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Hidden Hands and Octopi
There is an undeniable joy to be found in spending an afternoon with a stack of B-movies, particularly those from the ‘30s and ‘40s. The B pictures of that era were economically made and typically run around 80 minutes and under. Lord knows I love me an 80 minute movie, and I wish they’d make […]
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Farewell, Caped Crusader
Want to know how long I’ve been a fan of Batman? I’ve been a fan of Batman so long I can’t remember the first time I encountered the character. What I do know, is that one man introduced me and countless others to Gotham’s hero. That man was Adam West, who passed away on June […]
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I Was a Teenage Ina Garten
I bought a house recently. I was surprised by how affordable it was once I gave up my $600,000 a week avocado toast habit. It took a few weeks of searching, but I finally found a home that was right for me. Has all I wanted, a guest room, office, finished basement for a home […]
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Dispatches From The Road
Greetings, kind hearts. I’m writing to you from on the road this week. I never travel far these days without the Mobile Andy Command Unit. It’s nice to be taking advantage of these modern times where one can have a rather zippy office they can take on the road. Just a tablet computer and a […]
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Ghost World
I was 17 when I first saw the movie “Ghost World,” directed by Terry Zwigoff and adapted from the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes. The film was released in 2001 to critical praise and little fanfare at the box office. One of those cool, weird, wonderful films that never plays in a theater anywhere near […]
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The Loved One in May
A pair of mid-1960s films make their blu-ray debut from Warner Archive this month, one of which boasts a script written by “Twilight Zone” creator Rod Serling, and the other a satire featuring Jonathan Winters in a dual role. Both films are shot in beautiful black and white, and on blu-ray their black and white […]
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Twelve-Nine-Three
Picture it! Scilly, 1922! OK, actually Andy Ross’s Childhood Bedroom 1993. I had been given as a gift the dream attachment for my beloved Sega Genesis, the amazing Sega CD. For those of you young children who have only grown up in the era of XBox and Playstation, it maåy seem strange that there was […]
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Wither Cauliflower
I noticed recently a post on facebook, one of those recipe shares that goes around, for a “delightful recipe for cauliflower tacos!” I’ve seen this trend, fad, whatever take–root–for a while now. I now call foul that we are using cauliflower as a substitute for damn near everything. People online have extolled the virtues of […]
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A Double Dose of Demy
The Criterion Collection, that powerhouse of fine editions of films on home video, recently released two blu-rays of films by French director Jacques Demy. Both had been previously released in their box set collecting a number of the director’s work, but this marks the first time they’ve been available outside of that collection. The two […]
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From Hell It Ended
Warner Archive rolled out a double hit of unexpected joy when they announced they were putting two B-wonders by studio Allied Artists out on blu-ray. 1956’s “World Without End”–which features a supporting role by an early in his career Rod Taylor. Plus, the true wonder of this wondrous duo, 1957’s “From Hell It Came” a […]
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