A major advantage Anime has over live action is not having to worry about shutting down streets for massive car chases. When I had a chance to hang with John Landis, he spoke about all the nightmares of setting up the massive car stunts in The Blues Brothers. There were
Blu-ray Review: You Are Not Alone
Are you old enough to remember the ABC After School Specials? During the ’70s and ’80s, they’d appear every month of so at 4 p.m. They’d focus on the various problems that were happening to teenagers at the time. There was an episode of being a teenage drunk, accepting punk
Blu-ray Review: My Love Affair With Marriage
Hollywood Studios have done their best to make feature animation cute and not cutting edge. Look at the last batch of theatrical releases and you see how they are aimed to not get too deep for the audience. Even when Pixar wants a teenage girl to understand what’s going on
Blu-ray Review: Nightmare On Elmo’s Street (The Girl-Centric Edition)
On a recent episode of The Golan Globus Theater podcast, the hosts got into how women are going crazy over the father character on Disney’s Bluey. This kiddie show about a dog family has turned into a fetish. Supposedly the plush of Bluey’s dad is a major seller for whatever
Blu-ray Review: Dark Night of the Scarecrows 1 & 2 Double Feature
During the ’70s and ’80s, TV movies weren’t all fluffy and sweet. While they did have to work within the confines of broadcasting standards, quite a few filmmakers figured out how to make nightmare inducing horror flicks that had commercials breaks. They learned how to work with tension and not