OBS has complied a few TV Shows that may have been long forgotten. But we deem these to be ‘must-see’ and want to remind anyone who forgot, or shed new light on these entertaining television shows!

Dark Shadows– 1966-71 Soap Opera with 1225 episodes

Even though I wasn’t around to see any of the original airings, I can still remember watching the syndication of this soap opera as a child. A ground breaking series, with dark and gothic themes, I believe DS set the standard for all supernatural series today. In the beginning, the series focused on Victoria Winters’ arrivial at Collinwood to be the governess for David Collins and her strange encounters in the old mansion. However by the 211th episode, Barnabas Collins, a nearly two-hundred-year-old vampire, is released from his coffin by Willie Loomis and brings terror to Collinsport. The series hosts every sort of supernatural creature you can imagine and addresses every possible encounter with the impossible you could ever dare to dream. It is a cult classic and with Tim Burton’s coming remake, it should not be passed up.

Inuyasha (1996-2008)

The series follows a time-traveling high school student, a half-demon, a lecherous monk, a fox demon, a demon slayer, and a nekomata during the Sengoku period as they seek to find all the fragments of the Jewel of Four Souls and to keep them out of the hands of evildoers, especially Naraku.

Inuyasha has action and romance, what more can you ask for. Watching this series is almost like reading a book. You connect with the characters, learn to love the good guys and hate the villians. Almost every episode ends with a cliff hanger so you just dying to see what happens next. The love story between Inuyasha and Kagome will keep you guessing. One minute you think Inuyasha and Kagome will be together, and then Inuyasha will go and do something stupid and ruin everything. If you havent check this out. You need to.

Charmed (1998-2006) WB or now The CW

Charmed is the story of the three Halliwell sisters, Prue, Piper and Phoebe, discovering that they are the world’s most powerful good witches, The Charmed Ones; each gifted with innate magical powers they must collectively use to defend the “innocents” of San Francisco from demons, warlocks and other evil beings. Prue has the power of telekinesis, Piper the power to freeze time and Phoebe the power to see the future and the past. During their fight against the forces of evil, the Source of all Evil’s assassin, Shax, kills eldest sister Prue, breaking the united Power of Three. However, the Charmed triple-destiny is restored with the introduction of a long-lost fourth half-sister, Paige Matthews, who is half-witch and half-whitelighter Paige is a telekinetic like Prue, but due to her whitelighter ancestry has the ability to call for objects to move where she wants them.

I was obsessed about this show! I never missed an episode and always watched the reruns! I loved the idea of ‘power of three’, and the whole premise of the show! This show took so many different supernatural characters and wrote them into the background and present story of the witches. Every week there was always some interesting problem, some new evil, and some rotten human heartaches. I was so invested in this show, the plots kept me begging for more, and I was devastated when it finally ended. Also the sisters wore the best outfits, lol…they were all hot ass kickin witches!!

The X-Files TV-series (1993–2002)

It’s an cult science fiction TV series. It was a hit for Fox network and the characters and slogans (‘The Truth Is Out There’, ‘Trust No One’, ‘I Want to Believe’) became cult in the 1990s.

FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Andersons) are the investigators of X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder is a believer in the existence of aliens and the paranormal, while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses on Mulder’s discoveries. The main story involves the agents’ pursuit to uncover a government conspiracy to hide the existence of extraterrestruaks, as well as the U.S. government’s collaboration with them. A mysterious group of men comprising a shadow element, they were most often represented by the ‘Cigarette Smoking Man’ (William B. Davis), a main villain in the series. Mulder believes that his sister was abducted by aliens. His relentless search for her is a major part of the story. He eventually finds out, late in the series, that she was indeed abducted via a collaboration between the government and the aliens, and was subjected to medical experiments in the interest of creating a human-alien hybrid.

The series also centered around the ambiguous relationship between the two agents. For most of the series Mulder and Scully were close as partners and platonic friends. Later in the series, the two finally admit having romantic feelings for each other and begin a relationship.

