An early Christmas gift: A new video on my YouTube channel, on the now 40 year old Santa Claus The Movie! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIkf...

An early Christmas gift: A new video on my YouTube channel, on the now 40 year old Santa Claus The Movie! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIkf...

I don't think I've ever seen a decent transfer of this online. It's always been a multi-generation, low resolution VHS copy, recorded off a TV screen or something. This just seems to be that, but the non-existent detail sharpened and saturated via AI upscale.

If you are curious about the new TMNT blu ray set, this is the definitive analysis video.

Interesting.

Unpopular opinion: I prefer this song to Crush On You. I love its Prince-ly, funky groove. Crazy to think these songs are 40 years old now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTIj...

I find it quite moving reading all of the Rob Reiner tributes. I've noticed that everyone, whatever their tastes, considers at least one or more of his films to be a definitive classic of their genre.

I hadn't heard this in a while: The original version of the theme tune to the BBC TV quiz show Telly Addicts. It was by George Fenton & sounds to me like if The Art of Noise covered the Gremlins rag by Jerry Goldsmith. Later versions ditched the cool synths for rock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHo-...

I think Misery is a perfect horror film. Rob Reiner really brought out of it the terror of delusion. The hero and villain are both vulnerable and at times both charismatic. It’s quite amazing what it accomplished in terms of pace, suspense and atmosphere, when it’s mostly two people in a house.

41 years ago, big-screen Supergirl was listening to Howard Jones. Now she's discovered Blondie. It's amusing to me that Superman III included Giorgio Moroder movie songs, and in this new universe, Supergirl listens to a Giorgio Moroder movie song of that era.

NEW VIDEO! Up on YouTube, I take a comprehensive look at the DVD debut of the Star Wars Original Trilogy, and all the complicated issues that it brought with it. Retro Video Series: Star Wars Trilogy 2004 DVD Home Video Retrospective youtu.be/B5i5_nfQEHY

This charming 4 minute film by Daniel Moses deserves way more views! A deeply nostalgic approach to memory and senses; I love it and am sure you will too. #ASMR www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1LE...

OMG! This is amazing! Finally! The original unaltered theatrical version of 'Star Wars' in wide release in 2027. I hope it doesn't even have "Episode IV" at the front (despite being there from '81): www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...

Quartet Records are releasing a new edition of the Henry Mancini soundtrack to Santa Claus The Movie. It uses the newly found complete first-generation 2″ 24-track set. In my opinion, it's easily the best Christmas movie score soundtrack that will ever exist. quartetrecords.com/product/sant...

A fascinating thread for anyone interested or working in modern post production.

On his latest podcast, Roger Deakins notes how he learned a lot and was informed from shooting documentaries, but never thought he worked on a very good one. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Today I learned that Deakins was one of the cinematographers of Band Aid and appeared in the Making of.

The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor. The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.

My latest video is finally here! A 90 minute look at Batman Forever. Many thanks to @oliverharper.bsky.social @morninginbrooklyn.bsky.social @raymorton1.bsky.social @themanfrowns.bsky.social @sceclements-writer.bsky.social @stmoo7.bsky.social @markoconnell.bsky.social youtu.be/9xA4QmZDWx8?...

I can't stop listening to this gem of a track. What a killer bassline. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpUw...

It's Thanksgiving, which means I promote again one of the videos that I am most proud of, on the greatest movie ever set on the holiday: Planes, Trains & Automobiles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Qp...

NEW VIDEO: Retrospective/Review on the 1984 film SUPERGIRL! youtu.be/EnpXkxyZG0g

Another terrific, deep-dive documentary from the great Tim Partridge. Check it out!

Another epic video from Tim! The most extensive look at Batman Forever!

Check out my friend Tim's new video essay!

If you know your kiss from your rose, then this labour of Gotham love and brand new BATMAN FOREVER documentary is a rich deep and DayGlo dive into the often overlooked Bat-movie... #BatmanForever #Batman #JoelSchumacher

A feature-length look at Batman Forever that examines every stage of the production process in an attempt to untangle the film’s strange, contradictory frequencies.

