I read an article in New York magazine that’s way more interesting than it sounds: an exploration of the new LED light bulbs and why they...

I’ve been writing about movie music for a bit. I know a lot about it, and that’s where most of my audience comes from. Back to...

More rain! I don’t remember a winter this wet in L.A. A reminder that Creature Features’ CD sale is ongoing, hope you can find something...

I put off writing about Andor’s first season because it seemed like a lot of work to do it justice. I rewatched the 12 episodes and I...

Is the consensus that The Mandalorian season 3 is a letdown? I saw a few reviews to that effect. I watched the season premiere with the...

I caught up with the 2009 blaxploitation spoof, Black Dynamite. Actually I saw this several months ago and I put a note in my “blog ideas...

I am enjoying the new season of Picard. The first episode opens with the above card, which is an homage, of course, to Star Trek II: The...

Here is something I’ve had cooking that is super exciting! Normally I would not say anything, but Jonathan Frakes briefly mentioned it on...

Greetings, friends! So I did something that you’re probably not supposed to do, and has no point other than I was interested in doing it....

I caught up with The Menu and really enjoyed it. It’s a wicked send-up of fine dining and snooty rich people (something that’s definitely...

I’ve been lucky—well, not lucky, but it’s happened—to be on both sides of “pitching”: the guy sending emails out to get attention and...

Above: Mytoi Gardens in Chappaquiddick—a location I would love to use! I’ve been talking for some months about an indie comedy–drama I...

Charlie Vignola and I are back with one of our conversation (rants) about screenwriting. Now that Top Gun: Maverick is out—and I’ve seen...

I watched Glass Onion and enjoyed it—what a great cast!—but I did notice that it’s quite unconventional as a “whodunit.” A huge part of...

Some readers might know—because I’ve talked about it enough—I want to make an indie film on Martha’s Vineyard. So I was interested to see...

Happy New Year! My goal this year is simple: I want to make movies! Also television, but that’s harder (you need a “showrunner” and they...

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...

Empire has published an interview with James Cameron—maybe you’ve heard, his Avatar sequel is now in theaters—but with a twist: the...

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...

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...