. Design magazine in the first episode of Gerry Anderson’s UFO ‘Identified’, the opening episode of Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi TV series UFO in 1970 shows one of the inhabitants of Moonbase reading Design magazine while chatting to an interceptor pilot. This was a real magazine published by the Council of Industrial Design (later called the Design Council) from the 1940s until the 1990s. The actual issue used was dated November 1967, about three years before the episode was shown. The main cover…

The Our Gang theatrical shorts, retitled The Little Rascals for rerelease in theatres and on television, were among the most successful theatrical shorts in cinema history. The series of shorts began in 1922 and lasted until 1944 when the final one, "Dancing Romeo," was released. The shorts centred on a gang of neighbourhood children and was known for portraying children materialistically and realistically. The shorts were also unique for the era in showing black and white children interacting…

John Pound, Investiture Souvenir Chairs, 1969, with seats of gilt-embossed, ash-veneered plywood and frames of beech, original Welsh tweed cushions, formerly in Malcolm Forbes’ collection, being sold 11 Nov. 2026 by Bliss on Fifth LLC at Stair Galleries Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, is usually credited with designing the souvenir chair for the 1969 investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales because he is the most famous, and because he was married to Princess Margaret. Carl Toms, a…

The American actor, who died on Monday at the age of ninety, was best known for his portrayal of Russian navigator Chekov, on the star ship USS Enterprise, in the Star Trek original TV series, from 1966 to 1969, and the subsequent movies. I obviously don’t follow the sci-fi show as much as I used to, and was surprised to learn yesterday Keonig reprised his role as Chekov in a 2015 fan made film, Star Trek: Renegades, trailer. In Renegades, he’s over one-hundred-and-forty years of age, and holds…

I actually was pleasantly surprised by this one. Not that that’s a ringing endorsement, however. I was really not looking forward to this one, nor am I looking forward to any of the slasher-style horror films on the list. First because I have a bit of a tender heart about blood and gore and jump-scares, and I always have. When I was very small I was known to run out of the room when scary stuff came up in TV shows – and I was scared by a lot of non-obvious stuff, like the salt vampires or the…

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT It feels a while since I saw a play in which the staging had the wow factor. Did the play of The Lives of Others based on the film have a similar impact? With this cast, Keira Knightley, Luke Thompson, Stephen Dillane, and director Robert Ike, I went in with very high expectations, and pleased to say that those expectations were definitely met. What I loved about the film is that it’s so tense. This is the story of covert surveillance of citizens. It’s set in East Berlin after…

Finally watched Bigas Luna’s ANGUISH, and it was… interesting. OK. Odd. It serves up far more than the usual horror flick, but somehow doesn’t feel like enough. Michael BARTON FINK Lerner is a murderous eye specialist who steals his victims’ eyeballs. His mom Zelda POLTERGEIST Rubinstein has a hypnotic/psychic relationship with him. This is somewhat […]

If Usagi Yojimbo was mixed half and half with Berserk and a touch of Twin Peaks you'd get this. 26 episodes. There are samurai and yokai, but also the crudeness of war vs the best aesthetics i've seen in a long time. There seems to be a modern remake but looks ugly af

Here is another little interview from mittwald’s “Head in the Cloud”. I was asked what makes an event more than just a conference. My answer is that there’s no real secret beyond openness: being willing to be vulnerable, admitting mistakes and not making everything feel over-planned. A host can (and should) invite people and welcome them, but the cozy atmosphere comes from the people who are there and spreads among them. The video is in German, but here are both transcripts. German and an…

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A couple of investigation boards appear in The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (dir. Seth Grossman, 2009). ▲ The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (dir. Seth Grossman, 2009) ▲ The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (dir. Seth Grossman, 2009) ▲ The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (dir. Seth Grossman, 2009) ▲ The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (dir. Seth Grossman, 2009) ▲ The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (dir. Seth Grossman, 2009) ▲ The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (dir. Seth Grossman, 2009) ▲…

Starts insane, goes fairly grounded for a bit, then goes bug fuck nuts for the final stretch. Feels like a good DP shot a student film.

Peeps, I have FEELINGS about the recent adaptation of the Steinbeck novel East of Eden (2026)

Jason Miller as Fr. Karras in The Exorcist (1973) Vitals Jason Miller as Fr. Damien Karras, Jesuit psychiatrist and—according to at least one demonic entity—”faithless slime” Washington, D.C., Fall 1972 Film: The Exorcist Release Date: December 26, 1973 Director: William Friedkin Costume Designer: Joseph Fretwell III WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Progressing deeper through spooky season toward Halloween, let’s look at some understated style in William Friedkin’s 1973 horror classic The…

"It's not tragic to die doing what you love." A new FBI agent (Keanu Reeves) goes undercover with a surfing gang, who are suspected to be responsible for a recent string of bank robberies. He befriends their charismatic front man (Patrick Swayze) and gets into the surfing lifestyle himself. Keanu as a buttoned up FBI agent makes no sense, so it’s funny that they put him in a film where he has to “pretend” to be a surfer dude. It kind of does track in a film where the unusual dynamic between…

