So Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) is married, and David (Bruce Willis) despite blowing up last week, seems to be handling the news better than the rest of the office in Eek! A Spouse! Written by Ron Osborn and Charles H. Eglee from a story by Roger Director, Kerry Ehrin, and Jeff Reno, this episode debuted on…
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Moonlighting (1986) – Camille, and The Son Also Rises
Camille, the end of Moonlighting’s second season was written by Roger Director, and debuted on 13 May, 1986. Camille Brand (Whoopi Goldberg) is a con woman, who inadvertently stops the assassination of a senator when she escapes from a crooked police detective (Judd Nelson). David (Bruce Willis) sees Camille as a chance to raise the…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999) – Penumbra, and ‘Til Death Do Us Part
Station log: stardate 52576.2 Rene Echevarria pens this episode that first aired on 7 April, 1999, and begins one long serial arc that plays out through to the final episode. Ezri Dax (Nicole de Boer) disobeys Sisko’s (Avery Brooks) orders and goes after Worf (Micheal Dorn) when a ship the Klingon is currently serving on…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – You Are Cordially Invited, and Resurrection
Station log: stardate 51247.5 With a title like You Are Cordially Invited, it’s fairly easy to figure out what most of this episode is about – Worf (Micheal Dorn) and Dax’s (Terry Farrell) wedding. Written by Ronald D. Moore, the episode first debuted on 10 November, 1997. As the celebrations of reclaiming DS9 continue, thoughts…
Miami Vice (1987) – Like a Hurricane, and The Rising Sun of Death
Anything has to be a step up after last week’s abysmal Missing Hours, and Like A Hurricane is a little bit more on track, but is a very Crockett (Don Johnson)-centric story. Written by Robert Palm, this episode first aired on 20 November, 1987. Vice detective Sonny Crockett is given babysitting duty. He’s supposed to…
Life of the Party (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
With a recycled plot that is straight out of an 80s film, the Melissa McCarthy vehicle, Life of the Party hits blu-ray and DVD this week from Warner Brothers. Despite using all of the university and college tropes that have been in play since National Lampoon’s Animal House, the film arguably takes the story and…
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) – Mike Newell
Mike Newell ably directs from a sharp script by Richard Curtis, and what we are delivered is the next recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of Pretty Woman. This one is sharp, and enjoyable, though if I am blatantly honest, I’ve never been a fan of the…
The Deer Hunter (1978) – Micheal Cimino
Micheal Cimino’s examination of the effects of war, framed around the Vietnam conflict and a small industrial town in Pennsylvania is the next recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of Apocalypse Now. Laying out the scars, physical, mental and unseen that affected those who fought in it,…
Mamma Mia! (2008) – Phylida Lloyd
The final recommendation for my screening of Jailhouse Rock for the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film is the beloved stage musical, Mamma Mia! Using the catchy tunes penned by cherished pop group, ABBA, the tale is a but of a post-modern Philadelphia Story as a young woman, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is on the…
The Last Laugh (1924) – F.W. Murnau
I return to DK Books’ The Movie Book to explore the What Else to Watch list following their recommendation of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The silent film follows the story of a Hotel Doorman (Emil Jannings). He is a man who takes pride in his work, looks good in his uniform, and feels good…
The Mind Reels 