Stargate: Atlantis (2004) – Suspicion, and Childhood’s End

When Sheppard’s (Joe Flanigan) team is ambushed by the Wraith yet again, Weir (Torri Higginson) begins to suspect that there is an informant somewhere on Atlantis. Blame initially falls on the Athosians who the Earth expedition has taken in and housed. Suspicion was written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie from a story by Kerry…

Stargate: Atlantis (2004) – Hide and Seek, and Thirty Eight Minutes

Everyone is settling into Atlantis, McKay (David Hewlett) is taking gene therapy from Beckett (Paul McGillion) so he can access Ancient technology, but now he has a problem in Hide and Seek. Written by Robert C. Cooper from a story by Cooper and Brad Wright, this episode was first broadcast on 23 July, 2004. McKay…

Outland (1981) – Peter Hyams

Peter Hyams writes and directs this galactic update of the classic western, High Noon, that sees Sean Connery stepping into the Gary Cooper role of a lone marshall awaiting the arrival of men who are coming to kill him. With a visual look that seems to marry it with the universe of Alien (aided by…

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) – Agatha Christie

This week’s Agatha Christie isn’t quite the romp of the previous entry, but like all her tales, is wonderfully engaging and entertaining as she weaves a tale of murder, secret marriages, servants, doctors, drugs, wayward sons, and hidden secrets and truths. And in the middle of it all, Hercule Poirot. This one is a bit…