You’d never guess from the accents, but Universal’s 1940s werewolf classics are (at least partly) set in Wales. Is it ridiculously geeky to try to figure out where in Wales? I thought so. Continue reading
The art of the title sequence – the film before the film
There was a time when the opening titles of a film were just that – titles at the start of a film: What the film is called, maybe who is in it, maybe who made it, and some legal notice about copyright. They did a job, but they weren’t much fun. It wasn’t long, though, … Continue reading
Who’s holding whom? My problem with a song lyric
Songs aren’t just tunes, are they? As someone who’s made his living with words, the lyrics really matter to me. I’ve always been uneasy when a lyric doesn’t quite make sense or say what it’s supposed to. Toto’s Georgy Porgy, for instance. Continue reading
Serious comedy – Dr Miller’s big three
Get two people together and you’ll probably have at least three opinions on the greatest TV comedies of all time. Continue reading
Who was the first Batman in the movies?
Who was the first movie Batman? Most will remember that TV’s Adam West starred in a jokey big-screen spin-off in 1966, which pre-dated the darker Tim Burton version by a couple of decades. Continue reading