Somehow I missed the fact that Sam Raimi directed this film. If I had known that Raimi was involved I think I would have moved this a little higher up on the list (not to mention a score by Danny Elfman as well!). Sure I was partially interested when I saw the casting of Rachel…
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Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020) – Moist Vessel, Cupid’s Errant Arrow, and Terminal Provocations
Moist Vessel continues to show that Trek can do comedy and animation right, and still be Trek. First airing on 27 August, 2020, it was written by Ann Kim and continues to move our characters forward in their narrative arcs, with lots of deep cuts and humour. The Cerritos is investigating a long-lost generation ship…
Battlestar Galactica (2006) – Resurrection Ship: Part 1, and Part 2
Where do we go after that incredible ending last episode with the Galactica and Pegasus launching fighters at one another? Helo (Tahmoh Penikett) and Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) are being prepared for summary execution because of the efforts they made to save Boomer (Grace Park), and Adama (Edward James Olmos) is not going to let that…
Stargate: Atlantis (2005) – The Siege: Part 3, and The Intruder
Things are pretty dire for the Atlantis Expedition. Ford (Rainbow Sun Francks) gets grabbed by a Wraith who is feeding on him when a grenade goes off and sends them both tumbling over the side into the distant ocean. Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) is on his suicide run, but is saved at the last moment, despite…
Stargate SG-1 (1999) – Fair Game, and Legacy
Carter (Amanda Tapping) gets promoted to Major in this episode, a wonderfully nice moment for the character, but things get interrupted when O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) gets beamed aboard an Asgard ship, which leads to the story for the episode when he has a conversation with Thor (voiced by Michael Shanks). Written by Robert C….
Family Ties (1985/1986) – How Do You Sleep?, You’ve Got a Friend, and Nothing But a Man
How Do You Sleep? gives us a cold opening, which is unusual for the show, and gives us Alex (Micheal J. Fox) suffering his sixth night of insomnia. Written by Marc Lawrence, this episode debuted on 12 December, 1985. Alex finds himself struggling, he’s exhausted but is also troubled and worried about all the things…
Family Ties (1982) – Big Brother Is Watching, No Nukes Is Good Nukes, and Death of a Grocer
Alex (Micheal J. Fox) finds himself in an ethical dilemma when he’s made editor of the school paper. Big Brother is Watching was written by Ruth Bennett and originally aired on 17 November, 1982. Within moments of getting the position he’s presented with a story that involves cover-ups and lies, their school has a very…
Tropic Thunder (2008) – Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller directed the ultimate Hollywood satire with Tropic Thunder. He developed the story with Justin Theroux, and the pair wrote a script with Ethan Cohen. It’s sharp, pointed, and under its endlessly quotable dialogue and performances is a skewering look at Tinsel Town. Everything seems to be a lie, from promotions to images to…
M*A*S*H (1979) – Dear Uncle Abdul, Captain’s Outrageous, and Stars and Stripes
All Klinger(Jamie Farr) wants to do is write a letter to his Dear Uncle Abdul. Written by John Rappaport and Jim Mulligan this episode first debuted on 3 December, 1979. Each time Klinger settles in to write, he gets pulled into helping one of the officers with one of their eccentricities, Houlihan (Loretta Swit) is…
M*A*S*H (1978/1979) – An Eye for a Tooth, Dear Sis, and B.J. Papa San
Ronny Graham pens the first episode up this week, An Eye for a Tooth, which first aired on 11 December, 1978. While Father Mulcahy (William Christopher) ruminates on why he’s been passed over for promotion, again, Charles (David Ogden Stiers) pushes the prank war between Houlihan (Loretta Swit) and Hawkeye (Alan Alda) and B.J. (Mike…
The Mind Reels 