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.
When in Year of Our Blockbusters, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty-Nine, there was only one man that could beat Indiana Jones, James Bond, Riggs & Murtaugh, Marty McFly, the Ghostbusters, and Weird Al Yankovic at the box office: Batman! There was such a demand for Batman movie tickets and bat-related paraphernalia, the country simply …
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Season’s Greetings! Thanks for taking the time during your hectic holiday hustle and bustle to stop over and read yet another one of these admittedly pleasant holiday ramblings! Due to the overwhelming response of fusspots and fussbudgets and other words that start with the same letters, I’ve buckled and decided to talk about a supposedly actual “Christmas …
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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 …
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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 …
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Since nothing new of any real note has come out into theaters, I thought I would dive back into the well once more to drag out some thoughts on a movie that I was dragged to by my wife over 3 years ago. This movie was so incredibly successful that to date, they …
I didn’t think that the day would end in controversy. Certainly that wasn’t my goal, at least at that time. It was a relatively chilly and cloudy day, par for the course of an admittedly blasé Wisconsin winter. After a rigorous battle reorganizing the linen closet, matching pillowcases with sheets and folding more towels than …
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