Series developer Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks put Colonel Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) in some trouble this week with Henry in Love, which first aired on 5 January, 1974. While on a quick trip to Tokyo, married man Blake meets and falls for the very young (all of twenty to his forty-four) Nancy (Kathrine Baumann)….
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A Winter Haunting (2002) – Dan Simmons
I wanted to return to the town of Elm Haven, having enjoyed my experience there in Dan Simmons’ Summer of Night, so I picked up the sequel he penned to it, and dove into a but of a spooky tale. We join Dale Stewart, from the original novel, but he’s older now, in his fifties,…
Mother! (2017) – Darren Aronofsky
The cult of celebrity, the ‘ownership’ of fans, the price of love, and the need for peace, privacy, and solace from the madness that is the modern world. Aronofsky’s divisive film, Mother!, comes home on DVD and blu-ray today. Vaguely Lynchian there is the semblance of a ghost story at the heart of the film…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms, A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain, and Ninety Years Without Slumbering
It’s that time again!! Paramount Pictures continues to be my guide as I explore the depths of The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on blu-ray. This week’s trio of episode begins with The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms, which aired on 6 December, 1963 and was written by series creator, Rod Serling. It’s 25…
The Mind Reels 