Last week I blogged about some movies with strangely shared universes, whether it involved specific syndicates (the King Features Syndicated Universe in Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter) or who appear on a television network (the Adult Swim 25th anniversary special that will operate as a standalone episode of Robot Chicken). But now I…
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So I read Spider-Man Brand New Day over the weekend …
It’s Saturday afternoon, and I’m at the local Regal Cinemas in East Greenbush. For me, I prefer this theater in that I don’t have to take a pre-assigned seat, and I can park outside the theater without having to walk through fifteen stores to get to the cinema. The plan this week was to watch…
Read MoreThe Joke that Censored the Three Stooges in 1933
Follow along with me on this. I only discovered this a couple of days ago, and it blew my mind. First, some background. In 1933, MGM released a motion picture called Dancing Lady, and boy did this film have a cavalcade of stars. Joan Crawford was the lead character, and the supporting performers included Clark…
Read MoreThe Royale With Cheese Movie Club: Shaolin Soccer
The Royale With Cheese Movie Club is a personal blog category where I finally watch a film that everybody else in the world has enjoyed. This is what happens when you take 20 years to finally get around to watching Pulp Fiction. And after that, I made a blog category for such movies. So ……
Read MoreThe New Christy Minstrels: The folk group that lasted for centuries
(These liner notes for a New Christy Minstrels “Best of” CD compilation were written by Chuck Miller in the late 1990’s.) To the uninitiated, “folk music” might conjure up visions of the Kingston Trio pondering where all the flowers have gone, or Peter, Paul and Mary questioning if the answer to world peace and harmony…
Read MoreObsession – what the hell did I just see?
It’s Saturday afternoon. I’ve taken some photos with some new camera gear, but I won’t know how the photos turned out until the film is developed. No matter. I have other things to do. And I’ve heard a lot of word-of-mouth about this film Obsession. Sorry, I think Obsession and I think of that 1980’s…
Read MoreThe Royale with Cheese TV Club: Fleabag
The Royale With Cheese Movie Club is a blog category where I finally get around to watching films that apparently everyone else in the world has seen. It was named after my finally seeing Pulp Fiction about 25 years after everyone else. Of late, I’ve added a TV subsection to this blog category, so at…
Read MoreThe product liability legal case of the century arrives this summer!!
Trust me, this rivals that woman who suffered horrific burns when hot coffee spilled on her lap. This supersedes that case where the defective part in the Audi made those cars lurch forward on their own, without any prompting. No, this is the case of someone who purchased products from a mail-order company, expecting them…
Read MoreThe ad and trailer length at the movie theater
I needed to treat myself yesterday. Go and see a nice motion picture. A film for myself, for no other reason than to just enjoy the movie. And, thanks to my previous patronage (and my loyalty card with Regal Cinemas), I had a coupon for both a free movie and a free small bucket of…
Read MoreGodzilla Mathematics
The kids of today, with their Power Rangers and Dragon Balls, never could appreciate what we had for Japanese imported entertainment. Believe me on this. We had Godzilla. Or, more specifically, we had Japanese movies featuring a gigantic lizard-monster who stomped through Tokyo while battling some other kaiju monster. Lather, rinse, repeat. Ha. We didn’t…
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