I saw rather a lot of shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe 😅 Fringemaxxed it. Picking shows on whim means you're going to see things you think were decidedly average, terrible even, but I found some unexpected winners too! I've listed everything below, with an off-the-cuff rating. Any review is highly subjective, of course. For example, some people absolutely raved about the Ahir Shah show but it barely raised a chuckle for me. That's just how it is, especially with comedy. Sorry…

Coyote Vs. ACME (2025) • View trailerFive stars (out of five); rated PG, for cartoon violenceAvailable via: Movie theatersBy Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 9.6.26Chuck Jones would be thrilled to bits. When he and writer Michael Maltese co-created the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, for the 1949 Warner Bros. cartoon short “Fast and Furry-ous,” they likely thought this pairing would be a one-off. Paige (Lana Condor) and her Uncle Kevin (Will Forte) are about the experience…

Death Race 2000 (1975)

Did Christian Siriano use his Siriano Save for good or the producers' evil? Can Project Runway 22 come back from the mess it's made all season? Was Nina Garcia around yet again? It's all in my recap.

When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. Great third installment in the series, and n-th movie in the MCU, with great performances all over, especially from Sir Ben Kingsley. Six popcorns and it goes into the movie vault. To see all 18 photos, visit the article page. This article was originally published at: https://andrei.xyz/movies/iron-man-3/

Back to July. Aside from Gone With the Wind and Paris, Texas, all of these were part of the Super Saturday Movie Club, whose monthly theme this time was "Japanese Fairytales", comprising movies #33 to #36. Aug 1 - Rashōmon [羅生門] (1950)A movie I had originally watched sometime before 2020 and had been blown away by it. With my current baggage, however, I admired less the screenplay (as I already knew of the events) and more of the cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa, who will show up in other…

We skip another week. This recording staarts with a trail for National Lottery In It to Win It 2012. Plus a trail for the BBC World Cup website. Then we have Doctor Who – The Pandorica Opens. The first of a two-part series finale. First we’re back in France, 1890, and Vincent Van Gogh is raving about visions. And he’s painted a picture. “Look at this, even worse than his usual rubbish. What’s it supposed to be?” Cut to the Cabinet War Rooms, and Churchill is brought Vincent’s painting by…

by Cláudio Alves Miriam Hopkins in BECKY SHARP (1935), Janet Gaynor in A STAR IS BORN (1937), and Vivien Leigh in GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) were the first 3 Best Actress nominees from full-color movies. The woes of the Great Depression demanded escapism from Hollywood. Such spectacle came in a myriad of forms, including some technical advancements. By 1935, the three-strip Technicolor process was ready for features, blessing the silver screen with hues that called themselves natural while…

Today TCMParty turns 15 years old. For those of you who do not know what TCMParty is, it is a collective live posting of movies on Turner Classic Movies using the hashtag #TCMParty. It originated on Twitter and has since largely moved to Bluesky, although the hashtag is used on other social media services as well. Originally, TCMParties were scheduled and had hosts who posted trivia about the specific movie then airing. The hosts essentially curated the live posting. While scheduled TCMParties…

When I finally saw Phantasm, the movie whose reputation terrified me so much that it took me until middle age to see it, I was surprised by how charming it was. Phantasm II doesn’t have even close to the charm of the first one, but it did still manage to win me over. The first Phantasm actually has a lot in common with other movies that I was curious about when I was younger, but didn’t watch until I was an adult. It wasn’t as scary or graphic as I’d been imagining. It wasn’t as expansive,…

With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful madman with ties to his father’s legacy. Great sequel to an already strong movie, bumping up the speciall effects and craziness, making it a fun re-watch. Can’t believe this is 16 years old! Six popcorns and goes into the Movie Vault. To see all 15 photos, visit the article page. This article was originally published at: https://andrei.xyz/movies/iron-man-2/

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. Great intro into the MCU, I was missing a fun blockbuster, and keeping in mind that I don’t think I’ve seen this since I’ve watched it in cinema, then it’s definitely a nice re-watch. Six popcorns and jumps into the Movie Vault. To see all 18 photos, visit the article page. This article was originally published at: https://andrei.xyz/movies/iron-man/

I wrote some thoughts about the film Camp Miasma on Letterboxd after I saw it. In that, I briefly mention how I didn't like this one joke in the film. And it's a few days later and I find I'm still thinking about the joke, so... I guess I'm blogging!The joke is — wait, this might be a lot to unpack, fuck it, let's try anyway — the joke is that the director of the original film within a film Camp Miasma is called Ray Blanchard. Ray Blanchard is a real person, a researcher of trans people. He…

Welcome to The Film Noir Files, the noir series here at Shadows and Satin and over at Speakeasy, the blog authored by my pal Kristina, where each month we recommend a film noir feature for you to watch on TCM. We never know what the other has selected until we post, and part of the fun is trying to never pick the same movie! In all the years that I’ve had this blog – and I started it in 2013 – I’ve never written in depth about The Big Sleep. And I’m not going to start today! But what I AM going…

