Category: Media Room
-
A CHRISTMAS CAROL: In Defense of Ebenezer Scrooge
Charles Dickens’ immortal A Christmas Carol, the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy tyrant oppressing his long-suffering clerk, unworthy of his fair maiden’s affections, detested by debtors he holds under his thumb, and the bane of Christmas revelers the world over. …or is he? In the 1936 opus The Crack Up, F. Scott Fitzgerald…
-
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?: THE TALE OF THE DREAM GIRL
For kids of the 80s-90s, Are You Afraid of the Dark? was among the most classic kids’ shows ever. Low budget, a lot of fairly bad acting and cheesy; in other words, brilliant! And among the best of the best was the season three episode, The Tale of the Dream Girl. For those who recall…
-
Introduction to the Media Room
To begin this blog series, I will mention that as a matter of course, there will almost certainly be one or two (or more) spoilers in all of my film or book commentaries. Yet, I feel no guilt or shame in this, as the subject of all my commentaries will probably be films and books…
-
DOWNTON ABBEY: THE MOTION PICTURE
First, if I might mention, is it just me, or does the train in Downton Abbey look just like the Hogwarts Express? Coincidence? I think so. But what is probably not a coincidence is that the opening scene in the film is a great bookend to the opening scene in the series: delivery of a…