So how is Diane Duane going to get Kirk and the Excelsior crew out of the problems with the Ajir and the newly arrived Grond? We’ll find out in issue 25 of DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series. Available for April of 1986, the script was by Duane, and once again featured Tom Sutton on…
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Battlestar Galactica (2007) – Razor
Before season four of Battlestar Galactica began, and we could start to dwell on the mystery of how Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) came back and what is going to happen with Baltar (James Callis) and the stunning reveal of four of the Final Five Cylons, Ronald D. Moore and his creative team went back in time….
Star Trek: #24 – Double Blind (1986)
Double Blind, a two-part story, was written by Trek author Diane Duane, with the first part being found on comic spinners until March of 1986. DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series continued to feature pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. The cover was done by Jim Starlin. Duane had written a couple…
One Crazy Summer (1986) – Savage Steve Holland
The mid-80s had Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer, and I saw both of them innumerable times on home video. They were just so much fun, and they completely matched with my sense of humour. I hadn’t watched One Crazy Summer in years, so it was definitely time for a revisit, and damn if…
TIFF ’26: The Stunt Driver dir. Michael Dowse
There’s always time for some Canadiana at TIFF, and The Stunt Driver delivers it fantastically with lots of humour and great performances, and explores a small but fascinating corner of Canadian pop culture history that I had no clue about. In the late 70s, it seems everyone knew who Evel Knievel (Ben Foster) was. Heck,…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020) – Second Contact, Envoys, and Temporal Edict
On 6 August, 2020, we were introduced to the USS Cerritos, a California-class Starfleet vessel, in the Star Trek franchise’s second animated series, Lower Decks. Written by the series showrunner, Mike McMahan, we are introduced to the crew as they go about conducting a Second Contact with the inhabitants of the planet Galar. Ensigns Boimler…
How to Survive Camping: The Man With No Shadow (2025) – Bonnie Quinn
Cozy horror is apparently a thing. I was happy to dig into something unique and fun, and Bonnie Quinn delivers with the first book in her How to Survive Camping series. The book, and the series, started out as a collection of posts on the No Sleep forum on Reddit. The story centers around Kate,…
Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down, and The Hand of God
Both Tigh (Michel Hogan) and Adama (Edward James Olmos) have major problems this week in Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down. Written by Jeff Vleming and directed by Olmos, this episode was first broadcast on 4 March, 2005. Following the Cylon interrogation in the last episode, Roslin (Mary McDonnell) begins to harbour suspicions that Adama…
Something in the Dirt (2022) – Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
I do enjoy the films of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. I like the way they play with time, horror and ideas. And this time, they also throw themselves into the mix, taking on roles in their own film. Written and shot during the COVID lockdown the pair cooked up a fun tale that once…
Tequila Sunrise (1988) – Robert Towne
I enjoyed seeing Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer in The Madison, and then I remembered they’d worked together in Tequila Sunrise. Written and directed by Robert Towne, the film is a neo-noir film that entertains. The pair are joined by Mel Gibson (and makes me lament what he’s done to himself) and Raul Julia. Dale…
