Station log: stardate 46423.7 Miles (Colm Meaney) is having a hard time on the station as one system after another seems to be going down, and it’s up to him to see after all the repairs. But things are about to get a whole lot worse. This episode written by Michael McGreevey and Naren Shankar…
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The Twilight Zone (1960/1961) – A Most Unusual Camera, The Night of the Meek and Dust
Paramount Pictures guides me deeper into The Twilight Zone with their Complete Series on blu-ray. Up first this week is A Most Unusual Camera. Written by Rod Serling, this episode premiered on 16 December, 1960. When Chester (Fred Clark) and Paula (Jean Carson) rob a curio shop they get more than they expected with a…
The Twilight Zone (1960) – Nick of Time, The Lateness of the Hour and The Trouble with Templeton
It’s good stuff in The Twilight Zone this week as my exploration of The Complete Series on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures continues. Nick of Time is up first, and stars William Shatner in a story by Richard Matheson. This episode originally aired on 18 November, 1960. Shatner is Don, one part of a newlywed couple,…
The Twilight Zone (1960) – The Monsters are Due on Maple Street, A World of Difference and Long Live Walter Jameson
This week’s journey into the dark reaches of the psyche as I continue my travels with Paramount Pictures through the Twilight Zone starts with one of the series iconic episodes – The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. Rod Serling penned this episode that had an original airdate of 4 March, 1960. Disaster is about…
Penny Dreadful: The Complete Series
Paramount Pictures in association with Showtime is unleashing the Complete Series of the British Sky TV programme Penny Dreadful today. This danse macabre is by turns frightening, poignant, and completely unnerving. And it has never looked better. Featuring a gorgeous high definition transfer, the series looks and sounds fantastic as it takes the viewer deeper…
The Twilight Zone (1959) – Judgement Night, And When the Sky Was Opened and What You Need
Paramount Pictures continues my guided tour of the Twilight Zone this week as I explore The Complete Series on Blu-Ray. Rod Serling is back in fine form with the first episode up for review, Judgement Night. With an original airdate of 4 December, 1959, this episode is smart, well-penned, as revelations are made about Carl…
The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series
Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone is one of those television titles that surpassed its small screen trappings to become something more, something bigger, iconic, finding its way into the very fabric of the cultural DNA. Even today, people make references to it, by humming the iconic opening theme by Marius Constant, (though Bernard Herrmann composed a…
The Sopranos: The Complete Series
Releasing from HBO today, available for the first time on Blu-ray, is the critically acclaimed mobster family drama that wowed and wooed fans and critics alike around the world. HBO was kind enough to give me an early look, and I was happy to dive in. Over the years I’d tried to get into this…
The Mind Reels 