There's something special -- at least to me -- about those screwball, over-the-top, situation-gone-from-bad-to-loony comedies of yesteryear. Snowed Under is no less effective than the classic greats.

Alan Tanner is a playwright with a rotten case of what we call writer's block. It's so bad that his play is set to begin practice in one week, but he still doesn't have a third act.

To that, let's add the screwball situations.

He's seeing a new girl who won't leave him…

I can't believe I only recently discovered this flick.

Considering just how big a Kolchak the Night Stalker fan I am, you'd think I would have seen it way earlier.

Oh well.

Coming into this movie, all I knew was that it was very similar to both the Kolchak movies and the series, and that it was produced by the same guy (Dan Curtis, also of Dark Shadows fame).

David Norliss is a writer working on a book debunking supernatural…

First. Don't get this one mixed up with the remarkable Spanish series about the department store. It's not that Velvet (as good as that is).

Okay? So now that we're on the same page.

Be warned. This movie has a lot of skin. I mean, a lot of skin. But that doesn't mean it's erotic. It's about as sexy as a discussion on existentialism. And that's fine. Because what this movie does (and does well, though some would call it…

The Obligatory Zach Snyder's Justice League Post.

(Spoilers. You've been warned.)

My thoughts:

1. OMG. Martian Manhunter. I think I may have actually squee-ed out loud.

2. Whatever ZS may miss in plot, he more than makes up for in epic scope, tone, and simple grandiose storytelling style. This is the single most beautifully filmed comic book super-hero movie yet.

3. ZS one-uped the N52 comic here by making Cyborg such a necessary part of why the league needed to…