In case you missed it last week, and are in need of a laugh, or more, Paramount Pictures released the classic, and far too short-lived Police Squad! (In Color) to blu-ray. Serving as the basis for the Naked Gun films, the makers of Airplane! turned their attention to television, and the police drama and piled…
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Never Give A Sucker An Even Break (1941) – Edward F. Cline
DK Canada’s Monsters in the Movies continues to make a monkey out of me with their chapter on monstrous apes as it doles out another comedic entry. That being said, I’m not a W.C. Fields fan. His character is always the same, and is extremely unlikable as far as I’m concerned. He’s an alcoholic, and…
Superman: The Animated Series (1997) – Identity Crisis, Target and Mxyzpixilated
Clark Kent (Tim Daly) is seeing double in Identity Crisis, the first episode up this week. Originally airing on 15 September, 1997, this story introduced yet another DC character to the animated canon, that of Bizarro, a strange, flawed clone of Superman. There’s an amusing moment as Supes is patrolling Metropolis and he rescues a kid,…
Batman: The Animated Series (1993) – The Man Who Killed Batman, Zatanna, and Robin’s Reckoning: Part I
Is it possible the Batman (Kevin Conroy) is dead? That’s what someone is saying in The Man Who Killed Batman. The story aired on 1 February, 1993, and followed a panicked small time hood, Sidney (Matt Frewer) who believes he has killed the Dark Knight, admittedly by accident, in a fiery explosion. A number…
The Mind Reels 