1993: The Year in Bedlam
Looking back over 1993, I’ve found it was quite an auspicious year for movies
THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Fact: everything you’ve heard about this, the notorious STAR WARS Christmas TV Special, is true
THE SECRET DIARY OF LAURA PALMER
A reasonably enjoyable flashback to the earliest days of TWIN PEAKS mania, courtesy of the 22 year old Jennifer Lynch
TV Flashback: ONE TO GROW ON
ONE TO GROW ON, a 1980s kiddie PSA show, opens with a cartoon montage so distinctive that I can recall its every beat
Hallmark Channel Spring Fever Movies
Last December I discussed the altogether ridiculous Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie phenomenon. Here, I’m afraid, I’ll be returning to the subject..
TV Flashback: HARLAN ELLISON’S WATCHING
HARLAN ELLISON’S WATCHING was initially broadcast as part of the Sci-Fi Channel’s SCI-FI BUZZ series during the years 1993 to ‘96
The Good and the Bad of WILD PALMS
A 1993 miniseries that was never as weird or revolutionary as the “psychedelic dossier filled with borrowed moonlight from a floating world” it purported to be
Thoughts on TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN
By now TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, the Showtime shepherded follow-up to 1990-91’s TWIN PEAKS, has been analyzed from every conceivable standpoint
TV Flashback: THE NECESSARY MINUTE OF MONSIEUR CYCLOPEDE
Here we have what may well be the oddest TV show of all time: THE NECESSARY MINUTE OF MONSIEUR CYCLOPEDE
TV Flashback: THE REZ
Here’s a program that will probably not be of interest to much of my readership, yet it is one of my favorites