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....

I stumbled upon the above “How to Plot Backwards” tutorial on one of the Facebook screenwriting groups. I feel like Charlie Brown: The...

Mark your calendars! We are going live with another HUGE CD sale Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 10AM Pacific time (1PM Eastern). Same...

I am a casual fan of Italian “spaghetti” westerns but by no means an authority on the subject. The first time I heard the Luis Bacalov...

Many thanks to David Page for continuing his deep dive into the Original Series Star Trek scores with a half-hour YouTube video on Jerry...

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...

Is Star Trek like a religion? It’s the opposite of a religion in that the franchise has always been on the liberal/secular/scientific...

I was wondering what to write today when I saw a trending thread at the hive of scum and villainy (and idiocy) known as...

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...

Having nothing but problems with Rackspace for my old email address, Lukas@filmscoremonthly.com. So annoying! So I’m switching everything...

I just posted this to reddit/screenwriting (i.e. a hive of scum and villainy) where we’ll see if it is discussed or downvoted: I wish I...

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...

Well, I was wrong about something. Last week I thought that the Republicans in the House of Representatives would have to turn to...

Above: Some of the Japanese CDs still available in Brent Armstrong’s CD collection. Here’s the complete list. There are some new titles...

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...

I am being totally serious: I figured out a pretty good system for selling some of my own collection and also, recently, the collection...

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...

I haven’t read any John Le Carré books but I love the film and TV adaptations. Unfortunately I am not kidding. I just don’t read that...

We have shipped out all of the CDs from Brent Armstrong’s collection that we sold—90% of the 4,500 discs! So we’re left with around 450...