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Amazon's the Rings of Power debuts this week (tonight!) after years of production and much wonderment about what it's going to include....

James Caan died about a month ago. Soon after I saw a few film people I respect on Twitter talking about Thief (1981). I'd never heard of...

Monday night was the series finale of Better Call Saul, something I covered two years ago (link here). I want to talk about how it all...

The term 'non-stop thrill ride' is overused in describing movies, whether it appears in trailers or wherever else. It's untrue in...

What do you think about when you hear King Arthur? There's the sword in the stone where Arthur's worth and lineage are proven. His grand...

This time of year, in the lead-up to Easter (aka Lent), I always seem to hear about The Prince of Egypt. I'd never seen the 1998...

I've consumed almost no Anime, meaning specifically Japanese animation. Anime has long included shows targeted at adults instead of just...

There are a lot of gangster movies and TV shows out there. Most are set here in the USA, where both real-life mobsters (like Al Capone)...

Lord of the Rings, a favorite topic of mine, is making news again. For that we can thank Amazon and its new series, which finally has a...

One of our son's favorite things, for some time now but the last few months especially, is Thomas the Tank Engine. I'll admit that I'm...

At this point the Beatles rooftop concert is the stuff of legend. Naturally my first exposure to that day was the Simpsons mimicry during...

Earlier this week I stumbled upon Apollo 13 (1995) on YouTubeTV while looking for something to just have on. I planned to be doing other...

I intended to write this before the film came out. Alas, whatever, it wasn't meant to be. I've been a fan of Dune since first reading the...

The Simpsons have, through my life, defined much of my sense of humor. So many of the things I quote or otherwise relate to come from...

Music generally isn't a huge deal to me. I don't spend much time exploring artists or keeping up with what's popular and just kinda...

Maybe you don't know the name off-hand, but (to me at least) Peter Cullen has an immediately recognizable voice. And it's largely because...

If you're a fan of The Lord of the Rings and haven't seen the extended versions of the films, you should give them a watch. Though they...

One day, while trying to nail down my favorite movies (future post?), I recalled a few that go way back, I've only seen once and I really...

Probably my favorite plot arc of the entire MCU is the development of Bucky Barnes. Captain America has been my favorite Avenger since...

There aren't many pop culture characters bigger than Batman and Darth Vader. Even if one's an all-time villain and the other the greatest...