******SCREAMER-SPOILERS!****** Based on one of a cycle of stories from the late Harlan Ellison, “A Boy and His Dog” was adapted into a low-budget indie film in 1975 by longtime Western-genre actor/director L.Q. Jones (“The Wild Bunch”), who was a surprisingly passionate advocate for adapting and directing this wildly offbeat dystopia story into a movie. “A…
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Disney’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” 40 years later…
*****SUPERNATURAL SPOILERS!***** Adapted by my favorite author Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) from his 1962 novel, the 1983 movie of “Something Wicked This Way Comes” was a troubled production. I heard this firsthand from no less than Ray Bradbury himself at San Diego Comic Con 2005. There were reported disagreements with director Jack Clayton (1974’s “The Great…