******SALIENTIAN SPOILERS!****** Sometime in the mid-to-late 1970s, I remember watching a really odd occult-biker movie on late night TV about a group of British outlaws who found immortality through a deific frog, and by simply believing they wouldn’t die after tossing themselves into deadly perils. It was only later I learned the movie was called…
Month: February 2026
Cherished actor Robert Duvall (1931-2026) had a rich history in sci-fi and fantasy…
One of the worst parts of reaching my age is seeing so many artists and creatives from my wonder years passing away. Orbiting senior discount age had made me less sensitive to some, yet others still hit with that gut-punch feeling of true irreplaceability. Someone who’s made waves across pop culture through decades of fine…
“Paul” (2011) is Simon Pegg & Nick Frost’s cheeky homage to Spielbergian sci-fi…
******UNIDENTIFIED FLYING SPOILERS!****** British actors/comedians/writers Simon Pegg and Nick Frost broke geek ground with their memorable, short-lived fandom comedy “Spaced” (1999-2001), which was cowritten and co-created with costars Edgar Wright and Jessica Hynes. Pegg, Frost and Wright would follow with a George Romero inspired horror-comedy “Shaun of the Dead” (2004), which is where they first…
Taking a trip back in time at the Western Science Center in Hemet, California…
Tucked away in the hills of Hemet, California in the area of Diamond Lake, is a collection of what appears to be almost a nondescript office complex from the street, but what signs along the roads herald as the Western Science Center (WSC), which is tucked between a nearby waterworks facility (offering its own tours)…
Star Trek: The Original Series; “The Ultimate Computer” went online 58 years ago, and is still relevant today…
******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** When Star Trek the Original Series (TOS) aired its second season episode “The Ultimate Computer” in March of 1968, factories and automobile assembly lines in the US were introducing new generations of machines controlled by bulky, room-sized computers that threatened the jobs of many workers. It was in that climate that Star Trek…
CreepIECon V returns to haunt the Inland Empire and bedevil attendees…
Fright Nights and Demonic Days I’ve been attending Ontario California’s CreepIECon horror convention since it first arrived at the Ontario Convention Center in February of 2022. I loved the idea of an early Halloween celebration during the season of Valentine’s Day (Halloween is a state of mind). Over the past few years, I’ve been pleased…