It’s Sunday morning. Well, mid-morning, a little after 11am as I begin typing this. After doing a whole bunch of nothing yesterday, mostly sleeping and watching TV, I figured it’s time to put this day to use, and get back to writing. Let me tell you about my week, because I’m sure you’re all intensly…
Today (well, tonight) is ROSH HASHANAH 2019, so let me wish a Happy New Year to all of my favorite Chosen People! In honor of this holiday, I’m going to pay tribute to one of the greatest comedic minds of all time, who happens to be Jewish, the incomparable Mr. Mel Brooks. First, let me…
14 years before he moved in with Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer was cast as the star in this TV sitcom on CBS. I remember that there was a lot of hype for this series, created by Hugh Wilson, in the lead-up to its premier, I saw many commercials for it and remember reading lots of…
Yeah, yeah, I know, I’ve said that I hate the word Nerd, but it seemed like a good title for this post, so whatever. ‘The Matrix 4’ Is Happening, Complete With Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Lana Wachowski Yeah, okay, I did not ever expect this to happen. I guess I really shouldn’t be, considering…
Who doesn’t love books about lawsuits?!? Or maybe it’s just me? Well, if you’re an American comic-book fan, specifically a fan of superhero comic books, then you know who Todd McFarlane is. The man rocketed to fame in the late 80’s when he was hired by Marvel Comics to draw The Hulk and then Spider-Man.…
Written by Robert Reneau Directed by Craig R. Baxley Released February 12, 1988 I like to think that there’s an alternate timeline in which Carl Weathers became a major action movie star. I know some of you may read that and think, what do you mean? He IS a movie star! Well, sure he’s famous,…
DALLAS, the ground-breaking nighttime soap opera originally ran for 14 seasons on CBS, from 1978 to 1991. In 1986 CBS aired a prequel TV film called DALLAS: THE EARLY YEARS. And after the original series concluded CBS aired two reunion movies, DALLAS: J.R. RETURNS in 1996 and DALLAS: WAR OF THE EWINGS in 1998. The…
PREVIOUSLY: Toxic Masculinity Example #4,080 SIGH Here we go again. This is an old post I’ve had sitting in my draft folder for awhile. I don’t know why I hadn’t posted it much sooner. At this point I don’t even remember where I came across these images, which I wish I did. I’m posting now…
Okay, I’m a bit late in writing about this, but folks are still complaining about it, so it’s still relevant. A few months ago the news broke out that Robert Pattinson will be starring in the upcoming film The Batman. Fan reaction to this announcment has been typical. Basically, every time a new actor has…
In case you were wondering if Top Gun: Maverick features any kind of cameo from Kelly McGillis’s Charlie Blackwood (she was an astrophysicist and Topgun instructor, so it stands to reason she’d still run in the same circles), we’ve got some bad news. In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, McGillis says she was not…
Capital One announced it experienced a data breach affecting more than 100 million credit card applicants. Photo courtesy Tdorante10/Wikimedia Commons By Daniel Uria July 29 (UPI) — Capital One announced Monday that a data breach exposed more than 100 million credit card applications as well as thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers. The…
Written by David Crownson Drawn by Joey Vazquez PREVIOUSLY: Harriet Tubman, Demon Slayer #1 At the end of the previous issue, after Tubman easily dispatched of the three vampire slave patrollers, she and the slave family find themselves confronted by a pack of what appears to be about two dozen more vampires. Tubman has them…
Written by David Crownson Drawn by Courtland Ellis I always meant to check this book out, and some recent news about a controversy regarding the casting in an upcoming Harriet Tubman biopic sparked my interest in finally doing so. The premise is intriguing, and if Abraham Lincoln could be portayed as a Vampire Hunter in…
PREVIOUSLY: LIFE UNDERWATER by J.R. LeMar and Samax Amen Today I’m doing a little spotlight on one of my other original comic-strips. This one has it’s roots in a children’s book that I wrote back in 2004, called THE LEFT-HANDERS. It was about five 11-year old kids from wildly different walks of life who seemingly…
No, that’s not a typo in the title, I’m not about to talk about the movie GREASE, but rather its sequel GREASE 2. Yes, I consider that film to be a classic! Well, it’s a classic to me. I’ve alaways thought it was underrated, as I enjoy much more than the first one. I was…
I had this discussion with some friends on Facebook recently, and it was pretty interesting. I’m a lifelong science fiction fan. As such, I’ll admit that I kind of want there to be aliens. Parts of me likes believing the various conspiracies about ancient alien visitors building the pyramids or the various stories about what…
Previously: I Am A Victim Of Credit Card Fraud I Am A Victim of Credit Card Fraud…AGAIN?!? Now like a bad film franchise, we’ve got another unwanted installment in my credit card fraud saga. This morning I got a phone call from an unidentified number that I didn’t recognize, so I just ignored it. Then…
West Point cadet Peter Zhu died at age 21 in February in a tragic skiing accident. His parents now can attempt to continue his legacy and their family lineage after a New York judge said they can use his frozen sperm to produce a child. New York Supreme Court Judge John Colangelo issued his ruling…
Written by Jennifer Maisel (story by Jane Green) Directed by Manu Boyer and Kim Raver This new film premiered on the Lifetime channel tonight. It’s based on a best-selling novel of the same name by Jane Green (which I personally have not read) and stars Alyssa Milano (whom I love, and is the reason why…
Recently I’ve been thinking about how much rap music has changed over the years, or I should say over the decades. I mean, if we count the classic single “Rappers Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang as the first official rap record and the beginning of the rap music industry, then 2019 marks the 40th year…
I started this blog in October of 2008. Back in September of 2014, I did a post celebrating the fact that I’d reached 100,000 views. At that point, I included a list of my 10 most viewed posts. Well, here we are four and half years later, and as I type this I’m sitting at…
Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Mark Bagley Published by Marvel Comics PREVIOUSLY: Spider-Man: Life Story #1 This issue takes place in 1977. As it opens, Peter Parker (now 30 years old) is married to Gwen Stacy and is working as a scientist for Reed Richards’ (Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four) company, the Future…
Written by Kieron Gillen Drawn by Caspar Wijngaard Published by Dynamite Entertainment PREVIOUSLY: Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #3 Things were looking pretty dire at the end of the previous issue, as Peter Cannon and the other superheroes crossed over to the parallel universe of the evil Peter Cannon, who then proceeded to ruthlessly murder all the…
Written by Mark Millar Drawn by Rafael Albuquerque Published by Image Comics PREVIOUSLY: PRODIGY. #4 As I’ve noted in my last two reviews, the biggest flaw I find in this series that Edison is written as so much smarter than everyone else that it removes all of the suspense from the stories. Mark Millar corrects…
Gavin Newsom is a politician that I’ve had my eye on for a long time. Ever since he made national headlines in 2004 when, as the young and newly elected Mayor of San Francisco, he defied Federal and State laws by issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. This was very brave at the time, as…
