The Movie Book from DK Canada continues to provide laughs and entertainment as I take in another Buster Keaton film, Sherlock Jr. as I work through their What Else to Watch list following my screening of Steamboat Bill, Jr. Running at a brisk 45 minutes, this iconic film is everything you would expect from a…
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Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988) – Coming of Age, and Heart of Glory
Captain’s log: stardate 41416.2 Coming of Age is a fairly solid episode. Written by Sandy Fries, this tale first screened on 14 March, 1988. Unlike his last outing, Wesley (Wil Wheaton) is much easier to empathise with and like in this episode. And again, lets be clear the dislike of Wesley had nothing to do…
The Twilight Zone (1962) – The Gift, The Dummy, and Young Man’s Fancy
Buckle up, there’s the sign post up ahead! It’s time to return to The Twilight Zone, courtesy of Paramount Pictures The Complete Series on blu-ray. First up is The Gift. Written by series creator Rod Serling, this episode debuted on 27 April, 1962. Williams (Geoffrey Horne) is an alien. He just crashed south of the…
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988) – When the Bough Breaks and Home Soil
Captain’s log: stardate 41509.1 This duo of episodes is a tough one, it’s like they decided to put the worst two episodes together to make it that much harder to get through. When the Bough Breaks was written by Hannah Louise Shearer this episode first screened for audiences on 15 February, 1988. On the upside…
The Great Silence (1968) – Sergio Corbucci
The recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of Once Upon a Time in the West have all been previously covered, except for The Great Silence. Loco (Klaus Kinski) is stirring up lots of trouble in the Utah mountains. He and his band of bounty killers are cruel,…
Our Hospitality (1923) – John G. Blystone and Buster Keaton
Today I dig into the What Else to Watch part of DK Canada’s The Movie Book for my screening of Steamboat Bill, Jr. And I am delighted that the next few titles in the list are all Buster Keaton films I’ve never seen. Today it’s Our Hospitality, and once again, Keaton pulls out all the…
Doctor Who (David Tennant) – Forest of the Dead, and Midnight
Picking up where last week’s episode left us, Forest of the Dead is a stunning conclusion to the story, especially if you’re revisiting the series and you know who River Song (Alex Kingston) really is. Written by Steven Moffat this episode debuted on 7 June, 2008. The Vashta Nerada, shadow beings, are still stalking the…
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) – Sergio Leone
The Great Movies – The 100 Years of Film book returns me to the western genre with this Sergio Leone epic that stars Jason Robards, Chalres Bronson, Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale. Playing against type, Fonda is the villain, Frank, who is working for the railroad, and trying to drive a woman, Jill McBain (Cardinale),…
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988) – 11001001, and Too Short a Season
Captain’s log: stardate 41365.9 11001001 was written by Maurice Hurley and Robert Lewin and is one of the high points of the first season. Airing on 1 February, 1988, the story sees the Enterprise arriving at a space station for a computer update (Here’s where I have one of my only real problems with the…
The Twilight Zone (1962) – Four O’Clock, Hocus-Pocus and Frisby, and The Trade-Ins
Paramount Pictures’ The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on blu-ray continues to entertain. This week’s trio of episodes continue to guide me deeper through the third season of the iconic series. First up is Four O’Clock, which first aired 6 April, 1962, was penned by series creator Rod Serling, basing it on a short story…
The Mind Reels 