Spies Like Us (1985) – John Landis

Wow, my friends and I watched this movie so many times throughout my teen years; it is now inextricably tied to my youth, and no matter how many times we said it, we never got tired of the ‘dickfer’ joke. Filled with lots of great jokes and gags, the film puts Dan Akroyd and Chevy…

Millennium (1998) – The Mikado, and The Pest House

Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) brings his skills and gifts to the internet in an episode that gives us a serial-killer-of-the-week story as opposed to the mythology arc that has been introduced more strongly this season. The Mikado was written by Micheal R. Perry and debuted on 6 February, 1998 and sees a website broadcasting live…

Star Trek: The Wounded Sky (1983) – Diane Duane

  Diane Duane takes the helm of the Enterprise in this week’s visit to the 23rd century via The Book Shelf. While heavy on the techno-babble and grounded in factual science, this story garnered an additional worthy note, it was later adapted for the season 1 episode of The Next Generation, Where No One Has…