I recently listed my 45 favorite movies, and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining was on there. Additionally, starting around my high school years, I was very much into the works of Stephen King, and the first of his books I read Read more
I have a few DVD sets corresponding to the original Universal Monsters. Each set contains all the solo movies associated with each monster while the crossovers are placed where they fit best. However, Universal made some interesting choices on what Read more
Well, the podcast episode for this movie went up yesterday, so I feel like I can write a review for it today. Waiting for Guffman is, of course, the 1996 mockumentary from comedic filmmaker Christopher Guest. Set in a fictional Read more
Hey, kids! I got a new podcast episode up! Yes, my pal Jen and I talked one of her favorite movies, Waiting for Guffman. We’ve both done varying amounts of amateur theater, so even if we don’t know people precisely Read more
It’s my 45th birthday. So, why not make up a list of my 45 favorite movies? You know, especially since I don’t normally rank things like this. Plus, I did a much shorter list once before for Gabbing Geek. That Read more
Admittedly, I don’t know much about the life of Harriet Tubman. I know she was an escaped slave who became a very successful conductor on the Underground Railroad, she is supposed to get her face on the $20 bill at Read more
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho doesn’t make what I would call crowdpleasing movies. His films tend to be thinly veiled political allegories taking aim at things like American imperialism and its relationship with South Korea (The Host) or class struggles Read more
I think it is safe to assume that, even for the most devoted fans of the franchise, the Terminator series is something of a mess. After an all-time classic original movie and an impossibly better sequel, I suppose there was Read more
Halloween was yesterday, so why not see a scary movie I haven’t seen before? I opted for Scream before it left Netflix. I hadn’t seen that before. At least not in its entirety. I’d seen the ending a couple times. Read more
