I think there have been four instances the past year where I started to watch something on a streaming platform, paused it to finish...

I was sorry to hear of the passing of Bob McGrath (above), one of the original stars of Sesame Street. Here’s the New York Times...

There aren’t many soundtracks left that haven’t been released that I really want—but Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends by Johnny Douglas...

What a terrible shock: Kirstie Alley has died from cancer at 71. I was just rewatching Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and marveling at...

A movie opened this weekend called Violent Night. Maybe you heard of it, or have even seen it. It’s basically Die Hard starring Santa...

Hello nerds! I assume we all saw the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny trailer: Want to know my opinion? Given that this is the...

I never thought there would be a Willow TV series. I watched the first episode last night. Uh...I am not the target audience for this...

I love this crazy movie. It is often on cable or pay cable and I find myself watching it mid-stream, as I did last night. If you’ve only...

I am so excited for the Andor season finale this Wednesday (although sad in that it will be some time before season two). In the...

American composer Ned Rorem has died at 99. Here’s the New York Times obituary. I came across this beautiful piece for piano I think on...

Growing up on Martha’s Vineyard felt very safe. We never used to lock the house—I don’t even remember seeing our house keys—and we’d...

Today, November 17, is World Pancreatic Cancer Day (part of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month). You do not want to get pancreatic cancer....

The YouTube channel “leibniz154” is back with more piano reductions of classic John Williams cues. (I wrote about some of the Star Wars...

HBO has canceled Westworld. This surprised me in that the fourth season seemed pretty “final” to me; I didn’t know the creators wanted to...

The Kickstarter for Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour finished strong for Creature Features Publishing: $48,161. I was...

It’s the final day for Creature Features Publishing’s Kickstarter for Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour. (I wrote about it...

Here’s another one of my stories of crossing paths with a celebrity—but don’t get your hopes up! Some time in 2009 I got a voicemail from...

Creature Features Publishing is in the final 72 hours of their Kickstarter for Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour, the...

Police Squad! is one of my all-time favorite shows. Genius! And The Naked Gun, of course, as far as the feature adaptations (though the...

I’m not a big holiday person, or even a big Halloween person. I don’t love the macabre or horror or enjoy being frightened, or...