The podcast returns, and this time around, Jen and I talked 1986’s Big Trouble in Little China. Funny thing, though. I actually never saw Big Trouble as a kid whereas Jen saw a lot of it. Consequently, she’s a big Read more…
I think the trailer for Richard Jewell bothered me a little bit. I generally enjoy movies directed by Clint Eastwood, but of late, he’s been on something of a “real American heroes” thing, where most of his movies have been Read more…
I’ve mentioned before many times, even on the Tomcast 2020 podcast, that I have a certain formula for remakes. First, the remake should have a distinctive reason to exist and not simply be some kind of shot-for-shot rehash. Second, it Read more…
Back in the summer of 2016, just after Game of Thrones ended, I started a project at Gabbing Geek where I would do write-ups for five different shows, one for each day of the week (excluding weekends), one episode at Read more…
In 2012, the CW premiered Arrow, a superhero TV series based off the longtime DC Comics character Green Arrow. The initial idea was to tell comic book stories without too much in the way of fantastic powers. Oliver Queen (Stephen Read more…
I got to see Gene Luen Yang give a talk during a teacher’s conference probably a decade ago. He spoke quite a bit about American Born Chinese and the experience of making original graphic novels, so why didn’t I read Read more…
I mentioned to some co-workers I saw the new movie Dark Waters over the weekend, and they in turn reminded me that this is not the first time actor Mark Ruffalo has been in a movie about a Dupont. Now, Read more…
I more or less fell in love with Pixar’s work as soon as I saw the original Toy Story. Combining at-the-time cutting edge computer generated animation with a rather deep story for a children’s flick. As such, I have seen Read more…
When I went through the AFI 100 list last year, I was pleasantly surprised to learn I enjoyed the work of Charlie Chaplin. I hadn’t really been exposed to the man’s work before and really dug it. I actually wondered Read more…
Thanksgiving, or so the jokes go, is a time when families gather and get into ugly political arguments, particularly when one older uncle gets a few drinks into him. My family more or less agrees with each other on that Read more…