Paul (Robert Hays) and Scott (Christopher Daniel Barnes) seem to be conned on both sides of the law in Grifters. Written by Steven Hollander, the episode first aired on 13 March, 1987. The pair have driven a car up from Texas as a way to make some money, but they are about to find a…
Love and Monsters (2020) – Michael Matthews
The charming and likeable Dylan O’Brien stars in the adventure comedy Love and Monsters which serves as a bit of a coming-of-age tale for his character, Josh. Seven years ago, Earth was able to launch enough missiles to stop an asteroid from wiping out the planet, unfortunately, the chemicals used perverted the environment and mutated…
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) – Blu-ray
I’ve been with the Ghostbusters since before the first movie came out, forty years ago. I remember seeing the advertising for it on the back of my comic books, I also tried writing my own version of the story before I even knew what it was or what it was about. I had a little…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Welcome to Paradise, Now Die! and Dead Ringer
When a tourist, David Carter (Patrick Cavanaugh) goes missing, his wife, Dana (Ashani Roberts) and daughter, Mia (Serenity Grace Russell) ask the hotel for help. The hotel reaches out to Katsumoto (Tim Kang) to help, and he reaches out to Magnum (Jay Hernandez). The pair find themselves wrapped up in a case that sees them…
Family Ties (1989) – The Wrecker’s Ball, My Best Friend’s Girl, and ‘Til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away
While Mallory (Justine Bateman) discovers a new passion for massage, Elyse (Meredith Baxter) is troubled to learn that the first building she ever designed is scheduled to be torn down. It’s the Keatons versus City Hall in The Wrecker’s Ball. Written by Douglas Wyman and first aired on 12 February, 1989. Even as the family…
Die Another Day (2002) – Raymond Benson
James Bond and Raymond Benson are back. For Benson, this is his last novel with the character, an adaptation of the 2002 film starring Pierce Brosnan, and the last movie adaptation of a Bond film, though a number of moments and ideas from the Daniel Craig series had their origin in Ian Fleming novels. The…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Number One with a Bullet, and NSFW
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is stunned to find out Buck Greene (James Remar) is dead and wants an autopsy because he doesn’t believe he killed himself despite the evidence recovered on the body. He is increasingly motivated to figure out what is going on, and what happened to his former CO. T.C. (Stephen Hill) provides some…
King of New York (1990) – Abel Ferrara
Christopher Walken is completely captivating as Frank White, a recently paroled drug dealer who is using violence to get his way on the streets even as he tries to position himself as a possible political force in the city. Filled with now classic rap tunes, the film is gritty, violent and features a stellar cast…
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) – Antoine Fuqua
Antoine Fuqua delivered another actioner with Olympus Has Fallen. Taking an obvious page from the Die Hard playbook of the lone hero taking on seemingly insurmountable odds, the story casts Gerard Butler in the role of Mike Banning, a secret service agent no longer on the President’s (Aaron Eckhart) protection detail after a horrific accident…
Starman (1987) – Dusty, and Barriers
This week, Paul (Robert Hays) and Scott (Christopher Daniel Barnes) learn that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Duty was written by Peggy Goldman and was first broadcast on 6 February, 1987. On the road passing somewhere close to Reno, the pair pick up Dusty (Lori Lethin) who claims to be a singer in…
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