boom boom.

RiP Mr Derek.

carpenter cuts.

Celebrate John Carpenter's birthday with 3 volumes of classic Carpenter inspired cuts, Jack Burton beats and taxicab tunes: 

let's be frank....

For your viewing pleasure here's a video featuring every guest star ever to appear on top teevee tec show Cannon.

Enjoy.

happy new year.

krampus kapers.

"He knows when you are sleeping...." 

it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

Stay safe and have a good one!

lego lass.

Our youngest has just gotten back into Lego in a big way and - after hours of building, bashing, rebuilding and general tinkering it got me thinking.

Why are so many lady Lego characters so damned attractive?

Just me then?

venus of delta.

Persis Khambatta.

*Happy 40th birthday ST: TMP!

stuff....

....you find stored on SD cards you come across in the street

(Part One).

china in your han.

Not long now till The Rise of Skywalker is let loose on an ever more apathetic public still reeling from the cinematic cesspit that was The Last Jedi so in order to cheer up those of us who actually still want to think of Star Wars when it was good (and are excited about The Mandalorian) I present various panels from the fantastic Chinese comic book adaptation of A New Hope originally published in Guangdong.

Enjoy.

Head over here for the full strip and to marvel at the amazing Nick Stember who's attempting to translate the whole thing and for more on the history  of lianhuanhua, check out the quite marvelous Maggie Green. 

Who says this blog isn't educational?

film '80.

Found a few dog eared copies of Variety down the back of the sofa giving a sneak peek into the world of cinematic sales techniques.....So, how many of these gems actually made it into production?