The Great Chicken Massacre of 2016

One of the best things about living in upstate New York is the quality of chicken wings. Hot, mild, sweet, spicy, garlicy, even aphrodisiac-ly, when you...
Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

Just in the nick of time for the 50th anniversary of the franchise, Star Trek Beyond, the 13th entry in the Trek film series (and the third in the recent...

007 on the 7th: Casino Royale (1954)

There are few fictional characters as beloved and recognized as James Bond 007. From the moment audiences were introduced to Bond in his 1962...

Inside the Default Studio

For years, one of my favorite television shows was Inside the Actor's Studio. Unlike most brief, and many times obviously scripted, appearances on talk...
Snow White

Default Disney: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Walt Disney Animation had come a long way since the early black-and-white days of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse in the 1920's. Disney's...

Default Disney: “Steamboat Willie” (1928)

To kick off our weekly look at the Disney films and shorts, we go back to the one that started it all, 1928's "STEAMBOAT WILLIE." But first...
007 on the 7th

007 on the 7th: Prologue

Like many teenage boys, I grew up with the Bond films. 007 was the epitome of my childhood heroes - a list which included...

Default Disney: Prologue

I have never made it a secret that I have a love for Disney films and before I am forced to relinquish one of...