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Throwback Thursday: Teen Wolf

August 23, 1985 1985 was a huge year for science fiction, action, horror, and fantasy films. It saw the release of genre favorites such as The Goonies, Lifeforce, Cocoon, Fright Night, and Red Sonja, to name a few. It was also the year of Michael J. Fox, as he was riding a growing wave ofContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Teen Wolf”

Hurricane Pro Wrestling 8/18/18

Beaumont, Texas I crossed the Sabine River into Texas over the weekend with my family for my fourth round of Hurricane Pro Wrestling. Although I’m still learning about this promotion, it has been around for quite awhile in southeast Texas and has seen steady growth since it first began. I last wrote about Hurricane ProContinue reading “Hurricane Pro Wrestling 8/18/18”

Deeper, Darker Sea

The Mariana Trench When I first learned that Jason Statham would be portraying Dr. Jonas Tyler, a marine biologist and paleontologist, in an adaptation of MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten, I visually winced. While I personally have nothing against Statham, I’ve never seen him as more than a standard action flickContinue reading “Deeper, Darker Sea”

Throwback Thursday: Anaconda

Deep In The Amazon Sometimes you intentionally go to the movies to watch a forgettable, dumb film. Sometimes the film you believed would be nothing more than a good way to kill an hour and a half becomes something more. In 1997, Anaconda was that type of film for me. I walked into the theaterContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Anaconda”

Focus On: Kurt Russell

Pretty Much Everywhere With almost one hundred acting credits to his name, Kurt Russell has one of the longest and most storied careers in motion pictures and television. I’ve enjoyed pretty much everything that I’ve seen him in over the years. In this Focus On feature, we’ll take a look at Mr. Russell’s amazing careerContinue reading “Focus On: Kurt Russell”

Throwback Thursday: Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Yo-ho! It’s hard to believe that fifteen years have passed since Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was first released. The film spawned four sequels, all to varying degrees of success, that have managed to keep the franchise alive in our minds over the years. Black Pearl is still myContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”

Teen Titans Go! To The Movies!

Jump City I know that a lot of people (or at least a vocal minority) dislike the Teen Titans Go! animated series on Cartoon Network. They blame it for destroying the extremely exceptional Teen Titans cartoon and even Young Justice even though I believe that Cartoon Network itself should be blamed for the cancellation ofContinue reading “Teen Titans Go! To The Movies!”

Throwback Thursday: Degrassi High

Toronto, Ontario, 1980 Something Growing up in rural Louisiana in the 80’s/90’s meant that cable television was a wild dream and the local ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS affiliates were my primary viewing options. As a teenager, most of the characters that I was given to identify with came packaged in comedies like Saved ByContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Degrassi High”

Outpost: San Antonio, TX

Remember The Alamo! My family and I took a quick trip to San Antonio, TX a few weeks ago and, as always, the place didn’t disappoint us at all. We arrived late in the afternoon but had enough time to venture to the Alamo, where Texian and Tejano soldiers and numerous volunteers from the UnitedContinue reading “Outpost: San Antonio, TX”

Throwback Thursday: Godzilla (1998)

Twenty Years Ago Today’s edition of Throwback Thursday may not necessarily be a good memory for some of my readers. It features an infamous version of a beloved kaiju that was meant to be a tentpole franchise for TriStar Pictures. Sadly, the film was ripped to shreds by critics and fans had mixed reactions toContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Godzilla (1998)”