Season six opens with SG-1 still trying to find a replacement for Daniel (Michael Shanks). Carter (Amanda Tapping) thinks that Jonas Quinn (Corin Nemec) would be a suitable replacement. O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) is against it, as he is also against the suggestion that a Russian officer be assigned to the team. This causes some…
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Stargate SG-1 (1997) – Children of the Gods
I loved the sense of wonder and adventure that the original Stargate film made me feel when I watched it, but I was reticent to dive into the series until well after the first season was released to DVD. My friend Dennis loved it, and swore by it and said I should give it a…
M*A*S*H (1973) – Major Fred C. Dobbs, Ceasefire, and Showtime
Hawkeye (Alan Alda) and Trapper (Wayne Rogers) push Frank Burns (Larry Linville) just a little too far after he rails out a nurse in Major Fred C. Dobbs. Written by Sid Dorfman, this episode, with a nod to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre in the title, first aired on 11 March, 1973. Burns goes…
City On A Hill: Season One – DVD Review
The Showtime series starring the incredibly versatile and always fantastic Kevin Bacon and SAG Award winner Aldis Hodge, City On A Hill: Season One comes home on DVD from Paramount Canada. The ten episodes tell an engrossing tale that follows a corrupt, but hardworking Bureau agent, Jackie Rohr (Bacon) form an uneasy alliance with the…
Penny Dreadful: The Complete Series
Paramount Pictures in association with Showtime is unleashing the Complete Series of the British Sky TV programme Penny Dreadful today. This danse macabre is by turns frightening, poignant, and completely unnerving. And it has never looked better. Featuring a gorgeous high definition transfer, the series looks and sounds fantastic as it takes the viewer deeper…
The Mind Reels 