Captain’s log: stardate 52438.9 Nick Sagan and Bryan Fuller penned the teleplay for this episode from a story by Jimmy Diggs, Sagan and Fuller. It first debuted on 3 February, 1999. When Tuvok (Tim Russ), Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) and the Doctor (Robert Picardo) crash land on a planet that lays within a temporal anomaly,…
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Spirited Away (2001) – Hayao Miyazaki
The next big title in DK Canada’s incredibly entertaining and informative The Movie Book, is going to allow for a bit of a dive into Miyazaki’s films, which is going to be truly enjoyable as they are always so fully realized and beautifully animated. It’s time to settle in for the Academy Award winning film…
Star Trek: Voyager (1998) – One, and Hope and Fear
Captain’s log: stardate 51929.3 Jeri Taylor pens this Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) episode that debuted on 13 May, 1998 and served as the penultimate episode of the fourth season. When a nebula that needs to be traversed as opposed to circumvented seems to stop the Voyager’s trip home, due to the level of radiation…
Star Trek: Voyager (1998) – Hunters, and Prey
Captain’s log: stardate 51501.4 Jeri Taylor pens this episode that first aired on 11 February, 1998. After briefly introducing the Hirogen in the previous episode, this one brings them right to the fore, as the Voyager enters Hirogen space and finds all manner of grief. They are like the Predator of the Star Trek universe,…
V – The Series (1985) – The Rescue, and The Champion
How the mighty have fallen. V The Series continues this week, and is barely recognizable when compared to the two miniseries that inspired it. It is now all about the melodrama, and has lost any of its credibility as a struggle for the planet Earth. The Rescue was written by Garner Simmons and debuted on…
Apocalypto (2006) – Mel Gibson
DK Canada’s The Movie Book brings me a fantastic adventure film as the next title on the What Else to Watch list following its recommendation of Aguirre, The Wrath of God. And let’s be clear, no matter what one thinks of Mel Gibson, personally, one has to recognize he does have a talent for acting…
Star Trek: Voyager (1995) -Tattoo, and Cold Fire
Captain’s log: stardate unknown Micheal Piller pens the script from a story by Larry Brody, that first aired on 6 November, 1995. This is a Chakotay (Robert Beltran) heavy script that sees the Voyager’s First Officer drawn into a mystery that connects his present with his past. While on an away mission, Chakotay comes across…
Star Trek: Voyager (1995) – The 37s, and Initiations
Captain’s log: stardate 48975.1 Jerit Taylor and Brannon Braga pen the season opener for the second season of Voyager. The episode debuted on 28 August 1995, and took on a mystery that used to boggle many a mind. Strangeness rears its head when the starship, still trying to find its way home, comes across a…
Star Trek: Voyager (1995) – Emanations, and Prime Factors
Captain’s log: stardate 48623.5 Brannon Braga pens this Harry Kim (Garrett Wang) episode that first aired on 13 March, 1995. Voyager is investigating mineral deposits in an asteroid field when they discover it also serves as a burial ground for a nearby race. They are teleported into the asteroid by an unknown means, and this…
Star Trek: Voyager (1995) – Caretaker
Captain’s log: stardate 48315.6 Micheal Piller and Jeri Taylor penned the series opener from a story they came up with alongside Rick Berman, and the Trek universe was introduced to its newest captain, Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and her Intrepid-class starship, Voyager, NCC-74656. She and her crew, including a helmsman recruited out of a Federation…
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