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Q&A with James McFadden, author of The Unauthorized G.I. Joe Chronology Q: How long have you been a fan of the G.I. Joe franchise? JAMES McFADDEN: I've been a fan of G.I. Joe since the very start of its re-launch in the early 1980s. Q: What inspired your fascination with that universe, and why? McFADDEN: The property, at its beginning, was essentially a superhero adventure, blended with sci-fi and real-world military elements, all of which could be watched on TV, read in comics and played with every day through the toys. It's a mixture that was very difficult for a...

Judy Garland: The Movie Roles that Might Have Been – Q and A with Richard Irvin 1.    What inspired you to write this book?Many books have been written about the life of Judy Garland and the movies she made. Some of these books include lists of films for which Judy was considered, but no book ever delved into the subject of the movie roles Ms. Garland sought but never obtained or the roles for which movie studios thought of hiring her but for various reasons did not. 2.    What are some of the unproduced MGM musicals in which...

Q & A with “Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s” author Bryan Kristopowitz (Contains amazon affiliate link) Q: Why write about direct-to-video action movies, specifically direct-to-video action movies from the early 2000s?   A: First, I genuinely like direct-to-video action movies, and I like them unironically. That can be hard for people to grasp sometimes or understand because there’s an ongoing perception that a movie that goes direct-to-video is somehow a lesser movie and should be ignored or made fun of. That, to me, is just wrong. It isn’t as...

  Q&A with Lawrence Schulman, author of UNFETTERED: Words on Music by a Hi-Def Critic in an MP3 World, Volume II   1.    What is UNFETTERED: Words on Music by a Hi-Def Critic in an MP3 World, Volume II about?It consists of all my writings since FREE, that is post-2024. These include sound recording reviews, book reviews, and articles that are or will be published in the ARSC Journal, and also a Coda, an Afterword, and a talk on FREE. Some of the artists I have recently written about are Jacques Tati, Bobby Darin, Carly Simon, Harold Arlen, Maurice...

  Q&A with Maggie McCormick, author of Sister Act - The Story of the Lane Sisters Who were the Lane Sisters? Priscilla, Rosemary, Lola, and Leota Lane were four sisters who performed individually and in various combinations in movies, on stage, on the radio, and on television, from the 1920s through the 1950s.  Priscilla, Rosemary, and Lola are best known, as they made many feature films, including Arsenic and Old Lace, Saboteur, The Roaring Twenties, Hollywood Hotel, Marked Woman, and the Four Daughters series.  Leota made a few shorts, but mostly concentrated on stage musicals, operettas, nightclubs, concerts, and opera....