Category Archives: Television

Free “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Experience Coming to LA Next Week

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Karin E. Baker

If you’re a “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” fan, you’ve likely admired the show’s vintage style. The Prime Video series transports audiences to the vibrant New York City of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. Step into the mid-century milieu of … Continue reading →

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Simpsons Murals in Springfield, Oregon

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Elise Thompson

In 2012, after years of being intentionally vague about which Springfield was the hometown of the Simpsons, Matt Groening revealed that it was Springfield, Oregon. Groening is also from Oregon. The town has paid tribute to its honorary citizens with … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Velour

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“The Naked Ape” (1973, Code Red) Vintage curiosity produced by Playboy Enterprises attempts to deliver a “now” interpretation of anthropologist Desmond Morris’s 1967 book on human evolution but instead offers up a fragmented mix of psychedelic animation, tame sex comedy, … Continue reading →

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Howard Hessman Dies AT 81: Some Friendly Memories With ‘Dr. Johnny Fever’

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Ed Simon

Howard Hesseman passed away Saturday, due to complications from a surgery. He was 81. His career spanned many decades, but he’s probably known vest for his role as Dr. Johnny Fever, the counter-culture DJ on WKRP in Cincinnati which ran from … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Something/Everyone

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“Whirlybird” (2019, Kino Lorber) Polarizing documentary about Los Angeles reporters Bob (now Zoey) Tur and ex-wife Marika Gerrard, who redefined news coverage in the 1980s and 1990s by using a helicopter to provide a perspective that alternated between omniscience and … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: TV Party 2021

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Kevin Can Go F**k Himself: Season 1” (2021, RLJ Films) Coal-dark comedy-drama series posits a novel premise – what if the shenanigans of TV man-children like Homer, Raymond, Kevin, etc., drove their wives to murder them? – and wields it, … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Wholesome Holiday Entertainment

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Prisoners of the Ghostland” (2021,RLJE Films) In a post-apocalypse Japan which has reassembled itself as a crazy-quilt hybrid of its feudal era and the American West, the cowboy-hatted leader (Bill Moseley) of a small town sends bank robber Nicolas Cage … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Coffin Crisp Wafer Bar (Halloween 2021)

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“The Stand” (2021, CBS Home Video/Paramount Home Video) Miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s sprawling apocalypse novel for CBS All Access is a vast improvement over the 1994 TV version, but still struggles to present a coherent encapsulation of the story’s … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Chocolate Vampire Kisses (Halloween 2021 Edition)

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Kolchak: The Night Stalker  (The Complete Series)” (1974-75, Kino Lorber) Having survived a vampire in Las Vegas and an undead strangler beneath the city of Seattle, reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin, still decades away from playing the Old Man from … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: TV Party 2021

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Beverly Hills 90210: The Ultimate Collection” (1990-2000, 2019, CBS Home Video/Paramount Home Video) Being the adventures of the Walsh siblings (Jason Priestley and Shannen Doherty), Midwesterners who relocate with their parents to Beverly Hills, California (played, at various times, by … Continue reading →

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