Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx headline the fantastic Michael Mann film, Collateral that gets its 4K release from Paramount Pictures this week. A crisp thriller that was shot in high definition to begin with, looks nothing short of stunning in your home theatre. Cruise, playing against type, is the villain of the piece, a hitman…
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Moonlighting (1986) – Sleep Talkin’ Guy, and Funeral for a Door Nail
Debra Frank and Carl Sautter wrote Sleep Talkin’ Guy which first aired on 1 April, 1986, and is the first episode up this week. David (Bruce Willis) is approached by a call girl, Toby (Lisa Blount) about one of her clients, Jerry (Steven Keats). It seems he is connected to the mob, knows a lot…
Miami Vice (1989) – Victims of Circumstance, and World of Trouble
We’re coming up on the end of the series, in fact Victims of Circumstance was the last episode aired before the series finale. But as mentioned previously, I will move to the lost episodes first and then close out the series with Freefall the way it was meant to be. This one was penned by…
Miami Vice (1984) – Calderone’s Return Part I & II
This two parter sees the threat of the pilot episode come back to wreak revenge on Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Micheal Thomas). The first episode, originally aired as The Hit List was written by Joel Surnow, and first broadcast on 19 October, 1984. Sonny is due in court for a divorce…
Miami Vice (1984) – Brother’s Keeper
1984. This was a big year for me. It featured one of the biggest most influential moves of my life, as well as helping to define the person I would become. I became more and more immersed in pop culture. When Miami Vice came along, it was getting into pop music in a big way,…
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) – Chad Stahelski
When Keanu Reeves stepped onto the screen in the 2014 film, John Wick, cinema lovers and critics met the film with joy and accolades, as it boldly, bloodily and brilliantly updated the revenge films of the 1970s for the 21st century The screen was filled with top drawer stars, and the simplest of revenge stories…
Quantum Leap (1989) – How the Tess Was Won and Double Identity
Oh, boy. Deborah Arakellian penned the first episode up for review this week, How the Tess Was Won, and it aired 14 April, 1989. Sam (Scott Bakula) finds himself as a vet named Doc, in a pig pen on 5 August, 1956, and about to be roped into a competition to win a ranch,…
No Country For Old Men (2007) – Joel & Ethan Coen
The last recommendation for my viewing of Night of the Hunter for the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book is this crime thriller from the Coen Brothers. The story follows a trio of characters, and two million dollars. When Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) comes across the fallout of a drug deal gone…
Magnum, p.i. (1987) – The Aunt Who Came to Dinner and The People vs. Orville Wright
Thomas’ (Tom Selleck) favorite aunt, Phoebe Sullivan (Barbara Rush) arrives in Hawaii this week in The Aunt Who Came to Dinner. Written by Russ Mayberry, this episode aired on 18 March, 1987. Magnum is delighted with Phoebe’s arrival, she is a successful and famous playwright, but it seems she hasn’t come for a holiday,…
Magnum, p.i. (1986) – Kapu and Missing Melody
Thomas (Tom Selleck) finds himself on the forbidden island of Kapu in the first episode ip this week. It was written by Deborah Dean Davis, and had an original airdate of 26 November, 1986. While attempting to serve some papers, Thomas comes to the aid of a young Hawaiian woman, Alealea (Deborah Calbero), saving…
Magnum, p.i. (1986) – Way of the Stalking Horse and Find Me a Rainbow
Way of the Stalking Horse, which aired 20 February, 1986, and was written by Bruce Cervi, sees Thomas (Tom Selleck), taking on a case from a man, Dan Wolf (Morgan Steven) from the mainland, to find his father, whom he has not seen in twenty years. But when he digs into the case, and…
The Rockford Files (1979) – A Material Difference and Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man’s Job Part 1
The first episode up on this installment, may in fact be one of my favorite episodes. Written by Rogers Turrentine, A Material Difference aired on 24 February, 1979. The phone message was a good indicator of how much I would enjoy this episode, apparently Jim (James Garner) gave a 200 page deposition, but it has…
