How do you make a good movie about someone who sleeps all the time? Well, Disney sure did. 1959's Sleeping Beauty…

To begin with, politics are often a confusing tangle of fervent belief and purely strategic pledges. On top of this…

A little girl visits her uncle in Paris and all she wants to do is ride the Metro. Unfortunately, the Metro workers…

Evangelion is so much in the air lately, at least for me, living in Japan, I couldn’t help starting to watch it…

Romance has always been a frequent component of Disney’s animated canon but, arguably, none of their films actually…

Among the things I’ve changed my opinion on since I was younger is “The Abbey Grange”, an episode of the unsurpassed …

One of the students in the art club of the junior high where I work was looking through a big book about birds she…

There’s always the danger that the seductress will become the seduced. Witness the example of Gina Lollobrigida in…

“The Crimson Horror” was the obvious Doctor Who episode to watch for to-day. Featuring Diana Rigg as the villainous…

The rice stalks are starting to get pretty tall here in Kashihara, Japan. One of the teachers I work with told me…

Dame Diana Rigg, shown here with the late Sir Ian Holm, an exceptionally fine actress who passed away yesterday, is…

It’s hard enough making it as a rock band—try making it as a rock band in space. The titular band of 1986's Vicious…

Do cool minds and hot heads ever mix well? Errol Flynn with circumscribed mirth attracts the very passionate Maureen…

Some steal out of desperation, others steal for sheer mischievousness, as is the case for the title character of…

What does it mean never to grow up? A few writers and artists have pondered the question but perhaps the most famous…

The Masque of Mandragora is nearly perfect but deeply flawed. The 1976 Doctor Who serial has very good performances,…

As promised approximately one year ago to-day, here’s a new chapter of my web comic, Dekpa and Deborah. Have I…

A ballet of oppressive, silent tension is enacted by Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, and Claude Rains in David Lean’s 1949…

It’s September now so I guess it’s close enough to Halloween for me to start watching “Treehouse of Horror” episodes…

It is with great pleasure that I can report Halloween has infiltrated Japan. I picked up this tin of cookies on the…