When Star Trek premiered in 1966, it introduced audiences to a vision of the future filled with advanced technology, distant worlds, and a diverse crew working together aboard the USS Enterprise. Alongside its groundbreaking ideas about space exploration and human progress, the series also became known for its distinctive visual style, particularly the futuristic uniforms […]

Magnificent Doll (1946) stars Ginger Rogers as Dolley Madison, future First Lady and wife of

Christopher Plummer in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) Vitals Christopher Plummer as Sir Charles Litton, retired jewel thief The Middle East, Summer 1974 Film: The Return of the Pink Panther Release Date: May 21, 1975 Director: Blake Edwards Wardrobe Supervisor: Bridget Sellers WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background If you’re one of the sartorial purists who subscirbe to rules like “no white after Labor Day”, then let this post serve as inspiration for the upcoming weekend; if you don’t…

Very sweet and sad, with really crazy visuals. One of those films I can’t say I’d rewatch. Rating: 🥲Hey, thanks for reading my blog via the RSS feed! Feel welcome to get in touch!

Another very bittersweet movie that I wouldn’t rewatch. I’d like to live in that ranch though. Rating: 🙃Hey, thanks for reading my blog via the RSS feed! Feel welcome to get in touch!

u/WileECoyoteAMA / Reddit: Hi reddit. I’m Wile E. Coyote, full-time coyote and part-time actor. I’m starring in COYOTE VS ACME, alongside my fellow co-stars Will Forte, John Cena, and Lana Condor. It’s out in theaters everywhere now from Ketchup Entertainment. I’m here to answer your questions. In one of the more clever promotional moves I’ve seen lately, as a promotion for Coyote vs. ACME (which I really need to go see), Wile E. Coyote — or his marketing handlers from WB and/or Ketchup…

This was the first time I got to watch a film in the new Theater 3 of The Music Box Theatre and *damn* do I love that new setup. You're so close to the screen and the room is small and everything is lush and new. It feels like you're in the basement of a Hollywood producer at a private screening. I went into this with low expectations. I had enjoyed this director's debut film years ago, but didn't enjoy their second nearly as much. If their first film was a statement of category (telling…

ABSURDITIES OF PASSION WIND UP A TORRID SUMMER This is by Turgenev, revolutionary in his time (banned for a while), now adapted with mischief and appreciation by the late Brian Friel and directed – with even more mischief but a redeeming humanity – by Lyndsey Turner. Like the later Chekhov masterpieces it’s there to remind us that a country estate household is both potential idyll and terrible trap: Moscow, as ever, mentioned in the background as both potential escape and source of emotionally…

Apart from the fact that he was in the 20-peso bill and he’s the second president of the Philippines, I don’t really know much about Manuel L. Quezon. So, when I heard that the third movie of the Bayaniverse was about MLQ, I was pleasantly surprised. I didn’t really know him so much as a bayani, and this film is a great way to know the man who lead the Philippines during the US occupation. I watched the film with my mom, who slept through 25% of it. I thought she might be interested since she…

Judging by movies, it’s almost impossible to believe there’s anything left to blow up. That didn't stop director Adam Wingard from finding plenty of targets in Onslaught, a thriller that not only relies on pumped-up gunfire but also makes room for horror-style killings, notably referencing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. A minimal plot turns three combat veterans into brain-altered, genetically engineered warriors the movie deems as "the human equivalent of heat-seeking missiles." These lethal…

In Mayday, Ryan Reynolds plays a Navy pilot shot down while flying a spy mission at the height of the Cold War. In Russia, Reynolds’ Troy is saved by Nikolai Ustinov (Kenneth Branagh), a former KGB agent living as a backwood recluse in the Russian wilds. Ustinov regrets his KGB past, obsessively watches Top Gun, and wouldn’t mind moving to the US. After an opening full of swaggering top-gun bravado, the movie begins to temper its view of US-Soviet relations, adding a bit of nuance. All-American…

I've organized the Dancing with the Stars 35 cast in categories, including ABC/Disney Synergy, Athlete Ringers, Reality Stars, and Giada.

The finale of SILO season three lands tomorrow night on AppleTV (Thursday at 9pm Eastern). I’ve watched this episode four times already. There aren’t many episodes of TV that’ve ever made me want to do that. I’m already itching to watch it again. I have a difficult time praising things I create myself, like my books or short stories. It’s a lot easier to rave about the TV show because it’s the creation of so many talented people I admire. The cast and crew of SILO are off-the-charts brilliant,…

2026/09/02 Wednesday Doing last month's media log... I was watching a lot of stuff in the beginning of the month, but then I was caught up doing other stuff so I halted my movie-watching again... and I had a very bad last week as well, but I'm going to focus on the media log and get this out of the way. I'm still just watching stuff I had downloaded more than a year ago... With my father I watched The Penguin (2024) and this was quite a surprise. I don't remember the Battinson movie that well…

It might seem a little odd for a bird's common name to be so laudatory, but there you have it — the Splendid Fairywren! If you are sceptical of the "splendidness" of this bird, here's a picture of this brightly-coloured marvel: Australia is blessed to have these little wonders and it knows it — there's even a citizen science project that focuses on splendid fairywrens. The biodiversity of this continent/country is truly amazing!

Why did it take so long to write a WCW for Julia Sawalha?!? We all