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.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Watch the Skies An overview to the novelization (and reprint) of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, originally published in August 2023.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Khan-fidentially Yours An overview of the novelization to STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, originally published September 2020.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: 'Snakes' with Bite An overview of the novelization to SNAKES ON A PLANE, originally published in August 2021.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: The Un-Shagadelic Truth A dive into the AUSTIN POWERS novelization that doesn't actually exist. Originally published August 2020.
From the Archive From the Archive: Like a Version In this archived piece from 2019 - before Taylor Swift made good on her plan to re-record her back catalogue - I wrote this history and critique of the practice.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Where Do I Begin? An overview of the novelization to LOVE STORY, originally published in August 2020.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 8/27/1988 Hot hits and middling bops from the dog days of summer '88!
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: 'The Rose' in Bloom An overview of the novelization to THE ROSE, originally published in July 2022.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Foster Cares A review of novelization legend Alan Dean Foster's memoir THE DIRECTOR SHOULD'VE SHOT YOU, originally published in July 2021.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Little (Men in) Black Book An overview of the novelization to MEN IN BLACK, originally published in July 2022.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 7/26/1969 Spoiler alert: you're not gonna know many of these until you suddenly know one of 'em.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Can You Phone Home Again? An overview of the novel-only sequel to E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, originally published in July 2020.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Phone Home An overview of the novelization to E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, originally published in July 2020.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 7/17/1993 Forgotten rap songs aplenty and a few pop gems on this bottom 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 7/11/1987 The bottom of the Hot 100 the week I was born featured some former big smashes, a few forgotten tunes and one scary puppet head.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Requiem for a Paperback A look at the state of novelizations, originally published in June 2023.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Mafia Shark An overview of the novelization to JAWS 2, originally published in July 2019.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Bat Book An overview of the novelization to BATMAN, originally published in June 2019.
From the Archive From the Archive: An Extra-Terrestrial Questionnaire An unpublished self-interview from 2022 about E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, my favorite film.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Raiders of the Lost Book An overview of the novelization to RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, originally published in June 2021.
