Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Somewhere in My Memory An overview of the novelizations to HOME ALONE and HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK, originally published in December 2020.
Movies Ranking Steven Spielberg, Part 6: The Whole Beard All the films from my favorite director, from least to most.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: The Monsters at the Beginning, Middle and End of This Book An overview of the novelization to GREMLINS, originally published in December 2021.
Music So, What Else Happened? Writing Scrapbook 2024 Articles, interviews and podcasts from this year, including some I barely remember doing.
Movies Ranking Steven Spielberg, Part 5: The '10s and '20s A look at one of the director's most challenging eras, followed by one of his most rewarding.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Groan-Up Christmas List An overview of the novelization to SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE, originally published in December 2019.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: I Must Book You An overview to the novelization of ROCKY IV, originally published November 2021.
From the Archive From the Archive: Just Eat It! A 2017 interview with Mr. Lawrence, the animator/voice actor who designed the artwork for "Weird Al" Yankovic's THE FOOD ALBUM.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: The Dark Side of The Force Revisiting a November 2020 report about Disney's failure to pay royalties on novelizations and tie-ins.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Tome-inator An overview of the novelization to TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, originally published November 2019.
John Williams Dear John A new documentary on the legendary film composer is insightful, even as it leaves you wanting more.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Halloweek, Part 5 - The Night 'Halloween: Illustrated' Came Home A 2023 interview with the publisher of an illustrated edition of the long out-of-print novelization to HALLOWEEN.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Halloweek, Part 4 - Evil Changes Shape An overview to the novelization of HALLOWEEN ENDS, originally published December 2022.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Halloweek, Part 3 - Evil Dies Tonight An overview of the novelization to HALLOWEEN KILLS, originally published in November 2022.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Halloweek, Part 2 - You Can't Kill the Boogeyman An overview of the novelization of HALLOWEEN (2018), originally published in November 2022.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Halloweek, Part 1 - So Expensive, It's Scary An overview of the novelization to HALLOWEEN (1978), originally published in October 2021.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Never Say Die An overview of the novelization to THE GOONIES, originally published in October 2020.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Transatlantic Bustin' An overview to two novelizations of GHOSTBUSTERS, originally published in October 2019.
Movies Man and Superman The new Christopher Reeve documentary does an astounding job of humanizing Superman.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Mortal Monday An overview of two MORTAL KOMBAT novelizations - one based on the game, one on the film - originally published in April 2021.
Music From the Archive: Another Little Piece of My Heart In my time working for record labels, I had the good fortune to write some sponsored editorial pieces for Discogs, one of the websites I visit most. Many of them have been published here before, and dealt with Prince. One, however, had to do with an artist I didn'
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: You Find This Man An overview to the novelization of THE FUGITIVE, originally published in September 2020.
