Sleepers was originally a TV miniseries from 1991 and has taken forever to be re-released in video or DVD format. After years of false hope when the title got mixed up with the Woody Allen film in searches, I finally hit the day when the story description matched what I remembered.  Everyone involved: the KGB, [...]

Whenever there’s upheaval in the news, and when isn’t there?, there’s something comforting in the black and white world of Benton Fraser, RCMP in the old series Due South .  He always holds the door for women and stops his horse at a red light. It’s been a long time since it was on the [...]

I do love happy endings.  There’s no promise that things will end happily for the minuscule crew of the infamous mining ship, Red Dwarf, but I’ve always wondered what happened to the toaster.  The caveat is that the three-part special (with an additional ‘making of’ ) will be broadcast over Easter weekend on the BBC, [...]