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Acting legend Bea Arthur died on April 25, 2009 of cancer, she was 86 years old. Bea Arthur will be best known for her portrayal as Dorothy Zbornak in the 80s hit television comedy "The Golden Girls", and later, the not so great "The Golden Palace". Bea Arthur joins her television husband, Stan Zbornak , and her television mother, Estelle Getty in heaven. All three actors will be missed down here on earth. You can see reruns of "The Golden Girls" every once in a while on Lifetime. I grew up... Read Full Story

Film legends Patrick McGoohan and Ricardo Montalban both died this past week, both from natural causes. McGoohan passed away on January 13, and was 80 years old. Montalban passed away on January 14, and was 88 years old. McGoohan was best known as the judge from A Time to Kill , and as the ruthless King Edward Longshanks, in Braveheart . Ricardo Montalban was best known as Kahn (old guy with huge fake chest) in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn , and as Vincent Ludwig from The Naked Gun: From... Read Full Story

If you have seen the 2007 film "The Bucket List", you might be like me and wonder if the kopi luwak story is true. I have done extensive research and found out that the kopi luwak story in "The Bucket List" is 100% true. For those of you that have not seen "The Bucket List", or need a refresher, the story revolves around two terminally ill men (Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman) that create a list of things to do before they die. The men meet in a hospital room where they are roommates. Jack... Read Full Story

Notable " The 750 Pound Man " alumnus, Nathan Scott has his own documentary on TLC. The show follows Nathan Scott through his struggles with weight loss and his gastric bypass surgery. The documentary is called " Pound for Pound: The Nathan Scott Story ". It apparently aired on August 1, 2007. Nathan Scott was the young man from Ohio that befriended the 750 pound man, John Keitz . They met in the obese person hospital where John passed away. John considered Nathan a little brother and the two... Read Full Story

The documentary "The 750 Pound Man" once again graced the airwaves on TLC this past Thanksgiving weekend. The person they call the 750 Pound Man is named John Keitz, who is morbidly obese. I wrote a very half assed review on this documentary last year, entitled " The 750 Pound Man is Dead ". But who was John Keitz? He was more than a 750 pound man, he was one of God's special creatures. John Keitz was an obese man that lived in Baltimore, MD. One day back in 1998 he was making Macaroni and... Read Full Story

I grew up in the 80s and remember watching "The Karate Kid" countless times. The Cobra Kai, the renegade group of karate teenagers included leader Johnny Lawrence, Bobby, Tommy and the psychopath Dutch. Here were a group of teenagers that expended a lot of energy on beating up Daniel Larusso, and making his life a nightmare. They actually almost kill him in one scene by throwing him down a hill while he was riding his bike home. I recently watched "The Karate Kid" again on AMC and realized... Read Full Story

Every four years we Americans go to the polls to elect or re-elect our next president. This great country of ours has had some wonderful presidents like Lincoln and Reagan, and some bad presidents like Carter and Clinton. There is a famous quote that states "art imitates life". With that said, there have also been great fictional presidents, and some "not so great" fictional presidents in movies. With election day 2008 drawing close, I have compiled a list of the worst fictional movie... Read Full Story

Happy Halloween everyone! This is a fun time of year because I like to dress up like a clown from "Killer Klowns from Outer Space", sit back with a nice bottle of wine and watch scary movies (I'm kidding about the clown outfit, but I do enjoy watching scary movies in late October). There have been some great movies on television recently. Check out On-Demand and AMC tonight. Below are my top five scary movies for Halloween. 5. Midnight Meat Train (2008) - No, this is not a gay porn. Despite... Read Full Story

The movies "Jaws" and "Tremors" are similar by nature. They both involve a creature, unseen for the most part, terrorizing a small town. The fates of two of the characters in each film are nearly identical. In "Jaws", shark hunter Quint is eaten alive by a great white shark. In "Tremors", shop keeper Walter Chang is devoured by a huge graboid. The creatures come from below the surface in a surprise attack. In "Jaws", the shark come from the water, in "Tremors, the graboid comes from the... Read Full Story

I was doing some research on UFOs for work the other night and came across factualTV.com . I was actually reviewing UFOs out of boredom, not for work, but research was still being done. factualTV is an online service that is focused on fact based television programs like documentaries. As a working professional and rookie blogger I use the internet for all of my research, mainly Google and YouTube, but I have now added factualTV to my arsenal. The look and feel of the site is nice and... Read Full Story