Johnny Showtime: Recent Spins

 by JB

The Magical Disc-ery Tour is dying to take you away... dying to take you today.

Johnny California: ED WOOD

by JB

Kathy O’Hara

Eddie's the only fella in town who doesn't pass judgment on people.

Ed Wood

That's right. If I did, I wouldn't have any friends.

Johnny California: Hollywood Forever Cemetery

 by JB

Excuse me while I shake the dust from my shoes; I just came from the cemetery!

Johnny California: It’s So Hard to Say “Au Revoir,” so Let’s Just Say “Hors D’oeuvre”

 by JB

In which the author is left ALIVE after more than fifteen months of “The California Experiment.”

Johnny California: William Castle Triple Feature

 by JB

Today, we look at the OTHER SIDE of the Hollywood Shock-Master Supreme and his mixed oeuvre.

Johnny California: Son of Monsterpalooza

 by JB

Let us go forth to the place where all of our dreams have become commodified...

Johnny California: THE EXORCIST

 by JB

I have waited a very long time to write about this movie.

Johnny California: Hail to the King: A Celebration of Roger Corman

 by JB

JB and Jan pre-gamed SMM with a four-movie Corman Fest at the Aero Theatre. Join us, won't you?

Johnny California: Trailer Camp

 by JB

Is there anything better than going to the movies? I think not. It reminds us that we are alive; it involves precious little standing or walking.

Johnny California: MR. SARDONICUS and the Limits of the Imagination

 by JB

Just the other night, I was enjoying Svengoolie and trying to turn off my little brain nub, when suddenly, I got to thinking...

Johnny California: Halloween Wish List

 by JB

The month of October and the coming of Halloween means boatloads of new releases in the magical land of physical media.

Johnny California: AMERICAN GRAFFITI

 by JB

Let us now praise Fathom Events... and once again grow soggy with nostalgia.

Johnny California: Kong!

 by JB

A recent trip to Universal Studios Hollywood got me wondering about my giant, furry friend.

Johnny California: An Annoying Autobiographical Pause: BRIDE!

 by JB

Fasten your safety belts. I have taken a big bite of Proust's madeleine.

Johnny California: TALK TO ME

 by JB

This week, I am reminded of why I neither attend nor review many new horror movies.

Johnny California: 4K Roundup

 by JB

How much do I love these 4K discs? How often do I spin these 4K discs?
I will tell you...

Johnny California: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

 by JB

Well, it took almost a year, but I finally got my Oscar!

Johnny California: THE NUTTY PROFESSOR in 4K

 by JB

Few figures in the history of film are more divisive than Jerry Lewis.
The Nutty Professor is widely considered to be his masterpiece.

Johnny California: Thoughts on ROOM 237

 by JB

We all know what an ill-conceived shit-fest writer/director Rodney Ascher’s “documentary” Room 237 is. Look at it, sitting there, hardly watched since it escaped Ascher’s colon eleven years ago.

Johnny California: Siempre Pollo

 by JB

When news of a forgotten genre surfaces or a stash of lost films is found, I make it my business to share the glad tidings with my readers.