A personal reflection on watching Catherine O’Hara on SCTV during late-night television and how those early performances shaped a lifelong...
In the 1970s, Lynwood, CA, dreamed of a downtown mall anchored by Montgomery Ward. Decades later, the empty lots told a story of ambition, delay, and...
A fresh look at It’s a Wonderful Life through the film’s darkest detour—Pottersville—and why its greed, corruption, and desensitization to cruelty feels uncomfortably familiar in America...
A nostalgic look at Now and Later candy, its history, bold flavors, and why cherry remains a childhood favorite for generations.
Why Flick’s tongue stuck to a frozen pole in A Christmas Story — and why that scene felt different growing up in Southern California. Nostalgia meets...
A fifth-grade assignment took a strange turn when a substitute teacher asked students to draw schematics of their homes. What followed — a wildly fictional floor...
Explore how filmmakers use the setting sun shot to create emotion and meaning in film — from Sergio Leone’s westerns to Saguaro Court by Rodney Washington.
The Business I originally posted this on the former TNCN blog site back in 2021, but it is still very relevant today. This is my first...
A 2018 betrayal taught me how quickly trust collapses when integrity is lost — a lesson that connects to today’s rising jugging crime trend.
The Schwartz returns! Spaceballs 2 is officially in the works with the original cast and a new team ready to spoof Star Wars again.
