June 11, 1979 is a date I will always remember. It was on that date that I heard that my favorite actor of all-time, John Wayne, had passed away. He still is my favorite actor, even after all these years….
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Here’s Jim Brymer with his take on which Mr. Freeze from Batman was the best: Only one villain on the Batman TV series (1966-68) was played by different actors in every episode. (Note: I count each two-part episode as one…
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Not everyone can be an Avenger. Sometimes superheroes are more goofy than heroic. As this guest post illustrates… It’s been one of those days. I woke up feeling pretty damn decent about the world. I slipped on my tights and cape and…
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Lawrence Kasdan came out with a bang in Hollywood as a writer. His first three screenplays were monster hits (The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Return of the Jedi). In the middle of all that, he…
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Last month, we asked you to share your thoughts on superhero movies as part of our Summer of Sci-Fi series of posts. Regular MovieFanFare guest blogger Jim Brymer (of The Midnite Drive-In) happily accepted the challenge, and here are his…
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It had to happen sooner or later. In 1989, the big news was the fall of the Berlin Wall and the complete and utter chaos that followed after the Communist Russian government collapsed.The Klingons of the Star Trek Universe had,…
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Ray Milland was an academy award winning actor. (He won an Oscar for his role as Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend). It seems odd, therefore, that late in his career he was involved in several low-budget sci-fi and horror…
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In today’s guest post, Jim Brymer looks at the genesis of one of the most iconic TV characters ever, Mork! There is an excellent anecdote that the producer of Happy Days, Garry Marshall, asked his 8-year-old son Scott what could…
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Science fiction movies are always better when you place them in a dystopian future. Of course, that defines about 99% of all sci-fi movies set in the future. After all, how long could you last sitting in a movie theater…
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In today’s guest post, Jim Brymer discusses the films Grease and Grease 2: Eve Arden played Principal McGee in the two Grease movies. Imagine if Connie Brooks (from the Arden radio and TV series Our Miss Brooks) had been stood…
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