Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is training for the Iron Man competition but gets involved in a case involving a missing Russian fugitive, something that will put Higgins (Perdita Weeks) and Kumu (Amy Hill) in trouble. Written by Joe Gazzam from a story he developed with Peter M. Lenkov, Nowhere to Hide first aired on 14 January,…
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Magnum P.I. (2018) – The Woman Who Never Died, and Six Paintings, One Frame
The third episode in the series introduces a new regular to the series, one that was created for the show, Kumu (Amy Hill). She is the estate’s cultural curator. And it introduces a re-imagined character from the original series, Luther Gillis played here by Ken Jeong. We also get a new HPD officer who becomes…
Magnum, p.i. (1988) – Legend of the Lost Art and Transitions
This is it, the penultimate entry for Magnum (Tom Selleck). This week’s installment starts off with a great sense of fun with Legend of the Lost Art. Selleck was originally in line to play Indiana Jones before Universal optioned the series, and this seems to be a little bit of a nod to that….
Magnum, p.i. (1986) – A.A.P.I. & Death and Taxes
Luther Gillis (Eugene Roche) is back in Hawaii for the first episode this week, A.A.P.I. This one aired on 22 October, 1986 and was penned by Reuben Leder. It seems Thomas (Tom Selleck) is being honored with the Local PI of the Year Award. Unfortunately, the presenter, Jean Claude Fornier (Paul Verdier) dies, and…
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…
Magnum, p.i. (1983) – Luther Gillis: File #521 and Smaller Than Life
It’s Thursday, time to go back to Hawaii (I miss Hawaii)! Eugene Roche makes the first of 5 appearances as Luther Gillis, a fellow private investigator from St. Louis, in Luther Gillis: File #521, written by Reuben Leder, with an original airdate of 6 October, 1983. Thomas (Tom Selleck) is working on the case…
Slaughterhouse Five (1972) – George Roy Hill
Kurt Vonnegut’s unfilmmable novel is brought to the screen by George Roy Hill, who directed two of my favorite films, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid and The Sting. This entry on the 101 Sci-Fi Movies list was a new one, and I’ve never read the original novel either, so am unable to compare and…
The Mind Reels 