Good bye, Year of the Dragon!

The Year of the Dragon is amost over... and Anna May Wong reflects all of our fears as its shadow fades away. Will the Mayan Prediction be right?! Will the world end when 2012 does... or will be receive a respite until the Year of the Dragon ends?

Merry Christmas!

I hope all visitors to my blog during this holiday season have a chance to spend time with their family and loved ones. Please enjoy this rendition of "The Little Drummer Boy", perhaps my favorite Christmas song of all, by Jars of Clay.

Halloween is here!

Mickey Mouse visits a house infested with the creations of mad science... but will be in time to save Pluto from a fate worse than death in "The Mad Doctor"?

Halloween is here!

Mickey Mouse is partying the night away with ghosties and ghoulies in 'The Haunted House.'

Happy Halloween!

Enjoy this Silly Symphony with an Egyptian Halloween theme in celebration of the Big Day!

Zita Johann doing the Egyptian Boogie on the set of "The Mummy"

Halloween is here!

Have a happy and safe Halloween! (Watch out for the monsters and low-flying witches!)

Halloween is coming...

... so don't forget your costume, like poor Evelyn Ankers did.

Movie Monday: Monster

Every day this month, there's a new short film over at the Terror Titans blog for the annual 31 Nights of Halloween celebration..

However, we want to prepare lovers of black-and-white movies and drawings for the coming Big Day, so today we're offering a short horror feature here as well. It's a little tale of Mom vs. Monster.

Monster (2005)
Starring: Susan Prior and Luke Ikimis-Healy
Director: Jennifer Kent
Rating: Seven of Ten Stars

Halloween is coming....

... and the Shaolin Death Squad is celebrating with an excellent version of Danny Elfman's "Dead Man's Party".

(Sure... the lead singer seems to flub the lyrics at one point during this live performance, but damn if this isn't a great and energetic version of the Halloween anthem! I think these may be the best guitar work on the song since Oingo Boingo recorded the original.

The Groucho Monthly

Groucho Marx appears on "What's Your Line" and causes chaos and embarrassment for everyone on the stage.