Monthly Archives: March 2020

Throwback Thursday: Super 8 (2011)

A Throwback’s Throwback I’ll be completely honest and say that I never saw J.J. Abrams’ wonderful film, Super 8, until just a few days ago. It’s one of those films that slipped through the cracks for me. It was released in 2011, a year in which a large number of popular debut films and sequelsContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Super 8 (2011)”

King Kong (1933)

TCM Big Screen Classics Over the weekend Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events presented a showing of 1933’s memorable classic King Kong. Featuring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, and Bruce Cabot, the film blazed a trail in special effects led by the work of Willis O’Brien and utilized the music of Max Steiner. According to aContinue reading “King Kong (1933)”

I Saw That!

The Invisible Man (2020) Remember way back in February when I listed a bunch of movies that I was going to see during that month? Yes? Well, here’s my review of the only one that I’ve actually been able to see (excepting the original King Kong, which I’ll review later today). Elisabeth Moss heads upContinue reading “I Saw That!”

Bad News…

Lafayette, LA Louisiana Comic Con has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak in Louisiana. They posted the cancellation just minutes ago. Their official post is located on their Facebook page that you can visit here. Here’s the official statement as of this afternoon: Louisiana Comic Con 2020 canceled due to abundance of caution overContinue reading “Bad News…”

Toss A Coin To Your Blogger…

The Witcher Spins A Wonderful Tale Outside of the occasional advertisement for the popular video game based upon it, I was completely unfamiliar with Andrzej Sapkowksi’s book series, The Witcher. I knew that the game looked cool, but I’m not much into modern gaming as I am the old school console games, so my knowledgeContinue reading “Toss A Coin To Your Blogger…”

Jurassic Park: Amber Collection

Figure Review Last year Mattel announced that they would be releasing a new series of 6″ inch figures and 1/6 scale creatures in the Jurassic Park Amber Collection. The first wave was released late last year and featured Dr. Ian Malcolm and a velociraptor from the original film. Both figures were well received by collectors,Continue reading “Jurassic Park: Amber Collection”