The agents are joined late in the series by two new agents, John Doggett (Robert Patrick) abd Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish). When Mulder is himself abducted, Doggett takes over for him and helps Scully in her search for him. The series ends when Mulder is put on trial in secret by military tribunal for breaking into a top-secret military facility and viewing plans for alien invasion and colonization of Earth. He is found guilty, but escapes punishment with the help of the other agents, and he and Scully become fugitives.

Did you watch any of these shows? If so, which ones and what did you like best about them? Also, did you have a favorite episode, one that will forever stick out in your memory? Lastly, what are some of your ‘must-see’ TV shows?

Must-See List by Staff Member Caro

30 DAYS OF NIGHT

Year: 2007 
Director: David Slade

Cast: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Manu Bennett, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall.

Why is it a must see?
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this movie and it still scares me. This vampires are different from all the others; they have their own language, really long black nails, sharp teeth, not to mention their thirst and the fact that they will have no mercy on you. Definitely David took vampire movies to another level and the best part about it that it has a sequel and a very gory comic for all those vampire fans.

UNDERWORLD

Year: 2003
Director: Len Wiseman

Cast: Kate Beckinsale (Selene), Scott Speedman (Michael Corvin), Michael Sheen (Lucian), Bill Nighy (Viktor), Shane Brolly (Kraven), Erwin Leder (Singe), Sophia Myles (Erika), Robbie Gee (Kahn), Wentworth Miller (Dr. Adam Lockwood), Kevin Grevioux (Raze), Zita Görög (Amelia), Scott McElroy (Soren), Todd Schneider (Trix), Sándor Bolla (Rigel) Hank Amos (Nathaniel).

Why is it a must see?
Who didn’t want a leather coat just like the one that Selene had? I did. This movie had gothic written all over the vamps fashionable clothes. The night scenes acompanioned by the rainy weather and gloomy streets were just another element for the vamps and wolves to come out and play. Romance for the girls (don’t you still wonder what happened to them?), weapons for the boys (bullets with liquid silver!)a vamp movie for everyone.

NOSFERATU

Year: 1922 
Director: F. W. Murnau

Cast: Max Schreck (Count Dracula), Alexander Granach (Renfield), Gustav von Wangenheim (Jonathan Harker), Greta Schröder (Mina Harker), Georg H. Schnell (Arthur Holmwood), Ruth Landshoff (Lucy Westenra), John Gottowt (Prof. Van Helsing).

Why is it a must see?
This is the classic of classic vamp movies and German films (as my teacher would say). I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed watching this movie; seeing Dracula carry around his coffin everywhere he went, the his shadow with his creepy hands on the wall, Mina and her dear love, it was all just comical for a 20’s horror film and despite the fact that it’s different from the book it still is a great movie to see.

BLADE II

Year: 2002
Director: Guillermo del Toro

Cast: Wesley Snipes (Eric Brooks/Blade), Kris Kristofferson (Abraham Whistler), Ron Perlman (Reinhardt), Leonor Varela (Nyssa), Norman Reedus (Scud), Thomas Kretschmann (Damaskinos), Luke Goss (Nomak), Matt Schulze (Chupa), Danny Jones-Jules (Asad), Donnie Yen (Snowman), Santiago Segura (Rush).

Why is it a must see?
Another comics series turned into a live action movie and with Guillermo del Toro (who is one of my favorite directors), he just knows how to bring the monsters to life and I just love that scene at the end were Nomak rearranges his broken hand! If you love fight sequences this is a great movie.

QUEEN OF THE DAMNED

Year: 2002
Director: Michael Rymer

Cast: Aaliyah (Queen Akasha), Stuart Townsend (Lestat de Lioncourt), Marguerite Moreau (Jesse Reeves), Vincent Perez (Marius de Romanus ), Paul McGann (David Talbot), Lena Olin (Maharet) Christian Manon (Mael), Claudia Black (Pandora), Bruce Spence (Khayman), Matthew Newton (Armand), Tiriel Mora (Roge), Megan Dorman (Maudy).

