*****TWIN BARREL-CARB SPOILERS!***** After the arguably unjust box office failure of his arthouse-dystopian sci-fi film “THX-1138” (1971), George Lucas was challenged by his mentor and American Zoetrope producing partner Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather” trilogy, “Apocalypse Now”) to do something challenging to his own avant-garde sensibilities, which, for young George Lucas, meant creating a warm,…
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Retro-Musings for the Holidays: TV’s Happy Days; “Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas?” (1974)…
*****CATHODE-RAY TUBE SPOILERS!!***** As I did with legendary TV producer Norman Lear’s recent passing, I’m taking a brief break from this site’s usual sci-fi/fantasy/horror fare for a look at a classic episode of the old sitcom, “Happy Days.” Happy Days began as a 1972 segment of the then-popular TV comedy anthology series, “Love, American Style”…
The legacy of “Mr. B.I.G,” filmmaker Bert I. Gordon (1922-2023)…
*****SUPER-SIZED SPOILERS!***** B-movie filmmaker Bert I. Gordon, who passed away on March 8th at the age of 100 (!), was a creator of giant creatures flicks whose very initials dictated the kinds of projects he’d become most associated with—movies about really big animals, birds, insects, people, etc. Bert I. Gordon was the man behind so…