I love a good horror novel, and I often find myself cruising best of lists to find something that catches my interest and haven’t heard of. Apparently in October of last year, I missed a stellar horror release by Sam Rebelein. Combining folk, cosmic and body horror, Edenville pulled me in and completely enraptured me…
Magnum P.I. (2019) – Nowhere to Hide, and Winner Takes All
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is training for the Iron Man competition but gets involved in a case involving a missing Russian fugitive, something that will put Higgins (Perdita Weeks) and Kumu (Amy Hill) in trouble. Written by Joe Gazzam from a story he developed with Peter M. Lenkov, Nowhere to Hide first aired on 14 January,…
Deadpool (2016) – Tim Miller
Ryan Reynolds was made for the role of Deadpool, the Marvel meta-merc. His appearance as the character in Wolverine: Origins was horrible, and this is nothing but redeeming, and insanely funny. While the film is an origin story, showing how Wade Wilson (Reynolds) became Deadpool, it also knows to make fun of itself and origin…
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) – Andre Ovredal
We just can’t leave the undead alone. It seems every couple of years someone trots out another Dracula update, or a new take on vampires. Some of them are good, some of them are not. The Last Voyage of the Demeter falls into the former. It’s bloody, and it’s fun. Based on a small five-page…
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 2: Earth (2006) – The Secret of the Fire Nation (The Serpent’s Pass, and The Drill), and City of Walls and Secrets
The Serpent’s Pass, and the series’ following episode, The Drill were initially aired back to back as a Nickelodeon Special called The Secret of the Fire Nation. The first episode, The Serpent’s Pass, was written by Joshua Hamilton and one of the series creators’ Michael Dante DiMartino. This and the following episode first aired on…
No Way Out (1987) – Roger Donaldson
It had been a while since I originally watched this Kevin Costner thriller, but the ending remained with me, so I was able to revisit the film for the first time in decades knowing how things play out and watch the performances and the clues that lead things to play out the way they do….
Magnum P.I. (2018) – The Ties That Bind, and Bad Day to Be a Hero
Thomas (Jay Hernandez) takes a case involving a kidnapped girl, she’s been returned, but she’s not the same person anymore, and her parents want the person who took her captured. At the same time, we learn a little more about what happened when Magnum and his friends were held by the Taliban when they were…
Family Ties (1987) – A Tale of Two Cities: Part 1, Part 2, and Battle of the Sexes
Alex (Micheal J. Fox) is going to a banking seminar in Chicago with his boss, Rebecca (Melinda Culea) in A Tale of Two Cities: Part 1. Written by Marc Lawrence and Alan Uger, this episode was first broadcast on 5 February, 1987. The b-story follows Elsye (Meredith Baxter) thinking about redesigning the Keaton kitchen, something…
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – The Making of the Classic Film (2023) – John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto
I remember seeing The Wrath of Khan in theatres. It blew me away. Even as a child I loved The Motion Picture, the grandeur, the beauty and the effects, but The Wrath of Khan was a completely different experience and I was left stunned by what I had seen. I remember there were a couple…
Magnum P.I. (2018) – The Cat Who Cried Wolf, and Die He Said
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) takes a case to help find a young girl’s missing cat, Mittens, and he also gets an iconic shirt from Higgins (Perdita Weeks) in The Cat Who Cried Wolf. Written by Neil Tolkin, this episode first debuted on 5 November, 2018. Cecilia (Stella Edwards) is missing her cat and Magnum takes the…
The Mind Reels 