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…
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Road House (2024) – Doug Liman
Did we need a Road House re-boot/re-imagining? No, but the locations make for a pretty picture. But that doesn’t mean it has the charm of the original, most of which was because of the casting of Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott. This time out, Jake Gyllenhaal takes on the lead role of Dalton, a former…
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…
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 2: Earth (2006) – The Swamp, Avatar Day, and The Blind Bandit
The Swamp gives a message of the interconnectivity of everything. Written by Tim Hedrick, this episode was first broadcast on 14 April, 2006. Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen) feels drawn to a swamp, but when Katara (Mae Whitman) and Sokka (Jack De Sena) argue against landing there, a freak tornado brings Appa down and separates them…
Batman (1967) – The Ogg Couple, and The Funny Feline Felonies
Egghead (Vincent Price) and Olga (Anne Baxter) are back in The Ogg Couple. Written by Stanford Sherman this episode was first aired on 21 December, 1967. The episode was initially written to be part of a three-part episode tying in with The Ogg and I, and How to Hatch a Dinosaur but was re-edited to…
TIFF’23: Knox Goes Away
I’ve said it before, and I know I’ll say it again. I love a good noir, and Knox Goes Away directed by and starring, Micheal Keaton may be one of my new favourites. making fantastic use of his framing, lighting, score and production, Knox Goes Away, despite its modern trappings, feels like a throwback to…
Batman (1967) – Catwoman Goes to College, and Batman Displays His Knowledge
Catwoman (Julie Newmar) is back in this two-part episode that was written by Stanley Ralph Ross. The first installment, Catwoman Goes to College first debuted on 22 February, 1967. Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) are troubled to learn that Catwoman has been released from prison, with Bruce Wayne serving as her parole officer….
Batman (1967) – Batman’s Anniversary, and A Riddling Controversy
The Riddler is back, but with Frank Gorshin still in contract negotiations, they recast him… with John Astin. And as much as I love Astin and his style, his look and his delivery, he simply can’t compare to Gorshin’s manic delivery. I’m all for Astin making a guest appearance in the series, but maybe they…
Batman (1967) – The Contaminated Cowl, and The Mad Hunter Runs Afoul
The Mad Hatter (David Wayne) has made his escape from prison and has returned to Gotham City with a dastardly plan to bring Batman (Adam West) down by stealing his cowl and adding it to his collection, something he’s working on as he attends the annual headdress ball. Charles Hoffman wrote this two-part story, and…
Batman (1966) – The Penguin’s Nest, and The Bird’s Last Jest
The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) returns to Gotham City, but Batman (Adam West) and Robin’s (Burt Ward) alter-egos of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson are shocked to discover that he seems to be going on the straight and narrow and is currently running a high-end restaurant that has the weird touch of having the customers write…
The Mind Reels 