As a kid, I loved the original Animaniacs (1993) and Pinky and the Brain. I’m not sure it ever really was a “kids” show per se though, and I’m sure most of the more clever jokes flew right over my head, so it’s only more enjoyable to watch now, as an adult. The artwork of …
You may have heard that Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories is coming back with its first new episodes since the Reagan administration. The ’80s anthology series will return on March 6, 2020 on the Apple TV+ platform. Hopes are high, as you might expect. Before the show resurfaces, though, it might be worthwhile to examine how …
Surprisingly, there was never a Halloween-themed episode of The Twilight Zone. Sure, almost every episode makes for perfect viewing this time of the year (especially ‘The Masks’), but the holiday was never fully exploited by the show. Does that make you sad? Because it makes me sad. Very sad. Though the series never delved into …
E.T.. Poltergeist. Gremlins. What do they all have in common, aside from Spielberg’s involvement? They were all inspired by the very same movie… a movie that was never actually made. The fascinating story of Night Skies begins shortly after the 1977 release of Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which rose to the …
