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The Dresden Files 1x01 - Pilot

Jennie Vongvith — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:38:20 -0800

The Sci Fi Channel's new television series The Dresden Files brings to life Jim Butcher's Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, a wizard residing in modern day Chicago. In fact, Dresden is so modern that he is even listed in the phonebook under “wizards.”

The Lost Room - Miniseries Review

Jennie Vongvith — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:40:50 -0800

A wristwatch that can boil an egg, a cufflink that lowers blood pressure, a bus ticket that sends people you don't like to “hell,” a comb that slows time, a pen that emits deadly microwave radiation, and a hotel room key that opens any door into The Lost Room. These are just a few of the hundreds of “objects” that Detective Joe Miller (Peter Krause) encounters in this science fiction thriller to search for his daughter, Anna (Elle Fanning). Detective Joe Miller stumbles across “The Key” as he tries to uncover an unexplained murder investigation where the victim's bodies are melded to the walls and ceilings. The Key is the most sought after object since it is the only object that takes the user to the non-existent Room 10. Then from Room 10, it takes you anywhere you wish to go that has a door.

Heroes 1x01 - Genesis review

Jennie Vongvith — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:23:44 -0700

What would you do if you woke up one day and realized you could fly, see the future, stop time, or even walk through fire unscathed? "Heroes" ask several people the same question. The pilot introduces several characters in different parts of the world that are aware they are no longer "normal." Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia), a New York nurse, believes he can fly, while his politician brother Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar), does not believe him, but unknowingly can fly. Niki Sanders (Ali Larter), a Las Vegas single mother struggling to raise her genius son, Micah Sanders (Noah Gray-Cabey), has a split personality in her reflection. Claire Bennett (Hayden Panettiere), a Texan high school cheerleader, can regenerate her body in a blink of an eye. Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka), a Japanese comic book geek, can teleport himself anywhere in the world. Isaac Mendez (Santiago Cabrera), a drug addict artist in New York, can foretell events of destruction. These are just the few characters introduced in the first hour of the series. Not to mention cast members who are not endowed with superpowers. Namely the Indian genetics professor Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy), whose wild theories of human evolution are actually not that wild anymore. Additionally, you cannot have a series titled Heroes without villains. The villains do not exactly make an appearance, but there is an air of conspiracy that is bound to tie each character together as they all marvel at the phenomena of the solar eclipse not knowing their destiny is bring them together, most likely in New York.

Eureka 1x01 - Pilot review

Jennie Vongvith — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:59:57 -0700

The Sci Fi Channel’s new original series Eureka finally made its debut on July 18th. Over the past few months, Sci Fi’s promotional tagline for Eureka read, “Small town. Big secrets.” Being a science-fiction fan, one is liable to be sucked into stories of uncovering secrets and conspiracies, and Eureka has its fair share of things to reveal.