Villains are often overlooked in movies.  Truly great stories need memorable villains.  Sometimes the villain is so compelling that he or she even overshadows the hero.  Some actors make better villains than others.  I decided to make a list of actors that make great villains.  Some have tried their hands at serious and even sometimes heroic roles.  Where these actors really shine is when they are portraying truly immoral...

I know. I know.  The title of this article is rather salacious.  You will soon find that this has very little to do with the Stanley Kubrick film. This has been a terrible year for me.  I really feel like this was a throw away disaster of a year personally and from a media standpoint as well.  I can’t think of a single sci-fi flick, horror movie, or TV show that was a whiz-bang world mover for me.  In lieu of this I thought I...

Every year at this time I watch several versions of A Christmas Carol. It is my favorite show during the holidays. The period in which the story takes place has forever fascinated me. If you are like me the most glaringly obvious sign that a story is taking place in this period is the clothing. Waistcoats, triple breasted vests, high collars and of course the top hat were staples of the day. The first silk top hat, made from silk shag (a...

I don’t remember ever being disappointed waking up on xmas morning. I look back now on those frosty mornings with such great memories.  I thought it would be great to share some of the greatest presents I ever received.  Maybe some of these bring back great memories for you like they did for me! Evel Knievel Cycle Toy In 1973, New York based Ideal Toys created toys based on Butte Montana’s daredevil son, Robert...

It’s that time of year again.  The gloriously hedonistic annual jaunt through that labyrinth filled with religious land mines called XMAS.  As I get older I have noticed that I loath xmas more and more each year. I find that as soon as the turkey is all gobbled up, my mind begins an old internal struggle.  Should atheists ignore xmas or celebrate It? I know that many do generally because they always have and don’t want to change....

The time between birth and death is what we have, however long or short.  How we spend that time and what we do with that time defines us. It defines us differently to different people. The hero of a revolution is a dastardly traitor to those displaced by said revolution.  As we get older, the reminders of our own personal, inescapable, mortality become more frequent and more intrusive. An old injury that starts hurting again...