Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some of my favorite concept albums into the ol’ VCR.  When done well, a concept album is truly brilliant. It’s essentially a musical without the visuals, or like with Childish Gambino’s Because the Internet or Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer, we have a…

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Rankin/Bass Christmas specials into the ol’ VCR.  Note: Okay, friends, I somehow took a piece about the Rankin/Bass Christmas specials and made it about my dead mom, so, uh, that’s where we are.  Friends, I feel like you’re a part of my…

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the work of Wes Craven into the ol’ VCR.  It should come as absolutely no surprise that I love Wes Craven (RIP). He directed one of my favorite horror franchises of all time. He wrote and directed the original Nightmare on Elm…

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the cultural impact of Scooby-Doo into the ol’ VCR.  Friends, one of the best things about running your own pop culture blog is that you can talk about whatever you want, within reason. Keep this in mind as I intro today’s topic. …

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies blog. Today, we’re popping my favorite film adaptations of A Christmas Carol into the ol’ VCR.  We all know the story behind A Christmas Carol.  A rich a-hole gets visited by ghosts that essentially say, “Bro, stop,” and he awakes on Christmas morning as a new…

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping another edition of Lights, Camera, Albums into the ol’ VCR.  In today’s edition of Lights, Camera, Albums, we’re going to cover an artist I’ve loved since her Disney Channel days, Miley Cyrus. Specifically, we’re going to cover Miley’s most recent album, Endless…

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some alternative Christmas hits into the ol’ VCR.  Now, friends, you know I’m a spooky queen, through and through. However, I still fuck with Christmas.  I put up trees (yes, multiple) and lights. I drink hot chocolate. I wear tacky sweaters. The…

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some snowed in horror into the ol’ VCR.  Now, friends, I don’t live in an area where it snows frequently, but I have been snowed in a couple of times in the past couple of years.  I can’t imagine living in an…

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some creepy Christmas into the ol’ VCR.  Now, friends, I know the holiday season is a time of pretty lights and wholesome Hallmark content. However, there’s a dark side to all things holly and jolly.  That’s where holiday horror comes in.  Holiday…

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping my Christmas watchlist into the ol’ VCR.  Now, friends, we’ll talk about this more next week, but, sometimes, I need to trade slaying for sleighing, if you catch my drift.  These holiday classics range from creepy to cheesy, so there should be…