Tag Archives: streaming

Product Tampering

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Joe

This is a follow-up to my article regarding my declining ardor for streaming services. What I adored in it’s infancy has grown into a fairly ugly and bratty child. I don’t hold out a lot of hope for streaming entertainment’s … Continue reading →

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Halloween Screenings Continue

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Joe_Williams

Amazon Prime is the gift that keeps giving this Halloween season with an incredible selection of low-budget but beloved (by me) horror and science fiction films. I just watched Earth VS The Spider which I haven’t seen since the late … Continue reading →

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The Horror of Party Beach

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Joe_Williams

One of my all time favorite, so-bad-it’s-good, horror films is available in a beautiful, high definition transfer on Amazon’s Prime. The Horror of Party Beach is  the only beach party movie to have been made in Connecticut, and other than … Continue reading →

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Pill Poppin’ Truckers and Frankenstein Monsters

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Joe_Williams

I’ve been sitting on the couch lately, doodling while watching trash on my Roku streaming box. I dumped Netflix over a year ago but hung onto Amazon’s Prime Video. It’s got a lot of popular movies, television series and compelling … Continue reading →

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The Astounding She-Monster

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Joe_Williams

…and I am astounded at what I will sit through. Amazon’s Prime Video appears to be the gift that keeps on giving. They seem to be topping off their video offerings with a lot of classic movies that I was … Continue reading →

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Black Sunday

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I’ve written before about the Wonderfully Weird Channels of the Roku and how the little device is a gift of modern technology for which I have always been thankful. Well, now I am afraid to report to you that I … Continue reading →

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I Want My Polka Music TV!

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Joe_Williams

When I purchased my first Roku about 8 years ago I quickly became convinced that it was the best $60 I had ever spent. The house I moved into in the mid-1990s was wired throughout it’s three floors for cable, … Continue reading →

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