Jennifer (Tina Yothers) and the Keaton family prepare to confront the school’s principal, Dr. Hewitt (Bibi Besch) and the school board about the banning of books in Read It and Weep: Part 2. Written by Marc Lawrence and Alan Uger this episode first aired on 14 February, 1988. The confrontation doesn’t go as well as…
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Magnum P.I. (2021) – Before the Fall, and Bloodline
Magnum’s (Jay Hernandez) uncle, Bernardo (Steven Michael Quezada) arrives on the island for a visit, to share news of his coming wedding and shares a troubling secret about his mother in Before the Fall. Written by Mike Diaz this episode first debuted on 30 April, 2021. Bernardo asks Magnum to be his best man, and…
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) – Steve Carver
With a musical score by Francesco De Masi and an opening credits sequence that feels very much in line with a Sergio Leone western, expectations surrounding Lone Wolf McQuade on my initial viewing went up a little. Despite the fact that I know Chuck Norris isn’t a very good actor. Norris plays the titular McQuade,…
The Stone Tape (1972) – Peter Sasdy
The Stone Tape is an interesting exercise, though trapped by the confines of its production, working on stages and studio cameras, and the actors delivering their lines as if they are performing on stage instead of more restrained performances for film and television. Written by Nigel Kneale who wrote the Quatermass series/films the story follows…
Starman (1986) – Fatal Flaw, and Blue Lights
Paul (Robert Hays) and Scott (Christopher Daniel Barnes) are still on the hunt for Jenny Hayden in Fatal Flaw and end up helping a female pilot, Jessica (Patricia McPherson) and her father, Conrad (Kenneth Tobey). Written by Mike Gray and John Mason, this episode was first broadcast on 3 October, 1986. After an incident at…
The Delta Force (1986) – Menahem Golan
Chuck Norris has never really done it for me when it comes to action movies. No matter what his martial arts skills, he’s not the best actor, and consequently, he found himself stuck in lower-budget action films, much like The Delta Force. But with all of it’s trappings and tropes, the film has a really…
Magnum P.I. (2021) – Cry Murder, and Whispers of Death
Peter Weller returns to the director’s chair for Cry Murder. Written by series showrunners Peter M. Lenkov and Eric Guggenheim from a story by Emily Singer, it first aired on 9 April, 2021. Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) take a case helping an insurance company in their recovery of a harvest of white…
Family Ties (1988) – The Spirit of Columbus, The Blues Brother, and Read It and Weep: Part 1
Charles J. Schlotter pens The Spirit of Columbus which first debuted on 17 January, 1988. Alex (Michael J, Fox) sees an opportunity when Nick (Scott Valentine) sells one of his pieces at a flea market for $200. However, when Alex keeps pushing him to work harder and harder to churn out more pieces Nick begins…
Magnum P.I. (2021) – The Lies We Tell, and Dark Harvest
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) are approached by Elena (Elyse Levesque) to find a murderer in The Lies We Tell. Written by Katie Varney, it was first broadcast on 26 March, 2021. There are complications as Elena reveals that Eddie Benson (Jeff Weisen) she was with was not her husband, and while she…
I Come in Peace (1990) – Craig R. Baxley
Is I Come in Peace considered a Christmas movie? It’s set at Christmas. That seems to be the only requisite for some films. I mean John McClane got invited to a Christmas party so that covers off Die Hard, but what about Dolph Lundgren as Detective Jack Caine caught up in a drug war in…
