Splash remains a magical, enjoyable and funny experience, though some of it hasn’t aged as well as it could have. What it does have is able direction by Ron Howard, wonderful comedic turns by Tom Hanks, John Candy and Eugene Levy, and a beguiling role for Daryl Hannah. It’s a fun little love story that…
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A Better Tomorrow II (1987) – John Woo
John Woo got the band back together for A Better Tomorrow II. Ho (Lung Ti) is offered an early parole if he helps investigate his former mentor, Lung Si (Dean Shek). He turns it down, until he learns his brother, Kit (Leslie Cheung), a police officer is involved in the investigation. Ho doesn’t believe Si…
Never Cry Wolf (1983) – Carroll Ballard
Charles Martin Smith plays Farley Mowat, in Carroll Ballard’s adaptation of Mowat’s classic novel, Never Cry Wolf. A book that actually changed the way we viewed wolves. Mowat is a government researcher, and he’s got his assignment. Head north, like way north, and dig into the ahem menace that wolves pose to the environment, particularly…
Smallville (2002) – Rogue, and Shimmer
Rogue debuted on 15 January, 2002. It was written by Mark Verheiden. This time, it looks like Clark (Tom Welling) is in some real trouble, cause there’s nothing worse than a dirty cop. In this case it’s Sam Phelan (Cameron Dye) who stumbles onto Clark’s secret. Phelan attempts to blackmail Clark into stealing some internal…
Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Progeny, and The Real World
Progeny debuted on 11 August, 2006. It was written by Carl Binder from a story by Binder and Robert C. Cooper. We are introduced to the Asurans, a highly advanced race. In fact that may be Ancients. But things never go that easily in this series, and it is soon revealed that we know exactly…
Stargate SG-1 (2005) – Ex Deus Machina, and Babylon
Jaffa politics led by Gerak (Louis Gossett Jr.), a missing CEO, and the reveal of Ba’al (Cliff Simon) hiding out on Earth, plunge SG-1 into global intrigue in Ex Dues Machina. Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, this episode was first broadcast on 26 August, 2005. Carter (Amanda Tapping) is settling back into Stargate…
Stargate: SG-1 (2005) – The Powers That Be, and Beachhead
Vala (Claudia Black) and SG-1 head to a planet that has reported seeing Ori Priors. What Vala hasn’t told Cameron (Ben Browder) and the rest is that this is the planet she ruled over when she was held by the Goa’uld and ruled as Qetesh. The Powers That Be was written by Martin Gero and…
Stargate SG-1 (2005) – Reckoning: Part 2, and Threads
Anubis (Rik Kiviaho) and the Replicators are posing a giant threat to Earth, and O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) as the head of Stargate Command is sending his teams out to do their thing. Reckoning: Part 2 first aired on 4 March, 2005 and was written by Damian Kindler, with excerpts written by Robert C. Cooper….
Farscape (2002) – Into the Lion’s Den: Part 2 – Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, and Dog with Two Bones
The penultimate episode of season three picks up where the last episode ended. Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) is threatening Crichton (Ben Browder) with the destruction of Earth, and the threat of the Scarrans achieving wormhole tech hangs over everything. What is Moya’s crew going to do? Into the Lion’s Den: Part 2 – Wolf in Sheep’s…
The Shadow (1994) – Russell Mulcahy
I remember taking this one home from work at the video store when it came out. And I enjoyed it. Sure that was some thirty years ago (how is that possible?), would I still like it if I watched it today? Apparently the answer is yes. A pulpy blend of special effects, characters and production…
The Mind Reels 