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‘SWITCHING CHANNELS’: A REMAKE OF A FAMOUS 1940S CLASSIC

This post first appears on RissiWrites.com and is © RissiWrites.com and RissiJC Review of the 1980s comedy with Christopher Reeve, Kathleen Turner and Burt Reynolds, in remake of 1...

The 2026 Return of This Long-Dormant Franchise Can Finally Give a 75-Year-Old Classic the Adaptation it Deserves

If there’s one thing Hollywood loves doing even more than trying to create new franchises, it’s resurrecting old ones. And most of the time, that just means repeating the same stor...

A Classic Revisited: The Unicorn Murders by Carter Dickson

If a man is found stabbed through the forehead by a unicorn, the sensible reaction is probably to question the witness, the lighting conditions and perhaps the sanity of everyone i...

Spragues Revisited

 I'm running out of time to prepare for the market, so I didn't want to try a new glove pattern and risk it not working. I used this Spragues pattern by Galt House of Yarn that I u...

Introducing – Revival of a Classic with the Oris Star Edition

Oris rose to become one of Switzerland’s top ten watchmakers by the end of the 1960s, fuelled by automatic models like the Star and its early dive watches. Introduced in 1966 and i...

REVIEW: Disney World Brought Back a Long-Lost Snack and Made It BETTER

We're trying out a new version of an OLD Disney World snack!

Random Thoughts on Friday: Rereading a book from my youth

I briefly brought this up the other day.  Back during my elementary school years, I remember my teacher, Mr. Tanner giving everyone in the class a book.  I remember thinking that w...

Hm… maybe I should visit again?

Book Review for “Apple of My Eye” by Helene Hanff. Summary: "A celebration of her life-long love for New York, Hanff embarked on this project as an assignment, and realized she had...

A Cart for the Chronologically Gifted

Something’s surfacing from long ago …

REWIND: Legendary Anthology Helped Spark New Interest in Contemporary Blues

REWIND: Legendary Anthology Helped Spark New Interest in Contemporary Blues By Ron Wynn It was over six decades ago that the great blues historian and critic Samuel Charters was se...

Last Summer, a Lost American Classic, Returns

Frank Perry’s searing 1969 teen drama deserves to be seen in proper conditions. It almost never has been, until now.

A Forgotten ’90s Animated Series Was A Shocking Sequel to a Classic Movie (And I Think About It All the Time)

When you have a truly classic and beloved film, it’s natural to want to continue that world and its characters in a sequel. That said, that’s not the only way to keep the franchise...

Revisiting ‘American Psycho,’ the Fundamentally Misunderstood Horror Classic

Ashliene McMenamy looks back at 'American Psycho,' from its controversial release to Christian Bale’s unforgettable performance.

Crime Classics, Back in Print: A Roundup of Reissues

Here are 5 of the best novels to be reissued this spring, as selected by the CrimeReads editors. Len Deighton, Close-Up (Atlantic Crime) “Few authors writing in the rigorous and fi...

Epic on the Riverbank: Revisiting The Wind in the Willows

Like all great children’s stories, the adventures of Mole and Rat and Mr. Toad speaks to readers of all ages... The post Epic on the Riverbank: Revisiting <i>The Wind in the...

Watches & Wonders: Oris Reintroduces the Star, a True 1960s Throwback

One of the most interesting things to observe in recent years among brands that have been around for decades is how they handle reissuing vintage watches from their back catalog. O...

Home again

THE house which Pat & Pat has transferred to had been a legend in its own right, with whispered tales of its ownership back in the 1970s and ’80s.

Steep Canyon Rangers – Next Act

You’ve no doubt heard the saying, popularized by author Thomas Wolfe, “you can’t go home again.” There are an endless number of dissections about what that really means, but the gi...

Classic Cars vs. Modern Design: What Happened?

The Last Unicorn: A Fantasy Classic Whose Beauty Never Fades

Beyond simple nostalgia, this movie was a foundational part of so many childhoods... The post <i>The Last Unicorn</i>: A Fantasy Classic Whose Beauty Never Fades appear...

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ review: A timely sequel that lives up to its legacy

Two decades after it first defined a generation of fashion, ambition, and biting workplace wit, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” returns with a sequel that feels both nostalgic and sharpl...

‘ELLA ENCHANTED’: A COLORFUL AND MUSICAL COMEDY

This post first appears on RissiWrites.com and is © RissiWrites.com and RissiJC 20+ years to its age, Ella Enchanted is still, like its title,... Source The post ‘ELLA ENCHANTED’:...

The Yacht Club – The Greatest Misadventure (Anniversary Edition)

Some songs refuse to stay buried. They haunt the bands that made them, tugging at sleeves during soundchecks, whispering from the back of rehearsal rooms, demanding to be reconside...