Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, 1991. Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Kim Cattrall, David Warner, Christopher Plummer, and Iman. SYNOPSIS: After the poor response to the fifth film, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country proved to be a wonderful send-off for the […]
October Horrors 2020 – The Omen (1976)
The Omen, 1976. Directed by Richard Donner Starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Spencer Stevens, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw and Patrick Troughton. SYNOPSIS: After the sudden death of his newborn child, American diplomat Robert Thorn, unbeknownst to his wife, adopts an orphaned infant whom they name Damien. As the child grows up, a series of […]
Star Trek – The Essential Picard: Chain of Command
Ricky Church revisits the essential Jean-Luc Picard episodes as we count down to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard… Every now and again the Star Trek franchise dips into some fairly dark territory with heavy subject matter. Audiences got a bit of a taste with that in The Next Generation‘s ‘Best of Both Worlds‘ with Picard’s assimilation […]
Movie Review – Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Mary Poppins Returns, 2018. Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Jeremy Swift, Jim Norton. Pixie Davies, Joel Dawson, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Nathanael Saleh, Ian Conningham, and Dick Van Dyke. SYNOPSIS: Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 25 – In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
In the Mouth of Madness, 1995. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jurgen Prochnow, David Warner, and Charlton Heston. SYNOPSIS: The world is literally going crazy for the work of horror novelist Sutter Cane who has mysteriously vanished. With the release of his newest novel rapidly approaching, Cane’s publishers recruit insurance investigator […]
Time After Time: The Origin of Wells vs The Ripper
Tony Black on the original of Wells vs. The Ripper… It’s been quite the week for time travel TV shows, as first NBC’s Timeless dropped a trailer (and if that show could have more cliches, I’d love to know how), the announcement that Jeremy Carver has jumped from the good ship Supernatural to head up […]
