“When The Wolfbane Blooms…” Today’s throwback is special. Why? Because today we celebrate one of my favorite actors of all time: Lon Chaney, Jr. Yes, I could have blogged about him in one of my Focus On features, but I decided that he needed to be highlighted today because on this day, July 12th, inContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Lon Chaney, Jr.”
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Tunes: Vixen Is Back!
The late 1980’s Vixen first rose to fame in the late 80’s with their self-titled debut album that featured the hits Edge of a Broken Heart and Cryin. They followed up that album with Rev It Up. Despite a solid track list that included How Much Love and Love is a Killer, the album failedContinue reading “Tunes: Vixen Is Back!”
Outpost: Austin, TX
Weird City Keep Austin Weird. It’s a sentiment shared by plenty of people across the city of Austin and pretty much all over the state of Texas. Austin is definitely something of a strange bird when compared to the rest of the state that it calls home, but it somehow manages to be something toContinue reading “Outpost: Austin, TX”
Throwback Thursday: 3-2-1 Contact!
The Early 1980’s I’m old. I’m getting older. But one of the things that keeps me young is revisiting things that I loved as a child. PBS provided me with a lot of excellent programs that I fondly remember and I often look for episodes of these shows not only to reminisce, but to shareContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: 3-2-1 Contact!”
Absolutely Bonkers!
Feudal Japan I received a copy of Batman Ninja for my birthday. I didn’t know what to expect from the film, I just knew that the animation was visually amazing in the trailer. This isn’t the first time that Batman was given the anime treatment (That would be the short story collection, Batman: Gotham Knight,Continue reading “Absolutely Bonkers!”
Throwback Thursday: The Last Starfighter
Greetings, Starfighter….. Way back in July of 1984, a science fiction yarn loaded with a newfangled form of special effects known as CGI (computer generated imagery) was released. That film, The Last Starfighter, nearly doubled its production cost of around $15 million dollars in ticket sales, but to this day it gets very little respectContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: The Last Starfighter”
“It’s Risky, But It’s Worth A Try”
In that galaxy far, far away… Apparently Solo: A Star Wars Story is a major flop for Disney. From what I’ve read, the film needs to make around $500 million just to break even and as of this writing, it’s crawling just beyond $350 million and things aren’t looking too good for the film. TheContinue reading ““It’s Risky, But It’s Worth A Try””
Throwback Thursday: Cat-Women Of The Moon!
1953 This week I’m taking the Wayback Machine to the 1950’s, a great time for film thanks to the release of such great classics like The Ten Commandments (1956), The Wild One (1953), and Some Like It Hot (1959). It was also an exceptionally wonderful time for science fiction. Classics like Invasion of The BodyContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Cat-Women Of The Moon!”
Hurricane Pro: The Crowning
Beaumont, TX On Saturday, June 16th, I took my son and daughter to the best professional wrestling event that I’ve been to in a very long time. Hurricane Pro’s The Crowning, which took place at the Beaumont Civic Center, was simply awesome. There’s no other way to describe the event. We purchased VIP tickets thatContinue reading “Hurricane Pro: The Crowning”
Throwback Thursday: Jurassic Park
Isla Nublar Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park got the Steven Spielberg treatment with 1993’s film of the same name. The movie blazed new trails in practical and CGI effects. In fact, the CGI in that film is still considered by some as some of the best CGI in cinematic history. John Williams handled the musical dutiesContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Jurassic Park”
