The Only Way to Die riffs on the idea of Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) being publicly dead, and using that as cover to get his mission done. But everyone is going to have to believe he’s dead including 99 (Barbara Feldon), the Chief (Edward Platt) and Fang. Written by Arne Sultan, this episode first aired…
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5 Against the House (1955) – Phil Karlson
The stunning Kim Novak joins Guy Madison, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore, and Kerwin Matthews in this noir thriller, 5 Against the House. Once again, this was a film I hadn’t heard of, but rather enjoyed it as I settled in for it. A group of Korean war vets are getting the most out of the…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1998) – In the Pale Moonlight, and His Way
Station log: stardate 51721.3 Micheal Taylor pens the teleplay (with an uncredited rewrite by Ronald D. Moore) for this episode from a story by Peter Allan Fields and debuted on 15 April, 1998. How far will Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) go to stop the Dominion War? Will he sacrifice his principles? And how many of…
The Killer (1989) – John Woo
An assassin with a conscience, a cop who doesn’t care about collateral damage and a lounge singer suffering from blindness due to being caught in a crossfire. These three characters are the center of this entry on the 101 Action Movies list, and John Woo’s first appearance on it. Chow Yun-Fat plays Ah Jong, an…
The Mind Reels 