Category Archives: TV and Movies
Twin Peaks Has Raised the Bar for Scripted Television Once More.
In 1990-1991, David Lynch and Mark Frost changed the landscape for scripted television forever with their drama, Twin Peaks. Even at its weakest, the show raised the bar far beyond its peers by introducing narrative, sound, and visual elements which … Continue reading
Wonder Woman – The Triumphant Lifeline DC Movies Desperately Needed
Let me get straight to the point. Wonder Woman is a great film in any genre, not only superhero fare. It trades overproduced action sequences for a coherent, evenly paced story-line. It relies less on expository and quick quip dialogue … Continue reading
Ranking all of the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” Movies
I am by no means a horror movie super-fan, but I do enjoy a good horror film now and again. The horror films that marked my childhood – and scared me enough to never want to revisit the series again – … Continue reading
What I am Watching: Kids and movies that actually came out this year!!!
Kids (1995) When Kids originally premiered in 1995, it created quite a stir. It was called everything from exploitative to borderline child pornography. It was slapped with an NC-17 rating, and a bunch of my classmates ran around quoting bits … Continue reading
What I Am Watching: Werewolves, 80s Fantasy Movies, and a little Taboo.
I love werewolves and I hate that, aside from yet another Underworld movie, they are mostly left to the back burner or watered down as the Zombie craze continues to capture the current main stream horror imagination. I love werewolves … Continue reading
What I am Watching: Twin Peaks and Star Trek: Voyager (the back-end of season two)
Twin Peaks – Seasons One and Two: A classic series that still holds up. I am a big David Lynch fan, but sadly I was a bit too young to catch his and Mark Frost’s much lauded television series Twin … Continue reading