Read all the Rocky Horror Picture Show posts in chronological order. Rocky Horror is something special. It’s not because it’s a send-up of B-movies. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Hardware Wars, and Kung Fury are all send-ups of B-movies and they haven’t become cultural forces. Plus, while it might have begun life in O’Brien’s head as a send-up, parody is secondary to its centering of sexuality and queerness and flouting of every taboo it thought it could get away with. Those themes were…

Walter Koenig was more than just Chekov on Star Trek…he was a screenwriter and a playwright, and acted on stage and in many other TV shows and movies. Did you know he wrote the Land of the Lost episode with the first appearance of Enik, the intelligent Sleestak? He certainly did! (In fact, “Enik” had originally been named by Koenig as “Eneg,” a backwards tribute to Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.) While Chekov is of course a beloved character, I think Koenig’s role as the antagonistic telepathic…

Synchronicity (2015)

It's been a very hectic time here since returning from the TCM Classic Cruise last week, but hopefully things are now starting to settle down!I have many fun things to share about my recent film-related travels, including the Lone Pine Film Festival and the TCM Classic Cruise, as well as pending film and book reviews. A lot of fun things have been going on!As a segue into this review, one of the movies I most enjoyed on the TCM Classic Cruise was a screening of NIGHT CROSSING (1982), which I…

Kurupt FM, innit. The rest is irrelevant. After Brentford’s largest pirate radio station has ended, the boys from Kurupt FM find their way to Japan on an epic adventure in search of fortune and fame. A good ending to the story of Kurupt FM and its members. All in all, a good laugh, and although it could have been better, it’s a great entertaining flick. Four popcorns. To see all 12 photos, visit the article page. This article was originally published at:…

(1974) Directed by Terence Fisher; Written by John Elder (aka: Anthony Hinds); Starring: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse and John Stratton Available on Blu-Ray and DVD Rating: **** “You’ve had so many monsters by then that at last you say where this monster has come from. He comes from Hell, from Evil, from Frankenstein’s mistaken belief that he is the creator of man, which of course he isn’t, and will never succeed in being.” – Terence Fisher (excerpted from 1975…

by Cláudio Alves The history of Laika is one of classic nepotism by way of Maecenas-like patronage to the arts. It’s the story of how Nike’s owner, Phil Knight, took the Will Vinton Studios from their namesake and presented it to his son, Travis, who was originally one of Vinton’s animators. Some see this as a coup, others as the way studios are always formed in good ol’ Tinsel Town. Not that Laika has its headquarters anywhere near Hollywood. Instead, they’re up in Oregon, in the Portland…

New charter guests had nonstop requests and demands on Below Deck season 13 episode 3. How did Fraser, Moe, and the team respond?

This is a blog post that accompanies the most recent bonus pod! You can listen to the first 15 minutes of the bonus pod below, but you’ll have to subscribe on Patreon to get the RSS feed of the full episode (as well as access to our Discord). Do you guys ever have a movie that you didn’t like, only to come back around to it years later and think, “wow, this is actually great”? That was me with Hail, Caesar!. I distinctly remember watching it with Spencer when it came out and leaving the theater…

Is Hulu's The Mob the next Traitors? Or a tragic imitation with a thin game, tedious opening episodes, and a baffling underuse of host Parker Posey?

After having skipped almost half of the end of September, and a fair chunk of October, today’s only recording starts with the end of Dennis the Menace. There’s a trail for Bear Behaving Badly. A trail for Mission 2110. A trail for Merlin. Then it’s a repeat of What’s New Scooby-Doo? – Large Dragon at Large. Media Centre Description: Children’s animated series about a group of teenage sleuths and their cowardly dog. The gang attends a Renaissance Faire, where a dragon interrupts their fun.…

More than twenty years have passed since my father died at this time of year and thoughts of mortality always enter my mind as the nights begin to draw in, as I prepare to face the spiritual challenge of another long dark winter ahead. So Luke Clennell’s splendid DANCE OF DEATH engravings inspired by Hans Holbein suit my mordant sensibility at this season. First published in 1825 as the work of ‘Mr Bewick’, they have recently been identified for me as the work of Thomas Bewick’s apprentice Luke…

Not sure it’s worth recounting the whole Scooby Doo story of Hark’s debut feature – there’s so much of it. Flipside of the King Hu movie, pulling off as much plot and action and as many cool compositions in under half the runtime. Sean and Jake are saying the same thing, and they’re both saying it better than I could’ve. The initial team: Multiple clans unite to solve the killer butterflies mystery, including Green Shadow (who’d return in We’re Going to Eat You!). They arrive at a castle, where…

I might by now have seen all Monogram’s cheapie horror films. But I’m not sure — they do tend to merge. The only reason I hadn’t seen REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES is because I thought I had. Zombies, John Carradine, Mantan Moreland… that sounds like about four other Monogram movies, doesn’t it? This one tacks […]

Musician and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman's The Pianist, the Second World War memoir that was a big literary hit in the 1940s and is most recently known for the Oscar-winning film version, doesn't seem an immediately obvious candidate for a musical adaptation. And while that's largely how it's been marketed, I'd say a musical isn't really what adaptor-director Thom Southerland has delivered either. Wladyslaw (Dan Krikler) is one of four children in a fairly well-off Jewish family in Warsaw,…