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  • HORROR ISLAND (1940)

    Back in the 40s movie theaters had A pictures and B pictures– an A picture might be a Bob Hope comedy or a musical with Fred Astaire- the evening would also include cartoons, newsreels, serials and then the B picture– essentially a lesser film usually running an hour long. Some…

  • The Internet is a Vile and Horrid Place

    Is that news? I feel that way and I don’t even have Facebook! The internet is quite a thing- it feels like it’s been around forever doesn’t it? While there are some good things about the ‘net I would say that 90% of it is wretched cesspool like meanderings filled…

  • New York Comic Con Wraps

    New York Comic Con is sort of the bookend to San Diego Comic Con– it’s bigger than San Diego attendance wise but it’s not even close when it comes to it’s enjoyment level. San Diego is an oasis in the madness that is the Comic Show, NYCC is a chance…

  • BISTRO 185 – Best Breakfast Anywhere

    When Lucky’s closed down I had a hard time finding a really good breakfast place for the weekends. Schultzy’s in Sutton is good, but its decor is something less than a pizza place, Puffin’s in Millbury is good, but the tables are cramped and the place is LOUD. Livia’s Dish…

  • THE LOST BOYS (1987) Joel Schumacher

    You’d be forgiven if you’d passed on watching 1987’s Teen-Vampire film because you thought it consisted of hip vampires and a pop music score– because it does. But it’s the cast, and the fact that Richard Donner, himself a very powerful director, actually produced the film so he must have…