What Makes a Good Holiday Movie?

A Response to Marshall Thornton’s article in ScreenwritingMagazine By Dominic Buono Every year there are a smattering of Holiday releases in November and December that have the goal of gaining moviegoers hard earned dollars at the theatre (or on demand during the Pandemic) that tend to utilize the tropes and traditions of the Holiday season. As with […]

Guest Video: Whatever happened to VERONICA LAKE?

I’m always happy to have people volunteer to give me content, and today I’m proud to have Reel Hollywoodland dissect the life of Veronica Lake in under fifteen minutes. Check out the video below:

The Twilight Zone: The Movie, a Helicopter Crash, and Lawsuits

On July 23, 1982, Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen were involved in an accident due to a number of issues that cost them their lives. We’ll get into that later. First off, I want to focus on a couple of the newspaper stories from that day and the following week: Lancaster […]

His and Hers Reviews: Plan 9 From Outer Space

His: Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1957 film written and directed by the infamous Edward D. Wood, Jr. The reputation that Plan 9 has is based on the fact that it has largely been touted as the worst film ever made (an opinion this reviewer vehemently disagrees with), however there is a certain […]

His and Her Reviews: Halloween

His: In the sixth grade I spent the night at a friend’s house. Growing up I had been into Science Fiction, especially Star Wars upon discovering it, and had been pretty sheltered from anything that could be considered ‘scary’ by my mother. While at this friend’s house he had Halloween and Halloween II on Laserdisc […]