Halfway through the HBO docu-series, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, I knew I had to read the source material, and learn more. Written by Michelle McNamara, a brilliant true crime writer, who passed before the book could be published, or the book’s subject caught, sentenced and jailed. As captivating as the series was, the…
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Better Off Dead (1985) – Savage Steve Holland
John Cusack and Savage Steve Holland did two movies together, Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer, and both of them came along at just the right point in my life, I was a teenager at the time, and could totally relate to all things Cusack’s characters were going through. In Better Off Dead Cusack…
Star Trek: Discovery (2019) – Project Daedalus, and The Red Angel
Captain’s log: 2257 Jonathan Frakes returns to direct this episode that first aired on 14 March, 2019 and was written by Michelle Paradise. When members of the Discovery crew infiltrate a Section 31 station, Pike (Anson Mount) and the rest begin to fear they have a leak aboard ship. Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Spock (Ethan…
Star Wars: Rebels (2015/2016) – The Future of the Force, Legacy, and A Princess on Lothal
Bill Wolkoff plunges Kanan (Freddie Prinze jr.), Ezra (Taylor Gray) and the Ghost crew into trouble in The Future of the Force, an episode which first aired on 2 December, 2015. The jedi and padawan are sent to investigate a plot by the Empire that involves them sending out Inquisitors. including Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Seventh…
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Donald F. Glut
After Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, we were treated to two more novels, Han Solo at Star’s End, and Han Solo’s Revenge both written by Brian Daley. Both novels debuted in 1979, and I read them last year on vacation. And my sister I both owned one, I had Star’s End, she had Revenge. But…
Chuck (2009/2010) – Versus the Ring, and Versus the Pink Slip
Season two of Chuck comes to its conclusion with Chuck Versus the Ring. Written by one of the series creators Chris Fedak and Ali Adler, and directed by Robert Duncan McNeill, it first aired on 27 April 2009. Chuck (Zachary Levi) may in fact be rid of the Intersect, thanks to his father, Steve (Scott…
Star Wars: Rebels (2014) – Out of Darkness, Empire Day, and Gathering Forces
Kevin Hopps pens the first episode this week that takes us back to a galaxy far, far away and lets Hera (Vanessa Marshall) and Sabine (Tiya Sircar) have the spotlight as the pair go on a supply run in this episode that first aired on 3 November, 2014. We get mentions of Fulcrum, as repairs…
Star Wars: Rebels (2014) – Fighter Flight, Rise of the Old Masters, and Breaking Ranks
This week’s instalment of Rebels brings me the next three episodes in the first season and Fighter Flight is probably one of the weakest episodes of the series, while still remaining entertaining. Written by Kevin Hopps, this episode first debuted on 20 October, 2014. We’re still early in the series, and everyone is getting to…
Chuck (2007/2008) -Versus the Crown Vic, and Versus the Undercover Lover
Chuck (Zachary Levi) goes undercover this week in Chuck Versus the Crown Vic. Written by Zev Borow, this episode first aired on 3 December, 2007. When Chuck flashes on a counterfeit bill, he, Sarah (Yvone Strahovski) and Casey (Adam Baldwin) go undercover to find out what is going on, but Chuck’s lack of experience causes…
Moonlighting (1988) – A Womb With A View, and Between A Yuk and A Hard Place
The fifth and final season of Moonlighting got underway on 6 December, 1988 with A Womb With A View, written by series creator Glenn Gordon Caron and Charles H. Eglee. Bruce Willis pulls double duty in this episode, not only playing David Addison, but also Baby Hayes, as the story gives us a story from…
The Mind Reels 