What a great way to begin and end my TIFF experience this year. Even as TIFF celebrates its 50th year, so does my favourite movie of all time, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. I’ve told the story countless times of how it was my first ever film experience. I’ve seen this movie more times than any others…
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Soldier (1998) – Paul W.S. Anderson
Kurt Russell is always awesome. Even when he is in less than stellar films, and sadly, this one, despite being set in the same universe as Blade Runner (watch for all the little details) is pretty bad. I remember when this first his DVD, and I took it home and watched it. I know I…
Magnum P.I. (2024) – Ashes to Ashes, and The Big Squeeze
This is it, the last two episodes of Magnum P.I. They aired back to back on 3 January, 2024, First up, Ashes to Ashes. It was written by Tera Tolentino, Andrew Blazensky and Barbie Kligman. T.C. (Stephen Hill) and Mahina (Emily Alabi) come to Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) for help on an…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – The Retrieval, and Run with the Devil
Jin (Bobby Lee) is back in The Retrieval. Written by Gene Hong and Katie Varney, this episode first debuted on 1 November, 2023. Jin comes to T.C. (Stephen Hill) for some help when Jin’s ex-partner Bo (Kirk Fox) is released from prison, and wants his cut from a previous heist to pay for his protection…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Appetite for Danger, and Night Has a Thousand Eyes
While Kumu (Amy Hill) documents a dark part of Hawaiian history, doing interviews with Cade (Martin Martinez) as her cameraman, with survivors of the Japanese internment camps in Hawaii following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Sab Shimono, the wonderful actor, plays George, and tells his story, something Shimono went through himself. It’s a great story…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Hit and Run, and Three Bridges
Jin (Bobby Lee) opens the episode with a ridiculous interpretation of Robin Masters’ new book as the group takes turns visiting with T.C. (Stephen Hill) as he settles into a veteran’s hospital in an attempt to get used to the possibility of being stuck in a wheel chair and paralyzed below the waist for the…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Out of Sight, Out of Mind, and Charlie Foxtrot
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) have their first real tiff, which is something that both regret when Higgins ends up in serious trouble. Out of Sight, Out of Mind was written by David Slack and debuted on 16 April, 2023. Magnum has to have a chat with Childs (Micheal Rady) about the events…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Birthright, and Dark Skies
While Higgins (Perdita Weeks) starts work on the latest case, which involves the robbery of an elderly man, Gus (Lawrence Pressman) suffering from Alzheimer’s, whose daughter, Kerry (Bethany Anne Lind) now looks after him, while her brother, Brent (Jordan Belfi) doesn’t understand all the strain Kerry and her father are under. Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is…
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) – Blu-ray
I’ve been with the Ghostbusters since before the first movie came out, forty years ago. I remember seeing the advertising for it on the back of my comic books, I also tried writing my own version of the story before I even knew what it was or what it was about. I had a little…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Welcome to Paradise, Now Die! and Dead Ringer
When a tourist, David Carter (Patrick Cavanaugh) goes missing, his wife, Dana (Ashani Roberts) and daughter, Mia (Serenity Grace Russell) ask the hotel for help. The hotel reaches out to Katsumoto (Tim Kang) to help, and he reaches out to Magnum (Jay Hernandez). The pair find themselves wrapped up in a case that sees them…
The Mind Reels 