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.
Ah, comedy! Remember when Hollywood made comedies? I know it seems like an eternity ago, but at one time in the dim and dark past, despite the dysentery and the covered wagons, studios thought that comedies were a worthwhile enterprise. They figured that audiences might pay to laugh at something on the big screen. And …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part XVII: Hot Shots! Part Deux”
***EDITOR’S NOTE: As I lazily transcribe and repurpose older posts from my former disused blog in a flailing effort to maintain relevance, I thank you all for sticking with me over these many years! Oh, and yes, it is me again, editing and reediting my edits to reedit once more. And now, here’s another bit …
Continue reading “A Fun Night Out At The Movies? You Bet Jurassic It Was!”
Gosh, I’d love to say that due to the injuries that I sustained while trying to stop a runaway school bus filled with nuns, orphans, orphaned nuns, and a squadron of sasquatch babies is what kept me from writing for so long, but sadly I cannot say that. I mean, I could say that, but …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part XVI: Lethal Weapon 2”
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)”
The Seven Seas. The Seven Dwarves. The Magnificent Seven. The Seven Continents. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. All these sevens have two things in common: 1) They all involve having more than six, but less than eight of something and 2) They are all fictional. (C’mon…Asia and Europe are the same landmass. Call it Eurasia …
(Yes, yes, I know, I know, this is Part 1, remodeled and reconfigured from my previous blog. Reduce, reuse, recycle, right? Oh and I’ve reedited a bit too. You’re rewelcome!) In an effort to stand out from the protesting hordes who might be a trifle jaded about Hollywood’s love of sequels, I have decided to …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part I: Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment”
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