Oh, I understand you. General Dak’Rah, son of Ra’Ul.

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS S02E08 | Under the Cloak of War

Every time someone says “love” in Barry season 4

Black Bird (2022) miniseries

-(started) watchin' Season 1 (miniseries)- 12/15/2023- on Apple tv

Barry Cast, April 16th 2023

Barry Season Four Premiere Photos and Treats from Instagram

Link to photos here!

Favorite Episodes of "THE ALIENIST: ANGEL OF DARKNESS" Season Two (2020)

Below is my ranking of the Season One episodes of "THE ALIENIST: ANGEL OF DARKNESS", the 2020 adaptation of Caleb Carr's 1997 novel, “The Angel of Darkness”.  Created by Jakob Verbruggen and Cary Fukunaga, the television series starred Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning:

1.  (2.05) "Belly of the Beast" - The team races to find the killer responsible for murdering an employee at the Lying-In Hospital.

2.  (2.04) “Gilded Cage” - The clock is ticking for the team to locate baby Ana Linares, the infant daughter of the Spanish consul-general. Meanwhile, Sara Howard, now a private detective, is worried about her young undercover detective Bitsy Sussman.  William Randolph Hearst hosts a lavish ball celebrating his goddaughter Violet's engagement to John Moore, New York Times illustrator.

3.  (2.07) “Last Exit to Brooklyn” - Sara, Moore and alienist Laszlo Kreizler travel to Brooklyn in search of clues hidden in the killer's dark past.

4.  (2.01) “Ex Ore Infantium” - One year after Season One, Sara seeks out Dr. Kreizler's help in finding the kidnapped baby Ana.  Dr. Kreizler reunites with Moore and the rest of the original team.  And their search for the missing child brings them into contact with a mysterious woman with a murderous past, who is connected to a notorious gang.

5.  (2.08) “Better Angels” - Sara, Moore, and Kreizler have their final confrontation with the killer/kidnapper, and struggle with decisions about their future paths.

6.  (2.02) “Something Wicked” - Sara uncovers a clue at the Siegel-Cooper department store.  Moore struggles to balance his personal and professional life, as he investigates a link to New York's criminal underworld. Kreizler suspects dark goings-on at the Lying-In Hospital, while former police chief Thomas Byrnes plots against their investigations.

7.  (2.06) “Memento Mori” - Sara and John continue to search for information about Libby Hatch, a nurse at the Lying-In Hospital.  Kreizler is nearly ruined by a tragic accident. Sara and the team have to work with Byrnes to find a new missing child from the Vanderbilt family.

8.  (2.03) “Labrynith” - Sara persuades a young nurse to disclose what happens behind closed doors at the Lying-In Hospital.  Meanwhile, Kreizler is convinced that hypnosis might unlock Señora Linares’ traumatic memories of her daughter’s kidnapping.  Moore introduces Sara to a well-connected friend to further the investigation.

**Shots of the Episode**

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)

Season 2, Episode 8: “Under the Cloak of War” (2023) Director: Jeff W. Byrd Cinematographer: Glen Keenan

I KNOW it's a sad note, the barry finale being tonight and I just want to thank all of you for the art. The fics, the memes and your wonderful meta and analysis that made me lose it before and after an episode would air.

Love you Barry Fandom, this is something special <3

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Under the Cloak of War – TV Review

TL;DR – This episode brought a smile to my face from the moment it started till the second those end credits rolled. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4.5 out of 5. Disclosure – I paid for the Paramount+ streaming service that viewed this episode.  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Review – Well, this week, we get the incredible joy of having not one but two episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. However, they…

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STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS S02E08 | Under the Cloak of War

Face/Off (1997, dir. John Woo) - review by Rookie-Critic

As you can probably tell, I've started down something of a Nicolas Cage path, which is something I've always really wanted to do. There are so many classic clips, lines, faces, moments, you name it, from Cage movies across his entire career. The cult status of a lot of Cage's films is staggering, and a lot of them have built up a reputation so strong that you almost can't exist as an adult in modern society without at least having heard of a good number of them. There are hardly any of his litany of classics that this is more true for than Face/Off. This is one that I have wanted to see for an incredibly long time, mostly based off what I had heard about Cage's performance and just the general insanity of the plot, so I was very excited to finally cross this one off.

