Just a shout-out today to two volumes of CDs—and their accompanying book of cover art—that I got probably 25 years ago and still adore....

I’ve been helping with the promotion of The Jerry Goldsmith Companion on Kickstarter, which is doing great! They passed this noteworthy...

My compliments to the YouTube user simply called “Film Music Composer” for a terrific collection of rare composer videos. Thanks to this...

It feels like bad times in the entertainment industry. Writers are on strike, the theatrical business is still not back after the...

If you were around in the 1980s, you know The People’s Court: the first of the courtroom shows with real-life participants. Early reality...

I’ve written before how, in addition to film scores, I love listening to music I’ve discovered on KCRW (NPR) here in Los Angeles. I guess...

The reviews for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (premiering June 30th) have started to appear after its Cannes debut, and they...

I watched Air and found it super enjoyable. Great cast, tight script, well directed. I wasn’t expecting to be in the mood for a 1980s...

There sure is some weird stuff on the Internet. Today’s example, which I discovered via somebody on Facebook: this excerpt from a French...

Congrats to my pal and longtime FSM contributor Jeff Bond on a super-strong opening to Creature Features Publishing’s Kickstarter for his...

If you haven’t seen already, the long-awaited, two-volume Jerry Goldsmith biography by Jeff Bond will launch as a Kickstarter tomorrow,...

Happy Mother’s Day to my mom! And also to my wife, who does such an amazing job with our kids. Both of them can tell you... I’m not easy!

What is Kinolime? The latest startup promising to promote or produce your screenplay. I saw their promotion and thought, hey, that might...

I joined my first WGA picket line yesterday afternoon, outside Paramount. I am not a full member, but was an Associate Member for a few...

I’m sure all the Trekkies have seen this by now, but here’s a featurette on bringing back the Enterprise D bridge set for Star Trek:...

I wrote yesterday about how much I enjoy the 2010 Polanski thriller, The Ghost Writer. Sebastian Stoppe contacted me to share a video he...

I wrote recently how there are few movies of the past 25 years that I really love. I still think of Lost in Translation as my favorite...

I’ve written before how I was an avid Marvel Comics reader circa the mid to late 1980s. Mostly I was into the “X books” (X-Men, X-Factor,...

Many thanks to Twitter user Stephen Duignan for a deep-cut, deep-dive into explaining those short films to promote the Roddenberry...

I was watching the very entertaining Chaos on the Bridge documentary, about the early years of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This stuff...

The striking writers have a new hero and she is Lindsay Dougherty, the secretary-treasurer and chief negotiator of the local Teamsters....

Somehow May 4th became Star Wars day—“May the Fourth be With You.” It’s not even a release date of any of the movies. But oh well. Even...

I watched The Consultant on Amazon Prime. The reviews were lukewarm, and now I know why. Years ago there was a Beavis and Butt-Head...

Well, the WGA strike is on. That was predictable. Thinking of unions and how important they are: Listen to one of the all-time great...