Thursday, February 12, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Movie Man (2024)

 

The Movie Man


documentary directed by Matt Finlin,

was released at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in the United States on February 12, 2024.

Music by Kevin Drew.
Cast:
Keith Stata.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)
Star Trek: Voyager (1996 & 1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 7. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: Thine Own Self.

Released February 12, 1994.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, Christopher Hatton, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Michael Rothhaar, Kimberly Cullum, Mike/ Michael G. Hagerty, Andrew/Andy Benne, Richard Miro, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Christina Wegler Miles, Joyce Robinson, Oliver Theess.
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 2. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Dreadnought.

Released February 12, 1996.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Gary Holland, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Raphael Sbarge, Nancy Hower, Michael Spound, Dan Kern, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin.
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Unity.

Released February 12, 1997.

Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon, David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Lori Hallier, Ivar Brogger, Susan Dalian / Susan Patterson, Patrick Barnitt, Majel Barrett, Steve Carnahan, Damaris Cordelia, Regan DuCasse, Tarik Ergin, Jennifer Gundy, Mark Major, Louis Ortiz, Craig Reed, Irving Ross, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano, John Alex Tampoya.
 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Cease Fire.

Released February 12, 2003.

Directed by David Straiton.

Written by Chris Black, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jeffrey Combs, Gary Graham, Vaughn Armstrong, Christopher Shea, Suzie Plakson, John Balma, Zane Cassidy, Alexandrea Ortiz, Evan English, Glen Hambly, Bryan Heiberg, Marnie Martin.


On this day in television history - Justified (2013)

Justified
Season 4. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Foot Chase.

Released February 12, 2013.

Directed by Peter Werner.

Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, Ingrid Escajeda, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.
 
Cast:
Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Jim Beaver, Ron Eldard, Brian Howe, Gerald McRaney, David Meunier, Romy Rosemont, Lew Temple, Salvator Xuereb, Casey Brown, Ian Reed Kesler, Alexandra Kyle, Michael Stoyanov, Hope Allen, Cathy Baron, Joseph Barone, Dakota Black, Kevin Brief, B.J. Clinkscales, Billy Finnigan, William Gregory Lee, Kevin McNamara, Rob Welsh, Adam Zastrow.

On this day in music history - The album Victoria And Her Blues, by Victoria Spivey (1962)

 

Victoria And Her Blues


by Victoria Spivey

was recorded on February 12, 1962.

Track list:

Grant Spivey; When I Was Seven; Talk About Moanin'; Mr. Daddy; So Long Buddy; From Broadway to 7th Ave.; Brooklyn Bridge; Thirteen Years; Cool Papa; New York Moan; New York Tombs; Buddy Tate.

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Chris Grabenstein, on reading:


Open a book and open your mind.
– Chris Grabenstein.


Simon Van Booy, on books and reading:

 

I read books because I love them,
not because I think I should read them. 

- Simon Van Booy.


Born on this day – Joseph L. Mankiewicz:

 

Joseph L. Mankiewicz


Director

Writer

Producer

February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993

Credits:
5 Fingers (1952); A Christmas Carol (1938); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1985); After Office Hours (1935); Alice in Wonderland (1933); All About Eve (1950); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Cairo (1942); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Cleopatra (1963); Close Harmony (1929); Diplomaniacs (1933); Double Wedding (1937); Dragonwyck (1946); Dude Ranch (1931); Emergency Call (1933); Escape (1948); Fast Company (1929); Finn and Hattie (1931); Forsaking All Others (1934); Fury (1936); Guys and Dolls (1955); House of Strangers (1949); I Live My Life (1935); If I Had a Million (1932); I'll Never Forget You (1951); Julius Caesar (1953); June Moon (1931); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Love on the Run (1936); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Mannequin (1937); Meet the Baron (1933); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Newly Rich (1931); Night After Night (1932); No Way Out (1950); Only Saps Work (1930); Our Daily Bread (1934); Paramount on Parade (1930); People Will Talk (1951); Pleins feux (All About Eve) (1993); Pleins feux (All About Eve) (2017); Reckless (1935); Redheads on Parade (1935); Reunion in France (1942); Skippy (1931); Sky Bride (1932); Sleuth (1972); Slightly Scarlet (1930); Somewhere in the Night (1946); Sooky (1931); Strange Cargo (1940); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939); The Barefoot Contessa (1954); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Dummy (1929); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Gang Buster (1931); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); The Great Waltz (1938); The Honey Pot (1967); The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); The Late George Apley (1947); The Light of Western Stars (1930); The Man I Love (1929); The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Pirate (1948); The Quiet American (1958); The River of Romance (1929); The Saturday Night Kid (1929); The Shining Hour (1938); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Social Lion (1930); The Studio Murder Mystery (1929); The Virginian (1929); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); This Reckless Age (1932); Three Comrades (1938); Three Godfathers (1936); Thunderbolt (1929); Too Much Harmony (1933); Two Fisted (1935); Woman of the Year (1942); Woman Trap (1929).