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Friday, 25 November 2011

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Witch

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“Why would someone want to harm Cordelia?” “Maybe because… they met her?” So, we have the first episode to take place with the...
Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Harvest

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“Oh, I need to sit down.” “You are sitting down.” “Oh, good for me.” Let’s just gloss over the fact that this is excellent...
Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Welcome to the Hellmouth

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“Oh I would kill to live in LA. That close to so many shoes…!” Three years ago today, on 22 nd November 2008, myself and a bunch ...
Monday, 21 November 2011

The Invisible Man (1933)

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“He meddled in things men should leave alone…” What a brilliant film that was. I mean, I should have expected it to be good afte...
Sunday, 20 November 2011

The Wolf Man (1941)

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“All astronomers are amateurs. When it comes to the heavens, there's only one professional.” It’s very obvious that this was...
Saturday, 19 November 2011

Serenity (2005)

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“If anything happens to her, anything at all… I swear to you, I will get very choked up. Honestly, there could be tears.” The wo...
Thursday, 17 November 2011

The Nightmare Man: Parts Three and Four

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Part Three “I blame television. Some people see The Sound of Music once too often, and something snaps.” It’s a bit odd watching ...
Tuesday, 15 November 2011

The Nightmare Man: Parts One and Two

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Part One “There’s been a murder.” I’ve never seen this before but, as a rather full-on Doctor Who fan of twenty-four years standin...
Monday, 14 November 2011

Firefly: Objects in Space

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“Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction.” “You live on a spaceship, dear.” So that’s it. The end. It’s ...
Sunday, 13 November 2011

Firefly: Heart of Gold

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“So I trucked out to the border, learned to say ‘ain’t’, came to find work.” Yes, this is another great episode, but we’ve come...
Saturday, 12 November 2011

Flash Gordon (1980)

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“And use your fingers too, this time. Careful, darling! It’s very sensitive.” I can’t believe I managed to get to the age of 34 ...
Friday, 11 November 2011

Firefly: The Message

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“You are such a boob.” Another good one, this, although not one to particularly stand out in such exalted company. There’s a nice ...
Thursday, 10 November 2011

Firefly: Trash

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“I shaved off my beard for you, devil woman!” Bloody Hell, another great episode. They just keep on coming, don’t they? This had e...
Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Firefly: War Stories

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“Preacher, don’t the Bible have some specific things to say about killing?” “Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzy abo...
Monday, 7 November 2011

Firefly: Ariel

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“Next time you decide to stab me in the back, have the guts to do it to my face.” At last we get a proper, full-on arc episode. Gr...
Sunday, 6 November 2011

Firefly: Out of Gas

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“Mal, you don’t have to die alone.” “Everybody dies alone.” This sort of episode is pretty much obligatory for any genre se...
Saturday, 5 November 2011

V for Vendetta (2006)

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“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.” Well, it’s the Fifth of November...
Thursday, 3 November 2011

Firefly: Jaynestown

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“You guys had a riot on account of me?” It’s an odd one, this. It’s funny, the conceit is brilliant, there’s some great charact...
Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Firefly: Our Mrs. Reynolds

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“If you take sexual advantage of her, you’re going to burn in a very special level of Hell. A level they reserve for child molester...
Monday, 31 October 2011

The Mummy (1932)

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“Maybe he got too gay with the virgins in the temple?” More Firefly tomorrow, but tonight is Hallowe'en. I couldn't resis...