This blog shall stop at nothing and stay there, bringing all undiscerning readers up to date information about significant items of interest and intrigue that will certainly be interesting to someone somewhere at sometime. I shall also try to avoid being vague.
1989. Just 1989, I tell you. Wow. What a bursting at the seams, jam-packed year in film! In retrospect, it just takes your breath away. And me? Well, I was there and I somehow survived. You see, back in my ancient days, we were pummeled and bludgeoned by the unending supply of blockbusters. Right when …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part X: Ghostbusters II”
This post is part of The Bernard Herrmann Blogathon that The Classic Movie Muse is hosting from October 29 through October 31st! As the saying goes, “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.” And a comedy coming from Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense? Well, that must be the hardest comedy of all. The very idea …
Continue reading “There’s No Trouble With The Trouble With Harry”
As we come screaming into All Hallows Eve, allow me to wish you and yours the very best of the season! May the weather favor your trick-or-treating or, if you have/are weak-in-the-knees parents, your trunk-or-treating. (Insert my sad eyeroll here.) Which reminds me: Parental Trick-Or-Treating ProTip #4: To allay any fears regarding wackos placing poisonous razor-bladed lightbulbs in the children’s …
Continue reading “Through The Decades With Dear Boris: The Raven (1963)”
Well, as I’ve noticed the huge cars with chrome fins, an abundance of poodle skirts, and a titanic hatred of communism, we must have landed smack dab in the 1950s! I thought something was up when I kept hearing Tennessee Ernie Ford on the radio and saw that huge piles of comic books were being burned …
Continue reading “Through The Decades With Dear Boris: Voodoo Island (1957)”
Well, here we are once again, diving headlong into the effervescent month of October. This can only mean one thing and one thing only: The Protestant Reformation! That’s right, I’m going to take a probing examination into the European world of the mid-1400s through the 1600s with a detailed analysis of Martin Luther and his contemporaries …
Continue reading “Through The Decades With Dear Boris: Isle of the Dead (1945)”
After the narcoleptic thrill-ride that was 2017’s The Mummy, I was glad to dive into the classics pool and watch the original 1932 version starring Boris Karloff. So glad in fact that I thought it would be pleasant to take a gander at some of the horror movies that Karloff starred in throughout the decades. In this little …
Continue reading “Through The Decades With Dear Boris: The Ghoul (1933)”
Boy, remember those halcyon days when Marvel Studios managed to pull off so much in a relatively short while? They had it down to an artform which resulted in a globally successful shared movie universe with a heretofore unheard-of consistency. Sure, there were some slight missteps along the way, but you must put your hat on …
Since the stifling summer is winding down into the cooler bliss of autumn here in charming Wisconsin, I have decided to go back to the cool well of concerts from my never-ending immaturity and my ever-fading youth. After all, given the COVID circumstances out in the world, even the city of Milwaukee decided to conduct their …
Continue reading “Concerted Efforts Part 4: Courting Crimson Kings and Taco Bells”
Since my effervescent spouse mentioned returning to Holy Hill recently, I thought the time was right to drag out this old saw of a fable of a story of a legend! So here it is, the raw and unvarnished truth! As opposed to the truth that is cooked and layered with several coats of varnish, …
Continue reading “Thrills, Spills, and Holy Hills: A Catholic Adventure!”
The sport that has taken Iceland, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, and Ecuador by storm is now reaching the shores of the United States despite the justifiably stringent embargo laws. This complicated game is called flugënball and it is rapidly becoming the nation’s pastime. (And when I said the nation’s pastime, of course I meant selected parts of Idaho.) …
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