Classic motion pictures and Lifestyle with a dip into the underside, the seedy and off beat through the eyes of Canadian Writer TERRY SHERWOOD.
Months back I wrote a piece for a different site on streaming services for Horror film lovers. It is not hard to figure out that this delivery system is the new way to get entertainment delivered to your phone, tablet, and television if you have the necessary tech available such as uninterrupted and robust bandwidth.... Continue Reading →
I am sure we all read some of the biographies of the stars, hoping to get some insight or dirt. Loads of these works are out there; from the 'unauthorised' label with many books being written by the studio press people or the newspaper columnist of the time. These people tend to write these owns... Continue Reading →
Not everyone can be a big star in Hollywood. In fact, many make a comfortable living and end up drifting into other opportunities. Some still toil on camera, being the face you know but can't put a name to. Whether David Manners fits into that category along with Lyle Talbot and John Qualen, and a ... Continue Reading →
When you have your PVR loaded with holiday film fare or you pop in your favorite disks in what ever format you choose for yourself or guests; just cast your mind back to another way to watch. When PVR was still the “stuff dreams are made of,” those of us that wanted to see a... Continue Reading →
n The Horror pictures of the Golden age are could be like “Diner food' to ' serious film goers or Movie gourmets.' If that is so then side dishes you get with a diner meal add to the being filled up. If the lead actors and central story are the 'meat ' of the... Continue Reading →
The following words are a shameless plug as they appear in my current ebook and soon to be print SCREEN AND SCREEN AGAIN. Not much change in Halloween which has just passed us by except the people. Who would have dreamed of a 24 hour channel for Classic film that would thrive and bring... Continue Reading →
Sometimes you just want to sit down with a good book. Not an electronic book. Yes, they are wonderfully convenient. But a book is something that you hold up. When I am lucky enough to travel to places like Los Angeles, I find myself in Larry Edmunds bookshop on Hollywood Blvd. I am sure... Continue Reading →
Watching film for the sheer enjoyment of it can sometimes be overpowering in the amount one views. I thought it would a good time to step back -a type of intermission- and look one of the admirable aspects of picture watching which is overlooked: its simplicity. Embodying simplicity and elegance was TCM Networks on air... Continue Reading →
Gone were the days of the Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney musicals with kids saving their farm, their home, their malt shoppe. Or something. The sounds of "bobby soxer' Frank Sinatra (who changed himself to record some of his biggest songs) changed to Bobby Darrin, Fabian, and others with that curled up lip, smoldering smile and... Continue Reading →
Paperback: 315 pages Publisher: McFarland Publishing (Nov. 30 2004) Hollywood's morals (or lack of) have long been with us as we discover even today. I have been interested in that part of Hollywood for a long time and wanted to find out more. Hence, I got myself a copy of E.J. Fleming's book THE FIXERS: Eddie Mannix,... Continue Reading →
STARDUST AND SHADOWS 