Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 01/17/25

King (2011 TV Series) [+] Canadian police procedural that ran for two seasons. Toronto Detective Staff Sergeant Jessica King (Amy Price-Francis) is put in charge of the Major Crimes Task Force after it's former head, Detective Sergeant Derek Spears (Alan van Sprang, the recurring main bad guy in Shadow Hunters), blows it on television news. Every episode is one case which King solves by being better at noticing things, reading people, and following hunches. There's also a bit of a love triangle with King in a troubled third marriage to officer Danny Sless (Gabriel Hogan) and a former romance with Spears who is also married but separating from his wife. I liked this show because King has a brash attitude but also loves her nice clothes and designer heels.

Star Wars Forces of Destiny (2017) [/] A series of 32 3-minute animated shorts of scattered little vignettes, mostly featuring female characters of the Star Wars universe. I like the shorts featuring Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Princess Leia (Shelby Young) since those characters are not seen outside the movies — even Padmé Amidala (Catherine Taber) often appears in Clone Wars animated series.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) [-] Second of the reboot where the main Ghostbusters team is the Spengler family: mom Callie (Carrie Coon) — Egon Spengler's daughter — son Trevor (Finn Wolfhard), daughter Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) and boyfriend Gary Grooberson (Paul Rudd). While the Mayor wants them shut down for their reckless behavior a demon is accidentally released — Garraka the Frozen Lord. In the end he's defeated by a Deus ex machina and even having small roles for the original (surviving) Ghostbusters doesn't save this story… Looking back now I don't think I like any of the Ghostbuster stories. The original movie was the best but that's because of the comedians playing the characters and not the story.

Kirkland Signature Beef Lasagna [/] Perfectly passable lasagna. Takes over an hour to cook from frozen though was a bit watery so maybe I undercooked it a bit or didn't let it sit long enough. When it's hot it's fairly tasty and once it cools less so. A whole lot of calories though so I'm fine passing on this. Actually about as good (and watery) as their Giovanni Rana Beef & Short Rib Lasagna though the latter has less meat but maybe tastier meat.