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MICHAEL (1924)
Triangle story: painter, his young male model, unscrupulous princess.
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.15 – ‘Will You Take My Hand?’
Underwhelming is the best way to describe Star Trek: Discovery’s finale, which brought this first season to a mediocre resolution, or sorts. The extended Mirror Universe arc had perhaps been too successful, because the return to the show’s core story of war between the Federation and Klingons never got the focus, depth, and narratively complexity…
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BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES 2: THE INFERNAL BATTLEFIELD (2017)
An imperial guard searches for the truth behind a conspiracy that framed him and his partners…
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HOUSE (1977)
A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt’s country home, which tries to devour the girls in bizarre ways…
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THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018)
In the near future, a group of astronauts on a space station are working to solve an energy crisis on Earth, when an unexpected outcome leaves them isolated and fighting for survival…
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THE X-FILES, 11.6 – ‘Kitten’
Since the show’s 2016 revival, Mitch Pileggi has been featured in The X-Files’ famous opening credits, joining David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson with a shot of his character’s FBI name badge. It was perhaps a canny bit of negotiation from Pileggi’s agent to get equal billing with the show’s leads, but it does remind you…
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.14 — ‘The War Without, the War Within’
This season’s warping to a close, and “The War Without, the War Within” began what’s essentially a bonus two-parter after the Mirror Universe arc. The Discovery’s now back in the Prime Universe, but it’s nine months later and the Klingon Empire’s close to winning the war. This episode quickly brought us up to speed on…
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THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW (1988)
An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumours about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies…
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FLATLINERS (2017)
Five medical students, obsessed by what happens after death, stops their hearts for short periods to trigger near-death experiences…
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THE X-FILES, 11.5 – ‘Ghouli’
The situation with Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) having a child together, which they gave up for adoption, formed part of The X-Files mythos after I’d stopped watching in the late-1990s, so it’s always been hard for me to care about it. I’d much rather the revived series ditch the alien conspiracy stuff,…
