Dexter Resurrection: A Beating Heart...

"Talk about a curtain call."

After ten weeks in a coma jam packed with delightful hallucinations, Dexter woke up in the Seneca Nation Clinic. I didn't think they would find a way to explain how he survived the bullet Harrison put in his chest, or why he didn't wake up in a prison hospital, but they did. Moving right along.

Resident Alien: I Believe in Aliens

D'arcy: "This is your big secret?"
Asta: "Yeah."
Harry the alien: "No, no, I'm not a dinosaur. I'm an alien."
D'arcy: "Whatever. Same thing. Oh, my God, of course you didn't tell me."

Episode description: "Harry comes face to face with his greatest enemy and makes a choice that may affect Earth forever."

Bait

A very common problem with shark attack movies is that they lack a good reason for the shark to stick around for the full runtime. Bait offers a fun solution: use a tsunami to trap it inside of a grocery store.

Poker Face: Season Two Review

"Yippie ki-yay, oystershucker."

This review contains spoilers for all of Season Two.

Evil: 3 Stars

"Oh, I would want. That would be great. Yes, please, please, yes."

Kristen, David, and Ben investigate a possible case of Diabolical Obsession. Just another day on Broadway.

Superman (2025)

"People were going to die!"

This is a different kind of Superman movie. I spent the entire drive home trying to figure out how I felt about it, specifically if I could point out any negatives I had with the film. Besides a couple of minor quibbles, which I will talk about later, I couldn't think of anything bad to say. Just a whole lot of good.

Xena: Warrior Princess Series Review

"In a time of ancient gods, warlords and kings. A land in turmoil cried out for a hero."

Like many I first started watching Xena: Warrior Princess because I loved the light-hearted fun of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. And like so many more I ended up being an even bigger fan of the warrior princess than the son of Zeus. Although both shows possessed the same tongue-in-cheek sense of humour, Xena could often be a much darker, more complex and character driven series. It was also cheesier than the entire dairy section at Sainsbury's due to the writers' willingness to indulge even their loopiest ideas.

Resident Alien: Best of Enemies

"I am your father."

Episode description: "Harry has an unexpected partner as he tries to infiltrate a military base to find his alien baby."

The Black Cauldron (1985)

"Oh, my soldiers... Soon the Black Cauldron will be mine. Its evil power will course through my veins, and I shall make you Cauldron Born... Yes, yes, oh yes! Then you will worship ME! Me... Oh, my soldiers... How long I have thirsted to be a god among mortal men..."

The 1980s was a boom period for fantasy cinema. Everyone was hoping they'd find the next Star Wars and pretty much always failed, but at least succeeded in producing a lot of cult classics. Now, there's two types of cult classics. There's the genuinely brilliant films that just never managed to find a wider audience, and then there's the genuinely bad films that many enjoy because of how entertainingly bad they are.

I'm not sure which group I would put The Black Cauldron in.

Movie Review: Mountainhead

"Eat the chaos."

I told myself I wouldn't watch this. I told friends I wouldn't watch it. Then I told myself I'd try it for 15 minutes, and immediately got sucked into this excellent, hilarious, brutal movie about the most terrible people in the world, directed by subject-matter expert Jesse Armstrong of Succession.

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

"Maybe I didn't want to be a scientist after all..."

Just when Johnny thought he was old enough to ride the Tube alone...

Season Five, Story 5 (Story Code QQ)

Starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor
with Frazer Hines (Jamie) and Deborah Watling (Victoria)

All the Sharks

We’re doing something a little different this week. Instead of a shark attack movie, I’m reviewing a shark photography reality competition show from Netflix.