Let me start by saying that this is so deserving of the love it receives. It is crazy, it is unbelievable, at times it is incredibly stupid, but isn't that what we all want out of this? I can't really put myself in the shoes of the average moviegoer in 1997, because it is so hard for me to break away from the perception of Nicolas Cage as he exists now, and the reputation and iconography he's known for, but even in 2023, this is a pretty crazy performance from him. It's not as unhinged as I was prepared for, and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that, for most of the film, he's not Nicolas Cage, he's Nicolas Cage impersonating John Travolta. I'd say he doesn't do a horrible job with this, but I wasn't necessarily getting Travolta from it. On the other side of things, John Travolta is truly the star of this film. I know people constantly reference this as a great Cage milestone performance, but really the great Nicolas Cage performance of this film isn't even given by Cage himself, but rather by John Travolta doing a stellar impersonation of Cage's acting style. I've never viewed Travolta as a particularly amazing actor, I think he's good and has been in some pretty classic things, but I don't think those things are made classic by his presence in the same way that Cage's presence does. That is not the case here. I really, truly believe that Face/Off has the reputation it does, and the beloved-status that it does, because of Travolta, even if people don't realize. Another thing that really gives this film a leg up is that John Woo is a really good director who knows his way around a film set and a camera. The way this movie is shot is gorgeous. I caught myself multiple times throughout the film noticing how great the shots are, and even said, "ok, that shot was actually pretty sick," out loud a few times to the friends I was watching it with.

Now, this was the the late 90s, and there are a handful of ridiculous, silly things that I noticed: a lot of the explosions at the beginning of the film are clearly just fireworks, there are multiple shots, especially during the boat scene, where you can see the stunt doubles' faces, the bodies laying on the tables during the titular face/off surgery (which I learned after the film were actually painstakingly made animatronics) are uncanny valley representations of Travolta and Cage, the actress playing the daughter, Dominique Swain, doesn't give the best performance, and if I saw John Travolta wipe his hand down the face of one more person, I was gonna lose it. Some of these negatives genuinely detriment the film, but I found some of them added to the endearing qualities of it. The 92% Face/Off has on Rotten Tomatoes feels pretty generous, but really my score isn't much worse than that. Face/Off was great, and it deserves the legacy it's cultivated.

Score: 8/10

Currently available to rent/purchase on digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, etc.) and on DVD/Blu-ray through Paramount Pictures.

Black Bird (2022) miniseries

-(finished) watchin' Series (6 episodes)- 1/21/2024- 4 [1/4] stars- on Apple tv

A nice murder-mystery/who did it.

A tad predictable... but the twists and turns of the story throughout made this movie a good watch.

The Collector (2009)

Summary: Arkin O’Brien (Josh Stewart) must pay off his wife’s loan shark debts, so he decides to break into a rich family’s house to steal their valuable ruby. Little does he know that he’s up against another home invader, one with deadlier intentions...

Wince-inducing traps, one-dimensional characters, pointy objects, home invasions, and no discernable motive for villain? A perfectly decent Saw knockoff indeed.

Rating: 3/5

Photo credit: AceShowbiz.com

Tread Perilously -- Supernatural: It's The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

Tread Perilously — Supernatural: It’s The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

Tread Perilously wraps up Halloween month with its annual visit to Supernatural. This year’s episode: ” It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester.” When a loving family man is killed via mysterious razor blades hidden in a piece of candy, Sam and Dean follow up and discover a witch’s hex bag as the root cause. Suspects immediately become apparent via the family babysitter and her skeevy art teacher.…

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