Attention Must Be Paid: Drive-In Theatres
Summer is ending, here in the Pacific Northwest. School has started; the leaves are changing…
Celebrating the Living: Alan Alda
He’s one of my earliest childhood crushes, of course. Hawkeye Pierce. I used to watch…
Attention Must Be Paid: Gypsy Rose Lee
As a child, she literally didn’t know how old she was; her mother had a…
Celebrating the Living: Michelle Pfeiffer
Actually, for many years, the first thing I think of when I think of Michelle…
Attention Must Be Paid: DeForest Kelley
Honestly, I always liked him best. My sister was all about Spock, but given my…
Attention Must Be Paid: Elizabeth Montgomery
I wonder how her career might have been different if she’d gotten the role in…
Celebrating the Living: Brian Blessed
He’s a real-life Gaston, if Gaston were nice. No one shouts like Brian Blessed. No…
Celebrating the Living: Veronica Cartwright
Man, Veronica Cartwright has two people’s worth of qualifying performance for a fantasy/sci-fi month, huh?…
Attention Must Be Paid: Ray Harryhausen
I’m a little surprised, honestly, that I can only name two movie tributes to him,…
Celebrating the Living: Rutger Hauer
I know, I know. But before I saw Blade Runner, I’d probably seen Ladyhawke half…