Bill Murray is charming and goofy in Stripes, but as has been pointed out the film is just a little too long, or, the last half hour could have been something different. The first two thirds of the film are fun and solid, though some of it is a little dated, and some of it…
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Starman (1986/1987) – The Gift, and The System
Jane Wyatt, who played Spock’s mother in Star Trek, The Original Series and The Voyage Home, plays Paul Forrester’s (Robert Hays) mother in The Gift. Written by Peggy Goldman, this is the series holiday episode and was first broadcast on 12 December, 1986. Paul and Scott (Christopher Danie Barnes) receive a letter from Stella, Paul’s…
Magnum P.I. (2022) – Judge Me Not, and Run, Baby, Run
Rick (Zachary Knighton) is preparing for fatherhood, and the arrival of a restaurant efficiency expert to help increase profits at La Mariana, while Higgins (Perdita Weeks) and Magnum (Jay Hernandez) work on their new case. Judge Me Not was written by David Slack, and it first aired on 28 January, 2022. The duo are approached…
Star Trek: Mudd In Your Eye (1997) – Jerry Oltion
Harcourt ‘Harry’ Fenton Mudd is back to cause trouble for Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise in Jerry Oltion’s Mudd In Your Eye, set during the original five-year mission, the tale ties into the previous Mudd episode, “I, Mudd” and arguably before (?) the animated series episode “Mudd’s Passion”. The Enterprise is requested…
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980) – Ardala Returns, and Twiki is Missing
Princess Ardala (Pamela Hensley) is back in Ardala Returns. Written by Chris Bunch, this episode first debuted on 24 January, 1980. Ardala and Kane (Yay Michael Ansara!) are having issues with the new Draconian Ratchet fighters, since Kane updated them, none of the pilots are good enough to handle them. So a plan is concocted,…
30 Days of Night (2007) – David Slade
Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Steven Niles and Ben Templesmith, 30 Days of Night, is a fun, and bloody film that is the next vampire flick to come up in John Landis’ Monsters In The Movies, available from DK Canada. Barrow, Alaska, is a remote and isolated Alaskan town. Every…
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) – Elia Kazan
Tennessee Williams’ classic tale comes to the big screen in this 1951 adaptation that is my next stop in DK Canada’s The Movie Book. Now, lets be clear, I’ve never been a fan of Marlon Brando, not ever, he just kind of annoys me, and has his career progressed his lack of professionalism just became…
Lost Girl S03E09 – The Ceremony
Things get a little more Lynchian this week, with a script by James Thorpe and directed by Lee Rose. Bo (Anna Silk) under goes her Dawning, by entering the Temple. She can only get out when she has the key in hand. We also get a little more hint of The Wanderer, while Bo (Anna…
Lost Girl S03E08 – Fae-ge Against The Machine
This week’s episode sees Bo (Anna Silk) dealing with the incredibly fast approach of her Dawning, and ends with the fantastic image of Tamsin (Rachel Skarsten) standing in a rain shower of tarot cards depicting someone (thing?) called The Wanderer, and leaving us wondering what the hell this has to do with our favorite succubus?!…
The Mind Reels 