There are certain fictional characters that one only starts to appreciate with age. Homer Simpson, for example, to a child seems like a boring loser.…
CIPC #285: Fishbone, Party at ground zero
Long, long time ago, when music videos were a new thing, almost anybody could get some airplay. Even a rock band with a short, random…
CIPC #284: Calvin and Hobbes 10-09-1989
What’s the best newspaper comic of all time? Many will say it’s The peanuts. Some people might prefer Dilbert, or The wizard of Id. Maybe…
CIPC #283: The black shield of Falworth
Which genres of movies are popular varies widely over time. Nowadays, the big thing are superhero movies, which didn’t really exist fifty years ago. On…
CIPC #282: Bombay dry gin ad
Oh look, another ad for an alcoholic beverage with a chess theme.1 Just another Wednesday. Okay, let’s get this over with then. Gin is a…
CIPC #281: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Sometimes,people ask me why I haven’t spotlighted the Harry Potter movie yet.1 After all, it is one of the most famous movie scenes in recent…
CIPC #280: The rebel set
It’s been several months time since we last talked about a movie. So let’s do something about that. Our subject today, The rebel set, is…
CIPC #279: Metropolitan Life Insurance ad
It started all the way back in 1923 and, since then, Time after Time has come out.1 It is probably the most well-known weekly magazine…
CIPC #278: Mission: Impossible S5 E21, A ghost story
You are probably aware of Mission: Impossible, if only for the theme song or the Tom Cruise movies.1 It started as a tv series back…
CIPC #277: Mystery Science Theater 3000 S6 E3, The dead talk back
Yes, I know, it’s just a couple of weeks ago that I wrote about Mystery Science Theater 3000, but no, that’s not a reason to…