The penultimate episode of Stargate Universe, Blockade, was written by Linda McGibney, and debuted on 2 May, 2011. Destiny needs to be refueled. It needs to get into a star to recharge. Unfortunately, every time she comes out of FTL, the drones find them. They only have enough fuel for one more try. Eli (David…
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Stargate: Universe (2011) – Common Descent, and Epilogue
With four episodes to go, we are racing to the conclusion of Stargate: Universee. Common Descent first aired on 18 April, 2011. It was written by Robert C. Cooper, and directed by Peter DeLuise. The drones and control ships are back. These automated systems are growing to a huge problem. How do they keep finding…
Stargate: Universe (2011) – Seizure, and The Hunt
Rush (Robert Carlyle) has taken to using The Chair on Destiny, as it allows him to spend time with Amanda Perry (Kathleen Munroe) whose consciousness, like Ginn’s (Julie McNiven) has been uploaded to the ship. But something is preventing his release from this virtual world. She blames Ginn, but when Ginn appears to Eli (David…
Stargate: Universe (2011) – Alliances, and Hope
Alliances debuted on 21 March, 2011. It was written by Linda McGibney. Telford (Lou Dimond Phillips) the only person to make it through the gate back to Earth has returned to Destiny via the communication stones, to let the crew know that a couple of visitors, a senator (Kathleen Quinlan) and a doctor (French Stewart…
Stargate: Universe (2011) – Deliverance, and Twin Destinies
Deliverance picks up where the mid-season finale left off. Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, it launched the second half of the final season on 7 March, 2011. Chloe (Elyse Levesque) is free and has sent a signal for help (to whom? the aliens that abducted her, and are slowly transforming her). The Destiny…
Real Steel (2011)- Shawn Levy
I never really wanted to see this on when it first came out, but looking back at it, this film has a solid pedigree. It’s directed by Shawn Levy, uses a story by Richard Matheson as a launching point, has a score by Danny Elfman, and features Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg serving as executive…
The Three Musketeers (2011) – Paul W.S. Anderson
A fantastic cast, a truly horrible film, that only bares a passing resemblance to the classic novel by Alexander Dumas. And that’s unfortunate, because as I said, fantastic cast. Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Matthew Macfayden, Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Christoph Waltz, Mads Mikkelsen and Juno Temple star in this horrible retelling. It features lots of…
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) – George Nolfi
Matt Damon and Emily Blunt headline The Adjustment Bureau, which uses the short story The Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick as it’s launching point. Nolfi not only directed but he wrote the screenplay as well, delivering an entertaining sci-romance. Damon is David Norris, a politician on track to be the next representative from New…
Carte Blanche (2011) – Jeffery Deaver
James Bond is back, in the modern era. Jeffrey Deaver, acclaimed author of the Lincoln Rhyme novels updates 007 for the 21st century with his novel, Carte Blanche. While there are recognizable names and characters, Deaver shakes things up a little bit as he establishes a new timeline for Ian Fleming’s iconic character. This time…
Drive (2011) – Nicolas Winding Refn
It’s taken me a while to get around to watching Ryan Gosling in Drive, I’m not sure what was holding me back, but I finally settled into this one, and I have to admit, I really dug it. First off, let’s mention the cast that surrounds Gosling in this film, there’s not an actor that…
The Mind Reels 