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Cue The R.E.M.: Some Of My Favorite Dystopian Content
Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some of my favorite dystopian content into the ol’ VCR. For no reason whatsoever, I’ve been thinking a lot about dystopian content lately. I haven’t been able to pinpoint why I’ve been thinking about content that involves a lot of overreach and…
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Happy 2nd Anniversary, Movie Mavens
Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping a letter for our second anniversary into the ol’ VCR. I could lie and tell y’all that I was super busy today and didn’t have time to get to our anniversary until this evening… …but that would only be partially true. The…
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“Be The Best Weirdo You Can Be”: A Spotlight On Allison Janney
Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the work of Allison Janney into the ol’ VCR. On November 19, 1959, Allison Janney was born. She grew up in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, and went to both The Miami Valley and Hotchkiss Schools. From there, Allison Janney enrolled in Kenyon…
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There’s Definitely Something Here: I’m Torn On Presence
Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Steven Soderbergh’s Presence into the ol’ VCR. Now, I don’t want to spoil Presence for you because a) it just came out and b) there’s one reveal that I think is worth the surprise. But, I want to talk about it because…
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“This Must Be Where Pies Go When They Die:” A Spotlight On David Lynch
Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping the work of David Lynch into the ol’ VCR. On January 20, 1946, David Lynch was born. His family moved frequently; throughout his childhood, he lived in Montana, Idaho, North Carolina, and Virginia. David Lynch attended high school in Virginia and briefly…
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It’s Okay To Cry, Movie Mavens: Movies About Grief
Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping movies about grief into the ol’ VCR. There are a lot of reasons to grieve right now. Truly. And, like many of you, I’ve had to take some breaks from doomscrolling, but I still want and need to process my feelings. Additionally,…
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I Have Something To Ad #4: Compilation CD Commercials That Live In My Head Rent Free
Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some compilation CD commercials into the ol’ VCR. Okay, so I was thinking about Buzz Ballads the other day, and it made me think about all of the other glorious compilation CDs that existed in the 90s and 00s, which brings us…
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A Minor Dilemma: Quintessential Film School Movies
Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some quintessential film school movies into the ol’ VCR. You may or may not know this, but I was actually only two classes shy of a film minor. I talked…
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Wolf Man Is All Dark And No Bite
Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Leigh Whannel’s Wolf Man into the ol’ VCR. Okay, so, I’m not going to bury the lede here: I give Wolf Man a 5.5/10. I was really, really looking forward to this one, so much so that I went to see it…
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Animation Domination: Some Of My Favorite Animated Movies
Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some of my favorite animated movies into the ol’ VCR. It should be glaringly obvious at this point that I love animation. I love cartoons, and I practically foam at the mouth whenever I find a new animated series to binge. But,…