Almost Equal Sequels Part XVIII: The Lost World: Jurassic Park

As I write this in August 2025, there is still an opportunity to watch incredible creatures eating folks in your local theaters.  No, I’m not talking about the unsettling weirdness that is Pedro Pascal in Fantastic Four: First Steps, you sillies!  I mean dinosaurs!  Honest to goodness, slathered with CGI dinosaurs!  Yes, there are probably …

What’s A Mother’s Movies To Do?: Stalag 17

Time to continue the journey down the rabbit hole, exploring of some of my late mother’s favorite films.  Her tastes leaned more towards the classic rather than the modern, and I’m completely fine with that.  Far too often we jump into the new and flashy thing with both feet and then dispose of it three minutes later …

Almost Equal Sequels Part XII: 2010: The Year We Make Contact

Ye gods, it has been a terrifically long time, hasn’t it?  I feel like I’ve finally awoken from hibernation as I make the long journey to Jupiter’s moons, I tell you!  Now that I coincidentally on purpose mentioned Jupiter’s moons, I think the time has come to talk about a sequel to an acclaimed and …

There’s No Trouble With The Trouble With Harry

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 …

Almost Equal Sequels Part VI: Psycho II

Yet another week in October?  That means we need to take the time to focus on the reason for the season: horror sequels that aren’t that bad!  No, really!  They are a delight!  And thankfully, there are hundreds, if not billions of them to peruse. Again, thanks to those of you out there in the …