Way before there were shows like CSI or Diagnosis Murder, there was the man, the one man who refused to be denied. If someone came across this man’s metal slab and it didn’t seem kosher? That something might be amiss? This man would bull his way forward to the truth, until that truth had been…
I was ONLY going to watch the horrid, legendary, Razzie-winner, Basic Instinct 2. However, after viewing the movie, I was compelled to go back and watch the orginal Basic Instinct along with it. Why, you may ask? Well, even though I knew for sure that B.I.2 was total crap, I needed the original to really…
Do you love a “good” bad movie? See the other offenders at our new Crimes Against Film feature page! Man, there were so many ways to start this post that it just wasn’t fair! I mean, look at this list: I want my two hours back. Ah yes, the movie that sank an entire studio.…
All you need to know about The Rockford Files is right here: The iconic opening with the answering machine. The theme song you always heard on AM radio in the 70’s. The sport coats. The hair. That gold Pontiac Firebird Esprit. The limp. The greatness that was Rockford’s father, Rocky. That awesome single wide…
Thank God that football is back! This summer, spent without the usual NFL OTAs and ubiquitous trade rumors, seemed a more dreary summer than any I’ve experienced since my tenth. (That was the summer I was the unlucky recipient of a burst appendix and had to spend most of it laid up in bed.) In…
There I sat in Caffé Trieste on Vallejo Street in The City, attempting to channel the spirit of Francis Ford Coppola (he worked on the script for The Godfather in this very café) as I pored over my latest manuscript, but it just wasn’t working. Why, you may ask, was I suffering the slings and…
On the night of March 13th, 1964, Kitty Genovese was brutally raped and murdered outside her apartment building in Queens, New York. Her neighbors heard, and a couple even witnessed some part of the event as it took place. No one called the police for thirty minutes. It turned out that many of the 38…
Martini, shaken not stirred. Rocks a tuxedo. Cool cars, hot babes. Watches that have lasers inside, suitcases that explode, and a Walther PPK. Yup. Bond. James Bond. There have been six guys that have played the iconic spy on the big screen: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.…
I had to fold. Only had a pair of twos, which is like the saddest pair to have. I tossed my cards on the felt with disgust and regarded my fellow poker players. Pulled over the half empty bottle of Johnny Walker Black and poured myself another double. “Guys,” I said, “got a question. Who’s…
I’d decided I needed a long walk, so headed north towards the marina from my apartment in The Tenderloin. About forty minutes later I found myself standing out at the Marina Green, watching the seagulls, wondering just how the hell someone pays for one of those mansion-sized yachts out there in the harbor. Then it…
