This week’s visit to Gotham sees three episodes that aired on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of November, 1992, respectively. Up first is Dreams in Darkness. The Dark Knight, Batman (Kevin Conroy) finds himself a prisoner of Arkham Asylum (though they respect his need for a secret identity), when he is infected with Scarecrow’s…
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The Fly (1958) -Kurt Neumann
The Sci-Fi Chronicles brings me another classic, one I am actually ashamed to admit I have never seen, but I was such a huge fan of the Cronenberg remake that I didn’t want to sully my love of it. This version, lacking Cronenberg’s body horror, is the original incarnation, has a script by Shogun’s…
The Greatest American Hero (1982) – Now You See It and The Hand-Painted Thai
Patrick Hasburgh writes the first episode up this week, Now You See It, which originally aired 20 January, 1982. When Ralph (William Katt) has to look after Pam’s (Connie Sellecca) cat, things get a little bizarre, but it may allow the awkward superhero a chance to save his lady-love before she dies in plane crash….
Park City (2015) – Hannah Rosner
Available now on iTunes is this delightful, and frequently hilarious film, shot in the mockumentary style about a group of young artists who have just finished their latest indie feature, Hearts and Cash, and are beyond delighted to learn that their film has been selected to screen at Sundance. But being young, and struggling…
Consider Phelbas (1987) – Iain M. Banks
I’d heard lots of things about the Culture series, a collection of Sci-Fi novels by Scot author Iain M. Banks, and as June and the next Expanse novel still seems a ways away, I decided to dive into the first book and see what the hoopla was about. At the center of the tale…
The Rockford Files (1977) – Beamer’s Last Case & Trouble in Chapter 17
Season 4 of The Rockford Files got under way on 16 September, 1977 with Beamer’s Last Case, written by Cannell from a story by Booker Bradshaw and Calvin Kelly. The first phone gag of the season features a call from Angel (Stuart Margolin) who announces he’s got a new apartment, and has some friends…
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Here we are smack dab in the 1950s with the 101 Sci-Fi movies, and this time around, the list has brought me Jack Arnold’s classic film, written by Richard Matheson adapted from his own novel… The Incredible Shrinking Man! Scott Carey (Grant Williams) is your basic male example from the 1950s, he’s likeable, but honestly,…