Why is it a must see?
It has vamp romance, a queen killing anyone who gets in her way, good music, a great custom design. Rock star vampires! And I like that it shows a different view of what Lestat was in Interview with the Vampire. I love Stuart as Lestat.

THE MESSENGERS

Year: 2007
Director: Pang Brothers

Cast: Kristen Stewart (Jess Solomon), Dylan McDermott (Roy Solomon), Penelope Ann Miller (Denise Solomon), John Corbett (John Burwell), Dustin Milligan (Bobby), Jodelle Ferland (Michael Rollins), Shirley Mcqueen (Mary Rollins), Tatiana Maslany (Linsday Rollins).

Why is it a must see?
1) You get two for the price of one, Kristen and Jodelle. 2) Jodelle can be one scary ghost. 3) Throughout the entire movie you keep yourself thrilled to know what the big secret is. 4) You like Asian horror films? The Pang brothers know how to make one. 5) Crows can be really scary; Hitchcock “The Birds” is not alone.

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

Year: 2005
Director: Mike Newell

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Miranda Richardson, Robert Pattinson, Clémence Poésy, Stanislav Ianevski, Katie Leung, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Jason Isaacs, Timothy Spall, David Tennant, Frances de la Tour, Predrag Bjelac, Roger Lloyd Pack, Robert Hardy, Mark Williams, Jeff Rawle, Tom Felton, Shirley Henderson, Gary Oldman, Bonnie Wright.

Why is it a must see?
Things start to get really bad from this point on fro Harry, to read it is one thing, but to see it portrait on the big screen it better. In the fourth year of school so many new things get introduced: new characters, monsters, tasks, and we Voldemort in flesh and bone. Just like people imagined him! We must understand that the book is really long, but the movie captured the best scenes.

THE HAUNTED AIRMAN

Year: 2006
Director: Chris Durlacher

Cast: Julian Sands (Dr. Hal Burns), Rachael Strirling (Julia Jugg), Robert Pattinson (Toby Jugg), Scott Handy (Sqdn Ldr Peter Enfield).

Why is it a must see?
It has so much mystery from beginning to end that you keep yourself wondering throughout the movie what will be his next move. It has War World II flashbacks, spiders everywhere, a haunted institute. I couldn’t say much without spoiling the end. Watch it, trust me

THE VILLAGE

Year: 2004
Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard (Ivy Walker), Joaquin Phoniex (Lucius Hunt), Adrien Brody (Noah Percy), William Hurt (Edward Walker), Sigourney Weaver (Alice Hunt), Brendan Gleeson (August Nicholson), Cherry Jones (Mrs. Clack), Judy Greer (Kitty Walker),

Why is it a must see?
Give this movie a try. It can be a good scary movie; the photography and colors used look great. The wardrobe makes you forget what year it is. It creates its own time and atmosphere. It has great actors in different roles. Don’t mind anything else.

Have you seen any of these movies? If so, which are your favorites and why? Did we miss some Must-See movies with your favortie ‘Eclipse’ actors, or some other Vampire movies?

For this month’s edition of OBS ‘Must-See’ List – we are covering Survival movies!! Movies about events that cause the human race, or just one person to fight for their life…whether is from the government or an apocalyptic event. OBS Staff member Caro, has complied a few movies  and a TV show, that are all about our theme of “survival” and that she thinks everyone should check out.

Children of Men – (2006) by Caro

Director: Alfonso Cuarón.
Genre: Dystopian Sci-fi.
Cast: Clive Owen (Theo Faron), Julianne Moore (Julian Taylor), Michael Caine (Jasper Palmer), Claire-Hope Ashitey (Kee), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Luke), Pam Ferris (Miriam), Danny Huston (Nigel).

