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It’s election time and Columbo has to solve a murder close to a senate candidate played by Jackie Cooper. “Candidate…

A holy triumvirate of the Force was introduced in a three part Clone Wars story in 2011. Based on a concept outlined…

Is the nightmare of technology really about the technology or is it us? You can guess the stance taken by the 2016 Do…

Since the last time I posted about the dramatic increase in spiders around here I’ve been seeing even more spiders.…

Nothing spoils an extravagantly amoral honeymoon like a languorous, immoral vampire. And not just any vampire—1971's …

The last movie to be approved by Walt Disney and the first to be made after his death, 1970's The Aristocats seems…

Oh, Fay Wray, what big eyes you had! Here she is in 1933's The Vampire Bat, a cheap Dracula knock-off released a…

Is Garek really a good tailor? Looking at his outfits in the first season Deep Space Nine episode, “Past Prologue”,…

How many of us have had that nightmare where you show up naked and invisible on an alien planet? That’s just what…

I love the Third Doctor’s velvet jackets so much, though I wish he wouldn’t so often pair them with shirts that are…

I’ve continued reading M.R. James’ ghost stories this past week. “Number 13", about a scholar named Anderson…

Autumn continues apace here in Kashihara but a few leaves are stubbornly hanging on.

If anyone questions the value of Walt Disney’s contributions to the films animated by his studio, 1967's The Jungle…

Sometimes seeing the undead makes you go crazy, sometimes going crazy makes you see the undead, and sometimes it’s…

One of the more memorable Clone Wars arcs, and a good one for the Halloween season, is the three part story about…

It’s amazing how successfully disturbing a very simple description can be when placed in the right context. M.R.…

One of the appeals in the idea of a romance between two people separated in age by many years is that one can be a…

When trying to track down your missing psychiatrist, you may want to closely analyse any weird and spectacular…

One of my neighbours enjoys a hearty breakfast.

Disney is usually at its best when it does medieval fantasy, which is part of the reason 1963's The Sword in the…