Kate Hewlett returns to Stargate” Atlantis in Miller’s Crossing. Written by Martin Gero, this episode was first broadcast on 30 November, 2007. McKay (David Hewlett) returns to Earth with Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and Ronon (Jason Momoa), when his sister, Jeannie (Kate Hewlett) is kidnapped. Her computer was being monitored and it’s all about getting McKay…
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Star Trek: A World Gone Mad (1973)
Gold Key Comics continued to boldly go with their Star Trek comics. Issue 20, A World Gone Mad, hit comic spinners for September, 1973. It featured a story by Arnold Drake, art by Alberto Giolitti, and a cover painting by George Wilson. The splash page suggests that a passing comet has not only driven a…
Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Common Ground, and McKay and Mrs. Miller
Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) has his hands full in Common Ground. Written by Ken Cuperus, this episode was first broadcast on 25 August, 2006. Sheppard is not only captured by the Genii and Kolya (Robert Davi), but finds himself imprisoned alongside a Wraith (Christopher Heyerdahl). Capturing Sheppard is only the first step in Kolya’s plans. Ladon…
TIFF25: Sentimental Value dir. Joachim Trier
Sentimental Value was recommended by my classmate Betsy, who got a look at it last week at the Telluride Film Festival. She told me to run, don’t walk to see this one. So I changed my viewing schedule for the first day of the festival to start with this. And wow. A beautiful and poignant…
Magnetosphere (2024) – Nicola Rose
Magnetosphere is a delightfully charming family-friendly feature that celebrates the pangs of first loves, the acceptance of one’s self, and living with a beautiful, but sometimes troubling condition, synesthesia, which causes her to see sounds, hear colours, and more. Maggie (Shayelin Martin) is thirteen, and she and her family are settling into Sault Ste. Marie….
Anyone But You (2023) – Will Gluck
Using Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing as a template (there are quotes and references littered throughout), Will Gluck directs this delightful, and sexy rom-com that stars Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney. Ben (Powell) and Bea (Sweeney) have a lovely little meet-cute, and have an amazing first date. One that is brought to an abrupt end,…
Suicide Kings (1997) – Peter O’Fallon
I don’t think I gave this one the attention it was due when it first came out. I remember watching it, but not paying as much attention to it as I should. Watching it now, I enjoyed it quite a lot. It’s got a great cast, and a tight script. A group of friends find…
Northern Exposure (1992) – My Mother, My Sister, and Wake Up Call
Shelley (Cynthia Geary) has a crisis when her mother, Tammy (Wendy Schaal),who could identify as Shelley’s younger sister (and does), shows up in Cicely touting her new man, Kenny (Sean O’Bryan). Will she keep her age and real relationship with Shelly a secret from Kenny or will the truth out? Shelley finally confronts her, wanting…
The Haunting of Velkwood (2024) – Gwendolyn Kiste
The Haunting of Velkwood is an original manner of ghost story. It took me a little while to really get into it, because I kept trying to figure things out a little more in terms of science, spatial and temporal issues of what was happening instead of settling in for a but of a supernatural…
Magnum P.I. (2023) – Number One with a Bullet, and NSFW
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is stunned to find out Buck Greene (James Remar) is dead and wants an autopsy because he doesn’t believe he killed himself despite the evidence recovered on the body. He is increasingly motivated to figure out what is going on, and what happened to his former CO. T.C. (Stephen Hill) provides some…
The Mind Reels 