WEEKEND BOX: THE MARTIAN CONTINUES TO DOMINATE HALLOWEEN SPIRITED BOX, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY FALLS BELOW EXPECTATIONS

The week before Halloween, and all through the box, not a horror flick was stirring, and it took a knock. The makers of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 238947, or whatever one we’re on now, had some high expectations. Those hopes fell flat after real box office numbers potentially showed Paramount/Blumhouse that it could very well be time … Read moreWEEKEND BOX: THE MARTIAN CONTINUES TO DOMINATE HALLOWEEN SPIRITED BOX, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY FALLS BELOW EXPECTATIONS

Officials squabble as underground fire burns near radioactive waste dump in St. Louis area

And you thought CENTRALIA was a big story!? That town only had a little around 2,000 people when the government forced all to move because of an underground mine fire–mine included.  And with the personal history I can pen about a town on fire, it’s with particular interest that I read this story from the … Read moreOfficials squabble as underground fire burns near radioactive waste dump in St. Louis area

Actress Maureen O’Hara dead at 95.. xxx She appeared in five of director John Ford’s films including How Green Was My Valley, Rio Grande and The Quiet Man, has died. Awarded an honorary Oscar last year, O’Hara was 95 and died at her home in Boise, Idaho More from her movie past: She appeared opposite … Read more

Police: Suspect kept mother’s body in South Carolina motel for 7 weeks

PSYCHO real version:  As being reported in several publications including the linked USA TODAY story: A Pleasant Valley man has been accused of strangling his mother, and then keeping her remains in a Pleasant Valley motel for seven weeks before moving her body to a small town in South Carolina. The gruesome details came to … Read morePolice: Suspect kept mother’s body in South Carolina motel for 7 weeks