January 17 is the birthday of THULSA DOOM… or, more accurately, the great American actor James Earl Jones. Jones was born in Arkabulta, Mississippi, but moved to Jackson, Michigan, to live with his maternal grandparents when he was five. The … Continue reading The Thulsa Doom Day Thread (1/17)
Ever thought about putting your house up for and AirBnB? If so, did you ever give a thought to the judgment potential renters might give you from your DVD collection? You don’t know how it got there. Maybe it was … Continue reading BnB Shame #8: DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
The world getting you down? Feeling so angry you want to scream? Remember these wise words from Sifl and Olly: Angry man say dangity-dang He go to the park to hangity-hang, but He’s not CRESCENT FRESH His whole life’s a … Continue reading The Crescent Fresh Night Thread (1/10)
Emmuska Orczy, a Baroness of Hungary, left her estate in Budapest at a young age. In 1868, her parents packed up when they feared a peasant revolution. Eventually she ended up in London, where she married an English clergyman. After … Continue reading The Night Thread is the King of the Beasts in Pastels (1/9)
Because, you know, “Manos.” But not in so many words. El Paso insurance and fertilizer salesman Harold P. Warren once met Academy Award winning screenwriter Sterling Silliphant. They got to talking, and Warren mentioned that horror movies aren’t that hard … Continue reading Manos, the Night Thread of Fate (1/8)
In modern days, Christmas Season goes from, say, Halloween all the way until Christmas. Not so back in the day. Christmas season went from December 25 to January 5 or 6, or “Twelfth Night“, or the “Twelfth Day of Christmas,” … Continue reading The Twelfth Night Thread (1/5)
Strengths: cold, rational logic to run Cybertron for four million years while Megatron is stuck under a mountain on Earth; unfailing loyalty unlike that weasel Starscream; transforms into a dangerous megaweapon Weaknesses: Dinobots; female Autobots; poor depth perception; poor motor … Continue reading Shockwave Night Thread (12/29)
We live in strange days. One where there’s an Aquaman movie and people are kinda excited over it. It’s a crowded box office this week, though, with Arthur Curry going after several worthy rivals to the box office throne. … Continue reading Spoil Sports: Aquaman
Finally, a movie that will answer the most pertinent questions: Can he swing from a thread? Is he strong? Anyway, there goes the Spider-Men! And Spider-Women. And Spider-Pigs? Welcome to the Spider-Verse, a cinematic universe full of people with spidery … Continue reading Spoil Sports: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
For Avocados of a certain age, the most formative Christmas viewing experience is 1978’s Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. Look. You’re a kid. You love Sesame Street. You love Christmas. The Sesame Street on Ice intro is a bit inconsistent … Continue reading The Night Thread When Oscar Left Big Bird to Freeze on the Roof (12/13)
Another year, another great holiday tradition… spending way too much on Christmas decor. I tend to spend my days window shopping Hallmark Keepsakes and Lionel collectible cars before finally convincing myself that both are too expensive. Eventually I bargain with … Continue reading Share Your Yuletide Decor!
When I was in elementary school, the 1970 movie Scrooge had a release during the holiday season. I first saw it on a school movie day, where all of us basically took a day off to watch a movie on … Continue reading The Scrooge Night Thread (12/9)
The Robotic Santaman is a henchman (henchrobot?) of Stingy Relenque, a duplicitous French-Canadian smuggler determined to steal all the Hot Jones and ruin Decemberween! When supercop Dangeresque and his partner, Firebert from the Cheat Commandos, corner Stingy Relenque at the … Continue reading Night Thread of the Robotic Santaman (12/2)
On December 1, 1955, Parks boarded a bus, but sat at the frontmost row allotted for black people. A white man boarded the bus. The driver told all the Black riders to move one seat back to accommodate. (The law … Continue reading Rosa Parks Day Thread (12/1)
One of my favorite cinema moments comes from the Childlike Empress in the movie The Neverending Story. It’s toward the end. Spoilers ahead, I guess. Atreyu had to deliver a human child to the Empress. He thinks he failed, but … Continue reading The Neverending Night Thread (11/24)
Hackers is a movie that’s nominally about hacking, but really about crazy fashion that you wish was common in the 1990’s. It’s less an accurate reflection of the era and hacking and more a proof of concept for: “What if … Continue reading The Day Thread Hacks the Planet (11/24)
Pek Yakinda (or Coming Soon) may be the only movie ever made where the McGuffin is a DVD copy of Avatar 2. Zafer (Cem Yilmaz, also the movie’s director) makes bootlegs of hot new Hollywood releases with a team of … Continue reading Made Overseas: Pek Yakinda (2014)
Nuta Kotlyarenko was known professionally as Nudie Cohn. He credits his unusual Americanized name to an Ellis Island translation. Perhaps it was prophetic, though, as he once worked in New York making burlesque outfits and g-strings. He definitely used his name … Continue reading Night Thread of the Nudie Suit 11/5
Unique Life Be as happy as you can, oh king Tecayehyatzin You who appreciates the jewels that flourish! Will we live again? Your heart knows this: We only live once! Xayacamachan 1510 A.D. Today is the last day of the … Continue reading The Day Thread of the Dead 11/2
In Mexico, November 1 is known as Dia de los Inocentes, the “Day of the Innocents”, to remember and honor departed children. It is the second day of the Day of the Dead holiday and coincides with All Saints’ Day. … Continue reading Lady of the Dead Day Thread 11/1
Apologies in advance: I’m going to go all “stereotypical blogger”. This is the part where I tell you a long, rambling story about my boring personal life before I get to the actual movie review. But before I do that… … Continue reading Made Overseas: Dark Water (2002)
