Back in 1988, a year after Paramount launched the Enterprise back into space with The Next Generation, they turned to another sci-fi property they owned, with the intentions of bringing it to the small screen in a weekly syndicated series. Serving as a sequel to the classic 1953 film, the series developed by showrunner Greg…
Zombies on Broadway (1945) – Gordon Douglas
DK Canada’s Monsters in the Movies book by director John Landis, moves on to the realm of the mad scientist, leaving werewolves behind. And the first one I dove into was this genuinely funny film from 1945. It’s marred by moments of racism, but the rest of it proves to be very enjoyable. It what…
Star Trek: Voyager (1997) -Unity, and Darkling
Captain’s log: stardate 50614.2 Robert Duncan McNeill directs this episode that was written by Kenneth Biller and first aired on 12 February, 1997. It follows up on the revelation that the Voyager is closing in on Borg space with the discovery of the dead Borg at the end of last week’s episode (but don’t they…
Miami Vice (1987) – Like a Hurricane, and The Rising Sun of Death
Anything has to be a step up after last week’s abysmal Missing Hours, and Like A Hurricane is a little bit more on track, but is a very Crockett (Don Johnson)-centric story. Written by Robert Palm, this episode first aired on 20 November, 1987. Vice detective Sonny Crockett is given babysitting duty. He’s supposed to…
Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx (1999) – Max McCoy
1934. The final Indiana Jones adventure set before the first trio of films is on the book shelf this week. It is also the shortest adventure in the series, not even breaking 200 pages, and the macguffin this time around is one created by the author, the Omega Book, though bases on things hinted at…
Mary Poppins Returns (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
The Oscar nominated Mary Poppins Returns comes home on blu-ray and DVD today from Disney. Marrying the nostalgia of the original film, released some fifty-four years ago, with a poignant and emotional new story, the character comes back to the big screen (and now home) with the wonderful Emily Blunt stepping comfortably and confidently into…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – By Inferno’s Light, and Doctor Bashir, I Presume
Station log: stardate 50564.2 Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe pen the conclusion from last week’s two parter, and supply us with some answers while moving the massive Dominion arc forward and bringing us to the edge of war. First airing on 17 February, 1997, the story has lots to share… Worf (Micheal Dorn),…
Toronto Comic Con 2019
There’s always that moment when I find the soul of a specific convention, we look into one another’s eyes, recognize one another, and embrace. This year, it was slipping into the comfortable shoes of beloved fandoms, and seeing shared passions bringing people together. Set against the backdrop of the Metro Toronto Convention Center’s South Building,…
Das Boot (1981) – Wolfgang Petersen
The next big title in DK Canada’s highly enjoyable The Movie Book is the Oscar winning German film Das Boot from prolific director Wolfgang Petersen. This has always been a great film, and I love that I got to settle in and watch this film play out on my screen (again). Set during World War…
The Color of Pomegranates (1969) – Sergei Parajanov
The former Soviet Union brings me the next title to watch from DK Canada’s The Movie Book. It recommended the brilliant science fiction film Stalker, and then suggest this one in the What Else to Watch list. The film is a super-stylized retelling of the life of the Armenian poet, Sayat Nova, using lines from…
The Mind Reels 