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Lukas Kendall
Oct 22, 20232 min read
Movies as Time Machines
A follow-up to my column yesterday about watching Superman as a kid. My kids often ask what was my favorite subject in school. I didn’t...
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Lukas Kendall
Oct 21, 20233 min read
Super Nostalgia
I recently rewatched Superman: The Movie. I think it was because it was on the menu at HBO Max (now just “Max”) and I needed to kill a...
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Lukas Kendall
Oct 20, 20231 min read
John Le Carré Documentary
I haven’t read any John Le Carré books but I love the film and TV adaptations. Unfortunately I am not kidding. I just don’t read that...
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Lukas Kendall
Oct 15, 20231 min read
Sopranos Anime Opening
I stumbled upon this and it cracked me up: an opening for The Sopranos as if it were anime. I guess you’d have to be familiar with 1990s...
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Lukas Kendall
Oct 12, 20231 min read
Marvel TV Reboot
CD Sale Update: Here’s the remaining inventory. Everything must go! Today’s big entertainment news is that the SAG negotiations broke...
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Lukas Kendall
Oct 9, 20231 min read
My Logan’s Run TV Pilot on The Stunt List
Some of you may barely remember earlier this year I wrote, for fun, a modern TV pilot based on Logan’s Run (the 1976 movie, more than the...
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Lukas Kendall
Oct 8, 20232 min read
Everybody Hates Exorcist Sequels
CD Sale Update: Here is the list of remaining titles. Everything must go! The Exorcist: Unborn opened to bad reviews and what looked like...
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Lukas Kendall
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Ahsoka Adrift
I watched the first season of Ahsoka. I previously wrote about my reaction to the pilot. Look, I don’t get it. In part that’s because I...
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Lukas Kendall
Oct 1, 20231 min read
R.I.P. Winning Time
I was sorry to hear of the cancelation of HBO’s Winning Time, about the 1980s Lakers. The end of season two served as the season...
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Lukas Kendall
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Greg Jein Collection
If you haven’t seen it yet, Heritage Auctions is offering the collection of Greg Jein, model maker from Star Trek, Close Encounters and...
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Lukas Kendall
Sep 10, 20232 min read
Is The Flash Just Spider-Man?
I watched The Flash on Max. I remember it got good reviews, but didn’t do the kind of business Warner Bros. wanted or needed. Well, it...
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Lukas Kendall
Sep 9, 20232 min read
The Star Trek Picket
Yesterday I picketed with writers and actors for “United We Trek,” a protest at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood on the 57th anniversary...
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Lukas Kendall
Sep 6, 20231 min read
James Horner Rare 1982 Interview
Many thanks to my friend and colleague Neil Bulk for pointing out a rare 1982 radio interview with James Horner that was posted by the...
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Lukas Kendall
Sep 5, 20232 min read
Billions Hurricane Confusion
Last night on Billions (a show I’ve enjoyed from the start) a subplot had to do with a hurricane and its classification, which had...
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Lukas Kendall
Sep 4, 20231 min read
Farewell to Meco
I learned from the FSM board that Meco (Domenico Monardo) died in May, at 83, but his death went little noticed. He practically invented...
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Lukas Kendall
Sep 3, 20231 min read
Hollywood Confessional Studio Insider on the Strikes
The terrific podcast Hollywood Confessional (about bad behavior in the entertainment industry, which means this show will run forever) is...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 31, 20231 min read
The Greatest Shot on TV
Some of you may have encountered this before: the greatest shot in the history of TV, from a 1978 BBC program hosted by James Burke. It’s...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 30, 20234 min read
Gorky Park Rewatch
I watched Gorky Park, for no reason other than it was on and I wanted to see it again. I remembered enjoying it, and wanting to hear the...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 28, 20231 min read
Larry Bird Trash Talking
I have been watching and enjoying season two of Winning Time. Last week’s episode delved into the backstory of the Boston Celtics’ great,...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 27, 20231 min read
SAG Interim Agreements
You’ve almost certainly heard about the WGA and SAG strikes. You may have also heard that SAG has an “interim agreement” to allow...
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