Superman fans know Phyllis Coates as playing the first Lois Lane, a dogged investigative reporter for the Daily Planet. While her Superman run was short (she first showed up in 1951’s Superman and the Mole Men movie and 24 episodes of Adventures of Superman TV series, 1952 — 1958), her life was long. Born in 1927 and passing away in Woodland Hills, CA from natural causes on October 11, 2023, she lived to be 96 years old. Even people on Krypton don’t make it that long.
Superman fans also know that Phyllis stepped out after Season 1 and was replaced by Noel Neill, who was a constant pain in Superman’s cape, always in need of being rescued. Every episode as it turned out. While Phyllis had a highly prolific radio/movie and TV career (you almost can’t count all of her IMBD.com credits), she even showed up as Ellen Lane, Lois’ mom on ABC’s™ Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in 1994. That’s pretty super, man.
So while we all go out and lift a Kryptonite margarita in tribute to Phyllis Coates, here are a few upcoming horror/sci-fi movies that may or may not get reviewed in the Daily Planet…
AWARE OF THE WOLF / Release pending 2023 (VOD)
Terry is a life coach and motivational speaker for the meek and afraid, and his methods are very effective. But when his students start to become aware of the ‘wolf’ inside of them, their transformations take a dangerous turn.”
A werewolf life coach — or “plight attendant” — can help you identify strengths (ripping bodies into lasagna) and weaknesses (Milk-Bones™ biscuits) and overcome obstacles (angry villagers) holding you back.
THE VEIL / Release pending 2023 (VOD)
“As a younger man decades earlier, Douglas made the decision not to help a young Amish woman when she pleaded for him to let her get in his car to escape someone. He drove away alone, and has spent time over the years wondering what happened to her. In the present, an Amish woman named Hannah comes to his home seeking assistance, and he attempts to make up for his past decision by aiding her. Circumstances become mysterious, though, and an aurora-producing solar storm adds to the gravity of the situation.”
When doesn’t an aurora-producing solar storm add gravity to situations? Can’t tell you how many time those f’n things have kept me from getting to the Tug Tavern. And getting home from the Tug Tavern as well.
OUIJA CLOWN / Release pending 2023 (VOD)
“When two 12-year-old girls film a YouTube™ video at home, they unwittingly invite an evil presence into their lives.”
And that evil presence is YouTube™. Or two 12-year-old girls
THE WALKING DEAD: THE ONES WHO LIVE / February 2024 (AMC™)
“Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead…and ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they’ve ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Without each other, are they even alive — or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?”
I’m one of the die-hard Walking Dead fans and recently bought The Walking Dead: Dead City and Daryl Dixon series, even though the zombies are basically just doing cameos these days.
Drinkin' & Drive-in 