Goodbye 2022
Hard to believe 2022 is coming to a close. I was born in 1974, and our twin girls were born in 2014, so I’ve been mentally tracking their...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 30, 2022
- 3 min
Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick has landed on Paramount+ (where it’s predictably a big hit), so having heard how great it is the past six months, I...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
Alien$
Empire has published an interview with James Cameron—maybe you’ve heard, his Avatar sequel is now in theaters—but with a twist: the...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 28, 2022
- 2 min
The End of VFX
It’s the end of the year, so it’s the time for the retrospectives on the state of the film business—such as it is. Here’s a good one from...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 27, 2022
- 3 min
Confess, Fletch
I watched Confess, Fletch on Showtime last night. Like the rest of the world, I missed it upon release earlier this year. It was very...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
The Empire Strikes Back Score Analysis
YouTube user Dominic Sewell is apparently analyzing every cue in The Empire Strikes Back—after doing the entirety of The Phantom Menace....
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 25, 2022
- 1 min
Merry Christmas 2022
Merry Christmas, everyone! Hope you have a great day. It’s also the first time that I can remember when the last night of Hanukkah has...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 24, 2022
- 1 min
Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Third Season Triumph
The cable channel Heroes & Icons—aka “every old show from the CBS library, around the clock”—has rolled around to the top of Star Trek:...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 23, 2022
- 1 min
Charles Cornell YouTube Music Education Videos
Charles Cornell is a YouTuber who does music education videos involving a lot of pop and geek culture. Here’s one, “The Chord That SAVED...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
After Yang
I watched After Yang on Showtime last night. I had come across it in channel listings and thought—like most people, I suppose—what an odd...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
Howard Shore’s 9 Favorite Songs
Last month, The Line of Best Fit ran a piece in their “Nine Songs” series on Howard Shore. Naturally, I set aside the link to take time...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
Logan’s Run Water Gardens
I have a soft spot for Logan’s Run—the last big pre-Star Wars sci-fi film. Somehow I came across this YouTube video of multiple angles,...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
Digital Cinema
Here’s a recent article from BFI about the early days of digital cinema and how its promise has, or hasn’t, played out. Really good...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
2010
First of all—what a great World Cup final! Congrats to Argentina. I rewatched 2010. Good film! I always enjoyed it. Terrific cast. Not...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 17, 2022
- 3 min
World Cup
I am enjoying watching the World Cup, as I usually do. I look forward to the final match tomorrow. The passing is so sophisticated, and I...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
Joe Sikoryak on “The Geek Generation Gap”
My friend (and FSM art director) Joe Sikoryak has been blogging and drawing his memoirs, which I’ve enjoyed following:...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 15, 2022
- 15 min
Franchise Fatigue 2022
NOTE: I wrote this article a year ago, but for various reasons it was not published at the intended site. So I’m running it here before...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
This Is Gary McFarland Documentary
One of the fun things (of many) of producing the FSM CD series was getting an education on films and composers who deserve much more...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
R.I.P. Angelo Badalamenti
Farewell to another great composer: Angelo Badalamenti, at 85. Here’s the New York Times obituary. His Twin Peaks theme was an instant...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Enchanted Director’s Commentary
A quick shout-out for my friend Taylor White at Creature Features who recently recorded a director’s commentary with Kevin Lima for...
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