Ryan (Ryan Kelly) last seen in the season one episode Stray is back. First airing on 12 November, 2002, Ryan was written by Philip Levens. Ryan makes a desperate call to Clark (Tom Welling) claiming his being held against his will in a hospital that is doing testing on his mind-reading ability. Clark is determined…
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Smallville (2002) – Kinetic, and Zero
Kinetic was written by Philip Levens and first debuted on 26 February, 2002. Lex (Michael Rosenbaum), Clark (Tom Welling) and Chloe (Allison Mack) are at the Luthor Mansion for an interview. But things go badly when a local gang, who have the ability to phase through walls show up to rob the place. And because…
Family Ties (1987) – Battle of the Sexes: Part 2, Band on the Run, and Keaton vs. Keaton
Hey, look, the two-part clip show continues. Battle of the Sexes: Part 2 was written by Stephen Curwick and first aired on 19 February, 1987. As the discussion about the differences between men and women continues, the narrative shifts to show how Mallory (Justine Bateman) and Jennifer (Tina Yothers) have gotten into trouble with the…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) – Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse delivered a brilliant, funny, engaging, and arguably one of the best onscreen Spider-Man we’ve seen yet, and it’s animation style is fantastic. It marries a number of animation styles and literally brings the comic book to life. When Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) has a life-altering encounter with Spider-Man…
Family Ties (1985) – Family Ties Vacation
Season Four of Family Ties gets to a shakey start with a pretty terrible made-for-TV movie that sees the Keaton family jetting across the ocean to England. Taking the family out of their sit-com environment where they can deliver messages, and important themes, and delve into ethical situations and putting them in a slapstick version…
Scent of a Woman (1992) – Martin Brest
Ten Bad Dates With De Niro lets me dive into some Al Pacino films, movies where he gets shouty, and the first one I get to rewatch that I haven’t previously covered for the blog is this film from 1992, and just seeing the poster art sends me back. I was just getting into the…
The House (2017) – Andrew Jay Cohen
Releasing to blu-ray and DVD today from Warner Brothers, is the latest comedic effort from Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler. Somewhere in this film, there is the potential for something really funny, but far too often the dialogue is pushed past the point of hilarity to absurdity, and the story itself could have played as…
Quantum Leap (1990) – All-Americans and Her Charm
Sam (Scott Bakula) is going for the touchdown in the first episode up for review this week. All-Americans was penned by Paul Brown and Bellisario, and directed by John Cullum. It aired 17 January, 1990. It’s 6 November, 1962, and Sam has leaped into high schooler Eddie Vega. Along with his best friend Chuey…
The Mind Reels 