Farscape (1999) – Exodus From Genesis, and Throne for a Loss

Brian Henson directs the third episode (despite the fact that it aired second) which was written by Ro Hume. It first debuted on 26 March, 1999. Watching the episodes in the right order allows this one to make a little more sense. Crichton (Ben Browder) is still confused about everything in this end of the…

Stargate SG-1 (1998) – Politics, and Within the Serpent’s Grasp

Politics picks up with Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) talking about the oncoming goa’uld assault that he witnessed in the alternate reality, but he’s not only going to have to prove himself to O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and the SGC, but also the government. And that means not only…

Overboard (1987) – Garry Marshall

The 80s were a different time, and there are definitely some issues in this film that wouldn’t work today, some gender roles and sexism issues. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a lot of fun watching Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn play with one another on screen. Russell plays Dean, a single father of four…

Sisu (2022) – Jalmari Helander

Sometimes you just want a little of the old ultra-violence and you want to see nazis get the comeuppance you know they deserve. Sisu will check that box for you. Running a brisk ninety minutes there is blood, gore and violence galore as we join an older prospector (Jorma Tommila) in 1944 Finland. He’s left…

The Long Goodbye (1973) – Robert Altman

I’m probably stepping into a minefield here, but I’m not the biggest Robert Altman fan. Who doesn’t love The Player? And as great as M*A*S*H is, I came to it by way of the television series, so it never resonated with me as much as I would have liked. That being said, I really liked…

Deadpool (2016) – Tim Miller

Ryan Reynolds was made for the role of Deadpool, the Marvel meta-merc. His appearance as the character in Wolverine: Origins was horrible, and this is nothing but redeeming, and insanely funny. While the film is an origin story, showing how Wade Wilson (Reynolds) became Deadpool, it also knows to make fun of itself and origin…

His Girl Friday (1940) – 4K Review

The first film in the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection, Volume 4 is wonderful and fantastic, His Girl Friday, helmed by the incredible Howard Hawks, and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, I was very eager to dig into the film to see how the upgraded image looked, as well as the chance to…

Footloose (1984) – 4k

There is no way this film is forty years old. I remember very well the summer of ’84, and the first time that I saw Footloose. I was completely swept up in the music, I just recently discovered pop music, having grown up in a predominantly country household, and the rhythms and beats really spoke…

The Lord of the Rings (1978) – Ralph Bakshi

The summer of ’84 was one of the defining summers of my life. It saw a lot of changes in my life, and was also the first time that I read The Lord of the Rings. I was swept up in the world, and was delighted that I’d read all three books so quickly, and…