This was my introduction to the world of Terry Gilliam, as I discovered Monty Python late in life, and then started digging up other works that the Pythons had been involved in. And I love this film, it’s been forever since I’ve seen it, so it may be high time to do so, but…
Doctor Who (William Hartnell) – The Smugglers
Season Four of Doctor Who starts with what I found to be the most uninteresting story to have spilled out of the TARDIS. Written by Brian Hayles, this story ran from 10 September to 1 October, 1966. Maybe it would be better if it existed in some other format than a reconstruction, using production…
Trailer Tracks: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) – Steve Barron
This trailer was an obvious choice to pair up with today’s post, and definitely conveys the sense of fun that seemed to permeate the television series, and no doubt, helped sell a lot more toys. I’m dubious about the new film, but we’ll see I guess.
Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) – Randall Lobb
Back in the mid-80s, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created a huge pop culture touchstone for many of the children growing up in the 90s… four turtles, named for Renaissance artists, taught by an aged rat, living in the sewers, living off pizza, and fighting for justice against a cadre of menaces, with the…
Trailer Tracks: *Batteries Not Included (1987) – Matthew Robbins
This Spielberg produced family/sci-fi/drama didn’t really make much of an impact when it came out, and honestly, I haven’t seen it since I rented it from Vision Video one weekend. Still, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, and little aliens!
Magnum, P.I. (1980) – Don’t Eat the Snow in Hawaii (Parts I & II)
I’m jumping ahead to the next Bellisario title, Magnum, P.I., while I fight with my computer and try to get more Airwolf to watch. That’s not a bad thing though, because this is my second favorite Bellisario show ever, and I am so looking forward to revisiting this one! I can’t even begin to…
Trailer Tracks: The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part I (2014) – Francis Lawrence
I’ve read the books, the first two movies have been enjoyable, the second more than the first, so I’m looking forward to seeing how the first part of Book III translates to the screen this November! And you know… Jennifer Lawrence!
Night Film (2013) – Marisha Pessl
This week’s book shelf brought me a book that was dark, troubling, steeped in film, murder, the occult, interactive elements, and evil. I loved it! It came to me via my sister at Christmas, and reading the inside of the jacket, I was duly interested. Who doesn’t like a good mystery, especially when it’s…
Trailer Tracks: V for Vendetta (2005) – James McTeigue
This is a film that seems to be more and more increasingly relevant to today’s society… I’m just saying.
The Rockford Files (1976) – So Help Me God & Rattlers Class of ’63
Private investigator Jim Rockford (James Garner) gets into it this week, with this double dose of episodes. First up is a courtroom thriller entitled, So Help Me God, written by Juanita Bartlett that aired 19 November, 1976. The phone gag this week features a call from a dentist’s office telling Jim he can’t put…
The Mind Reels 