Month: September 2017

If ever there was a performer who epitomized the stereotypical “That guy” of the movies, it was Harry Dean Stanton. One of those actors who, if his name doesn’t ring any bells for you, you recognize his face as soon as you see it. (“Hey, it’s that guy!”) Mr. Stanton lived a good, long life,…

This article praises Netflix for being stylish. I concur that the letter they sent to “The Upside Down” Bar in Chicago is creative. Judge for yourselves. Here it is: “Look, I don’t want you to think I’m a total wastoid, and I love how much you guys love the show. (Just wait until you see…

David Lynch has now confirmed, on more than one occasion, that he might consider giving us more TWIN PEAKS, but that a season four would take years to make. “It took me four and a half years to write and film THIS season,” he said. That I believe. What I don’t believe is that the…

I have to admit something, to my shame. I did not, when I heard the news this past week that Basil Gogos had passed away, immediately recognize his name. I quickly educated myself; Gogos was the painter extraordinaire who created the covers for numerous, if not most, of the covers for the magazine FAMOUS MONSTERS…

I can’t recall ever seeing a wider chasm between critical consensus and audience appraisal. Critics have, by and large, praised Darren Aronofsky’s new film MOTHER!, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem. Audiences have almost universally despised it. It got the lowest grade possible on Cinemascore, a big, fat, honkin’ F. Which camp is right, then?…

Check out these new posters for the upcoming second season of STRANGER THINGS. The EVIL DEAD tribute is spot-on and appropriately epic. The character posters have that vintage 80s look to them, as is only fitting. I think my favorite, though, is the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET-inspired one (pictured). This last is especially apropos, given…

It’s a shame that they never did a sequel to CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF. Or sequels, plural, the way they did with the Wolfman over at Universal. Leon the Werewolf is just as deserving as Larry Talbot’s Wolfman of the exposure. The fact that they didn’t may explain why, even now, when I think of…

I met Amy Petulla a couple’a three months back, when I visited her business, Chattanooga Ghost Tours, in search of the elusive head of the Sugar Flats Road Monster. She and I hit it off immediately, and despite her, I am sure, having better things to do, she offered me her full hospitality and answered…

Tom Devlin’s career, as he puts it, has happened in reverse–at least as far as most people would see it. He’s worked on over a hundred movies, doing special effects work. He started on big-budget A-listers, “Hollywood” movies, like THE SCORPION KING and TERMINATOR 3. His dream, though, was always to work on the B-movies…

I spent all last week traveling. I wasn’t home to watch the season three finale to TWIN PEAKS, and the hotel where I stayed that night didn’t have Showtime, even if I had arrived in time to watch it, which I didn’t. I had to wait an entire week to see the finale, a week…