Matt Haig seems to have a predilection for tales about death and reimagining of one’s life choices to find a better way to live, love, and be well… better. I was given an advanced reading copy of Haig’s latest novel, The Midnight Train, but it sat for awhile on my To Be Read pile (like…
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Moonlighting (1986/1987) – It’s a Wonderful Job, and The Straight Poop
Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) gets to riff on It’s a Wonderful Life in this episode written by Debra Frank and Carl Sautter. It debuted on 16 December, 1986. Maddie begins to regret (again) taking on the Blue Moon Detective Agency. The staff are unhappy, everything seems to be going badly, Maddie wants out. So her Guardian…
The Twilight Zone (1962) – I Sing the Body Electric, Cavender is Coming, and The Changing of the Guard
This week we finish up Season 3 of The Twilight Zone as I continue my exploration of The Complete Series on Blu-Ray available now from Paramount Pictures. First up is a story by science fiction legend, Ray Bradbury. I Sing the Body Electric aired on 18 May, 1962. George Rogers (David White) is a widower…
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) – Frank Capra
It’s the middle of summer, so what better time to take a look at a holiday classic as I dive into the Family genre of the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book. Holiday film or not this one is undeniably a classic, and James Stewart is simply perfection as George Bailey, a…
Batman: The Animated Series (1992) – Terror In the Sky, Christmas with the Joker and Heart of Steel Part I
Horror strikes in Gotham when it seems the Man-Bat (Marc Singer) aka Kirk Langstrom returns in Terror in the Sky. The Dark Knight (Kevin Conroy) investigates, but what if this new winged menace isn’t the Man-Bat, but is something else? Originally airing on 12 November, 1992, the mystery expanded when Bats became convinced that Langstrom…
The Mind Reels 