Cicely has its own way of winterizing, including citizens fattening up and planning on how many graves to dig before the ground freezes over. And Joel (Rob Morrow) is not only troubled by the reveal, but is bothered by the fact that one of his patients has told him that she’s just winding down. First…
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Chuck (2010) – Versus the Nacho Sampler, and Versus the Mask
Chuck (Zachary Levi) has lots on his plate this week, as he trains a new Nerd Herder, Hannah (Kristin Kreuk) in Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler. Written by Matthew Miller and Scott Rosenbaum, this episode first debuted on 1 February, 2010. With stuff going on at the BuyMore, Chuck also has his spycraft, he has…
The Lost Weekend (1945) – Billy Wilder
I dig into a new movie book today, Ten Bad Dates with De Niro, which have a number of different chapters and submissions. There’s going to be a lot of interesting films in this one. The first section is titles Losing it at the Movies – Pure Emotional Responses to Cinema. I found myself coming…
Doctor Who (Peter Capaldi) – Last Christmas, and The Magician’s Apprentice
Steven Moffat pens the Christmas special that launched the ninth series, and the Doctor (Capaldi) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) find themselves reunited on Christmas Day, 2014, for what may be their last Christmas. It seems there is something strange going on at an Arctic base, and as they try to figure out what is going…
Jurassic Park III (2001) – Joe Johnston
It’s back to the Park again with the Sci-Fi Chronicles. This one, honestly, feels like a rehash, which is way too bad, because it has so many people involved in it that I like. Director Joe Johnston directed one of my favourite superhero movies, The Rocketeer, and following this would go on to direct Captain…
American Beauty (1999) – Sam Mendes
The next title up in the Drama genre for the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book is the Academy Award Winning American Beauty directed by Sam Mendes. The film went home with a Best Actor for Kevin Spacey, Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography and Best Original Screenplay. Spacey plays Lester…
Star Wars: Dark Disciple (2015) – Christie Golden
The new Star Wars expanded canon universe is well on its way to being very impressive, and it’s book like Golden’s Dark Disciple that are doing it. Based on a set of unproduced scripts from the Clone Wars series, the book explores a pair of interesting characters and expands on their lives, their emotions,…
