Tyler Ham returns to discuss growing up during the Reagan Era Cold War, and how it affected us as children. Tyler categorizes  classic atomic age sci-fi movies, offering historical perspective from the earlier days of the Cold War. Russian kids weren’t so different from us. Here

More audio Halloweenery! We’re joined by Joey Gallimore, aka Dr. Jose, of cameraviscera.com, to dig up our childhood memories of being afraid of the dark. We talk about things that scared us on television and in the movies, and examine how those fears mutated into a want to make

Recently, the folks at the Nerd Lunch podcast were kind enough to let me stammer and flub my way through another entertaining conversation. In this episode, hosts CT and Pax, Michael from The Atomic Geeks and Classic Film Jerks, and I play god, spinning imagined cinematic universes ou

Anyone  familiar with Bobcat Goldthwait might consider him an odd role model for a thirteen year old, but in 1987 his tremulous blend of humor and frustration was just the sort of influence that helped me harness my angst and find some self-esteem. By the time I was thirteen, I had bo

Over the past few years, the Halloween spirit hasn’t really taken me, which is odd because there was a time that I was a Halloween zealot. The last time I wore a costume was in 2007 when I dressed as Buckethead, the enigmatic guitar genius. Other than that, my only recent partic

When channel surfing, Jaws is one of those movies that always knocks me off of my surfboard. No matter how far into the movie it is, I’ll usually stop and watch it to the end. I can’t say how many times I’ve seen Jaws, but I’d venture to guess that I’ve seen it more than a

Aside from the presence of the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi, most of the unrest in the Star Wars universe is generally attributed to the 1997 re-release of the altered versions of the original trilogy, the subsequent revisions made to the original trilogy, and the release of the “prequ

It’s remarkable that in an age of seemingly infinite movie viewing options, ranging from individualized viewing on computers or handheld device to Megaplex, 3D, or IMAX environments, that drive-in movies can still draw a crowd. For me, the closest drive-in is nearly an hour and a half