The Screen Queen

Send us Fan Mail Start your engines and let’s go into the movie that has a character that drove the sales for Pixar and drove people mad! Did people like Lightning McQueen? Did people not like Lightning? Why was there so much Mater that no one asked for? Did I like this movie? Just like me this was a film series that divided people. What went into this movie and what did people not get about this...

Send us Fan Mail To think we wouldn’t have Batman Forever if this guy didn’t make a movie about a different kind of bat. Welcome back to The Screen Queen, for the final episode your host is taking a bite out of the biggest hit in 1987. Where would we be without The Lost Boys? How did his movie make its mark on cinema history? What surprise singer created the anthem for these immortal bloodsuckers...

Send us Fan Mail What else is there to The Silence Of The Lambs? Preparing for this episode was a tricky challenge to approach to talk about a movie where everything is virtually said or known about the movie. But the biggest challenge I had to face was challenging myself to see this movie differently than the way I saw it 12 years ago.  Part 1: Introduction: What did I not see In Silence Of The L...

Send us Fan Mail He’s the puppy with PTSD, the dog that has it all, today’s episode of The Screen Queen dives into the history and legacy of Courage The Cowardly Dog. One of my favorite animated shows so this is a treat for everyone! Part 1: How did Courage get away with Horror? Part 2: The arrival of Courage Part 3: The rising popularity of Courage  Part 4: Season 1 Episode highlights Part 5: How...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the grand premiere of the Screen Queen Halloween Series! Creepshow is known as one of the best Stephen King films, best horror films, and best anthology horror films. I have to say…they’re right. It is one of the best horror films all around. But this is more than just a horror film and I get to talk all about it.  HEY HEAD’S UP: I love this movie, and there were times...

Send us Fan Mail How did this film that made an audience uncomfortable back in 1955 become a celebrated film of today? Here on the Screen Queen, you’re about to find out how this movie still thrills people 70 years later.  BTW, major apologies for the audio quality, my voice got so scratchy and raspy in some parts. I never noticed how close I had the mike to my face. Many parts had to be lowered s...

Send us Fan Mail We wouldn’t have I Will Always Love You if it wasn’t for The Bodyguard, yet the plot of The Bodyguard seems to have been obscured because of its cheesy appearance. There is more to this film that just a hit song (but the song is pretty great, I will always love it). What did Kevin Costner do to prepare for his role? Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Kevin did what? Part 3: Whitney’s Wo...

Send us Fan Mail The Nightingale is the second film from Jennifer Kent as she goes from babadooks scaring families to the brutality of our humanity. When the film premiered it sparked a lot of controversy for its material, but was the effort worth it? WARNING: THIS EPISODE WILL TALK ABOUT GRAPHIC CONTENT. Part 1: Uncomfortable Opening Part 2: The Premiere of The Nightingale Part 3: The Story of Th...

Send us Fan Mail Cinema changed in 1988 when the live action/animation movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit came out. But what was it that changed, what new rules were made and what rules were broken?  Part 1: The Casting Choices Part 2: Film Noir Impact Part 3: Bump The Lamp Part 4: She really is drawn that way Part 5: Eddie really was Valliant Part 6: The Shocking Reveal (Spoilers!) Part 7: The Conclus...

Send us Fan Mail Rambo has been one of the main men of the action genre. There has been numerous parodies, homages, even a statue has been made of the character in Alaska. The character of Rambo has made an impact on action movies, but what about the rest of his character then just what he can do in hectic situations? He’s a military character from a war that gave a lot of trauma to soldiers. Ther...

Send us Fan Mail On Today’s Episode of the screen queen is hashing it out about the old story in the horror genre, the slasher.  Scary stories have never gone away, there is obsession with what goes on in the dark and who the monster is. American Horror Story made the resurgence to touch base with many scary stories. What happens when the focus is just on one part of the horror genre? Canadian cre...

Send us Fan Mail Does anybody remember the princess that needed a thimble and the evil fairy that really needed some courses on anger issues? Why was Aurora our last Disney princess for 35 years until 1989? What happened in that production process? Don’t fall asleep during this episode about the failure and resurrection of Sleeping Beauty. My insta! - @parrishpassages Tiktok - themysticalspacewitc...

Send us Fan Mail The Screen Queen Podcast info The movie that tells the tales of Hollywood with the ideas of what Hollywood would have looked like if Sharon Tate lived and if Rick Dalton was the guy that was almost the man in the movies of the past. It’s a twist in time with the tales of Tate and the Manson family, what’s not to love about the sweet sixties, the end of the era.  P.S. I will take t...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and Welcome back to the show, this is the first episode that tackles some heavy topics, so I have to issue this. TRIGGER WARNING:  THIS EPISODE TACKLES TOPICS OF SURVIVOR'S GUILT, PTSD, AND TALK OF BEING PSYCHOLOGICALLY  COMPROMISED In The Line Of Fire is a film ahead of it's time for what it tackled, but what made it so memorable, what criteras were covered to lea...

Send us Fan Mail If there is one that never fails to make me smile its remembering some of my friends bashing this movie and refusing to do nothing with it, then looking around before whispering "I liked it."  I anticipated the movie coming out despite the hate it was given by the census and rotten tomatoes and yet here I am talking about how the critics were wrong about this Marvel movi...

Send us Fan Mail A story is unique and has it's own identity, but that doesn't mean it should be counted out about what it would be like in a different flow of fiction. It's like a pair of shoes, it comes in another color for a reason.  Here on the first episode of the Screen Queen I break down the idea that these two comedy movies have a plot that can work for a horror movie once y...

Send us Fan Mail I am not royal, (though I am a royal pain and I accept that). I'm one of many people that are fans of the screen. If it wasn't for the stories we see, why I wouldn't be here telling you how much it changed my life to be an author. We choose how we are effected by what we see, what I saw made me appreciate the value of that story. It doesn't matter how that stor...