Today (6/21) is the first day of summer—and the birthday of the one and only Lalo Schifrin. I was reminded of this by a post from Robert...

Black Mirror is back on Netflix with a sixth season of five episodes. I watched the third (and longest) episode, “Beyond the Sea,” which...

I’m a big Sam Esmail fan. I loved Mr. Robot and the first season of Homecoming. Even when Mr. Robot played tricks that I don’t think a...

My kids have already surprised me with some fun cards and activities. Enjoy!

I enjoyed reading this new interview with Harrison Ford from The Hollywood Reporter. I’ve never met him and probably never will. But he...

The Goldsmith Companion Kickstarter finished at a whopping $171.207. I am so happy for the author and publisher—and all of you, who will...

The Kickstarter for Jeff Bond’s two-volume Jerry Goldsmith Companion books ends tonight at 11:59PM Pacific time, Thursday, June 15, 2023....

The great Marvel Comics artist—a legend, really—John Romita, Sr. has died at 93. There are obituaries all over the place. Here’s the one...

The Kickstarter campaign for Jerry Bond’s Jerry Goldsmith Companion two-volume book is in the final 72 hours. It ends at 11:59PM,...

I recently discovered Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You Podcast. Rosenbaum is best-known for playing Lex Luthor on Smallville, but he’s a...

I watched Avatar: The Way of Water now that it has landed on Disney+. I am not up to the task of an Avatar deep dive (excuse the pun),...

I finally watched Tár and loved it. This isn’t a movie review...I don’t know what I can really add to the conversation, except to say...

So, anything interesting in the news? Crazy times. I watched Gaslit, the STARZ drama about the 1970s Republican administration’s scandals...

Farewell to Astrud Gilberto, the one-of-a-kind Brazilian singer with the unique voice. By the time I was a kid, “The Girl From Ipanema”...

If there’s one thing I love, it’s putting maximum effort into something that’s culturally marginal—how’s that for damning with faint...

My grandfather, my dad’s dad, was a prominent pediatrician in Philadelphia. I once asked him what his father did, who was before my time....

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released 41 years ago, yesterday (June 4th). This seems insane. Okay, Trekkies, here’s a way to spend...

I’ve written before about my late friend Jeff Cava, who was a mensch and left us far too soon. Jeff’s biggest triumph, and also biggest...

I discovered a YouTube channel called Halfscreen which has lengthy videos of 3-D renderings of iconic spaceships. Lots of Star Trek, Star...

Many thanks to my pal Joe Sikoryak for letting me know that the USC Optical Sound Effects Library has been digitized and, not only that,...

I’m still in awe over the Succession finale. Here is a terrific article from Slate about the series’ music by Nicholas Britell (above)...

Danny Elfman turned 70 on Monday, May 29th. This seems incredible to me. I still think of him as a “boy wonder,” the upstart composer of...

The new, live-action version of Disney’s The Little Mermaid is performing well in the U.S., but less so overseas. This Deadline article...

No spoilers here, or in-depth comments. Plenty of those you can find online. Just pure appreciation for one of the best shows of all...