Five films in you can’t expect the series to forge too much new ground. They have a formula that works and people love seeing dinosaurs running amok. This story brings back Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) to bookend the film, and puts Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard – bit of a crush) and Chris Pratt…
Tag: betrayal
Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Coup D’Etat, and Michael
While Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) investigate the apparent death of Major Lorne (Kavan Smith) and his team, the Genii resurface to cause more problems. Coup D’Etat was written by Martin Gero and it was first aired on 17 February, 2006. Ladon (Ryan Robbins) of the Genii reaches out to Atlantis with the reveal that Cowen (Colm…
TIFF 25: Fuze dir. David Mackenzie
The one thing that I came out of Fuze knowing for sure is that this is the first time I’ve seen Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a role where I thought, yes, I can see this fella playing 007. Now, it hasn’t been announced he is, or anything of the sort, but I’m saying what I saw…
Farscape (2002) – What Was Lost: Part 2 – Resurrection, and Lava’s a Many Splendored Thing
What Was Lost: Part 2 – Resurrection picks up moments after the cliffhanger of the previous episode, with Crichton (Ben Browder) surviving his jump from the cliff, and rescued by a waterbound species. Reuniting with D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe) and Sikozu (Raelee Hill) who reveal that he’s been exposed to Grayza’s (Rebecca Riggs) controlling pheromones. Now,…
Farscape (2002) – I-Yensch, You-Yensch, and Into the Lion’s Den: Part 1 – Lambs to the Slaughter
Matt Ford pens I-Yensch, You-Yensch which first aired on 21 January, 2002. Rygel (voiced by Jonathan Hardy) and D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe) go to broker a deal with Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) and Braca (David Franklin). All part of the plan to get aboard Scorpius’ command carrier, to destroy his wormhole technology. They do so with the…
Farscape (2001) – Infinite Possibilities: Part 2 – Icarus Abides, and Revenging Angel
Part 2 of Infinite Possibilities first aired on 3 August, 2001. It was written by Carleton Eastlake. With the Scarran Dreadnought drawing closer, the Ancient version of Jack (Kent McCord) and Crichton (Ben Browder)have to come up with a plan to best the dreadnought. But of course, Crichton has been taken over by Scorpius (Wayne…
Farscape (2000) – Home on the Remains, and Dream a Little Dream
Moya is out of food, and the crew is starving. Zhaan (Virginia Hey) in particular needs to eat. She needs to eat meat to stop her budding cycle. She’s been spewing spores around the ship, and everyone seems to be allergic, except Aeryn (Claudia Black). Chiana (Gigi Edgley) leads them to a massive world-sized corpse…
Northern Exposure (1992) – Do the Right Thing, and Crime and Punishment
David Hemmings guest stars as Viktor Bobrov, a former Russian agent who arrives in Cicely, looking for a bargain on countless items, including the KGB file on Maurice Minnifield (Barry Corbin). Do the Right Thing was written by Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, this episode was first broadcast on 30 November, 1992. The file seems…
Invisible Agent (1942) – Edwin L. Marin
The next Universal Monsters movie (that I haven’t previously seen) is Invisible Agent, and honestly, it feels like a huge step up from The Invisible Woman, but too often goes for the comedic angle instead of playing itself as a straight thriller, which I think it could have done brilliantly. This time we are introduced…
The Wild Geese (1978) – Andrew V. McLaglen
The Wild Geese has a horrible title song, but then as I watched the credits I saw that it had production design by Syd Cain, and its opening title sequence was done by Maurice Binder. It also has a very impressive leading cast, Richard Burton, Richard Harris and Roger Moore. Not bad. And while the…
The Mind Reels 