My most memorable moviegoing experience doesn't have anything to do with the film I saw. The movie was The Three Lives of Thomasina, which is definitely the worst movie Patrick McGoohan was ever in (including Ice Station Zebra), and which is also the most boring Disney movie I ever/… Read full post »

In the sixties, TV shows were often more mature and morally ambiguous than the movies. Shows like Tightrope, I Spy, Secret Agent, even the early years of The Avengers with Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale (a much smarter and sexier foil for Steed than Diana Rigg was as… Read full post »

I sat down to write my first blog for Open Salon about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull but I when I turned the computer on I saw the news of Sydney Pollack's death.

The world doesn't need another opinion about the latest Lucas/Spielberg movie. But… Read full post »