I missed most of the TMNT craze while I was a teenager in Bermuda. While I was out in Halifax, tthe family I lived with had a son who was obsessed! He loved the cartoon, and I got to know some of it from that. I read some of the original Eastman-Laird black and white…
Smallville (2003) – Visitor, and Precipice
Visitor was written by Philip Levens and it debuted on 15 April, 2003. There’s a strange young man, Cyrus (Jer Adrianne Lelliott) at Smallville High, and Clark (Tom Welling) begins to believe he may be a fellow Kryptonian. When he elicits some abilities, and confides in Clark that he believes he is an alien, that…
City on Fire (1987) – Ringo Lam
Chow Yun-Fat is Ko Chow, an undercover cop caught in a City on Fire in Ringo Lam’s iconic piece of Hong Kong cinema. Ready to leave his undercover life behind, Chow is persuaded by Inspector Lau (Yueh Sun) to take on on last case. When an undercover cop ends up dead, Chow has to infiltrate…
Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Whispers, and The Queen
Just when the Wraith couldn’t get any creepier they engineer zombie-like mutants, and Beckett (Paul McGillion is back!) and Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) find themselves under assault in a very horror-centric episode written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie. Whispers first debuted on 5 September, 2008 and sees Trek alumnus Nicole de Boer guest-starring. de Boer…
Get Smart (1967) – The Spirit is Willing, Maxwell Smart, Private Eye, and Supersonic Boom
Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and 99 (Barbara Feldon) have to dabble with the paranormal for information in The Spirit is Willing. First airing on 14 October, 1967, this episode was written by Arne Sultan. A seance needs to be conducted to get information from a dead informer. Wackiness ensues. Ann Ferris (Ina Balin) meets with…
Rogue Protocol (2018) – Martha Wells
The third novella in the Murderbot Diaries is as entertaining as its predecessor. It combines science fiction, a wonderful sense of humor, and action beats as we join Murderbot on his continued journey of self-discovery, which seems to constantly deliver him into trouble. And Rogue Protocol is no exception. Seeking more information about the corporation…
Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Ghost in the Machine, and The Shrine
Carl Binder penned Ghost in the Machine which first debuted on 15 August, 2008. Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and his team are returning from a mission (flying monkeys ) when something happens to their puddle-jumper as they attempt to pass through the gate. Tumbling away into space, they find out what happened. Something is affecting their…
Star Trek: The Psychocrystals (1975)
Issue 34 of Star Trek from Gold Key Comics was ready for fans in October 1975. It was once again written by Arnold Drake. It featured art by Alberto Giolitti and George Wilson continued to churn out wonderful cover paintings. The issue’s splash page shows Kirk and Scotty in an underground chamber. They and the…
Heads of State (2025) – Ilya Naishuller
The thing that I found the hardest to believe in the action-comedy Heads of State, is the idea that the U.S. President could be compassionate, universally liked and form complete and coherent sentences. But I guess that says more about the reality of the world we live in than the film itself. Heads of State,…
Klute (1971) – Alan J. Pakula
I tuned in for Donald Sutherland, and stayed for the fantastic performance by Jane Fonda. So good in fact, that she took home the Best Actress Oscar. It’s a stunning turn, and she’s so good in it. Sutherland plays the titular Klute. John Klute, a detective. He’s trying to rundown lead on a friend who…
The Mind Reels 