movies – Tails From the Backyard

Wakanda Forever

A flashback to 2018 in honor of the king. This year is so cruel it now took Chadwick Boseman and I can’t deal with that. He’s younger than me, for one thing. My heart goes out to his family and all the kids who saw T’Challa and believed they could do anything. That part ofContinue reading “Wakanda Forever”

Movie Month 2020: Titanikitten

And so I did. *purr*

Movie Month 2020: Hustlers

YOU KNOW THEY COULD DO THIS.

Movie Month 2020: The Lighthouse

Movie Month 2020 begins with the cutest spoof of the most disturbing movie I’ve seen involving gulls since The Birds! (Seriously, don’t watch The Lighthouse if you like birds. Just look at this and go have a drink.) Prints and more are now available at Society 6! Click here to buy a print of thisContinue reading “Movie Month 2020: The Lighthouse”

Jump In!

He can snuggle with me any time. ROWR!

They Are A Fantastic Four….

Yes, really. Play safe in outer space, kids!

Hold On To Your Potatoes!

In a spoof of Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom, The Fluffy One is clawing at the back door of the house, hat on head, whip on belt. "Letting me in! Open the door!" he calls. On the other side of the door, Babycat, wearing a blonde wig, and The Kitten, wearing a 1928 NY Giants cap, are calling, "Open the door! Let us out!" The Kitten adds, "Doctor Uncle! Let us out, I wanna go on adventures with you!" There are bugs everywhere.

I know, I know, ant season is almost over. This is where 16 years of going outties with The Fluffy One and his bro bite me in the ass, because every day and every night, Team Tiger is like, “That’s a great idea, let us join you!” and they don’t like wearing collars, or harnesses,Continue reading “Hold On To Your Potatoes!”

Seven Brides for One Brother

Basically I’m just doing these to amuse myself now. I know most of them could defeat me in a dance battle, even if I am good at building things.

What Have We Here?

Here I was posting the Star Wars-themed one on Carrie Fisher’s birthday and I hear there’s a new trailer for Episode IX I gotta see. How about that. We have to wait for December for the new movie, but you only have to wait ten more days to see what costumes the gang will actuallyContinue reading “What Have We Here?”

Time To Fly

In a nod to Blade Runner, The Slinky One sits on a roof with a dove. He says, "I seen things you wouldn't believe. I been through the desert on a horse with no name, I took my horse wherever my horse wanted to go, now I'm gonna let this bird fly off and watch it while I sit in the rain. It's all gonna get lost like smells in rain, you know?" The bird coos. "Okay, time to fly," The Slinky One says. In the corner there's a hand holding an origami unicorn. In the background, the Spider, carrying a cane and wearing a moustache and goatee, hangs near a police spinner in the rain and says, "It's too bad they won't live...but then again, who does?"

Last year I was like, “OMG, next year is 2019? BLADE RUNNER HALLOWEEN THEME!” The whole month was going to be a drunk history version of the movie. And then actual 2019 happened, so you get a week, but you get this one how I planned it last year. Maybe a little fancier than IContinue reading “Time To Fly”

Do Spiders Dream Of Spider-Sheep?

Hey, doesn’t everyone have a memory like that? That doesn’t mean we’re Replicants, let’s just have a drink.

Do You Like Our Owl?

I know what you’re asking, “Lynda, Blade Runner was set in November, 2019, why are you doing this in October?” Oh, that’s not what you were asking? Okay.

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?

In a takeoff of My Fair Lady, Babycat is wearing a straw hat and in standing next to a basket of violets and a bunch of violets laying on the ground. She sings, "All I want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air, with one enormous chair...." The Ninja Twins are standing off to the side. The Slinky One is wearing a top hat and tails. "I bet you could make a lady out of that dame!" he says to The Fluffy One, who is wearing a Homburg and trenchcoat. "No, no, no, no...," says The Fluffy One. "I'm a good girl, I am!" Babycat says, glaring at them from her violets. Babycat wakes from her dream, purring in an enormous desk chair, with her kitten's head resting on her knee.

The Kitten is five months old today, and he and his mom have all chairs forever. Fun fact: One cold and rainy night in 2018, I lured Babycat into the house. The Slinky One was sitting on the stairs, watching as Babycat bounced off the walls. As she ran past him, he went to goContinue reading “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?”

Panther, Meet Lion.

Fun fact: I have never seen The Lion King, and I have no intention of ever seeing it, but my first dog was a lion, and I met him 35 years ago today. Total ripoff, Disney, releasing your lion movie on Grand Funk’s gotcha day. OR IS IT A MYSTICAL SIGN?

Well, There’s a Girl and a Spider Web, Anyway.

Everyone who saw The Girl In The Spider’s Web are yelling, “spoilers!” and everyone who didn’t is just like, “Damn, Lynda, you do…stuff!” But, you know what, I’m just wondering how we’re having this conversation considering I’m clearly in a room and the Spider is clearly on a cliff. Oh well. (And yes, for thoseContinue reading “Well, There’s a Girl and a Spider Web, Anyway.”