The season four opener picks up three months after the season three finale. It launched on 22 September, 2004, and was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Welcome to the show, Lois Lane (Erica Durance)! She comes to Smallville to investigate her cousin Chloe’s (Allison Mack) death. And ends up, during her arrival in…
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Smallville (2004) – Legacy, and Truth
Lionel (John Glover) is determined to learn Clark’s (Tom Welling) secret, so much so that he tracks down, and attempts to make a deal with Virgil Swann (Christopher Reeve) in Legacy. Written by Jeph Loeb, this episode was first broadcast on 14 April, 2004. But that isn’t the only thing Clark has to worry about…
Smallville (2003) – Fever, and Rosetta
Martha (Annette O’Toole), in an effort to hide the ship key, falls ill after breathing in toxic meteor spores. And that’s just the beginning of trouble in Fever. Written by Matthew Okumura, this episode was first broadcast on 18 February, 2003. Things go badly, and get complicated when the Disease Control Agency wants to conduct…
Deathtrap (1982) – Sidney Lumet
Ira Levin’s whip-smart stage play, Deathtrap, was adapted for the big-screen and saw Michael Caine square-off against Christopher Reeve in this captivating cat-and-mouse, twisting thriller. Micheal Caine is playwright, Sidney Bruhl. He’s just had his latest stage thriller flop on opening night. It’s his latest failure in a string of them. Things are exacerbated, when…
Superman: Miracle Monday (1981) – Elliot S. Maggin
Superman has always been a hero of mine, and when Christopher Reeve brought the character to the big screen back in 1978, I was a fan for life. At that age, I was completely enchanted by the first film, and it’s follow up in 1980, Superman II. I had the Superman: The Movie Book, I…
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) – Zack Snyder
The Hero’s Code. It apparently means nothing to Batman (Ben Affleck). It apparently means nothing to Superman (Henry Cavill). And that’s troubling, because as a child, they were two of the characters I grew up with that taught me what it was. But even worse, the creative forces behind the scenes of the latest…
Village of the Damned (1995) – John Carpenter
John Carpenter’s take on the Midwich Cuckoo’s tale is next up in the Sci-Fi Chronicles book, and boasts a pretty fine cast in the form of Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Marlk Hamill, Linda Kozlowski and Michael Pare. The location has been changed to small town America, but the basis of the story remains the…
Superman Returns (2006) – Bryan Singer
It’s back to the Sci-Fi Chronicles book (I realize this one is starting to overshadow the Great Movie – 100 Years of Film book, but I’m really enjoying it, especially when I can chain-watch a series of films one after the other). This time, I have a look at Bryan Singer’s 2006 update of…
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) – Sidney J. Furie
It’s more tights and flights as I continue with the exploration of the cinematic version of Superman with the Sci-Fi Chronicles book as my guide. Christopher Reeve’s time portraying the character of Superman comes to a close with this film, and he so needed a better movie to go out on. The only things…
Trailer Tracks: Superman The Movie (1978) Teaser Trailer
Superman The Movie… that cast, that score, that perfect moment when it all comes together and you will believe a man can fly. This is a teaser that gives nothing away at all, instead just lets you know about the star power involved, and the fact that it’s coming soon…
The Mind Reels 