Sometimes, someone posts something on Facebook that is of intrinsic value. The following thought-piece—published here with the author’s permission—is such a post. I was going to write an introductory paragraph and then came to the realization that Doug Kulow’s essay says it all so eloquently. So
"Monsters, John! Monsters from the Id!" That's the warning delivered by a dying Warren Stevens to Captain Leslie Nielson just before the climax of Forbidden Planet. And he's explaining the downfall of a civilization. Last week's monster from the Republican Id stepped out all elbows and insults. Do I have
Recorded in Hollywood has been extended. What's this, you say
THE GOLD MEDALS: ANNABELLA BOOZE, BALLS AND BLUEGRASS THE DEVIL YOU SAY RESERVE CHAMPION REVOLUTIONARY LOVE THE THREE MUSKETEERERS: CLOWNS WITH SWORDS THE BRONZE MEDALS: FIFTY SHADES OF SHREW MUDD THE MAGNIFICENT: MAGIC & MAYHEM NERD ANARCHY ORSON WELLES & SCATMAN CROTHERS IN 'A HOLLYWOOD ENDING' THE EAR WAX MEDALS: CURSED "MY ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD” SPIDERPOCALYPSE! A LOW BUDGET
THE PLATINUM MEDALS: BRIGHT SWORDS THE LEGEND OF BOBBY DARIN: AN UNAUTHORIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY SIMON CORONEL: GLITCHES IN REALITY TIANANMEN ANNIE NO TRAVELER: A COMEDY ABOUT SUICIDE THE GOLD MEDALS: ANNABELLA BOOZE, BALLS AND BLUEGRASS THE DEVIL YOU SAY RESERVE CHAMPION REVOLUTIONARY LOVE THE THREE MUSKETEERERS: CLOWNS WITH SWORDS THE BRONZE MEDALS: FIFTY SHADES OF SHREW MUDD THE MAGNIFICENT: MAGIC &
Can the lightening in the bottle that was the essence of the limited special event of True Detective, Season 1 be caught again? This from the Production Office: "A bizarre murder brings together three law-enforcement officers and a career criminal, each of whom must navigate a web
CURSED “MY ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD” is an Ear Wax Medal Winner I write this without the least rancor towards Ms. Mendoza. I don’t know the woman. I do understand she is something of a figure in the entertainment industry. So what? Her position or influence is of no concern to
Pete Docter began Inside Out with a seedling of an idea, after he noticed the transition that his adolescent daughter Elle was going through. Elle had voiced the young girl Ellie in the Academy Award winner, Up. Ellie was a “spirited, spunky kid with hair out to
Once upon a time there was born a brilliant musician. Leon Russell. A Poem Is A Naked Person gets close to touching his flame. This is what Criterion, who released has release this wonderful documentary, wrote: "Les Blank considered this free-form feature documentary about beloved singer-songwriter Leon Russell,
No, not that race card. But some candidate will play it before the election. Promise. I mean the horse race card. I’m abandoning the Survivor metaphor for this time out, in honor of the first Triple Crown winner in nearly four decades. We’ll come back to
