Media Analyses Thoughts on Angels in the Outfield: Remake (1994) & Original (1951) 17 Jun 202117 Jun 2021 Angels in the Outfield is one of the best guilty pleasures from my childhood, so I would like to say a few words about it. It's corny, the plot has…
Media Analyses Feminine Sexuality in Cinema (3/4) Scacco alla Regina (1969) aka The Slave 9 Jun 202110 Jun 2021 Last time in this series, I examined Pasquale Festa Campanile's La Matriarca. His follow up, Scacco alla Regina ("Check to the Queen" released in English-speaking territories as The Slave) was…
Media Analyses… Full Text of Soul Calibur II’s Story (Weapon Master Mode) 6 Jun 20219 Jun 2021 As a public service, here is the entire text for Soul Calibur II's Weapon Master Mode. (Essentially this game's version of a story mode.) Until now, the only places this…
Media Analyses Quick Thoughts on Il Merlo Maschio (1972) aka X-Rated Girl 30 May 202130 May 2021 I saw Il Merlo Maschio (translated as "The Male Blackbird," but also released under the title X-Rated Girl in English-speaking territories) a few months ago. This is another sex themed…
Media Analyses I Dolci Inganni (1960) aka Sweet Deceptions Follow-Up 23 May 202123 May 2021 I recently wrote a ~4000 word essay about why this movie is a forgotten masterpiece. It's affected me like no film has since Femina Ridens, where I find myself just…
Media Analyses I Want to Talk About Eureeka’s Castle Some More… 22 May 20212 Jun 2021 So, this is kind of a haphazard blog post and the first in over a month. I just want to say a few more things about this half-forgotten show now…
Media Analyses… An Aquarian “Bible:” A Collection of Mythic, Philosophical & Scientific Texts to Enhance the Mind 21 Apr 202121 Apr 2021 This collection came to be when I was working on two different things at once and decided to combine them into one project. The first was a central hub of…
Media Analyses My 5 Favorite Fictional Couples (That I Haven’t Talked About Yet) 16 Apr 202116 Apr 2021 I've talked about impossible and/or unhealthy relationships very frequently on this blog. With a few notable exceptions, it's a shared theme among all my favorite stories, across every form of…
Media Analyses I Made Two Playlists of Beautiful Italian Film Compositions 10 Apr 202110 Apr 2021 It may be a stereotype but man did those Italians know how to make beautiful music. The soundtracks for a lot of these films I've been watching lately just blow…
Media Analyses Catherine Spaak is My New Favorite Actress and Here’s Why (Film Recommendations & Lost Media Abound) 6 Apr 20212 Jun 2021 You may remember that in the very early days of my blog, I wrote about my favorite lesser known actors and promised a follow-up for lesser known actresses. I haven't…
Media Analyses My Take on Several Unrelated ’70s Sleaze / Exploitation Films 28 Feb 20214 Mar 2021 Guys, the human race is basically fucked, so just enjoy the ride for the last ten odd years that we have left. Find people you love and spend time with…
Media Analyses I Dolci Inganni (1960) aka Sweet Deceptions, is a Forgotten Masterpiece 27 Feb 20214 Mar 2021 I thought about including this review as a last minute addition to my ongoing "Feminine Sexuality in Cinema" series, since it fits right in. Ultimately though, I decided to just…
Media Analyses The Libertine (1968) Follow Up: Novelization & Blu-Ray Thoughts 11 Feb 20214 Mar 2021 Please excuse the long delay in updates, the last month has been pretty hectic. I'm hoping to post more frequently in the next few weeks, because I have a lot…
Media Analyses Feminine Sexuality in Cinema (2/4) The Libertine (1968) aka La Matriarca 17 Jan 20214 Mar 2021 In my limited experience thus far, I've seen four spectacular Italian films about BDSM: Femina Ridens, Check to the Queen, The Libertine and Devil in the Flesh. Each one explores…
Media Analyses La Voglia Matta (1962), An Interesting Film I Discovered Last Night 31 Dec 20204 Mar 2021 I was hoping to finish my joint review of The Libertine and The Slave as the final blog post of the year, but unfortunately it's gonna need some extra time…
Media Analyses… Beautiful New Years Fantasy 24 Dec 20204 Mar 2021 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. I used to grow up watching a lot of those stop-motion Rankin-Bass specials around…
Media Analyses Feminine Sexuality in Cinema (1/4) Intro & Barbarella 19 Dec 20204 Mar 2021 Cannabis is a miraculous substance which I credit for giving me a greater appreciation towards certain works of art. In my experience, to witness a film or album while stoned…
Media Analyses… Yet Another Lost Media Rabbit Hole [UPDATE & A Defense of Sex] 16 Dec 20204 Mar 2021 I found another compelling lost media rabbit hole. So, I love most of the Radley Metzger films I've seen, and the amazing European erotic films his company distributed to the…
Media Analyses Thoughts on Rocko’s Modern Life 7 Dec 20204 Mar 2021 I'm not sure if this is apparent to my readers or not, based solely on my body of work, but 90's nostalgia has always been a big part of my…
Media Analyses Movie Poster Look-Alikes 3 Dec 2020 I haven't been able to finish any writing prompts lately, due to various personal and scheduling issues. That said, I still have a handful of entries in various stages of…
Media Analyses… Personal Tragedy & Peanuts 23 Nov 20204 Mar 2021 Not to appear as though I'm fishing for sympathy or anything, but my grandfather recently passed away. It's been pretty difficult for me considering I haven't seen him in four…
Media Analyses Erotic Cinema: A Lost Film, Cool Posters & More Femina Ridens Praise 12 Nov 20204 Mar 2021 Through a complicated series of events, I recently decided to delve into the world of X-rated movies once again, specifically the "roughie" exploitation variety. I've been in a dark mood…
Media Analyses… Thoughts on Groundhog Day (and the Meaning of Life) 31 Oct 2020 I've had this old review of Groundhog Day waiting around literally from the very first day I started the blog. I have held off on posting it until now because…
Media Analyses… The Most Cherished Film of My Childhood 21 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the very first movie I ever saw in the cinema. Toy Story 2 is the film I saw the most times in a theater,…
Media Analyses… A New Milestone Has Been Reached! (What’s Next For theCarbonFreeze?) 18 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 As of the publication of this entry, if you include all prospective blog posts that are in the editing process or already finished and scheduled to launch at a future…
Media Analyses In Defense of DVD Audio Commentaries (& Sharing A Modest Collection of Them) 16 Oct 2020 I've been really interested in DVD audio commentaries lately after listening to Peter Hyams' for Running Scared and John Hughes' for Ferris Bueller's Day Off (the only time he ever…
Media Analyses… The Dream of a Perfectly Designed, Progressive Metropolis… 15 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 I just saw this great documentary from Defunctland about Walt Disney's original plan for EPCOT as a futuristic metropolis. I'd heard of his plans before, but never in such detail,…
Media Analyses Overlooked / Underrated Fictional Characters I Wish to Bestow Accolades Upon (EXTRA!!) 14 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 As it turns out, immediately after I posted the main entries in this series I thought of a bunch of other participants I should have included. So, why not, let's…
Media Analyses… 4 Brief, Miscellaneous, Not-Depressing, Poli-Sci Musings 13 Oct 2020 The title says it all, these are some thoughts regarding politics I've wanted to share, but didn't have enough content on their own to be standalone blog entries. A Poli-Sci…
Media Analyses Additional Recommendations for Lesser-Known Music 11 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 You can consider this a companion piece to my other "playlist" of semi obscure music which I feel deserves a wider audience. To reiterate, I know modern election seasons are…
