What kind of species are we that we can enslave our fellows? There are two scenes in McQueen’s masterpiece 12 Years a Slave, that shook me to my core. The first was a scene in which Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Solomon Northup is left to hang, while life goes on around him, and another when Solomon is…
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Doctor Who (David Tennant) – Gridlock and Daleks in Manhattan
The Doctor (Tennant) and Martha (Freema Agyeman) return to New Earth (though it has changed) and get caught in traffic in Gridlock. Written by Russell T. Davies aired on 14 April, 2007. Martha is a little put out that the Time Lord brings her to one of the same places he took Rose, but before…
Star Trek: The Original Series (1968) – The Gamesters of Triskelion and A Piece of the Action
Captain’s log: stardate 3211.7 The Gamesters of Triskelion was a bit of a fun episode when I was a kid, Kirk (William Shatner) got to kick lots of butt after he, Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) and Chekov (Walter Koenig) are kidnapped across the lightyears to find themselves fighting in gladiatorial combat on the planet Triskelion. It…
Quantum Leap (1992) – It’s a Wonderful Leap and Moments to Live
It’s a Wonderful Leap for Sam (Scott Bakula) when he finds himself as a New York cab driver, Max Greenman, in a contest to win his own taxi medallion. It’s 10 May, 1958, and Sam is about to realise he has more help on his side than just Al (Dean Stockwell). This episode first aired…
Batman: The Animated Series (1994) – Harlequinade, Bane and Second Chance
Gotham is in trouble again as things get underway this week with the episode Harlequinade. With an original airdate of 23 May 1994, this episode closed out the second season and saw Batman (Kevin Conroy) enlisting the help of Harley Quinn (Arleen Sorkin). Arranging to have her released from Arkham Asylum, the Dark Knight…
Batman: The Animated Series (1993/1994) – The Worry Men, Paging the Crime Doctor and House and Garden
The Mad Hatter (Roddy McDowall) is up to his mind-control tricks again this week, as he menaces Gotham and Batman (Kevin Conroy) in The Worry Men. This one aired on 16 September, 1993, and sees the Mad Hatter stowing devices inside little dolls that he has delivered to Gotham’s socialites and elite via Veronica…
Batman: The Animated Series (1993) Day of the Samurai, See No Evil and The Demon’s Quest: Part I
Batman (Kevin Conroy) has his hands full again this week! Day of the Samurai faces off, again, with the ninja named Kyodai Ken (Robert Ito), when Bruce learns the assassin has learned the fatal Death Touch attack. Serving as a sequel to Night of the Ninja (s01e28), this one continues to fill out a…
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…
The Big Lebowski (1998) – The Coen Brothers
The next recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book for my screening of Raging Bull (as a sports movie) is one of my all time favorite comedies, and one I quote almost as often as Ghostbusters and Back to the Future. Sports, in the form of bowling, is involved peripherally…
Magnum, p.i. (1984) – The Return of Luther Gillis and Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
Luther Gillis (Eugene Roche) is back in Hawaii in The Return of Luther Gillis, written by Reuben Leder, with an original air date of 16 February, 1984. In the town of St. Louis, Luther Gillis earns his living as a hard-boiled detective, but when he gets an invite to go back to Hawaii to…
The Mind Reels 