D23 EXPO – What was there and why you really should go next time

Billed as “The Ultimate Disney Fan Event,” and usually celebrated every two years, D23 EXPO was completely SOLD OUT well ...

At 91, Star Trek’s William Shatner is still going strong

I still remember when, as a teenager in 1966, I eagerly watched every episode of Star Trek, as the crew ...

”Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing — The Exhibition” debuts at Comic-Con Museum

It seems quite fitting that this World Premier exhibition opening at the new Comic-Con Museum, in San Diego’s beautiful Balboa ...

2022 San Diego County Fair — HEROES REUNITE!

Updated July 18, 2022, with links to TWO NEW VIDEOS on the "AutoMatters & More" YouTube Channel: Demolition Derby VIDEO: ...

“Top Gun: Maverick” review

Once, in a very long while, a movie comes along that succeeds on multiple levels. “Top Gun: Maverick” is such ...

WonderCon 2022 — a pop culture shopping paradise

The world, as we knew it before COVID-19, is more and more returning to normal with each passing month.  For ...

“Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance” + A mega-fan’s stunning tribute to Disneyland: the “Castle Peak & Thunder Railroad”

Disney Parks enable guests to actually experience the magic of Disney live and in-person, and in ways that Walt Disney ...

“Secrets of Dumbledore” bakery truck at historic Belmont Park by the beach + lowriders at Goodguys Del Mar Nationals

“FANTASTIC BEASTS: The Secrets of Dumbledore” Just as tourists from around the world flock to San Diego for its location, ...

Review of “The Batman

Mild spoiler alert! As a child of the 1950s and 1960s, I grew up reading about superheroes in DC comics. ...

The old Disneyland that we love is back — and getting better

Includes photography of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance & Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run Like so many people around the ...