Classics Review: Funny Girl

In 1964, a Broadway musical called, “Funny Girl” opened to the public. The story’s bases on the life and career of Fanny Brice. A Jewish-American comedian and singer gains fame and develops a relationship with a gambler. Barbra Streisand played Fanny in the Broadway version prior to a film adaptation gaining more recognition. She was […]

Earth Girls Are Easy

In 1984, singer/writer/comedian, Julie Brown (Minerva Mink from Animaniacs) released an Extended Play (EP for short) featuring five songs titled, “Goddess in Progress.” A parody of stereotypical valley girls and hit songs by Madonna, Cindi Lauper & Tiffany. Four Years Later, Julie co-wrote a script based on the EP, but with a trio of aliens […]

Classics Review: How the West Was Won

Epic films in the 1960s were a trend throughout the entire decade. Notable ones from 1960-1969 such as “Spartacus,” “Lawrence of Arabia,” “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World,” “My Fair Lady,” “Doctor Zhivago,” “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” “The Dirty Dozen,” “Once Upon a Time in the West” & “The Wild Bunch.” […]

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

In 1968, science fiction novelist, Philip “Phil” K. Dick (A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report) published a book titled, “Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep?” Set in a neo-noir dystopian world where animals are nearly extinct, a bounty hunter named, Rick Decker is assigned to track down six androids (Andy for short) who escaped from Mars. […]

Classics Review: The Lady Vanishes

In 1936, British writer, Ethel Lina White published a book titled, “The Wheel Spins.” It’s about an English woman named, Iris who stays at a hotel and becomes friends with an elderly woman named, Ms. Froy. The next day, the two board a train. Suddenly, Iris discovers Ms. Froy’s missing. She tracks down the missing […]

Classics Review: Sands of Iwo Jima

“Sands of Iwo Jima” was officially released in 1949 (same year Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner were introduced) four years after World War II ended. It received positive reviews and made money at the box office. John Wayne was nominated for an Oscar for “Best Actor.” He eventually earned it for “True Grit.” Although […]