Child Endangerment and Cockfighting with POKEMON
I was in college when the original Nintendo game of Pokémon was released in the…
Gillianren
Gillianren is a forty-something bipolar woman living in the Pacific Northwest after growing up in Los Angeles County. She and her boyfriend have one son and one daughter, and she gave a daughter up for adoption. She fills her days by watching her local library system's DVD collection in alphabetical order, watching everything that looks interesting. She particularly enjoys pre-Code films, blaxploitation, and live-action Disney movies of the '60s and '70s. She has a Patreon account at https://www.patreon.com/gillianren
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Celebrating the Living: Dean Stockwell
The earliest of his movies that I’ve seen is Anchors Aweigh, his 1945 second film…
Attention Must Be Paid: Jayne Mansfield
In a way, Jayne Mansfield is the second-youngest person I’ve ever written about. By rights,…
Life Is a Miracle: Valerie Harper, 1939-2019
It’s recently started to embarrass me how far in advance I have men scheduled while…
Disney Byways: “Crazy With the Heat”
The phenomenon of the cartoon mirage has long been a fascinating one to me. I’m…
Where Budget Matters, Where It Doesn’t
As is tradition, I was so wrapped up in Ren faire that I almost missed…
Celebrating the Living: Pam Dawber
The straight man, or often straight woman, gets very little credit in comedy. In extreme…
Attention Must Be Paid: Robin Williams
It’s hard to believe he’s been gone for five years. Though at the time, I…
Disney Byways: “Canine Casanova”
I don’t cover Pluto very often. This is mostly because the Pluto cartoons are seldom…
Pre-Celebrity Guests
For some time now, it’s been clear to me that the unsung heroes of the…