Confessions of a Not-So-Dangerous Mind*

On the short list of "Greatest Horror Movies Ever Made," Roman Polanski's sensational adaptation of Ira Levin's bestseller is an exercise in style, suspense, paranoia, fear, and unexpected "body horror."

Sylvester Stallone's original idea for Rocky 3 was to cast legendary boxer Earnie Shavers as Clubber Lang. Alas, it was not to be. Join me for a fascinating piece of true history, culled from the May 2026 episode on Rocky 3.

One of the most unique, distinctive actors to ever work in Hollywood, Jeff Goldblum turns 74 today. Join me for a look at his key supporting role in Philip Kaufman's terrific re-imagining of Don Siegel's legendary 1956 scifi/horror classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Even as I break the first rule of Fight Club ("You do not talk about Fight Club"), join me for a deep dive into the brilliant 1999 movie adaptation of Chuck Pahlanuik's dark, "dystopian satire."

Among the strangest years in franchise history. Judge missed 2/3 of the season, Stanton barely played, Rodon missed 40% of the season, Fried missed more than a third, Cole was out just under 8 weeks total, Chisholm, Volpe at SS, Wells, Grisham, and McMahon were awful pretty much all season... and the team *still* won 93 games in a BRUTAL A.L. East. That's one game more than the legendary World Series winning '96 squad. Is the organization in tatters, despite the 93 wins? They haven't won a World Series since 2009. Do they need to make Judge a permanent DH going forward, to try and keep him healthy? 

The much-heralded collaboration between Alejandro Inarrito and Tom Cruise is vastly underperforming at the boxoffice and has met with insanely polarized reactions from critics. Is this the sort of film which landed at the wrong time, but will find a massive audience at a later date?

The New York Yankees swept "historical rival" Boston in this year's Wild Card series to move on to the ALDS. Join me for my thoughts on the team, the season, and a look at Cam Schlittler's incredible (probable) Cy Young Award season.

Kane Parsons' fascinating, genre-bending boxoffice smash Backrooms hit HBO Max last weekend. Join me for a deep(ish) exploration of the movie and whether or not it's even accurate to refer to it as a "horror movie."

Daniel Roher's terrific new film Tuner stars Leo Woodall as a young musical prodigy who works as a piano tuner... and whose hyper-hyper sensitive hearing may ebable him to crack safes...

Finally saw Edgar Wright's 2025 "more faithful adaptation" of Stephen King's dystopian sci-fi novel The Running Man. How does it compare to the 1987 version starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which I absolutely adore?