Category Archives: On the TV

1983: The Day After airs on ABC

Remember how I mentioned my ongoing nightmare of dying in a nuclear conflict because St. Reagan had an itchy trigger finger? The Day After didn’t help and was my continuous fear’s source until college. Before ABC became a monopoly hotel … Continue reading

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Night of the Comet

I missed out on Night of the Comet in theaters around 1984 but enjoyed the hell out of it when it made its debut on Showtime the following Christmas. I think the film was whipped together to take advantage of the Halley’s … Continue reading

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Westworld, the original

This is a movie I have always seen somewhere around the middle but never from the beginning. I scored a cheap DVD of it in the last year in anticipation of HBO’s overdue, behind-schedule show which will lengthen the story … Continue reading

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 will return!

…and the Maggi Republic helped! We pitched in enough to get the Blu-Rays plus I wanted the stretch goals, no wait, add-ons of thumb drives of Crow and Tom. Having had the great luck to meet Joel Hodgson a couple … Continue reading

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Iron Man 2

My theory about diminishing returns on superhero sequels was proven true again. It’s not meant to be schadenfreude. I dig these flicks because special effects have caught up with everyone’s imagination and I dig director/writer/actor Jon Favreau. I don’t want … Continue reading

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Drag Me To Hell

Sam Raimi proves he still can do a humorous Horror-Action movie after spending about a decade on Spider-Man which was like all contemporary superhero franchises, it had diminishing returns with every sequel; in his defense, he did a  better job … Continue reading

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The Hidden Fortress

Film geeks are compelled to mention this famous Japanese movie whenever there are discussions about Star Wars. Somara rented it recently which blew my mind. Blockbuster? A foreign film section? In Pflugerville? International around here usually means it comes in … Continue reading

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Enchanted

It figures that Disney would find a way to get one more hit from their dried-up well of formulaic princess stories. Anyone with a little girl at home already knows the premise: the sweet princess Giselle is sent to the … Continue reading

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Journey to the Center of the Earth 2008

PS3 experiment number two (in using it as a surrogate for satellite/video rentals) was the umpteenth remake of the Jules Verne novel. Instead of following the book and setting it in contemporary times, Verne’s work is used as a travelguide … Continue reading

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Clone Wars

This latest stinkburger from George Lucas only got considered for a couple reasons: We’ve heard decent things about the TV series on Cartoon Network from children and adults alike. I guess that when you lower the bar, even Lucas can … Continue reading

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Roger Rabbit remains amazing after 20 years

Sunday (June 22) was the 20th anniversary of this amazing movie’s opening. In an age of digital characters being rather ubiquitous, it’s hard to believe this film was the showcase on state-of-the-art special effects for integrating live action with an … Continue reading

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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The final movie from Somara’s recovery marathon! Yeah, I know, this DVD was watched way over two months ago so why the delay? Life gets in the way plus other more immediate stories were written, stuff I can whip together … Continue reading

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For Superman’s 70th Birthday, this DVD is the best choice

Today is Superman’s 70th birthday. With his first appearance in Action Comics #1, comic books have been associated with superheroes ever since this iconic character. What timing too. This week we got the chance to rent the Richard Donner version … Continue reading

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The Notorious Bettie Page

Movie number two from Somara’s recovery marathon! We saw a trailer for this one once, agreed that we wanted to see it, especially after catching a story about her on The History Channel (or was it E!?). I remember us … Continue reading

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King Kong (2005)

Movie number one from Somara’s recovery marathon! This is what Peter Jackson was originally going to do until The Lord of the Rings came his way? The DeLaurentis remake wasn’t very good yet I’ve always felt that the 1933 original … Continue reading

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