Terrible sets, silly walking dead, and a goofy story are all components of the next film in DK Canada’s Monsters in the Movies book. A group of treasure hunters arrive on the coast of Africa to recover the cargo of a sunken ship, a cache of diamonds to make them all rich. Unfortunately the ship,…
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The Twilight Zone (1963) – The New Exhibit, and Of Late I Think of Cliffordville
Look, there’s the signpost up ahead, it’s time to enter The Twilight Zone as I continue my exploration of The Complete Series on blu-ray available now from Paramount Pictures. This week starts with The New Exhibit, which was written by Charles Beaumont and first aired on 4 April, 1963. The story follows Martin Lombard Senescu…
A Corner in Wheat (1909) – D.W. Griffith
As I continue digging further into DK Book’s The Movie Book, I move onto the work of D.W. Griffith. I had previously reviewed his epic film, Intolerance, and have moved onto his key works. Listed first is A Corner in Wheat, a short from 1909. This film is as stunningly relevant today as it was…
The A-Team (1983) – The Taxicab Wars and Labor Pains
The A-Team continues to be on the run from the devious Decker (Lance LeGault) in this pair of episodes. First up is The Taxicab Wars, which was written by Cannell with an airdate of 1 November, 1983. Once again we find Mr. T in another (D.C.) cab. This time our heroes are on their…
The A-Team (1983) – Diamonds ‘n Dust and Recipe For Heavy Bread
It’s time for Season 2!! The A-Team is back, and they are all here, Hannibal Smith (George Peppard), Face (Dirk Benedict), Murdock (Dwight Schultz), B.A. (Mr. T) and Amy Allen (Melinda Culea)… and they are on their way to Africa in Diamonds ‘n Dust. Written by Patrick Hasburgh, this episode originally aired 20 September,…
Sherlock S03E03 – His Last Vow
And like that season 3 of Sherlock comes to an end, but oh, Mr. Moffat, you crafted a helluva season finale! It took me forever to find time to watch the episode, happily I remained spoiler-free, and it was so worth it… I had been looking forward to this moment all week, and as…
The Mind Reels 