Author Archive for JordanGhastly
Disney Bringing Back the Mouse In New Animated Shorts
For Disney fans out there that think Mickey Mouse and all other staple characters aren’t getting their fair share of TV time these days (like this guy), Disney has something new in store for you! This past week Disney announced that they will release 19 brand new animated shorts starring Mickey Mouse and other classic [...]
31 in 31 V.2 Day 10
Hello hello again all! It’s time for another installment of this years 31 in 31! Today we’re going to talk about the recent film Woman in Black! This film marks the return of the legendary horror company, Hammer Films. Hammer made some great horror flicks in the 1950s-1970s but kind of slowly died [...]
31 in 31 V.2 Day 9
Hey hey everybody, today’s 31 in 31 is going to be a bit of a tease. Instead of doing a film I’m going to talk about an album, and that album is a various artist compilation titled Halloween Stomp. This is a compilation full of old jazz and big band songs from the 1920′s – [...]
31 in 31 V.2 Day 7
Why….hello there, everybody. Today is day 7 of 31 in 31 and we’re going to have a little chat about Ghostbusters! This 1984 film is a classic among classics. It’s one of my personal favorite because this is the very first movie I ever remember watching. It stars Bull Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and [...]
31 in 31 V.2 Day 6
Hey hey everybody! Today’s 31 in 31 brings us the classic story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. There haven been many incarnations of this story, and for good reason. This is one of the most classics stories every written that just so happens to be a ghost story. It was written by Washington Irving and [...]
31 in 31 V.2 Day 5
Hey hey everybody! Today’s 31 in 31 brings us the 2010 film, Troll Hunter! This is a “found footage” film about a group of students in Norway (yes, the film is in Norwegian) who are investigating/docukenting the deaths of bears that seems to be on the rise in local Norwegian forests. The crew meets up [...]
31 in 31 V.2 Day 2
Hey hey hey! It’s been one long year since last Halloween season, but as my partner in crime, Mike, said yesterday, we’re back to get you into that spooky mood for the Halloween season! Up for day 2 is the film Paranormal Activity 2. Last year we only spoke of the first one, so this year [...]
Bumblebee’s Transformers Rescue Bots Debut!
If you’re one of the many Transformers fans who watch Transformers Rescue Bots, we have a treat for you! The beloved Autobot Bumblebee is set to make his Rescue Bots debut this Saturday, July 7th on The Hub! Click the link below to check out an exclusive clip featuring Bumblebee, Optimus Prime (voiced by the [...]
Are We Paying Too Much For Action Figures?
So this has been on my mind for quite some time now. Ever since I was a child, I held on to my action figures, whether it be a Star Wars figure here, a Transformers figure there, or even a comic book hero figure. I loved collecting action figures so much that my first job [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: “A Christmas Carol”
For the final installment of of 25 Days, we bring you the Charles Dickens‘ masterpiece, “A Christmas Carol. For those of you not familiar with the story, it’s about a character named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation. Scrooge doesnt’ care much for Christmas or anything/anyone else for that matter. One Christmas Eve night he’s visited [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 23 The Beatmas “Xmas! The Beatmas”
Up for today’s 25 Day is another Christmas album, The Beatmas‘ “Xmas! The Beatmas“. The Beatmas take traditional Christmas songs and give them a Beatles sound. Many of the songs actually start off like a well known Beatles song and when the lyrics start, it kick into a Christmas song. Now, I guess if you’re [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 19 “The Night Before Christmas” And the Image of Santa Claus
Up for today’s 25 Days is the classic poem by Clement ClarkeMoore, “The Night Before Christmas” (I always have to watch myself when I type that title because I’m so used to typing ‘Nightmare’ instead of ‘Night’). Surely we’ve all heard this tale of Santa Claus in our youth. But did you know that, aside [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 17 “The Year Without A Santa Claus”
Up for today’s 25 Days is “The Year Without a Santa Claus“. When Santa Claus comes down with an illness, and with the thought that Christmas Cheer is gone, Santa decides to sit one year out. Mrs. Claus sends elves Jingle and Jangle, along with reindeer Vixen, to go find some left over Christmas cheer [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 16 Phil Spector’s “A Christmas Gift For You”
Today’s 25 Days of Christmas Therapy brings us not a movie, but a Christmas album, because what’s the holiday season without some Christmas songs on the radio. Now, I know what you guys probably thought when you first read the Phil Spector part of the title. While lately he’s been looking like an out-of-work character [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 15 “White Christmas”
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. Just like the one’s I used to know”. These are the opening lyrics to what is quite possible the best selling song on a 10″ record (78 RPMs for you old school record collectors out there) of all time. The song was written by Irving Berlin in the 1940s [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 13 “Fred Claus”
Fred Claus (Image via RottenTomatoes.com) Today’s 25 Days bring us Fred Claus. The movie stars Vince Vaughn as the title character, Fred Claus. Fred is the brother of the world renowned Santa Claus, played by Paul Giamatti. Fred is kind of second fiddle to his brother. His parents seemed to like Santa better than Fred [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 11 “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
Uo for today’s 25 Days is a well known children’s special, A Charlie Brown Christmas (heck, I’m an adult and I still make it a point to watch this at least once a year). That ol’ blockhead Charlie Brown gets put in charge of the Christmas play and the rest of the Peanuts crew, especially [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 10 “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie”
Day 10 of 25 Days of Christmas Therapy brings us “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas”. It seems we’ve been talking about The Muppets a lot here on Comic Book Therapy as of late with the new film. And with good reason, because the new film is amazing! However, I feel this is an unsung [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 8 “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
“Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Kiss my a**, kiss his a**”. Day 98of Christmas Therapy brings us the classic National Lampoon‘s Christmas Vacation. Clark Griswold loves Christmas, the only think he loves more than Christmas is his family. So he decided to have an old fashioned family Christmas and invited his parents and his in-laws. Family [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 6 “Elf”
HI MY I’M BUDDY THE ELF WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?!?! From director Jon Favreau, Elf is one of those movies in a million that comes out of nowhere and it’s an instant classic. Elf is about an elf named Buddy who is really an orphan human who stowed away in Santa‘s toy bag on Christmas [...]
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 3 “The Muppet Family Christmas”
Day 3 of our “25 Days Of Christmas Therapy” arrives! And this time we bring you a family treat: The Muppet Family Christmas! This 1987 classic is probably one of my personal favorite Christmas specials. Make the jump!
25 Days of Christmas Therapy: Day 2 “He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special”
Day 2 of 25 Days of Christmas Therapy and today we take a look back to a tv show that we all loved: The He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special! Check it out!
31 in 31: Day 31 “Trick ‘R Treat”
Hello, hello, hello, folks and welcome to the 31st and final 31 in 31. Not So Silent Mike and I had originally planned a podcast for the final one but due to circumstances outside of our control we weren’t able to make it happen. However, it is with my great pleasure to bring you 2007′s [...]
31 in 31: Day 28 “Drag Me To Hell”
Cover via Amazon Up for today’s 31 in 31 we have a little ditty directed by Sam Raimi called “Drag Me To Hell“. The movie was also written by Raimi and his brother Ivan. “Drag Me To Hell” is about a girl named Christine who works as a loan officer at a bank. She’s [...]
31 in 31: Day 26 “The Halloween Tree”
Hey folks, today’s 31 in 31 bring us the animated adaptation of Ray Bradbury‘s classic book, “The Halloween Tree“. I believe (but I could be mistaken) that it was made as a “made for TV” animated feature for Cartoon Network in 1993 as I have no recollection of it coming out in theaters. Ray [...]
