Back in 2015, I wrote a retrospective on the first 24 episodes of Count Gauntly’s Horrors from the Public Domain, the public access television series I produce and host in Fairfax, Virginia. At the time, I selected ten episodes I thought represented our best work to date. Now, more than three years later, we’ve produced sixty-four episodes…
Small Screen 66 – #48: American Pickers (History, 2010-Present) Last time, we looked at a show that inspired my first job. Now we turn to a show about the job I think I’d be best at. American Pickers follows the backwoods adventures of Mike Wolf and Frank Fritz. The two work as “pickers,” a manlier…
Two years ago, I helped Kickstart a local second-run movie theater’s project to install new seating. In exchange for pledging $250, I got my name engraved on a seat, as well as a pass granting free movie admission for all of 2015. Sixty-six films later, my epic quest drew to a close. I laughed. I…
Small-Screen 66 – #49: Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (NBC, 1949-50, ABC, 1982-86, TBS. 2000-03) Hello. It’s me. I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to read the rest of this Countdown. Part of the reason I’ve been holding off so long (in addition to mere laziness) is the fact that…
In my last two posts, I brought you mini-reviews of my picks for the 10 best and 5 worst films I watched during my “Year of Free Movies” at the University Mall Theatres in Fairfax. Now, because I’m always down for the beating of dead horses and the talking off of ears, I thought I’d…
In my last post, I discussed my picks for the Top 10 films from my “year of free movies” screened at the University Mall Theatres in Fairfax. Now we dive to the bottom of the barrel to explore the opposite extreme. Partly because I’m a positive person (but mostly because I have a whole other…
This past year, I spent a lot of time at the movie theater. I helped Kickstart a project by a local second-run cinema, and in return got free movie tickets for all of 2015. While I never actually wrote any reviews up until now, I did keep a record of everything I saw. And since Oscar…
The following is part of a (still ongoing) series of Halloween-themed lists which I’m transferring over from my Brian Terrill Movie Night page. Any chronological inconsistencies are the result of this fact. It wouldn’t be Halloween without a nuanced discussion of the comparative merits of various confections. I’m now officially tossing in my two cents.…
“It’s gonna be the future soon I won’t always be this way When the things that make me weak and strange Get engineered away.” -Jonathan Coulton Welcome to the future. With Marty McFly’s official “arrival date” behind us, Back to the Future joins the likes of Lost in Space, The Terminator, and Looking Backward in depicting a…
I’ve spent the last three days marathoning American Horror Story: Freak Show on Netflix, so I thought I might as well make the most of it. Believe it or not, I’ve actually done my best to AVOID spoilers in today’s post. The uninitiated can feel free to read away! For those unacquainted with the series, American…