Paul Jenkins is one of the ex-directors of a Star Trek fan film that went off the deep end. I don’t even want to tell the story. Just...

Reading Deadline this morning, I saw this news item about somebody who published fan fiction of Lord of the Rings and then tried to sue...

Some months ago I watched a YouTube video about a famous hip-hop sample and made a note of it in my list of blog column ideas. Now I am...

Is it really about to be 2024? I’ll be fifty next year. Movies that I feel like just came out are now 25 years old. My kids see a...

It’s the one time of the year where there are big, expensive films for grown-ups—yay! I was excited to see Leave the World Behind because...

With our CD sale done, I can catch up on some movies and TV I’ve watched. The Killer was a must-watch for me because of David Fincher. Is...

UPDATE: Here is the list of CDs still available in our CD sale. The New York Times ran a crazy story about Mr. Carl Erik Rinsch, whose...

UPDATE: Here is the current list of CDs we have for sale. HBO has a wonderful and hilarious new documentary on Albert Brooks, directed by...

Director Robert Butler has died at the age of 95. His credentials and credits run a mile long. I met him—or was in the same room in...

I watched Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, Francis Ford Coppola’s recut version of The Godfather, Part...

One of my daughters said last night, prompted by nothing: “They should do a version of Back to the Future with only chickens. Then the...

Bravo to SAG on getting their deal. I’m eager to see the specifics. Hopefully this has solved Hollywood labor problems ONCE AND FOR ALL....

Congrats to Gen V for an excellent first season. It is a spinoff of The Boys on Amazon, which I’ve written about before, about young...

The Beatles have released what is their final, absolute last song, “Now and Then.” Like a lot of people (even, it seems, the surviving...

There are so many scary things in the world right now—at least we can enjoy a little fun with Halloween. I always loved treat or treating...

Congratulations to Billions (a show I’ve written about before) for “sticking the landing” in an entertaining series finale. It felt a...

At some point in the 1990s I crossed paths with Billy West, best known as a voice actor (Futurama, Ren & Stimpy). He is a huge soundtrack...

Just when I think there are no more (large) wormholes I can fall into online—I find something like this, a video about unmade Kenner Star...

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...

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...