Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Frank Capra’s seminal holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life is practically tied neck-to-neck with Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
How do you do a Christmas episode of a television show that’s set in the period B.C.? This was the challenge faced by filmmaker Sam Raimi for...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Let us take this opportunity to praise Seth Green who, when it comes to deadpan comedy, might well be this generation’s answer to Buster Keaton....
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After serving an apprenticeship with the Coen Brothers as their cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld went on to direct some very quirky and off-beat...
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“There is nothing funny about a clown at midnight” -- Lon Chaney, Sr. Good ol’ Lon knew exactly what he was talking...
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Don’t let the title of The Twilight Zone episode It’s a Good Life (originally broadcast on Nov. 3, 1961) fool you. This has no resemblance...
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Producer/director Dan Curtis and writer Richard Matheson hit pay dirt in 1972 when their made-for-TV production of The Night Stalker became a ratings...
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Epitaph One (never broadcast in this country, but aired on June 17, 2009 in Singapore) was officially the thirteenth episode of Joss Whedon’s...
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The 1972 made-for-TV movie The Night Stalker was the first collaboration between producer/director Dan Curtis and writer Richard Matheson, one of the...
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The television version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer had some great season finales, but the two-parter Graduation Day was memorable for more than one...
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