*****SPOOKY SPOILERS!***** Note: This will not be a traditional review of George Romero’s classic “Night of the Living Dead,” since there are already countless books/reviews plumbing the depths of this groundbreaking movie (more about those below). This is a review of the Criterion BluRay of the film. In the Darkest “Night” In an age where, sadly,…
Month: October 2023
“Astronomy Bizarre”: an evening with Neil deGrasse Tyson in Riverside, California…
October 19th, 2023 This past week, my wife and I had tickets to see famed Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson at the Fox Performing Arts Center at 7:30 pm in downtown Riverside, California, for a one-night only event. Neil deGrasse Tyson is (for those living under a media blackout these past ten years) the famed astronomer,…
“The Haunted Mansion” (2023) finally gets the Disneyland ride juuust right…
*****SPOOKY SPOILERS AHEAD!***** First Time’s Not Quite the Charm… Before I get into 2023’s “The Haunted Mansion,” I wanted to drop a few lines about the first live-action version of “The Haunted Mansion,” which debuted 20 years ago (feels like both yesterday and forever ago). 2003 is a time when formerly R-rated comedy superstar Eddie…
“Star Trek: Prodigy” safely docks at Netflix…
Some good news to relay on this Friday the 13th; Star Trek: Prodigy, my favorite series of animated Star Trek since Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-4), has found a new home with Netflix after its unceremonious and illogical removal from the Paramount+ streaming platform. Paramount+ was intended to be Star Trek’s one-stop place to…
“The Exorcist: Believer” (2023) is another so-so sequel that won’t turn many heads…
*****SUPERNATURAL SPOILERS!***** 1973: “There Is Only One” For context, I was all of seven years old (!) when I first saw the late William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist” theatrically in early 1974, and yes, I was waaaay too young, but it’s okay, because I was raised by wolves. Even as a young monster movie fan at…
“Star Trek: Very Short Treks” (2023) are single-joke shorts that miss more than they hit…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS***** To fans of Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-4) like myself, I was delighted to see the opening of the first of five Star Trek: Very Short Treks unveil recently, as I loved its tongue-in-cheek reimagining of the Paramount+ Star Trek into, which is now rendered in nostalgically cheesy, Filmation-style animation. The short…
“Twilight Zone: The Movie” (1983) is a colorful homage to Rod Serling’s creation but with more shadow than substance…
*****SUPERNATURAL SPOILERS!***** The Ghosts in the Room Few movies in my lifetime have incurred as much ill will during their production as 1983’s “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” the filming of which led to the gruesome deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two children (Myca Dinh Le, Shin-Huei Chen) in 1982, after a helicopter accident was…