Is 1953’s big-screen version of The War of the Worlds the third most famous adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic?
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Author: Steven Strauss
Canoa: A Shameful Present
Canoa: A Shameful Memory is 2020 America, circa 1976 Mexico (and, coincidentally, the United States’ bicentennial).
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HOW COULD I FORGET!!!!!
I was so lustily fantasizing about an OKC big 3 reunion on Friday that I completely overlooked a juicy component to the dream:
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A Big 3 Reunion (Fantasy/Nightmare)
And now, an idea from the annals of “this will never fucking happen,” courtesy of the late-night meanderings of my Knicks-wary mind:
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Aptedtude
Was someone just singing something about how we could use some Aptedtude, dears?!
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Act-One Fake-Out Anthem
Allow me — and The Prom — to reintroduce a formal concept that neither one of us first introduced to the world: the Act One Fake-Out Anthem.
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That Rose You Do
I forgot to mention one of the many effects achieved by That Thing You Do! endlessly repeating its title track, and this effect is related to another movie I’ve been meaning to write about: Bette Midler’s The Rose.
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That Song You Do and Do and Do and Do and Do and Do and Do
And now, a random missive from 1996:
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Fox and His Subtitles
And now, a New Year’s Eve note from our sponsors in the annals of ludicrously-nitpicky cinephilia:
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Twin Piques
Months after finishing the entirety of Twin Peaks, I’m still fascinated by the widely-maligned second half of season two.
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Write All Nite 