Kelly Luck

Retro Review: How HEARTBEEPS Wastes a Perfectly Good Andy Kauffman

April 7, 2016 Kelly Luck 1654 Views 0 Comments Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Heartbeeps, movie, retro review, review, robot, robots

Dadaist comedian Andy Kaufman once starred in a movie so bizarre it might well have been one of his stunts. We tell you all about it.

Television & Film

MST3K Reunion Reunites “Entire Principal Cast” — Or Not

April 1, 2016 Kelly Luck 1329 Views 0 Comments Bill Corbett, Bridget Nelson, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Jonah Ray, Kevin Murphy, Mary Jo Pehl, Michael J. Nelson, MST3K, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Remakes & Reboots, reunion, RiffTrax, Trace Beaulieu

The upcoming RiffTrax / MST3K reunion show will reunite “the entire principal cast” of the popular series — well, almost.

Television & Film

FINAL FANTASY XV: What You Need To Know

March 31, 2016 Kelly Luck 984 Views 0 Comments enix, Final Fantasy XV, Playstation, square, Video Games, xBox

All the news from the big Final Fantasy XV event tonight.

Television & Film

Actor, Comedian, Writer Garry Shandling Dead at 66

March 25, 2016 Kelly Luck 789 Views 0 Comments Garry Shandling, In Memoriam, Marvel Cinematic Universe, obituary

Garry Shandling, who played everything from a semi-fictional version of himself to Senator Stern of the MCU, is remembered.

Comic Books & Graphic Novels Television & Film

New LEGO BATMAN Trailer Drops

March 24, 2016 Kelly Luck 1083 Views 0 Comments animation, Batman, Lego, movie, trailer, Trailers, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Animation, Will Arnett

“Darkness… No Parents…” will we hear it again? Batman (Will Arnett) arrives in this surprise teaser for the new LEGO BATMAN movie from the studio that brought you all those other Batman movies.

toy robots (photo by flickr user yeowatzup)

Reviews

Retro Review: R.U.R.: How A Play Gave Birth To A Whole Genre

March 24, 2016 Kelly Luck 1393 Views 0 Comments Karel Čapek, Play, R.U.R., retro review, review, robot, robots, theatre, theatre

This week, we look at R.U.R., a 96-year-old play that basically invented the robot SF genre.

Opinion Reviews Television & Film

Retro Review: You Think BATMAN & ROBIN Was Cheesy?

March 10, 2016 Kelly Luck 1205 Views 0 Comments Batman, comedy, film, Joey de Leon, movie, movies, retro review, review, Robin, spoof, Superheroes, Tony Y Reyes

In this Retro Review, we look at the notorious Philippine musical spoof and take you through it in all its bizarre glory.

Television & Film

RIP ROCKY HORROR/Monty Python Producer Michael White

March 10, 2016 Kelly Luck 942 Views 0 Comments In Memoriam, Michael White, Monty Python, obituary, Rocky Horror, Rocky Horror Picture Show, theatre

Michael White, original producer of ROCKY HORROR and MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, dead at 80.

Image credit: TonyDyson.com

Technology Television & Film

Tony Dyson, R2-D2’s Original Builder, Dead at 68

March 4, 2016 Kelly Luck 829 Views 0 Comments In Memoriam, obituary, R2-D2, robot, Star Wars, Star Wars news, technology, Tony Dyson

Tony Dyson, the man responsible for the irascible droid R2-D2, has passed away. Kelly remembers his legacy.

Reviews Television & Film

STAR WARS Fan Edit Seeks To Reproduce Original Cinematic Experience

February 20, 2016 Kelly Luck 1337 Views 0 Comments Adywan, Negative1, Star Wars, Star Wars news

Enthusiastic — and patient — fans have painstakingly recreated a “restored” version of the original theatrical release of STAR WARS. Warts and all, it’s a faithful rendition. So how does it hold up against all the other efforts?

Windows 3.1 programs (courtesy archive.org)

Technology

Archive.org Adds Windows 3.1 to Its Emulation List

February 14, 2016 Kelly Luck 1260 Views 0 Comments archive.org, DOSBox, emulation

Windows 3.1 operating system? There’s an app for that — or rather, an emulator — and the Internet Archive now has it.

Comic Books & Graphic Novels Reviews Television & Film

DEADPOOL Delivers The Goods

February 12, 2016 Kelly Luck 909 Views 0 Comments Deadpool, Merc with a Mouth, Morena Baccarin, movie, review, Rob Liefeld, Ryan Reynolds

Kelly Luck reviews the latest Marvel entry. Is DEADPOOL worth the hype? Is it everything you’ve heard and more? Is it really NOT for kids? — (It’s not)

Technology

Usborne Releases Classic Programming Books as Free PDFs

February 10, 2016 Kelly Luck 761 Views 0 Comments books, eBooks, programming, Software, Usborne, Video Games

Remember those days of carefully crafting BASIC computer programming code on your TRS-80? Taking an hour (or more) to design that perfect program, and then keeping your fingers crossed that everything would work when you hit RUN?