There are some films that leave an indelible mark on the viewer, The Crow had that effect on me. It stayed with me and whenever I revisit it, I’m reminded again of it’s power, it’s visual style, and it’s legacy. And now, thanks to Paramount Pictures, The Crow gets the 4K touch and Alex Proyas’…
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Magnum P.I. (2020) – The Night Has Eyes, and A World of Trouble
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) are on the hunt for a stolen urn that may have been used in a murder and may in fact be more valuable than initially thought. Higgins also has to deal with the fact that her temporary visa is days away from expiring. Written by Ashley Charbonnet, this…
Magnum P.I. (2020) – Say Hello to Your Past, and Farewell to Love
Kumu (Amy Hill) is kidnapped by an injured man, Milo (Dohn Norwood), who is on the run from HPD because he’s accused of killing his wife, something he insists to Kumu that he didn’t do. Say Hello to Your Past was written by Joe Gazzam and was first broadcast on 10 April, 2020. While Magnum…
Magnum P.I. (2020) – Mondays are for Murder, and A Game of Cat and Mouse
Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and T.C. (Stephen Hill) pose as efficiency experts to investigate a company, but they are actually investigating a murder that took place the previous week when a manager was murdered and everyone in the office is a suspect. Mondays are for Murder was written by Alfredo Barrios Jr. from a story…
My Heart is a Chainsaw (2021) – Stephen Graham Jones
I won’t lie, it took me a while to completely get into the story, much like the main character I was attempting to use my knowledge of slashers to figure out what was going on, while also trying to rationalize that the story was set in the ‘real world.’ But when things really started to…
Magnum P.I. (2019) – The Man in the Secret Room, and He Came By Night
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is still smarting and sulking after the break-up with Abby and takes some temporary work as the head of security for a hotel taking over for a former p.i., Russ (Lee Majors!). It’s not too long before he finds himself embroiled in another mystery, with The Man in the Secret Room. Written…
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) – Kimyoshi Yasuda
Wow, did I have fun with this one. I had never heard of it, but I do love a lot of J-horror, and this one definitely had an interesting sound to it, a Japanese monster movie with practical effects, costumes and a touch of animation, what’s not to like? The monsters are allowed to show…
Inferno (1980) – Dario Argento
It’s been a while since I watched Argento’s Suspiria, though I remember enjoying it, so when I learned he did two more films set in the same world I knew I had to seek them out. The first follow-up film is 1980’s Inferno. Rose (Irene Miracle) is living in New York (with Italian locations serving…
Magnum P.I. (2019) – Day of the Viper, and I, the Deceased
In a quick nod to the original series, Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is watching Stalag 17, one of the original Magnum’s (Tom Selleck) favorite movies. The homages to the original continue throughout the series, but the episode quickly takes a serious turn for Higgins (Perdita Weeks). Day of the Viper was written by Gene Hong and…
No Way Out (1987) – Roger Donaldson
It had been a while since I originally watched this Kevin Costner thriller, but the ending remained with me, so I was able to revisit the film for the first time in decades knowing how things play out and watch the performances and the clues that lead things to play out the way they do….
The Mind Reels 