So it is that time of year… The time where HE COMES home. And people watch Halloween movies. And a new one, the LAST one (yeah, right) Halloween Ends just released. (This is a followup post, now that we have…
Like many fans, I was taken aback and utterly gutted at the news that Gilbert Gottfried had passed away at the age of 67. His podcast is… WAS, a constant source of entertainment and joy in my life. I suspected…
A couple of weeks back I went to Orlando for my quick 3-day-weekend getaway. The main point was to get out of the house – I’d been going stir crazy. I also had to head straight to the James Bond…
Kenner released TONS of Star Wars playsets back in the day. The glory days of the Star Wars toyline was 1978 to 1984. The secret to the line’s success was simple: The scale. Unlike G.I.Joe or Kenner’s own Six Million…
Something that has been the biggest 3D modeling design challenge I have ever tackled. Soon all will be revealed. But here’s a preview.
Hollywood is dying. I don’t say that lightly… Hundreds of thousands of people live in LA making a living in the Entertainment industry. Heck, I have a few friends there who work in the “biz.” But the numbers don’t lie.…
Life rarely provides second chances. Yet, that is what happened in The Godfather III, the (hopefully) final film of The Godfather saga. Released 30 years ago, the film features a potential redemption story for Michael Corleone. When we saw Michael…
I knew the day would come. After all, no one lives forever. Not even James Bond. Of course, Sean Connery was more than Bond, and was good in almost everything he did… Even Zardoz. But when the news of Connery’s…
I’m always looking forward. I do this because the past is prologue. You can’t change it. Decisions made are done – Learn from mistakes, and the days to come provide ample opportunities to do things different. And better. Except… I’m…
I love movies. In my home office/man cave, I’m surrounded by movie posters and autographs. The classics. ALIEN. Star Wars. Jaws. The Godfather. They are hanging in tribute to the experiences that I treasure. And I may never see the…
I have a fondness for what I call “neglected cinema”. Quirky, weird, “cult” films that never reached a wide audience or great success but did gain a cult following and devoted fans. Buckaroo Banzai is one such film. Sorcerer, another.…
We live in heavy times. If Doc Brown was a real person, he’s probably say, “For God sakes, Marty, don’t visit 2020!” As we have all witnessed, this year has been off the scale cray-cray. From Coronavirus to Killer Hornets…
Should there be a Best Stunt Choreography category at the Academy Awards? That’s the question prompted by the amazing stunt work seen in recent years, especially the groundbreaking stunts seen in the John Wick films. The Wick films, directed by…
The great Carl Reiner passed away this week, at the too-young age of 98. I saw “too-young” because Reiner was still creating, writing children books and posting witty pon mots on Twitter. There were a lot of great ideas still…
I was quite happy when the 4K Ultra HD disk of Jaws arrived in the mail this past week. Jaws is one of my favorite movies, and I will never pass up a chance to revisit the film. If I’m…
Sometimes, inspiration comes from interesting places. I occasionally watch long-form YouTube videos on pop-culture. Some of them are semi-documentary “did you know?” pieces that teach me something that I didn’t know, while others critically analyze movies and TV shows, and…