Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 29, 2015

Having spent the past couple of weeks looking back at the original made-for-television movies The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler, it’s time to move on to the main event, the TV series that was spun out of them. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (the series’ official title, presumably to   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 26, 2015

I’ve often said that I miss the comics covers of old. Those covers were designed, unlike many of the ones being produced today which are merely mini-posters spotlighting the titular character without giving any indication of the story contained inside, to draw readers in and make them anxious   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 23, 2015

I’ll admit when the character was first introduced in the comics series Alias and then retconned into having a short time as a superhero and even an Avenger (despite never having been seen before) I wasn’t a big fan, but as she changed and grew and her relationship with Luke...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 22, 2015

Last week we took a look at the made-for-television movie The Night Stalker, so I thought this week it would be appropriate to check out the follow-up TV film, The Night Strangler. As I noted last week, the ratings for The Night Stalker were so high (the highest at that...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 20, 2015

Do I really have to say much here? Probably not, so I’ll just get out of the way and let you get to checking it out.   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 20, 2015

I’ve mentioned before that quite a few years back I ran another blog, Professor Damian’s Public Domain Treasure Chest. In it I tried to spotlight some of the real jewels that can be found in the Public Domain. It’s been quite a while since I’ve actually updated the site, but   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 19, 2015

Last week I published a “Covering Comics” article featuring one of my all-time favorite horror comics, Marvel’s The Tomb of Dracula which ran from 1972 to 1979. You can read that article here. One thing that I didn’t note at the time was that there was an animated adaptation   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 16, 2015

I’ve seen some online speculation and rumors over the past few days that Netflix may be thinking of replacing the proposed Iron Fist series in their previously announced line-up of Marvel Comics based shows with the character Moon Knight instead. The stories actually spin out of rumors that Ne   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 15, 2015

Halloween is fast approaching, so I thought I’d spend a little time revisiting one of my personal all-time favorite horror TV series, The Night Stalker. The Night Stalker actually began its life as a made-for-TV movie adaptation by Richard Matheson of an unpublished novel by Jeff Rice entitled   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 14, 2015

I’ve often said that I miss the comics covers of old. Those covers were designed, unlike many of the ones being produced today which are merely mini-posters spotlighting the titular character without giving any indication of the story contained inside, to draw readers in and make them anxious   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 8, 2015

(A couple of months ago, I was in my local McKay’s bookstore and happened across a handful of Shadow pulps for less than $1 apiece. I’ve had a lot of fun reading – or in a couple of cases re-reading – them, and that’s what led to this post.) Something...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 1, 2015

Who ya gonna call? Probably not these guys. As the upcoming so-called “all-female” Ghostbusters movie attracts new attention to the franchise, I thought this might be a good moment to take a look at an earlier group of guys who spent their time busting not just ghosts, but all kinds...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 30, 2015

They? A wonderful word. And who are they? They’re the nameless ones who kill people for the great whatsit. Does it exist? Who cares? Everyone everywhere is so involved in the fruitless search for what? Watching 1955’s Kiss Me Deadly, I was reminded of two other much later films, 1981&#82   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 28, 2015

I’ve often said that I miss the comics covers of old. Those covers were designed, unlike many of the ones being produced today which are merely mini-posters spotlighting the titular character without giving any indication of the story contained inside, to draw readers in and make them anxious   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 24, 2015

1968… Now why does that year seem familiar? Oh, yeah, maybe because of this. Or a few other posts which I’ve posted in the past and have upcoming… Anyway, I’m not going to say a whole lot about this special, except that it documents the campaign of comedian Pat Paulsen...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 21, 2015

Continuing our voyage throught the most recent Sight and Sound Top 250 Movies of All Time list, this time around, it’s #9 on the list, Carl Theodore Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc. And as always I’ll just note that for those just joining us, you can find a...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 19, 2015

I’ve often said that I miss the comics covers of old. Those covers were designed, unlike many of the ones being produced today which are merely mini-posters spotlighting the titular character without giving any indication of the story contained inside, to draw readers in and make them anxious   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 17, 2015

Last week I spent some time writing about the Muppets on Sesame Street, along with a follow-up post featuring some of the Muppets’ original commercial appearances, so it seemed like this would be a good time to take a quick look at the original Muppet Show, especially with a new...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 10, 2015

In today’s regular Classic Television Thursday post on the Muppets on Sesame Street, I mentioned that Jim Henson’s Muppets had a history that began long before even their appearances on Sesame Street. One very important place that they appeared was in early television commercials. These   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 10, 2015

I found out last week that I owed my younger daughter an apology. Though she grew up watching Sesame Street in her earlier years, she had never made the connection between the puppets that she saw there (unfortunately she grew up during the era where far too much of the...   read more