Damn this book is good. It had popped up into my feed as a recommendation, and after reading the blurb I was in. I’m not going to say much storywise beyond the blurb because it’s wonderful to see how the narrative plays out. I am going to say, I loved the way Moore crafted her…
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Dial M for Murder (1954) – Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock pairs with writer Frederick Knott to bring his stage play, Dial M for Murder to the big screen in this captivating and thrilling adaptation. The film features a top-tier cast, the luminous Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings and John Williams. Everyone has secrets in this engaging film. Kelly is Margot Wendice, a wealthy…
Smallville (2002) – Heat, and Duplicity
The second episode of season two drops us right back into the freak-of-the-week cycle, while continuing to develop the overall character and mythology arcs. Heat first aired on 1 October, 2002 and was written by Mark Verheiden. Clark (Tom Welling) discovers his heat vision, which gets out of control pretty quickly, and hurts Lana (Kristin…
Stargate SG-1 (2007) – Talion, and Family Ties
We begin our run to the series finale, with only four episodes left how are stories, and character arcs going to start playing out? Talion was written by Damian Kindler and first debuted on 1 June, 2007. When Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and Bra’tac (Tony Amendola) survive a series of bomb attacks which kill other Jaffa,…
Stargate SG-1 (2006) – Counterstrike, and Memento Mori
Things with the Ori have a huge escalation, when the Jaffa use a weapon that wipes out all ten thousand Ori followers in one shot. Bra’tac (Tony Amendola) brings the news of it to Landry (Beau Bridges) while SG-1 aboard the Odyssey investigates the planet. And Stargate Command is going to find themselves right in…
Get Smart (1966) – Double Agent, Kisses for KAOS, and The Dead Spy Scrawls
Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) switches sides and goes to work for KAOS in Double Agent. It was written by Joseph C. Cavella and Carol Cavella. It debuted on 8 January, 1966. The Chief (Edward Platt) is the only one who knows, besides Max, that he’s on a mission, and hasn’t actually switched sides. Max has…
TIFF 25: Fuze dir. David Mackenzie
The one thing that I came out of Fuze knowing for sure is that this is the first time I’ve seen Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a role where I thought, yes, I can see this fella playing 007. Now, it hasn’t been announced he is, or anything of the sort, but I’m saying what I saw…
TIFF 25: Retreat dir. Ted Evans
Ted Evans wrote and directed this engaging thriller that takes us inside the lives of Eva (Anne Zander) and Matt (James Joseph Boyle) when Eva joins Matt and a collection of deaf people living at a residence they know as Chilmark. Under the watchful eye, and guidance of Mia (Sophie Stone), the residents are establishing…
The Scarlet Claw (1944) – Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Watson (Nigel Bruce) find themselves in Quebec, Canada (read as the Universal backlot) for their next adventure, The Scarlet Claw. An original story, this adventure sees the dogged duo working to solve a murder that may or may not have paranormal trappings. While Watson is played up for humor again,…
Stargate SG-1 (2006) – Ripple Effect, and Stronghold
Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie pen Ripple Effect from a story they created alongside Brad Wright. It first aired on 20 January, 2006. It was directed by Peter DeLuise, who makes sure he gets himself a cameo. We’re seeing, well, a ripple effect from the creation of the black hole they created to try and…
The Mind Reels 