Here we go, the end run for Stargate SG-1. Dominion, the penultimate episode debuted on 15 June, 2007. It was written by Alan McCullough from a story by Alex Levine. With only two episodes left the series needs to wrap up character and narrative arcs, and that means we are going to see lots of…
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Stargate: Atlantis (2007) – Sunday, and Submersion
Dr. Heightmeyer (Claire Rankin) suggests everyone have a Sunday off, and this is what happens. Written by Martin Gero, Sunday first aired on 1 June, 2007. Everyone has a relaxing plans in the works, Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) is teaching Ronon (Jason Momoa) about golf, McKay (David Hewlett) and Beckett (Paul McGillion) want to go fishing,…
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) – Episode 2
This is it. The final ninety minutes of Farscape. Is it all going to pay off? Am I going to be happy with how it all ends? Airing on 18 October, 2004, the night after the first part, making it a two night event. Part two of The Peacekeeper Wars was written by series creator…
Stargate SG-1 (2001) – Prodigy, and Entity
There’s a fun opener with O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Hammond (Don S. Davis) and the actual Air Force Chief of Staff at the time, Micheal E. Ryan. And then the story dives into a fun Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) story. Prodigy was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie from a story by Mallozzi, Mullie,…
London Has Fallen (2016) – Babak Najafi
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is preparing to tender his resignation and see to his about-to-grow family with an expecting Leah (Radha Mitchell) when the world interferes again. This time, he and the president, Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) are off to London to attend a funeral; the British Prime Minister suffered a heart…
The Delta Force (1986) – Menahem Golan
Chuck Norris has never really done it for me when it comes to action movies. No matter what his martial arts skills, he’s not the best actor, and consequently, he found himself stuck in lower-budget action films, much like The Delta Force. But with all of it’s trappings and tropes, the film has a really…
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 2: Earth (2006) – The Secret of the Fire Nation (The Serpent’s Pass, and The Drill), and City of Walls and Secrets
The Serpent’s Pass, and the series’ following episode, The Drill were initially aired back to back as a Nickelodeon Special called The Secret of the Fire Nation. The first episode, The Serpent’s Pass, was written by Joshua Hamilton and one of the series creators’ Michael Dante DiMartino. This and the following episode first aired on…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023) – Those Old Scientists, and Under the Cloak of War
Those Old Scientists is a massively entertaining episode that combines humour with some great character moments and gives us a crossover that fans had been hoping for. Not only does the episode incorporate characters from the animated series Lower Decks, it was also directed by Jonathan Frakes. The script was written by Kathryn Lyn and…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023) – Charades, and Lost in Translation
Spock (Ethan Peck) and Chapel (Jess Bush) are involved in an accident, and the aliens who caused it repair the shuttle, and the injured Spock, but his mixed DNA causes problems, so they use Chapel as the guideline, and make him human in Charades. Written by Kathryn Lyn and Henry Alonso Myers this episode debuted…
Star Trek: Picard – Season 3 Blu-Ray
What could arguably be the best season of Star Trek featuring The Next Generation crew, comes to physical media today from Paramount Canada; Star Trek: Picard – Season 3 hits Blu-ray and DVD, and the ten-episode series is a perfect bow not only on the past seasons of Picard, but of the entire Next Generation…
The Mind Reels 