Caddyshack remains one of those comedies that just stays with you. And it has stayed with me since I first saw it as a teenager in the 80s, Bill Murray and his nemesis, the gopher puppet delighted me to no end, while Chevy Chase’s zen-like and self-confident (verging on the arrogant) golf player Ty, exuded…
M*A*S*H (1972) – Pilot, To Market, to Market, and Requiem for a Lightweight
On 17 April, 1972, the television landscape changed with the premiere of a show that would run for eleven seasons, and ably walk the line between comedy and drama as it explored life on a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. Developed for television by Larry Gelbart from the Academy Award winning film…
Monsters (2010) – Gareth Edwards
It’s time for another close encounter with alien beings in the next title from DK Canada’s Monsters in the Movies, this time, the creature’s are earthbound, and despite the titles are they really monsters? Or perhaps it’s the humans who are the monsters? Six years ago a space probe returning to earth with samples of…
The X-Files (1995) – Paper Clip, and D.P.O.
The third episode in the season finale/opener that began with Anasazi plunges Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) further into the still developing mythology arc of the series with this episode, Paper Clip, written by series creator, Chris Carter. First airing on 29 September, 1995 the episode sees the agents on the run, investigating…
Chuck (2011) – Versus the First Bank of Evil, and Versus the A-Team
The wedding is drawing closer, and Morgan’s (Joshua Gomez) hunt for his own place continues, but Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) are working with Vivian Volkoff (Lauren Cohan) to access her father’s accounts in a bank in Macao. Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil was written by Henry Alonso Myers and Craig…
Star Wars: The Lost City of the Jedi (1992) – Paul Davids and Hollace Davids
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… The young adult adventure series, set shortly after the event of The Return of the Jedi continues with The Lost City of the Jedi. Like the first story in the series, there’s a bit of an environmental theme at work, even as Trioculus seeks the…
Role of Honour (1984) – John Gardner
James Bond is back in action in Gardner’s next 007 title, taking Ian Fleming’s character further into the 80s with a story that sees the secret agent encountering computers, war game simulations, and a familiar enemy. There are some familiar elements in this film that showed up in 1985’s A View To A Kill, computers…
The X-Files (1995) – Anasazi, and The Blessing Way
Series creator Chris Carter (who makes a cameo in this episode) penned the teleplay from a story he and David Duchovny developed, and season two of The X-Files came to a conclusion on 19 May, 1995, with Anasazi. In a Navajo reservation in New Mexico, something that looks like an alien corpse is recovered from…
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Micheal Corleone (1990) – Blu-Ray Review
The Godfather series and I have a strange relationship. I recognise that the first two films are masterpieces, though I have never been a fan of crime family stories. And despite the third films nominations from the Academy, it never rang felt quite right when compared to the first two films, which admittedly, aren’t my…
Collateral (2004) – 4K Review
Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx headline the fantastic Michael Mann film, Collateral that gets its 4K release from Paramount Pictures this week. A crisp thriller that was shot in high definition to begin with, looks nothing short of stunning in your home theatre. Cruise, playing against type, is the villain of the piece, a hitman…
