We come to the end of War of the Worlds this week with these final two episodes. While never as completely realized as it could have been, there was a solid idea at the heart of the show, and I would love to see something of its kind produced again… or if the BBC would…
Tag: murder
Moonlighting (1985) – The Murder’s in the Mail, and Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?
The short first season of the classic 80s show, Moonlighting, comes to an end this week with this episode, The Murder’s in the Mail. Written by Mary Ann Kasica and Micheal Scheff, the story debuted on 2 April, 1985. David Addison (Bruce Willis) secures a job for the Blue Moon Detective Agency, debt collection. He…
Moonlighting (1985) – The Next Murder You Hear, and Next Stop Murder
Peter Silveman pens the first episode up this week. The Next Murder You Hear, debuted on 19 March, 1985, and drops a murder right in the laps of Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) and David (Bruce Willis) when a radio deejay who hosts a lonely hearts program, Paul McCann (Gregg Henry) is murdered on air. David sees…
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (2019) – Blu-Ray Review
Warner Brothers brings home the latest Pokemon title, Detective Pikachu today on blu-ray and DVD, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I’m not the biggest Pokemon fan, so it was Ryan Reynolds that got me to sit down and watch this one, and that may be the draw for a lot of…
Death Becomes Her (1992) – Robert Zemeckis
The next ‘zombie’ title to be featured in DK Canada’s Monsters in the Movies is the Robert Zemeckis big budget effects spectacular, so amazing in fact that the scored the film an Academy Award. Starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis and Isabella Rossellini, the film is a dark comedy that deals with age, beauty,…
Mystic River (2003) – Clint Eastwood
The next film from DK Canada’s The Movie Book as I tackle the What Else to Watch list following my screening of The Sweet Hereafter is this exemplary film from Clint Eastwood. The movie stars Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. The film follows three childhood friends,…
True Grit (2010) – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
DK Canada’s The Movie Book brings me another classic Coen Brothers film as I explore the What Else to Watch list following the recommendation of Fargo. My curiosity was piqued when I first heard about the idea that the Coen Brothers were going to remake the iconic western that originally starring John Wayne, with one…
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964) – Ray Dennis Steckler
Well, you know with a name like The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? that this one is gonna be a little out there. It’s also the next zombie recommendation from DK Canada’s Monsters in the Movies book. Set in a carnival where Lynch would feel at home, the story follows…
Fargo (1996) – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
The next big title in DK Canada’s very enjoyable The Movie Book is the Coen Brothers’ classic, Fargo. Supposedly based on a true story, it’s not, the film follows the inept kidnapping and subsequent murder all organized by a car salesman, Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy). It seems Lundegaard is in a bit of financial…
The Green Mile (1999) – Frank Darabont
Unless you watch it on a fairly regular basis, you tend to forget how beautiful The Green Mile is as a film. It’s been a long time since I sat down to watch this one, so I was glad that it showed up on the What Else to Watch list in DK Canada’s The Movie…
Miami Vice (1989) -Hard Knocks, and Fruit of the Poison Tree
Switek’s (John Talbott) gambling addiction is getting worse as we find out in Hard Knocks. Written by Ken Solarz from a story by Robert Ward, Scott Shepherd and Solraz, this episode first debuted on 20 January, 1989. Switek sinks into drunkenness, and increasingly poor gambling choices getting him in more trouble with a gangster,who has…
Carrion Comfort (1989) – Dan Simmons
I’ve been enjoying the Dan Simmons’ books I’ve been reading, and finally had time to dig into his epic, and much hailed horror novel, Carrion Comfort. A massive read, the book is actually horrifying in the traditional sense. I’ve always enjoyed horror novels, and the like, but this novel is truly frightening, and it is…