Why is it a must see?
I watched this movie because of Alfonso Cuarón and Clive Owen not knowing what to expect. But at the start of it, it instantly hooks you up knowing that the last youngest person has died making you wonder what happened. As the story develops you are interested in knowing how everything is going to end; if Theo will survive and if Kee will have her baby. The characters trap you in their adventures, just like the shot sequences and locations. It’s one of those stories that make you think about the future world and yourself.

Battle Royale – (2000) by Caro

Director: Kinji Fukasaku.
Genre: Dystopian.
Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara (Shuya Nanahara), Taro Yamamoto (Shogo Kawada), Aki Maeda (Noriko Nakagawa), Takeshi Kitano (Kitano), Kou Shibasaki (Mitsuko Souma), Masanobu Ando (Kazuo Kiriyama), Chiaki Kuriyama (Takako Chigusa).

Why is it a must see?
This is a must see and must read . Its novel was made into a manga and movie by the same name. When I first found out about this I read a review on a magazine, it caught my interest immediately. You had this school group taken to a place there was no escape from, they suddenly awake with collars on their necks that could explode in any minute and the worse thing of all was that you couldn’t trust anyone. I liked the plot, the graphics were amazing and the suspense to know who would be the last one standing had you on the edge.

Dark Angel (2000) by Caro

Genre: Biopunk/Cyberpunk Sci-Fi.
Created by: James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee.
Cast: Jessica Alba (Max), Michael Weatherly (Logan Cale), Alimi Ballard (Herbal Thought), Jennifer Blanc (Kendra Maibaum), Richard Gunn (Sketchy), J. C. MacKenzie (Normal), Valarie Rae Miller (Original Cindy), Jensen Ackles (Alec), Martin Cummins (Ames White), Kevin Durand (Joshua), Ashley Scott (Asha Barlow), John Savage (Colonel Donald Lydecker).

Why is it a must see?
This has been one of my favorite TV shows of all time. And I still can’t believe that it got canceled. The characters were likable; one was always waiting for the moment in which Max and Logan would appear in the same scene. Max’s quest to find the other X-5s had something new for every character and when she found Alec I’m sure it was the best moment for some fans Yes, then Max couldn’t touch Logan, but that was the good thing about their crazy love ride, every Romeo and Juliet had to had a disadvantage, otherwise it wouldn’t be a good post-apocalyptic romance. It had a bit of everything that’s why it made it so good.

Have you seen these movies listed above? If so, what did you think? Do you have any must-see movies about survivial, well then tell us which ones the comments below or on our FORUM!!

For this month’s edition of OBS ‘Must-See’ List – we are covering Angels, movies that are a definite must-see that involve these angelic creatures. OBS Staff members have complied a few movies, that are all about our theme ‘Angels’ and that we think everyone should check out.

Constantine - (2005) Dawn

John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) was born with a gift or a curse to see demons and angels walking this earth disguised as humans. Demons and angels cannot make a person do anything, but they can whisper in your ear and give you an urge to do it. As a child, John could not understand what he was seeing, and he had enough of this life and wanted to leave this cruel world by killing himself. Unfortunately for John, he is saved from death, and now must atone for his act. John is given extraordinary powers, and becomes a guardian on earth. Whenever a demon breaks the rules, John exorcises them and sends them back to Hell. John is known by the police for working in the supernatural field of the occult, and Los Angeles police detective Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) wants his help in her investigation. Angela has discovered that spirits are walking the earth, and she believes they had some connection to the suicide of her twin sister. Angela becomes aware that John can see these spirits, and she wants to see them too. John reluctantly grants her wish. John and Angela must deal with representatives of both Heaven and Hell to save humanity. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy) (IMDB.com)

Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LeBouf, Tilda Swinton – a dynamic cast for an interesting movie.
My favorite part of the movie was Gavin Rossdale as the demon Balthazar. If he’s in hell, I’m ready to go there too. He’s a seductive demon and he’s damn hot!

