While everyone is practicing for an island tug of war contest to raise money for their favourite charities, Magnum (Jay Hernandez) finds himself hired by a crime boss, Shima (Eijiro Ozaki) to find his kidnapped son. Magnum refuses, but when he discovers he’s been poisoned and has eight hours to find Shima’s son and the…
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Magnum P.I. (2019) – Knights Last Forever, and Dead Inside
Rick (Zachary Kingston) is anxious about the tiki bar working out, especially since T.C. (Stephen Hill) helped back him. The pair learn that one of the bar employees is a vet, but is living out of his car, which was just stolen, so the pair, along with Shammy (Christopher Thornton) decide to help out, reaching…
M*A*S*H (1972) – I Hate a Mystery, Germ Warfare, Dear Dad
Hawkeye (Alan Alda) plays detective after he’s apparently framed for a rash of thefts across the camp in I Hate a Mystery. Written by Hal Dresner, and first airing on 26 November, 1972, the story is rather light-hearted, though there is a real issue at heart behind the crimes. Knick knacks from all over the…
Star Trek: Memory Prime (1988) – Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens
Set during the five year mission of The Original Series, the next Trek novel I found myself exploring serves as a bit of a sequel to the episode The Lights of Zetar and is notable as the first novel written by the Reeves-Stevens couple of Garfield (referred to as Gar on the cover) and Judith….
She-Wolf of London (1946) – Jean Yarbrough
June Lockhart stars in the next entry in DK Canada’s highly enjoyable Monsters in the Movies book as I continue working my way through the chapter on werewolves. That being said, there is a distinct lack of lycanthropy in this film, as it is only hinted at, but that’s okay, the film’s runtime, one hour,…
The Water Rat of Wanchai (2011) – Ian Hamilton
I don’t remember the last time I read a book so voraciously as I did this first in a series of novels from Canadian author Ian Hamilton. The Water Rat of Wanchai, preceded in this edition by the novella The Dragon Head of Hong King, we are introduced to Ava Lee, a forensic accountant….
The Mind Reels 