Captain’s log: stardate 50614.2 Robert Duncan McNeill directs this episode that was written by Kenneth Biller and first aired on 12 February, 1997. It follows up on the revelation that the Voyager is closing in on Borg space with the discovery of the dead Borg at the end of last week’s episode (but don’t they…
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Star Trek: Voyager (1997) – Fair Trade, and Alter Ego
Captain’s log: stardate unknown Andre Bormanis pens the teleplay for this episode from a story by Ronald Wilkerson and Jean Louis Matthias. This Neelix (Ethan Phillips) heavy episode first debuted on 8 January, 1997. As the Voyager begins to close on a region of space that Neelix is unfamiliar with, he turns to the aid…
Miami Vice (1987) – Amen… Send Money, and Death and the Lady
Vice detective Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Micheal Thomas) finds himself in trouble in the first episode this week, Amen… Send Money. Written by John Schulian. It first aired on 2 October, 1987 and sees Brian Dennehy as Reverend Bill Bob Proverb. Rico and his partner Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) get in deep when Tubbs busts a…
The Babadook (2014) – Jennifer Kent
The final film in the What Else to Watch list following my screening of Picnic at Hanging Rock for DK Canada’s The Movie Book is this terrifying Australian film The Babaook. A widowed mother, Ameila (Essie Davis) and her young son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman) are put through the wringer by director/writer Jennifer Kent, as Samuel’s…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996) – Let He Who is Without Sin…, and Things Past
Station log: stardate unknown Rene Auberjonois directs this episode that was written by Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe and first debuted on 11 November, 1996. Worf (Micheal Dorn), Dax (Terry Farrell), Quark (Armin Shimerman), Basihir (Alexander Siddig) and Leeta (Chase Masterson) are all on holiday on Risa, but vacation doesn’t seem to agree…
A Star is Born (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
The Oscar nominated A Star is Born comes home today on blu-ray from Warner Brothers, and it makes a great addition to the collection, and a fantastic new iteration of the classic story. Starring Bradley Cooper (who also served as the film’s director) and a bravura performance by Lady Gaga (both of them were nominated…
Miami Vice (1987) – By Hooker By Crook, and Knock Knock… Who’s There?
John Schulian pens the teleplay for the first episode up this week, taking his cues from a story by Dick Wolf. It first aired on 20 March, 1987, and was directed by Don Johnson. Sonny Crockett (Johnson) has some problems this week, when the woman he is romancing, and possibly falling for… which is pretty…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996) – To the Death, and The Quickening
Station log: stardate 49904.2 LeVar Burton directs this episode with a script by Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe. It first debuted on 13 May, 1996. A devastating attack by Jem’Hadar renegades destroys one of the station’s docking pylons in a raid, and Sisko (Avery Brooks) leads his crew aboard the Defiant in pursuit….
V – The Miniseries (1983) – Part Two
Part two of the iconic science fiction mini-series V, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, aired on 2 May, 1983. It aired the following night after part one, no week’s wait, not even a couple of days. This was an event, and for two nights it ruled television. Continuing it’s sci-fi retelling of Nazi Germany…
Star Trek: Voyager (1996) – Dreadnought, and Death Wish
Captain’s log: stardate 49447.0 Torres’ (Roxann Dawson) past catches up with her in this episode directed by LeVar Burton and written by Gary Holland. It first aired on 12 February, 1996. A Cardassian missile, known as Dreadnought, has ended up in the Delta Quadrant. It’s computer intelligence believes it is still in the Alpha quadrant,…
The Mind Reels 