My latest video is finally here! A 90 minute look at Batman Forever. Many thanks to @oliverharper.bsky.social @morninginbrooklyn.bsky.social @raymorton1.bsky.social @themanfrowns.bsky.social @sceclements-writer.bsky.social @stmoo7.bsky.social @markoconnell.bsky.social youtu.be/9xA4QmZDWx8?...

I really enjoyed Wicked For Good. The Wickeds will be beloved classics to many children who see them at the cinema, taken by their bittersweet messages regarding the pain of othering, privilege & the need for critical thinking, imaginatively extending the Oz world.

“That’s very good; I’ll have a Bloody Mary and a steak sandwich and… A steak sandwich, please”.

My super talented friends Big Howl in Philadelphia have directed this new music video for the Philly Specials. There's a lot of Jim Henson-like gentleness & humanity to this mix of puppetry and live-action, that compliments the warmth of the music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEOQ...

It's amazing seeing how the 2004 Star Wars DVDs seem to meld both the '93 Definitive Collection & the '97 SE in terms of color. It takes the greens and blues of teach here, sometimes looking more like the '93 master, sometimes more like the '97 one. Yet, it's all consistent within itself. Odd.

The 1987 The Running Man has an awesome soundtrack. Most interesting is the in-movie TV gameshow tune, "Paula's Theme". Paula Abdul choreographed the film, so I suspect it was named after her & I think it was 1 of 2 tracks recorded ahead of filming, to use on-set. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vut...

Pre-order the revised/updated version of the incredibly thorough book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON by @raymorton1.bsky.social at a discount from Bloomsbury. www.bloomsbury.com/us/king-kong...

I double took at this trailer, as I could have sworn I saw the arrow to the head shot, but flipped, elsewhere. And I did!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ss... Amazing how when a shot makes such an impact, the line of action stays with you.

There's news of an upcoming Gremlins sequel, directed by the original film's writer, Chris Columbus. If you want to know more about Columbus' contributions to and development of the original Gremlins movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rObd...

On his latest podcast, Roger Deakins notes how he learned a lot and was informed from shooting documentaries, but never thought he worked on a very good one. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Today I learned that Deakins was one of the cinematographers of Band Aid and appeared in the Making of.

I'm sure there's a good Making of/Retrospective of the show that explains all of this, but I had no idea/memory they actually had the contestants (at some point) blindly falling off a ledge in the blue screen room. Or maybe it was an insert shot afterwards.

A little clue for the next video on my YouTube channel (technically a Halloween film, but I've just missed that)...

Peter Watkins has died - perhaps the least-appreciated great British filmmaker (and you sense he wouldn't have wanted it any other way). www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Cinematographer Adam Greenberg, probably best known for first bringing the metallic, often steely blue look of James Cameron to the big screen, has passed away. t.co/YJZUst4PVI

This is long overdue. Comparison caps from three different release of Return of the Jedi - Original US Widescreen Laserdisc, the 1997 Special Edition Laserdisc, & the 2004 DVD. There's some EYE POPPING changes and problems here with the DVD master, which is a LOOOONG story to get into.

Every year my good friend Gat Powell custom creates jaw-dropping Halloween costumes for himself from scratch. This year the theme was Five Nights at Freddy's FNAF.

A very thorough and great look back for Halloween!

For my followers in California who enjoy professional film audio history/artistry and possibly the most fun of all the James Bond movies:

An hour long Tim Burton Q & A to watch/listen to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjhY...

I saw this several times on the big screen during the Eisner/Katzenberg rerelease. There's really no experience like it. One day, I would really like to see it set to the 1982 Irwin Kostal rerecording of Stowkowski's original soundtrack.

Get your kids off YouTube and get em on Tubi 😉

I love how the bassy synth sequencer from David Shire's Short Circuit theme sounds like it could be from an early Prodigy tune. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYtS...

Check this wonderfully warm little ASMR based short out, if you haven’t already.

I can’t be the only Saturday morning Millennial to double take at this product.