Akiva Goldsman wrote and directed the series opener for Strange New Worlds, which was first broadcast on 5 May, 2022. It had to tie in with the established canon of The Original Series, and what had happened in Star Trek: Discovery during season two. It also riffs on The Day The Earth Stood Still, which…
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Talk to Me (2022) – Danny and Micheal Philippou
The Philippou brothers deliver a fantastic Australian horror film with Talk to Me, creepy, smart, layered, and relatable characters make this one to watch, and get freaked out over. Something is sweeping the social media of the kids in a town in Australia, parties built around a ritual involving an embalmed hand, candles, and ninety…
Confess, Fletch (2022) – Greg Mottola
I loved the 1985 Fletch adaptation starring Chevy Chase, and I’ve read a few of Gregory McDonald’s novels, and have been eager to see the iconic and laconic investigative reporter return to the screen. That journey has been long and arduous and has seen many creative people involved in trying to resurrect the character. Greg…
Star Trek: Picard (2022) – Monsters, and Mercy
Monsters is probably my least favourite episode of Star Trek: Picard Season Two, and perhaps the whole series in general. It changes several things about Picard’s (Patrick Stewart) established past, though they can be argued the other way, the age of his mother, Yvette (Madeline Wise) when she died, there’s next to no mention of…
Star Trek: Picard (2022) – Fly Me to the Moon, and Two of One
Jonathan Frakes directs Fly Me to the Moon, which brings us to the halfway marl of season two of Star Trek: Picard, and features a brief cameo by Lea Thompson who directed the previous pair of episodes. Written by Cindy Appel, the episode debuted on 31 March, 2022, and reveals what Picard (Patrick Stewart) has…
Star Trek: Picard (2022) – Assimilation, and Watcher
It makes a kind of sense for Lea Thompson to direct an episode about time travel, and that’s who sits in the director’s chair this time out as I continue to explore Picard Season 2. Assimilation was written by Kiley Rossetter and Christopher Monfette and it was first broadcast on 17 March, 2022. La Sirena…
Watcher (2022) – Chloe Okuno
Mike Flanagan recommended Watcher in a post on Twitter, and seeing as how much I enjoy his work, I knew I had to take a look at it. Watcher is an unnerving horror film, and a terrifying look at reality, the lead character, Julia (Maika Monroe) is constantly right about everything that happens, but because…
Moloch (2022) – Nico Van Den Brink
The Dutch film, Moloch, delivers some solid folk horror in this atmospheric tale. Betriek (Sallie Harmsen) lives a quiet life, looking after her daughter, while trying to forget the trauma that scarred her as a child, when her grandmother was murdered. This has caused a bit of conflict between her and her own mother, Elske…
Star Trek: Picard (2022) – The Star Gazer, and Penance
Season two of Star Trek: Picard gets underway with a firefight on a Starfleet bridge, and Picard (Patrick Stewart) is right in the middle of it. The clock rolls back forty-eight hours and the the episode got underway on 3 March, 2022. Written by Micheal Chabon and Terry Matalas, a name we’re going to see…
The Mind Reels 