Review: My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (2024, Prime)

I’d been doing a little reading on East Asian cultures recently, and what do you know? Amazon Prime just debuted this eight-episode Japanese series, which fit the bill neatly. I’ll try to avoid spoilers in my review, because I want you to dive right in and watch this. It’s a lot of fun. First, let’s …

Artist Retrospectives XVII – Wallace “Wally” Wood

Wally Wood at 22, early in his career. NYC 1949. Born in Minnesota in 1927, the young Wally Wood dreamed of being an artist. He served in WWII, received some training in art, and began looking for opportunities in New York. His first gig was doing backgrounds for Will Eisner’s The Spirit. Wood’s career would …

Review: Space Force (2020)

As enthusiastic as I was to see the founding of our real-life Space Force, I kept my fingers crossed when I switched this series on. Yes, it’s mostly a comedy. Absurdist, but low key. From Netflix, got two seasons. Here’s my spoiler-free reaction. Steve Carell stars as a career-military guy. With John Malkovich, Noah Emmerich …

Review: Iron Sky, and The Coming Race

If you like pulp adventure, silly sci-fi and space Nazis, you’ve come to the right place. If you’re so sensitive that even lampooning Nazis offends you, just click on by. Back in 2012 some wild and crazy Finns produced a comedy film titled Iron Sky. The premise is simple; some Nazis escaped defeat at the …

Movie Review: Casino Royale (1967)

I’ve started reading some of the original James Bond novels by Ian Fleming. You can catch my reviews on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/295653-baron-greystone?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search%5Bquery%5D=Fleming. I decided to watch Casino Royale, the 1967 spy spoof that was based on the novel I’d just completed. I hadn’t seen the movie since I was a kid, and I remember giving up …

That 70’s Show – A Critique

I started watching this show when it was first broadcast, back in 1998. Hard to believe that it’s been over twenty years. This one seemed like another “natural” for me to watch. Teens in high school in the latter half of the 70’s. In spite of the goofy title, I gave it a watch, and …