There’s the signpost up ahead, it’s time for another journey into The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on blu-ray (from Paramount Pictures) as I continue my sojourn through the fifth and final season. Up first is Caesar and Me, Written by Adele T. Strassfield, this episode first aired on 10 April, 1964, and brings back…
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Uncommon Type (2017) – Tom Hanks
I’ve been a fan of Tom Hanks’ since Bosom Buddies, I’ve watched him grow from a comedic actor to one of my favourite all time actors. I have delighted in his career, and love when he steps away from the front of the camera to work behind it, directing, producing, writing. It was his writing…
The Twilight Zone (1964) – Night Call, From Agnes – With Love, and Spur of the Moment
It’s back into the depths of The Twilight Zone as I continue my exploration of The Complete Series, now on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures. Up first this week is Night Call. This episode originally aired on 7 February, 1964, and was penned by the legendary Richard Matheson. Elva Keene (Gladys Cooper) is living a nightmare,…
The Twilight Zone (1964) – The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross, Number 12 Looks Just Like You, and Black Leather Jackets
There’s the signpost up ahead! It’s time to turn to The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series, as I continue exploring the iconic show, available now on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures. First up in this week’s trio of episodes is The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross. Jerry McNeely penned the teleplay based on a short story by…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – The Old Man in the Cave, Uncle Simon, and Probe 7, Over and Out
My journey through the iconic television series, The Twilight Zone, continues this week as I delve into another three episodes of The Complete Series on blu-ray, available now from Paramount Pictures. First up is The Old Man in the Cave. This episode had a broadcast date of 8 November, 1963, and was written by series…
Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know (updated and expanded for 2017) – Adam Bray, Cole Horton, Michael Kogge, and Kerri Doughtery
A couple of years ago, DK Canada sent me a book that could answer almost any question you may have had about the Star Wars universe in celebration of the upcoming The Force Awakens. Now they’ve done it again, releasing an expanded and updated edition of the text for the new Star Wars film, The…
Justice League: The Ultimate Guide (2017) – Landry Q. Walker
Warner Brothers unleashes its latest superhero flick in a couple of weeks, Justice League. Now while most of the world know who Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are, they may not be familiar with the rest of this superhero team. Of course those who are have solid opinions already about the casting of yet another…
Wonder Woman (2017) – Patty Jenkins
Hitting blu-ray and video today from Warner Brothers is the box office sensation Wonder Woman, the long overdue arrival of Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) to the big screen. Wowing in the theatre, the Amazon comes home with a gorgeous blu-ray that looks and sounds fantastic and puts your home theatre through its paces. Loved by…
Fan Expo 2017
Dichotomy. Juxtaposition. Privilege. Hope. One wouldn’t necessarily associate all of these words with a gathering of groups of people who are coming together to celebrate their fandoms. But as Toronto’s Fan Expo 2017 came to its conclusion, these are the words that leapt to mind unbidden. Privilege springs to mind, because my co-host and I…
Reelies 2016 – Winners!
Here it is, folks! The long-awaited announcement of the 2016 Reelie award winners! As you may have noticed during the voting rounds, we did things a little bit differently this year. For one thing, we focused only on Canadian television, rather than television and film. As well, there was only one round of voting…
The Mind Reels 