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Russell Crowe is perhaps best described as the Hollywood equivalent of Marmite but, love him or loathe him, there can be no doubt about the...
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Russell Crowe is perhaps best described as the Hollywood equivalent of Marmite but, love him or loathe him, there can be no doubt about the...
I promised to get back to sci-fi unaired pilots so here is one with a trove of a backstory (the making of, not the...
This week all of the shitcoms are 1987 CBS cast offs. Why 1987 CBS shows? Because I happened to pick these out of my...
Produced By Jonathan Willbanks, Robert Kraft, Trevor Thompson, Nate Gold, Kenny Holmes, Crystal Chavarria Written and Directed by Matt Schrader Featuring Hans Zimmer, James...
Back when I started this column I did a quick overview of some pilots which I would like to revisit in more detail (also...
Wild Times: An Oral History of Wildstorm Studios Written by Joseph Hedges This Kickstarter project is now available to the general public, a 450...
Time for more Shitcoms. Lets start with the 1989 (this is important damn it) “supernatural comedy” Shivers. Why is the 1989 important? Because the...
The Fate of the Furious, the eighth feature film in the Fast and the Furious series, opens on a familiar setpiece: Dom Toretto (Vin...
Comedy is subjective… but damn it sometimes shit just isn’t funny. We shall look at some of the most unfunny sitcom pilots ever… shitcoms...
I grew up in a time when sequels to popular and influential movies typically arrived at swift 2- to 3-year intervals. Star Wars, James...
Kong: Skull Island burst its way into multiplexes to usher out this past winter, presenting tons of movie monster bombast and over-the-waterfall-and-through-the-rocks action thrills...
What happens when a backdoor pilot is not really a backdoor pilot? I mean when it’s not officially a pilot nor intended as a...
According to movie industry data compiled by Statista, the United States has the third largest film entertainment industry in the world. This industry is...
It’s a glorious time to be a movie geek. Star Wars is in full revival mode, and we’re going to be getting our first...
If you’ve read my column or followed my Facebook for any decent duration of time, then you know my general fandom for the sitcom...
A backdoor pilot is essentially a spinoff hidden within the parent series. Last time I mentioned that Star Trek had one of these and...
There is that old saying: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. What is you keep getting fooled time...
Sometimes a pilot is hiding right there out in the open and you didn’t even see it. There are times an established series wants...
Donald Glover is on one hell of a roll. Not only did he release the wonderful TV series Atlanta, which did so well that...
I hate Gregg Araki. I despise his films and feel he is one of the worst and yet somehow most pretentious filmmakers of the...
Written by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry With Forewords by John Carpenter With Afterwords by Kurt Russell and Eric Powell Published by BOOM! Studios...
Seven years ago I created a comic with my five year old brother. It happened on a whim, when he said something that gave...
There is no real theme this Pilot Error other than what should have been cool ideas being completely bungled. Wonder Woman Wonder Woman...
Sometimes a pilot is aired but not the way it was shot. There are often times multiple versions of a pilot shot before the...