Many children have grown up with C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia books. It is important for the movies to remain true to the books because Narnia, like Tolkien’s Middle-earth, is a solid universe in the minds of its target audience. Walden Media and Fox 2000 don’t disappoint us with “The Chronicles of Narnia: The [...]

Scott Bakula has an ax to grind — literally, he’s sharpening an ax at a remote woodland cabin that gets a daily newspaper delivery. He gets Ellie’s coded message in the classified ads and replies; she passes his reply on to Justin. At about the same time, Morgan caves to Sarah about Chuck’s dream wherein Shaw [...]

Chuck and Sarah try to spend a quiet evening watching television on the couch. Chuck falls asleep and has a (-nother) bad dream, which was so creepy I will not attempt to narrate it. The two of them wake General Beckman and Casey in the middle of the night to warn them about the Ring [...]

This episode opens with a retro (70′s-style?) spy show opening narrated by Morgan. It appears to have no motive other than some fun for the cast and crew. Morgan wakes up, and has a rather uncomfortable close encounter with the scantily-clad girlfriend in the kitchen. Chuck tells him he’s inviting Sarah to move in; is [...]

After burning through a few days’ worth of room service on a train from Paris to Zurich, Chuck and Sarah confront the necessity to make a decision regarding their future, arriving at the conclusion that they should quit the spy life. The iPhone goes out the train window and the reinstated Casey immediately gets his [...]

“Chuck Versus the Other Guy” is definitely one of the best episodes from Chuck.

Chuck’s first day on the job, and he’s lost in the CIA. As he tries to find where he’s going, a man steps off the elevator and ignores Chuck’s question about where he might find General Beckman. The camera follows this man to the morgue where, after shooting the protesting nurse,  goes to the body [...]

Straight to the action tonight! we see Chuck chasing a guy in a suit through a rail yard – with a gun! He begs Chuck to not pull the trigger. “I gave you a chance,” Chuck says. The screen goes dark and a gunshot rings out. “Three days earlier…” Argh, I hate that plot device. [...]