City of Angels - (1998) Dawn

Seth, an angel watching over Los Angeles, begins finding his job difficult as he falls in love with Maggie, a beautiful heart surgeon. She becomes interested in Seth, and soon his not-quite-mortal state seems a barrier rather than a gift. A choice must be made between celestial duty and earthly love. Written by Matthew C. Powell (IMDB.com)

City of Angels is a touching story. Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage were perfect for their parts. Seth falls in love with the beautiful compassionate doctor Maggie. He gives up his status to be with her but there is no happily ever after.

What Dreams May Come - (1998) Chris

Soul mates Chris (Robin Williams) and Annie (Annabella Sciorra) have an idyllic marriage together. However, following the death of their two children in a car accident, Annie becomes isolated and mentally unstable from guilt, and is institutionalized. After four years, the couple reconciles, but on the anniversary of the event Chris is killed in a car accident, finding himself in a Heaven derived from his wife’s paintings.

Despite the paradise he now inhabits, Chris is unhappy without Annie. When she commits suicide in guilt over Chris’ death, the act consigns her to Hell. Determined that they belong together, Chris commences a quest through Hell to rescue her, in the process discovering a number of characters from his past.

This is one of my favorite movies, the concept behind the book & movie, is very tragic and very uplifting. I’m a huge fan of Dante’s Inferno (The Divine Comedy) and this movie gives at-est to the realm Dante created, and we see some painful things with Chris’s journey to find Annie..but some very beautiful ones too, like finding his children again in heaven. Plus the imagery of this movie is astounding, the colors of heaven are like a painting, and the you see and feel all the emotions through the image on screen.

Dogma -(1998) Chris

An old man looks at the ocean from a New Jersey boardwalk outside a skee ball arcade. He is beaten into a coma by three hockey stick-wielding teenagers, the Stygian Triplets.

Two fallen angels — Bartleby (Ben Affleck), a watcher, and Loki (Matt Damon), formerly the Angel of Death — were banished from Heaven after Bartleby convinced Loki to quit his position and find one that doesn’t involve mass slaughter. This culminates in Loki giving God the finger, and both angels being exiled to Wisconsin and permanently banned from Heaven. The two see their potential salvation when a church in Red Bank, New Jersey, celebrates its centennial anniversary with a plenary indulgence. By passing through the doors of the church, they can have their sins forgiven and upon death regain access to Heaven. They don’t realize by doing this they will overrule the word of God. Since the basis of existence is that God is infallible, proving God wrong would destroy existence.

This movie is so funny! I love Kevin Smith and when he gets these stars together (Ben, Matt, Alan, etc) is pure genius! Heck, Kevin casts Alanis Morrisette as God, how cool is that! The movie is very entertaining with the bad angels causing destruction and Jay & Silent Bob trying to help the ‘good’ side stop the world ending…what could be better?

Have you seen these movies listed above? If so, what did you think? Do you have any must-see movies about angels, well then tell us which ones the comments below or on our FORUM!

This month OBS’ book club, is The Lovely Bones. A book about a young girl who was brutally murdered by her neighbor, and after her death, the cops can’t find her killer. That leaves Susie with a bit of ‘unfinished business’ so to speak, so her ghost guides the police and her family to finally solving her murder. So for this edition of Must-See List, OBS creator Dawn, complied a worthy list of TV shows and movies about Ghosts.

Must-See TV Shows:

Ghost Whisperer

Synopsis: Melinda Gordon inherited her “gift” — the ability to see and talk with the spirits of dead people — from, and was coached it its use by her grandmother. Running an antique store in a small town, newly married to a paramedic, Melinda helps the ghosts wandering around who are trapped between worlds by helping them to resolve unfulfilled aspects of their former life. (from imdb.com)

I don’t like Jennifer Love Hewitt much, but the storyline is great. Who wouldn’t want the opportunity to communicate with a recently deceased loved one?

