Attention Must Be Paid: Shel Silverstein
You would not expect to use the names Jon Bon Jovi and Shel Silverstein in…
Disney Byways: “Hook, Lion and Sinker”
On the whole, when it comes to Donald Duck, Aquatic Sociopath, I’d really rather watch…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on LA RONDE
One day on The Dissolve Facebook group, I listed several traits I found appealing in…
Stuff My Kids Watch: Hot Dog, It’s MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE
There’s only so much I can shame my daughter for liking Mickey Mouse, of course.…
The Solute Canon: Drunk Napoleon on Paterson
Biopics about creative people have a cliche scene in which we see the moment when…
Celebrating the Living: William Katt
It seems rare to me that the mother of a second-generation performer in Hollywood is…
Attention Must Be Paid: Coral Browne
I haven’t read her unauthorized biography—This Effing Lady—yet, but it sounds as though Coral Browne…
Disney Byways: “A Knight For a Day”
In an ordinary year, I would be packing for the Renaissance faire. The first three…
The Solute Canon: Son of Griff on PATERSON
The following is a slightly extended version (thanks to a revelation by Rosy Fingers that…
Year of the Month: TREMORS, or 5 Things B-Movie Makers Need to Remember by Miller
Tremors was released to theaters in January 1990, where it made a profit but largely…