Just Pop Up the Video Already
Years ago, I watched Quadrophenia on DVD. I was poking around for closed captioning, because…
Hollywood Connections
It turns out that Happy Days exists because Ron Howard had a low draft number.…
SCENIC ROUTE: Mad Men – “They’re cool.” / “They don’t look cool.”
My definitive scene of Don Draper – the one that shows why I find him…
Sex and the Strong Female Character
People in movies don’t go to the bathroom. Unless they are Brad Pitt, they don’t…
Lunch Links: NECROLOGY
Necrology (1969) dir. Standish Lawder Half experimental film, half shaggy dog joke. The general reputation…
So You Want to Reboot an Intellectual Property
Despite the near-constant claims of “Hollywood is running out of ideas,” remakes have been part…
Small Town Megalopolis
My best friend from college was coming to visit this summer. It’s the first time…
Taco Break: “I Didn’t Even Recognize Them”
Last year, people were shocked to discover that Catherine O’Hara had roles before her Emmy-winning…
Anime Adaptation
When one of my son’s godparents was a child, she visited the Green Gables House…
Taco Break: Ways Jokes
In the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die”, there’s a gag…