Hail to the King

The death of Chadwick Boseman has left a lot of us grieving. I’m not ashamed to admit that I shed some tears. Only 43 years old. Sometimes fame, success, and wealth count for nothing. We’re all just mortal in the end. I have such great admiration for people who can “suffer in silence.” I can’t…

About THE NEW MUTANTS and that Gay Romance

Yes, it’s in there. Yes, it’s prominent. But it’s portrayed tastefully, sans titillation, offering neither glorification (i.e. virtue signaling) or condemnation. In other words, it is handled exactly the way it ought to be handled. It’s just one component of the overall story, not more important than any other. It feels genuine. Real. It isn’t…

SPUTNIK Dreams

I’ve said it before, several times. The drive-in has been a savior for my summer. Deprived of a regular summer movie season by the ‘Rona, I’ve been able to both catch some nifty new flicks at the drive-in, movies that I might not have seen otherwise (THE WRETCHED, THE OTHER LAMB, THE VAST OF NIGHT,…

Upcoming Werewolf Projects

This is one of those “catch up” posts I do from time to time. There are lots of little nuggets of information out there of the werewolf variety, none of them long enough or involved enough to warrant full articles in and of themselves, but if you put them all together you get a werewolf…

Good Werewolves

Reporting on the release of the sadly short-lived 80s television series WEREWOLF on DVD (due out just in time for Halloween!) got me to thinking about the spin of the heroic werewolf. Not the sympathetic werewolf. They’re always sympathetic. I’m talking a story wherein the werewolf is a genuine good guy, a face (in wrestling…