Instead of retreading antiwar themes so brilliantly evoked in films like All Quiet on the Western Front (1930, 1979, and 2022) Lukas Dhont’s third feature film delivers a poignant character film that explores hope, love, the horrors of war and the shattering of youth and the illusions they hold for their lives. Pierre (Emmanuel Macchia)…
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996) – Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places, and …Nor the Battle to the Strong
Station log: stardate unknown Ronald D. Moore pens this episode that first debuted on 14 October, 1996. Worf (Micheal Dorn) agrees to help Quark (Armin Shimerman) in an attempt to help woo back the Ferengi’s Klingon ex-wife, Grilka (Mary Kay Adams), last seen in The House of Quark. Worf is stunned by her appearance and…
Lord Jim (1965) – Richard Brooks
Peter O’Toole finds himself in yet another epic film, as I continue my exploration of the recommendations from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of Lawrence of Arabia. Based on the novel by Joseph Conrad the film doesn’t have the same sweep and expanse that Arabia does, but it…
The Rockford Files (1979) – A Material Difference and Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man’s Job Part 1
The first episode up on this installment, may in fact be one of my favorite episodes. Written by Rogers Turrentine, A Material Difference aired on 24 February, 1979. The phone message was a good indicator of how much I would enjoy this episode, apparently Jim (James Garner) gave a 200 page deposition, but it has…
The Mind Reels 