I Decided to Be Bad: Markie Post, 1950-2021
When Charles Robinson died last month, I considered doing a Night Court month. There is…
Pictures of a Revolution: 2004
Welcome to Pictures of a Revolution, a year-by-year study of the output of Revolution Studios. This…
Taco Break Of The Month: No Longer in Play with MAJOR LEAGUE by Miller
In case you have never had basic cable at any point in the past 30…
James Gunn vs. the Superhero Movie: THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021)
There’s a tonal challenge to making fun of superhero tropes while keeping an emotional investment…
Celebrating the Living: Denise Crosby
Quite famously, Nichelle Nichols wanted to quit Star Trek. The show didn’t do anything with…
Attention Must Be Paid: Wah Ming Chang
Improved sanitation meant that poliomyelitis, known for many years as “infantile paralysis,” started infecting people…
Disney Byways: CHIP ‘N’ DALE’S RESCUE RANGERS
The original plan, it seems, had been to make a Rescuers TV show. That makes…
Friday Roundup: The Return of Clytie 2: Electric Boogaloo
Good morning, my little dumplings! I am filling in again this week, so on with…
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…