Attention Must Be Paid: Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald deserves our attention regardless of whether she ever actually appeared in a movie…
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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Disney Byways: “Mickey’s Mechanical Man”
How old is this short? It’s so old that it falls exactly in the gap…
Someone Is Watching You in San Francisco
One of the strongest themes of twentieth century fiction is paranoia. Goodness knows it’s not…
Celebrating the Living: Angela Bassett
Imagine finding out with a month to go that you’re going to be playing one…
Attention Must Be Paid: Isaac Hayes
I’ve been watching a lot of The Rockford Files recently, so the temptation was strong…
Disney Byways: “Ye Olden Days”
There is a lot to unpack in this cartoon. One thing of note is that…
Year of the Month: MURDER MUST ADVERTISE
Slowly but surely, my favourite fictional detective is creeping into the public domain. At least…
Does the Academy Like Movies?
Every year, the Academy goes out of their way to try to make the show…
Stuff My Kids Watch: Growing Young Minds with TED-Ed and Logic
My eight-year-old son, Zane, is very into riddles these days. And it’s true that the…
Celebrating the Living: Keith David
You don’t see him first. You hear him first. While it’s possible, given my age,…