So how is Diane Duane going to get Kirk and the Excelsior crew out of the problems with the Ajir and the newly arrived Grond? We’ll find out in issue 25 of DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series. Available for April of 1986, the script was by Duane, and once again featured Tom Sutton on…
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Battlestar Galactica (2007) – Crossroads: Part 1, and Part 2
The third season finale of Battlestar Galactica aired on 18 March, 2007. Written by Michael Taylor, the stage is set for Baltar’s (James Callis) trial. A trial that is going to have reverberations throughout the fleet. Welcome to Crossroads: Part 1. Roslin (Mary McDonnell) is having dreams of Hera as a young girl being pursued…
Smallville (2006) – Zod, and Sneeze
Season six got underway on 28 September, 2006. Zod, the season premiere was written by Steven S, DeKnight. Clark (Tom Welling) remains trapped in the Phantom Zone, Metropolis looks like a war zone with riots consuming the city, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is possessed by Zod with Lana (Kristin Kreuk) at his side, Lois (Erica Durance)…
Star Trek: # 23 – Wolf at the Door (1986)
The Redjac story concludes with Wolf at the Door, the twenty-third issue in DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series. It was on comic spinners for February of 1986. It was written by Tony Isabella, and Tom Sutton continues on pencils with Ricardo Villagran delivering pencils. Stardate 8878.4 The story picks up where the previous one…
The Shadow of the Gods (2021) – John Gwynne
The Shadow of the Gods, is the first book in a fantasy trilogy, collectively called The Bloodsworn Trilogy, that uses Norse mythology as it’s launching point. The gods are dead, their bones litter the landscape, trapping power within them. It is a world of magic and monsters and introduces the reader to a trio of…
Smallville (2004) – Asylum, and Whisper
Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is being held in Belle Reve Sanitarium in Asylum. Written by Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer, this episode was first aired on 14 January, 2004. Clark (Tom Welling) is keen to help his friend get out (Lex is also not taking his meds – hiding them in his paint work) but Jonathan…
Klute (1971) – Alan J. Pakula
I tuned in for Donald Sutherland, and stayed for the fantastic performance by Jane Fonda. So good in fact, that she took home the Best Actress Oscar. It’s a stunning turn, and she’s so good in it. Sutherland plays the titular Klute. John Klute, a detective. He’s trying to rundown lead on a friend who…
Smallville (2001) – Hothead, and X-Ray
Hothead takes onto the Smallville Crows, the highschool football team overseen by the arrogant Coach Arnold (Dan Lauria). And Arnold is going to be our freak of the week. Written by Greg Walker this episode, which is helping to continue setting the pace and style for the series, first aired on 30 October, 2001. Arnold…
TIFF 25: The Eyes of Ghana dir. Ben Proudfoot
Oscar winner filmmaker Ben Proudfoot turns the objective eye of the camera on the powerful story of Chris Hesse. A man of the cloth, Hesse was once a filmmaker and cinematographer in his home country of Ghana. He was with Ghana’s first president, Kwarme Nkrumah, from his inauguration to the coup that removed him from…
James (2024) – Percival Everett
Percival Everett offers a fresh perspective on Mark Twain’s adventure of Huck and Jim. Filled with humor, heartbreak, horror, and irony, Everett’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel is captivating, powerful and entertaining. Jim, as one will remember, is a runaway slave, and is later thought to have murdered Huck. The pair travel down the Mississippi tumbling…
