Peace And Love Be With The People Of Hong Kong During This Awful Time

Like a lot of people, I was shocked and saddened to see the death and destruction from a high-rise apartment building in Hong Kong. As of this posting there are a reported 128 people confirmed to have died from the fire. And others are still missing. I know it may seem like a long placeContinue reading “Peace And Love Be With The People Of Hong Kong During This Awful Time”

Udo Kier Sunk His Teeth, Making Bones Into Andy Warhol’s Horror Flicks

With his piercing blue eyes and his jet black hair, German actor Udo Kier was poised to be a movie actor who played eccentric or deviant characters.   According to imdb.com, he had over 280 credits as an actor of film and TV. However, he would remain mostly unknown to American actors until the 1990s after two decades of working inContinue reading “Udo Kier Sunk His Teeth, Making Bones Into Andy Warhol’s Horror Flicks”

Sydney Sweeney Not Playing Into Their Reindeer Games And Good For Her

I’m trying to change up the content on my blog but there are a few things recently that have pissed me off.   First off is how people are trying to make Sydney Sweeney out to be a white supremacist just because people think there’s more meaning to an American Eagle advertisement she did earlier this year. It’s a play on how “genes” andContinue reading “Sydney Sweeney Not Playing Into Their Reindeer Games And Good For Her”

‘Frankenstein’ Is One Of The Year’s Best

There have been multiple adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. Rarely has a filmmaker ever made an accurate translation from book to screen. Not every written work can have all its material translated into a movie or limited series, which are popular now.   Even Thomas Edison produced an adaptation which was just about 13 minutes in duration and originally thought to beContinue reading “‘Frankenstein’ Is One Of The Year’s Best”

‘Return To Oz’ Presented A Wickedly Different View 40 Years Ago

By the mid-1980s, top brass at Disney was faced with a dilemma. Do they continue to make just family movies or do they branch out and do what all the other movie studios have done and embraced the change that has been happening since the late 1960s? It didn’t help matters that many of their top animators left with Don Bluth who went on toContinue reading “‘Return To Oz’ Presented A Wickedly Different View 40 Years Ago”

Peace And Love For Those On Transgender Day Of Remembrance

Today is one of those day we wish we didn’t have, but it’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. Ever since 1999, Nov. 20 has been designated as a day of remembrance for all those transgender people who have been murder. In the 1990s, three women, Rita Hester, Chanelle Pickett and Monique Thomas, all transgendered were murdered.Continue reading “Peace And Love For Those On Transgender Day Of Remembrance”