. But of course, Crichton has been taken over by Scorpius (Wayne…
The Andromeda Strain (1971) – Robert Wise
I greatly enjoyed reading Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain and then I decided to correct an oversight in my viewing history and check out the 1971 film directed masterfully by Robert Wise. I love that like the book, the film is played very straight, and consequently it makes the idea all the more frightening. When…
Northern Exposure (1994) – Fish Story, and The Gift of the Maggie
Ruth-Anne (Peg Phillips) gets sick of retail when everyone treats her poorly, and hits the road on Chris’ (John Corbett) Harley. She joins up with a group of bikers known as the Diablos, led by Turk (Stephen McHattie), and she gets a bit of a new look on things as she realizes everyone has problems….
The Mind Reels 