Haunted Matthew Fox

Synopsis: Police officer Frank Taylor had the perfect job and perfect family. After his son’s unsolved abduction, his life, marriage and career disintegrate. He leaves the force to become a private investigator specializing in missing and abducted children cases. His ex-wife has come to terms with the loss of their child, but Frank is obsessed with one day finding their son. One day Frank’s life is forever changed while trying to apprehend Simon, a man linked to several child abductions who eludes the police. A fatal clash leaves Simon dead and Frank in critical condition. As the doctors try to save his life, Frank has a near-death experience in which he sees his missing son. When Frank regains consciousness, he finds that the dead can communicate with him, and that their confusing and frightening manifestations are usually intended to help him in his work. Some of the dead however—including Simon—abuse his new abilities to intentionally mislead or harm him. (from wikipedia.org)

Frank Taylor (Matthew Fox) can communicate with ghosts after a near death experience. Sadly, it was a short lived series.

Must See Movies:

Ghost - Patrick Swazye and Demi Moore

Synopsis: Sam and Molly are a very happy couple and deeply in love. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley, and Sam is murdered. He finds himself trapped as a ghost and realises that his death was no accident. He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost he can not be seen or heard by the living, and so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown, a psychic who didn’t even realise that her powers were real. (from imdb.com)

Ghost is such a romantic movie. Patrick and Demi are perfect together in a movie about a loved one coming back to protect their spouse.

The Haunting Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta Jones

Synopsis: In “The Haunting,” a group of insomniac volunteer research subjects travel to a massive old mansion to undergo testing for what they believe to be insomnia studies. What they do not know is that the professor in charge is actually conducting experiments on human fear. As the days and nights pass, the group slowly begins to learn the terrifying secret behind the house’s former owner. They soon realize that the house is pure evil, and they must battle a terrifying spirit to escape the house of nightmares. (from imdb.com)

As a group participates in a sleep study, they realize the house they’re staying in is haunted…..I love this movie, it’s just fun.

Catherine Zeta Jones is hysterical as a self-obsessed fashion-aholic.

So what are some of your favorite ghost movies and TV shows? Why do you think them, what is so appealing about the concept of communicating with the dead?

This month’s theme, is ‘Time Traveling’, so staff members have transformed our original features to fit that theme. So with our monthly must-see movies & TV shows, we made them all about ‘Time Travel’!

Lets take a trip back in time, shall we?? OBS has complied many movies & TV shows that we think are ‘must-see’ when it comes to “Time Traveling”.

Must-See Movies about Time Travel

Terminator

The year is 1984. Lighting emanates from above a garbage truck, knocking out power. The driver sees an object ahead of him and flees as the electrical surge dissipates. The object is a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger), naked and muscular, and he stands up and starts walking toward the city where he is spotted by three young punks. The man orders the men to give him their clothes, and the punks produce knives in response. The giant swats two punks aside, the third stabs him, but the giant tears open the punk’s body and kills him, for the giant is a cyborg, a machine-being within the outer body of a human. The cyborg is from the year 2029, where artificial intelligence has launched nuclear annihilation and humans fight to survive extermination led by a courageous man known as John Connor. The machines have discovered the secret of time travel and have sent this cyborg, known as a Terminator, back in time to stop the birth of John Connor. Source – IMDB

Dawn’s Thoughts
I was 11 when Terminator came out. I was immediately taken with the love story between Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese. For any science fiction/time travel fan, this is a must see movie. The intricate plot and great acting make it a fun movie to watch. Even now, when I see it on TV, I’ll stop and watch. It draws me in every time.

Deja Vu

In Algiers, New Orleans, an explosion of a ferry transporting sailors from the USS Nimitz and their families on a Mardi Gras excursion causes 543 casualties. Lonely ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) is assigned to investigate the terrorist attack.

