Is everything on the Internet now? The answer is steadily approaching: yes. I give you: The Dukes of Hazzard vs. The Waltons on Family...

I had heard of All Quiet on the Western Front because of the heroic efforts of one of the screenwriters and producers, Lesley Paterson to...

Following up on Oscar reactions from yesterday, I read a piece by Justin Chang in the L.A. Times (I think it’s behind a paywall, sorry)...

Some random thoughts this morning as I’m still adapting to the infernal time change... I’ve watched the Oscars the past few years...

My occasional sports opinions are probably of interest to no one. But as a lifelong baseball fan, I can’t help but weigh in about the new...

Yesterday I wrote about Andor, my new favorite show which I adore on so many levels. I find it very easy to believe that Andor is run by...

I put off writing about Andor’s first season because it seemed like a lot of work to do it justice. I rewatched the 12 episodes and I...

One benefit of John Williams being Oscar-nominated for the score to The Fabelmans is that he’s doing a lot of media—more than I can ever...

Is the consensus that The Mandalorian season 3 is a letdown? I saw a few reviews to that effect. I watched the season premiere with the...

I caught up with the 2009 blaxploitation spoof, Black Dynamite. Actually I saw this several months ago and I put a note in my “blog ideas...

See Gates McFadden in this 1983 National Enquirer ad: I don’t remember this particular ad, but I do remember the campaign!

I was a big comic-strip fan as a kid. When I was in grade school, I wanted to be a comic artist when I grew up. The first strip I was...

I am enjoying the new season of Picard. The first episode opens with the above card, which is an homage, of course, to Star Trek II: The...

Greetings, friends! So I did something that you’re probably not supposed to do, and has no point other than I was interested in doing it....

I caught up with The Menu and really enjoyed it. It’s a wicked send-up of fine dining and snooty rich people (something that’s definitely...

I woke up this morning to the sad news that Gerald Fried died on Friday, February 17. He had just turned 95 on the 13th. Please see Jon...

I know nobody comes here for my take on sports—but yeah, what a lame finish to what was heading to the climax of a terrific Super Bowl...

Farewell to one of the all-time greats, Burt Bacharach, who has died at 94. Here’s Tim Grieving’s obituary from The Washington Post. I...

I’ve been unusually busy so I haven’t had a chance to watch something I found on YouTube that I’ve always wanted to see: the 1963...

Wow, I’m getting busy. The WCAI piece about my Vineyard project was picked up on Facebook, on some Vineyard discussion groups, so I’ve...