Wow did I love this one. It has also moved up McCarthy’s other films, Caveat and Oddity up on my To Watch list. This was a wonderful little horror movie that totally got under my skin and was just wonderfully creepy. It’s all mood, tone, and framing, and it works so well. Adam Scott plays…
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Lonesome Dove (1989) – On the Trail
The second night of the Lonesome Dove miniseries was 6 February, 1989. William D. Wittliff’s adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s novel continued chronicling the journey of the Hat Creek outfit’s cattle drive to Montana. And it picks up exactly where the previous episode closed out, with the vicious water moccasin attack. Beginning with this death, we…
End of Watch (2012) – David Ayer
First off, let’s get this out of the way… the onscreen friendship and chemistry of Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena is absolutely fantastic. The pair are absolutely fantastic together as a pair of friends who serve together in the LAPD. The film is predominantly shot to look and feel like a documentary; Brian Taylor (Gyllenhaal)…
Battlestar Galactica (2006) – Epiphanies, and Black Market
Written by Joel Anderson Thompson, Epiphanies first aired on 20 January, 2006. President Roslin’s (Mary McDonnell) health continues to decline. She believes death may be imminent, and she has become convinced that Boomer’s (Grace Park) child, the human/cylon hybrid she is carrying, has to die. Cottle (Donnelly Rhodes) reports that there are odd traits developing…
The Martian Chronicles (1980) – The Martians
Richard Matheson concludes his adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles with the final episode, The Martians. It brought the miniseris to a close on 29 January, 1980. The Earth is dead. But Wilder (Rock Hudson) returns to see if there are any survivors. Despite the charred appearance of the Earth in space, it seems…
The Martian Chronicles (1980) – The Expeditions
As mentioned in my book review, I was introduced to the miniseries before the book, thanks to my parents going to the video store (before they let me choose my own titles, which didn’t take long) and asking the clerk for space stuff. Having read the book now, I was curious if the miniseries would…
Taken (2002) – God’s Equation
The Steven Spielberg executive-produced miniseries continued on 10 December, 2002 with the seventh episode of the ten-episode series. The episode, God’s Equation, was written, as all the rest have been by Leslie Bohem, and it moves the narrative to 2002. Charlie’s (Adam Kaufman) nightmares are becoming worse, even as he conducts interviews with possible alien…
Taken (2002) – Acid Tests
Acid Tests moves Leslie Bohem’s Taken miniseries into the 1970s. Bohem guides the characters through another feature length episode that first aired on 5 December, 2002. We’re entering the era of crop circles, and Crawford (Joel Gretsch) is joined by his grown son, Eric (Andy Powers) and Marty (John Hawkes) as he investigates them. One…
Dungeon Crawler Carl (2020) – Matt Dinniman
I thought it would be funny. I had no idea it would be as funny as it. I laughed. A lot, and I knew going in that this was the first book in a series, so I wasn’t worried when it got to the ending and not everything had resolved itself. Carl is a bit…
Baskin (2015) – Can Evrenol
The Turkish horror film, Baskin, is bloody, surreal, and convoluted in the best way. The narrative folds in on itself like a twisted origami. The story follows a group of cops including, Arda (Gorkem Kasal), and his boss, Remzi (Ergun Kuyucu). A troubling meal at restaurant is only the beginning for the squad, as they…
The Mind Reels 