He is informed by Sheriff Reed (John McConnell) about the corpse of a woman, Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton), that washed up on shore. Her body was found one hour before the explosion, but burnt with the same explosive. The agents believe that her death was meant to look like part of the explosion, but the body arrived too soon. Doug also learns that his partner, Agent Larry Minuti (Matt Craven), was evidently killed in the bombing.

Doug is invited by FBI Agent Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer) to join an experimental surveillance team led by Jack McCready (Bruce Greenwood). The team shows him moving images of the ferry boarding, from any and every angle. He watches the hundreds of people moving around, and after a few minutes starts firing questions at the team about a technology that can provide this type of live surveillance from four days ago (4 days, 6 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds). They explain that it is via a system of satellites, and that it takes four days to assemble the information so that it can be viewed just one time. He asks pointedly how satellites are providing audio, and the team looks startled but provides an explanation. Source IMDB.com

Dawn’s Thoughts:
Val Kilmer, Denzel Washington, James Caviezel, basically all the cast were excellent in Deja Vu. I felt the movie was VERY undervalued.Doug Carlin fell in love with Claire Kuchever by watching her in the past. He was willing to do whatever it took to go back and save her life as well as the life of his partner. Carroll Oerstadt played by Caviezel was creepy as the evil killer.

Kate & Leopold

Filmmaker James Mangold follows his Oscar-winning drama Girl, Interrupted(1999) with this whimsical fantasy. Meg Ryan stars as Kate McKay, a modern female executive in New York City whose drive to succeed in the cutthroat corporate world has left little time for romance. When her genius ex-boyfriend Stuart (Liev Schreiber) opens a portal in time, the experiment transports Leopold (Hugh Jackman) from 1867 to the present day. A charming bachelor and the royal “Third Duke of Albany” in his own time, Leopold is fascinated by the 21st century. As the courtly Leopold and the decidedly liberated Kate tour the town, a mutual attraction develops into something deeper, a relationship that’s threatened by Leopold’s temporary chronological status…. Source Moviefone

Kate’s Thoughts:
Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman make perfect leads for this film. The banter they exchange is executed perfectly and they really make a great on-screen couple. I highly recommend this time-traveling, ‘girl night’ movie to anyone!

Timeline (2003)

Directing his first film since 1998′s Lethal Weapon 4, Richard Donner helmed this big-budget adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name. Featuring a script by first-time screenwriter George Nolfi, Timeline begins in France in the near future. A group of students from Yale are there studying a medieval site, when their professor, played by Billy Connolly, mysteriously goes missing. To make matters more enigmatic, the students are then taken back to the United States by a shadowy technology company called ITC, led by Robert Doniger (David Thewlis). The eccentric Doniger explains that because of a machine that his company built, their professor is trapped in 14th century France. In order to rescue him, two of the students, Chris Hughes (Paul Walker) and Kate Erickson (Frances O’Connor), along with Andre Marek (Gerard Butler), an archeological site manager, must travel to France, circa 1357, amid archaic war, deadly diseases, and other unexpected pitfalls. Meanwhile, David Stern (Ethan Embry), a third student, stays behind to keep an eye on the shady Doniger. Source Moviefone

Kate’s Thoughts:
The actors in this movie were excellent. Anyone who knows me knows I am a huge fan of Gerard Butler, and in the beginning that was why I saw the movie. But this ensemble cast was fantastic. Billy Connolly was amazing as usual and Frances O’Connor did a phenomenal job of a strong, independent scientist.

The best part of this film is that once they went back in time the clock did not stop for anything. They were thrust into a past that they only have seen on paper and it was death for anyone who made a mistake. This film will definitely keep your heart pumping until the very end.

Must-See TV Shows about Time Travel

Stargate SG-1 by Erin

Season 2, Episode 21: “1969”
A solar flare sends SG-1 back in time thirty years to 1969. Captured by military police at Cheyenne Mountain, they must find a way to escape and find the Stargate in order to return to the present. They get help from a very interesting source.

