I come to a rather interesting list in the Ten Bad Dates With De Niro book that has a couple of films that I haven’t previously covered for the blog. It’s a list of remakes that are arguably better than the original. And the critical reception, not to mention that of the audience, would seem…
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Star Trek: Enterprise (2003) – Canamar, and The Crossing
Captain’s log: date unknown John Shiban pens this stoy that first debuted on 26 February, 2003, as I dive into another pair of episodes from Star Trek: Enterprise’s second season. Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) and Trip (Connor Trinneer) end up arrested, for a crime they didn’t commit, and find themselves sentenced to a prison planet…
Moonlighting (1989) – Perfetc, and When Girls Collide
This week brings us the penultimate instalment of my Moonlighting exploration. It all wraps up, somehow, next week. But first let’s get through these two episodes. Up first is Perfetc. Written by James Kramer, Chris Ruppenthal and Jerry Stahl from a story by Jeff Reno and Ron Osborn it debuted on 9 April, 1989. David…
Moonlighting (1988/1989) – The Color Of Maddie, and Plastic Fantastic Lovers
First airing on 20 December, 1988, The Color of Maddie was written by Barbara Hall. Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) and David (Bruce Willis) get down to some actual casework in this episode when Nora Cooper (Karen Landry) comes through the door of the Blue Moon Detective Agency. Nora wants the detectives to investigate her husband (Graham…
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) – Robert Florey
Bela Lugosi, with the horrible addition of a unibrow, terrorises unsuspecting Paris in the next stop in the Monstrous Apes chapter of DK Canada’s brilliant Monsters in the Movies book. Based on the classic short story by Edgar Allen Poe, the tale focuses on an evolution obsessed mad scientist, Dr. Mirakle (Lugosi) and the object…
The Curse of La Llorona (2019) – Blu-Ray Review
While Warner Brothers may have some issues with its DC Extended Universe, it’s horror films set in The Conjuring Universe continue to do their job, deliver some solid scares (and some mediocre ones) and usually attracts solid casts. The Curse of La Llorona is the sixth film in the shared universe, connected, in this case,…
War of the Worlds (1989) – The Last Supper, and Vengeance is Mine
The war rages on this week, and Team Blackwood is seeking other experts who may be able to help. The Last Supper was written by Tom Lazarus and first aired on 6 March, 1989. Harrison Blackwood (Jared Martin), Norton (Philip Akin), Suzanne (Lynda Mason Green) and Ironhorse (Paul Chaves) are overseeing a gathering of supposed…
Lost Highway (1997) – David Lynch
Porn, crime, tailgating, doppelgangers, murder, transmigration of the soul, and time travel all seem to play some part in the next title on the What Else to Watch list in DK Canada’s The Movie Book following my screening of Blue Velvet. David Lynch gives us another raucous ride as we meet Bill Pullman’s Fred Madison,…
The Mule (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
Clint Eastwood stars, produces and directs The Mule, which is available now from Warner Brothers. Inspired by a true story, the film is a huge step up from the iconic legend’s previous film, the lackluster, The 15:17 to Paris. Eastwood stars as Earl, a Korean vet, and horticulturalist who gets mixed up in the drug…
Blood of the Vampire (1958) – Henry Cass
There are more mad scientist stories afoot in DK Canada’s horror film tome, Monsters in the Movies, and I dig into another, today with Blood of the Vampire. I’ve either seen too many of these films, or had an uncanny sense of deja vu, because the first twenty minutes of this film I was convinced…
The Mind Reels 