Books

Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Twilight Zone (Mark Dawidziak, St. Martin’s Press, $37.99)

“It has often been said that the episodes of The Twilight Zone are parables – short allegorical stories designed to illustrate or teach some truth or moral lesson.” -Anne Serling (from the Introduction to Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Twilight Zone) I first heard of The Twilight Zone in the mid-seventies.  […]

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You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman by Mike Thomas (St. Martin’s Press, $32.50)

By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “Phil has done more work that’s touched greatness than probably anybody else who’s been here.” -Lorne Michaels Are you familiar with these phrases? “Fire bad!” “I’m just a caveman….” “Hello, I’m Troy McClure.  You may remember me from such movies as…” If you recognize any of the above, then […]

Film/TV

Curtains Up! On The Expendables 3

By Andreas Kessaris   I was a child of the ‘70’s who came of age in then ‘80’s and bore witness to the rise of the muscle-bound cinematic heroes who spoke incoherently and carried bazookas.  The Reagan era was a time when action stars like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were in their prime, worked […]