SG-1 goes back to 1969: they are accused of being Russian spies, escape (thanks to an old friend) and get a ride across the country in a hippie van. If that’s not enough, then let me illustrate:

Plus the science behind gate focused time travel sounds plausible.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/68243/stargate-sg-1-1969

Season 4, Episode 6: “Window of Opportunity”
After an encounter with an archaeologist and an Ancient device on P4X-639, O’Neill and Teal’c keep repeating the same 10 hour period over and over-but they’re the only ones who can recall all of the events, so they’re the only ones who can stop it.

Jack and Teal’c start out by trying to undo the time loop: helping Carter with simulations and Daniel with translations, but after Daniel suggests they could do anything they wanted because there would be no consequences, they start to have fun. This is one of my favorite SG-1 episodes, period. I recommend this one especially for anyone who desperately wants Jack and Sam together.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/76400/stargate-sg-1-window-of-opportunity

Lost by Kate

The initial season had fourteen major roles getting star billing, making it American television’s largest cast at the time of the series’ debut. Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah. Emilie de Ravin played the pregnant Australian Claire Littleton. Until later in the season, de Ravin is only credited in the episodes that she appears in. Matthew Fox acted as the troubled surgeon, leader of the group and protagonist Jack Shephard. Jorge Garcia portrayed Hugo “Hurley” Reyes, an unlucky lottery winner. Maggie Grace played Shannon Rutherford, a former dance teacher. Josh Holloway acted as con man James “Sawyer” Ford. Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon, the daughter of a powerful Korean businessman and mobster, with Daniel Dae Kim as her husband Jin-Soo Kwon. Evangeline Lilly portrayed fugitive Kate Austen. Dominic Monaghan acted as an ex-rock star drug addict Charlie Pace. Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker Michael Dawson, while child actor Malcolm David Kelley acted as his young son, Walt Lloyd. Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle, chief operating officer of his mother’s wedding business and step brother of Shannon. Terry O’Quinn played the mysterious John Locke. Source Wikipedia

Kate’s Thoughts
Every time I hear that someone doesn’t watch Lost because they don’t “get” it, I ALWAYS say, ‘You have to start from the beginning!’. I was not a fan of the show because first I started halfway through the second season and I was totally lost, no pun intended. But when I heard how so many people loved the show I decided to give it a shot and started from the beginning, and now I am hooked! There are many small details about each person on the island that are only noticed as the seasons progress, and details about the island itself are revealed very slowly throughout.

The highlights of this season are the characters. Each episode revolves around a character from the crash. Characters pasts and their relationships to each other are revealed in each episode. The best part of these revelations is that people are not always who they seem to be, and it is great fun seeing who these people were before their life was completely altered.

So for a time-traveling, mind-altering show, Lost is definitely the one to see!

X-Files By Dawn

“Triangle” is the third episode of the sixth season of the television series The X-Files, premiered by the Fox network on November 22, 1998. The episode was written and directed by series creator Chris Carter.

Fox Mulder races to a luxury passenger liner on the edge of the Bermuda Triangle which has mysteriously appeared. Once there, he realizes he has travelled back in time to September 3, 1939 and the outbreak of World War II. Nazi soldiers have boarded the ship in search of “Thor’s Hammer”, something that could ensure victory in the coming conflict. As Mulder arrives, the soldiers and the British crew are fighting for control of the ship. Source Wikipedia

Dawn’s Thoughts
I was away from home when this episode came out and I recall demanding that my mother tape it for me. LOL! I watched it over and over again.Watching Mulder and Scully try to outwit the Germans was so much fun. The whole episode was beyond bizarre but it’s still one of my favorites from all the seasons of the show.

What did you think of this month’s edition? Did we miss any ‘must-see’ movies or TV shows?