Trailer Tracks: Alien (1979) – Ridley Scott

  Another classic trailer! This one runs for only 2 minutes, and the first minute doesn’t even include any footage from the film, but it so sets a creepy tone for what is essentially a sci-fi riff on the old dark house routine… I love this movie, and after having watched THIS trailer, I think…

Trailer Tracks: Star Wars 1977

  In this new addition to The Mind Reels, I thought it would be cool to put up a trailer a day, new, old, upcoming, blast from the past, and just revel in the awesomeness (or lack thereof) in the trailer. For me, what better place to start than this classic trailer before that fateful…

The Rockford Files (1974) Profit and Loss Parts 1 & 2

  Private Eye Jim Rockford (James Garner) is hip deep in it this time with this two-parter written by Cannell, based on a story by Roy Huggins. Airing during the holiday season of 1974, part one on December 20, and the conclusion on December 27, the story sees Jim drawn into a world of corporate…

The Rockford Files (1974) – Tall Woman In Red Wagon

  This week’s episode was originally aired October 11, 1974 with a teleplay by Cannell based on a story by Roy Huggins, and is a bit of a fun romp, despite the fact that Jim Rockford (James Garner) is left in right after the phone gag, which this time features Laurie calling from the trailer…

Dead Before Dawn 3D – April Mullen

  Last night, at select theatres across Canada, the zemons arrived!  Half zombie, half demon, this new brand of terror has slowly but surely been taking the world by storm, and last night, it was our turn.  A homecoming, if you will, since the halfbreeds were essentially created right here in Canada – in Niagara…

John Carpenter’s Halloween 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-Ray

  One of my fave John Carpenter films (see my revisit here) gets a gorgeous blu-ray treatment from Anchor Bay in time for its 35th Anniversary! With a HD transfer supervised by the film’s cinematographer Dean Cundey, who whether you know the name or not, has probably been responsible for the way some of your favorite…

What A Good Day!!

We here at the Mind Reels had a pretty good day… We got to see the new official trailer for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, I’ve watched it half a dozen times already… and cannot wait for it! This looks fantastic!! And then, this evening, Sue and I got to interview K.C. Collins, known to Lost Girl…