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The Cabin in the Woods (2011, Drew Goddard)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 3, 2020
I didn’t have much hope for Cabin in the Woods; though, I mean, director and co-writer Drew Goddard… he’s gone on to stuff. Good stuff. Right? But if I’d known it was written in three days—it shows—and cost $30 million—it actually looks pretty darn good for $30 million, saving the money read more
Cool Hand Luke (1967, Stuart Rosenberg)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 2, 2020
Maybe a third of the way into Cool Hand Luke, the film all of a sudden starts getting really good. It’s when Jo Van Fleet makes her appearance, which provides the film both its single best acting—Newman and Van Fleet are exquisite in the scene—and also director Rosenberg showing he’s actually read more
Upload (2020) s01e03 – The Funeral
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 1, 2020
This episode opens with a Rupert “Tilford” (cough, cough, Murdoch)—played by Creed from “The Office”—paying to get his Upload mind put into a clone body. And he dies. More than any episode so far, this episode of “Upload” felt a little like they were trying for Robocop humor. It’s read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e11 – Fear Her
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 1, 2020
For an Earth episode, especially one with a strangely disjointed narrative with dueling MacGuffins, Fear Her is okay. There’s not a very high bar for the Earth episodes so getting to see David Tennant and Billie Piper doing an ad for the 2012 Olympics in London. They show up—six years into Piper’s read more
Frasier (1993) s02e13 – Retirement is Murder
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 30, 2020
New writing team (Elias Davis and David Pollock)—albeit one working together since the 1960s—and a new director (Alan Myerson) but it’s a close to quintessential “Frasier.” Though more in the “good jackass Kelsey Grammer” column than the “good exemplar episode” one, even though it’s read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e10 – Love & Monsters
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 30, 2020
It’s a not bad concept episode (written by Russell T. Davies, which seems weird but whatever) about a regular bloke (Marc Warren) who records a video diary on his digital camcorder to upload at 160×120 to his FTP server to share his story about the Doctor. I mean, it’s a YouTube doc before read more
Upload (2020) s01e02 – Five Stars
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 30, 2020
The best part about “Upload” this episode is Cigarette Smoking Man William B. Davis as one of the “Choak” brothers, who has died and is now living his reward after ruining American society for decades. Because Davis is good. No qualifications, no asterisks, he’s just good. Everything else read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e09 – The Satan Pit
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 29, 2020
So, the title sort of gives away the big reveal. The Satan Pit refers to the giant hole in the middle of the planet, where they’ve already dug twelve miles down and sent David Tennant and Claire Rushbrook to investigate. She wants to go in the existing pit, as opposed to the tunnel they dug. Tennan read more
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) s01e02 – The Cold Open
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 29, 2020
The Cold Open is about Matthew Perry trying to write the cold open (the pre-credits sketch) for the first episode of ‘Studio 60’ he and pal Bradley Whitford are producing. The episode’s cold open is Amanda Peet giving a press conference about Perry and Whitford taking over the show. It’s a quick read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e08 – The Impossible Planet
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 28, 2020
The Impossible Planet has just what “Who” needs… right now anyway. There’s a new director to the series (James Strong) and a new writer (Matt Jones), and they give the series a push in a better (arguably best so far) direction. Is there going to be any momentum… probably not. “Who,” read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e07 – The Idiot’s Lantern
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 27, 2020
I had high hopes for this episode. Higher hopes. Between writer Mark Gatiss, who wrote something last season and I didn’t hate it because I don’t remember his name, and director Euros Lyn, I figured it would be fine. I just didn’t predict it’d be such a middling fine. Once again the Doctor (David read more
Frasier (1993) s02e12 – Roz in the Doghouse
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 27, 2020
It’s writers Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano’s second episode this season. They sort of established the show in the first season, so it’s nice to see them back. Even if this episode doesn’t age well. Some of the jokes are great and the performances are fantastic, but the situations associated read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e06 – The Age of Steel
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 26, 2020
I had low expectations for this episode, given the first installment was so unimpressed; writer Tom MacRae and director Graeme Harper do not improve at all this episode. The perfunctory cliffhanger resolution does nothing to ratchet up any enthusiasm. The stakes are simple—the Cybermen are taking read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e05 – Rise of the Cybermen
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 25, 2020
The cold open of this episode looks pretty bad and the direction on the actors is terrible so I was just waiting to see it was Keith Boak. Then the opening titles rolled and I got a little hopeful upon seeing the writing credit—Tom MacRae, new guy (all the “Who” writers are guys so far), and the read more
Frasier (1993) s02e11 – Seat of Power
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 25, 2020
Steven Levitan wrote this episode. Levitan’s one of the few sitcom people whose names I recognize. I didn’t realize he’d done “Frasier.” Turns out this is his first of four episodes. Recognizing the writer (though not remembering he hadn’t contributed a script to credit level before Seat), read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e04 – The Girl in the Fireplace
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 24, 2020
The Girl in the Fireplace is an exceptionally affecting star-crossed lovers story, with the Doctor (David Tennant) happening across a portal to 18th century Versailles and—initially reluctantly—becoming involved Madame de Pompadour (Sophia Myles) as he tries to save her from time-traveling automato read more
Frasier (1993) s02e10 – Burying a Grudge
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 24, 2020
David Lloyd wrote a John Mahoney-centric episode last season so he seems the right fit for this episode, which is about Mahoney having to bury the hatchet with his ex-partner and best friend, Lincoln Kilpatrick, as both men have long retired and experiencing health issues. David Lloyd is father of read more
Frasier (1993) s02e09 – Adventures in Paradise (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 23, 2020
I wonder how this episode would play in one sitting. Even just marathoning it (as opposed to cutting out the recap at the beginning of this second part, which Kelsey Grammer performs quite well). Because writers Ken Levine and David Isaacs still have an odd structure. They had an odd structure last read more
Hitman: A Rage in Arkham (1993-96)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 23, 2020
A Rage in Arkham is the first Hitman collection, but it’s not all the first Hitman stories. There’s his first appearance, during the Bloodlines crossover—which I can’t forget to address, in a Garth Ennis and John McCrea Demon annual, then a Contagion tie-in with Hitman and Batman, then the first read more
Becker (1998) s01e22 – Regarding Reggie
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 23, 2020
I’ve been dreading the “Becker” season finale. I was initially enthusiastic about this rewatch but the first season’s been a slog. I’m not sure why exactly I was dreading this episode—other than the Regarding Reggie title being a little ominous—but it was the appropriate expectation. If read more