An ailing man is immediately cured when his physician shows up with a large, branded cup of hot chocolate. Early advertising film showcases how the more things change… Home Media Availability: Stream courtesy of EYE. Chocoholics Anonymous One of the more surprising things about cinema of the 1890s is how early advertising films were introduced […]

George O'Brien and Margaret Livingstone in 'Sunrise' (1927) directed by F.W. Murnau.There's still no Hallmark greeting cards yet, but this Tuesday marks yet another Silent Movie Day. This year, I'm marking the occasion by accompanying 'Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans' (1927) at the venerable Brattle Cinema in Cambridge, Mass. Alas, the Brattle is the only venue in the Boston area that I know of that observes 'Silent Movie Day' with at least some silent film programming. Two years ago, the good…

For once, I’m on time! It’s been a while since I’ve gotten a review post out early, and in fact, there’s still one episode of Honzuki no Gekokujou IV to air, so I’m a week ahead! At first glance, there was a lot of anime I was interested in this season, but as I looked into each one, my desire to watch them declined. I was expecting to have more to watch than I could handle, so I’m glad I ended up watching a more reasonable amount. Of the stuff not listed, I watched: One episode of Kuroneko…

My latest Western RoundUp column for Classic Movie Hub is a review of the John Wayne film THE WAR WAGON (1967).THE WAR WAGON was just released on Blu-ray and 4K by Kino Lorber Studio Classics. I reviewed the Blu-ray, which is a beautiful print from a 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative. It was my first time to see the movie, and I quite enjoyed it.Please click over to Classic Movie Hub to read my review, and thanks to all who support my Western RoundUp column!Previous Classic Movie Hub…

übel Ich wollte diesen Beitrag auf Englisch schreiben, aber ich habe mich in letzter Zeit nicht besonders intensiv mit dem Deutschlernen beschäftigt. Heute fühle ich mich nicht gut. Mir ist übel. Ich denke, dass ich mich zu fettiges Essen gegessen habe. Zum Beispiel habe ich zum Frühstück Kuchen gegessen. Ich habe ein bisschen „Witcher 3” gespielt und dadurch ging es mir noch schlechter. Von 17 Uhr bis 20 Uhr war ich im Bett. MontagIch habe geputzt. Am Abend hatte ich einen Videochat mit Joh,…

I enjoyed this new documentary about AI. It’s a good primer for people who don’t really know too much about it. I can imagine those who are more well-versed being a bit more critical, but there’s only so much you can cover in 100 minutes. Also, it’s still all rather new and we have no idea where this story goes next, so it’s only a pilot episode really. The 26-episode box set AI version of the World At War in a decade or two will be the one to watch.

It’s time once again to check in with the Fifth Doctor’s audio adventures. Last time, we had a mini-season of further travels with Nyssa in that gap between Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity that Big Finish have benefitted so greatly from, a couple of Companion Chronicles, and the first audio adventures to include the team of Tegan, Turlough, and an aged-up post-Terminus Nyssa. This time around we’re going to check out the second mini-season of that particular lineup, but before that it’s time…

🍿️ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) was available on Apple TV and heavily referenced in Ted Lasso, and not having watched it before it was a natural choice for the family’s Saturday night viewing. It aged much better than other 80s teen comedies (looking at you, Revenge of the Nerds). Contains a surprising amount of cursing, but a distinct lack of alcohol, sex or violence. A surprisingly short intro credits scene made me think that this was re-cut for the modern viewer but no, this is the…

One of our favourite actresses is Gloria Swanson, one of the biggest stars in 1920s Hollywood. She was a wisp of a gal at 4’11” and 110 lbs, but her talent and charisma fill the screen. Even today, her performances feel fresh and timeless. We recently saw her in Manhandled (1922) a comedy-drama about a gum-smacking sales clerk who runs … Continue reading →

The name 'Vist' is not used in Hathaway 2, please make it stop With the second film in the Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway franchise, The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (probably shortened to Hathaway 2 from here on out) now available on demand and streaming, a lot more people have seen it...and this repeated misconception that is has connections to characters from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn keeps coming up. It's driving me crazy and I need to vent lmfao Spoiler Warning for events from Gundam Unicorn and…

I’ve adored David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me for decades. Since launching Twin Peaks Blog in 2018, I’ve explored the behind-the-scenes stories and details of how this film was created. This time, I’m returning to the end of May 1991 when it was announced that the groundbreaking series would continue as a feature film.... The post When ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ Was First Announced in May 1991 appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

Last night, roaming among the more remote and obscure outlying TV channels, I happened upon that greatest of all the Ealing comedies, Kind Hearts and Coronets, which I happily watched to the end – it never palls. Next up after that was another fine Ealing comedy, The Ladykillers, featuring another extraordinary performance by Alec Guinness, with the young Peter Sellers, still plump and rather sweaty, in his first major film role. As it got under way, I felt there was something wrong – why was…

Sterling Hayden in The Long Goodbye (1973) Vitals Sterling Hayden as Roger Wade, larger-than-life alcoholic writer Los Angeles, Summer 1972 Film: The Long Goodbye Release Date: March 7, 1973 Director: Robert Altman Men’s Costume Designer: Kent James (uncredited) WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Sterling Hayden storms into The Long Goodbye like a force of nature, a happily hulking 6’5″ direct counter to Elliott Gould’s laidback characterization of private eye Philip Marlowe. It’s a…

We've sung the praises of Brian Clemens here before as the mastermind behind a veritable host of Wyrd Britain classics such as Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde', 'Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter', 'And Soon the Darkness' as well as writing and producing for TV shows like 'Danger Man', 'The Avengers', 'The Professionals' for the likes of Hammer and ITC but the mid 1970s ITV series 'Thriller' was his baby, outlining every episode and scripting 38 of them including this one from the fourth series.'Nurse…

The first rule of gang bang club is that you have to talk about gang bang club: these things don’t organise themselves. Here’s the concept: a group of five friends each contribute a man to the gang bang pool. You don’t need to split by gender, obviously, but I’m doing it here because I’m mostly […] The post Gang bang club: lend a man, borrow a team appeared first on Girl on the Net.

I intended for “shorts month” to be a single month, but it has jumped the fences, and now we have Infinite Shorts Month. – Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931, Rudulf Ising) Some Steamboat Willie action, Black-coded animal creatures sing and dance, but either there’s nothing in here worth banning this cartoon for 100 years, or my version is edited. Finds time in its seven minutes for multiple overboard rescues, a girl’s Uncle Tom getting spooked by graveyard skeletons, and a dastardly…

by Cláudio Alves In 1971, Mike Leigh appeared on the scene with Bleak Moments, an exercise in social realism that wouldn’t immediately open the doors one might hope for in the British film industry. Instead, he became a TV writer-director, slowly building his reputation and drawing on the easy rapport with actors and improvisational methods he’d developed on stage. By 1988, he’d make his grand return to theatrical features with High Hopes. Eight years later, he won the Palme d’Or for Secrets &…

Movies The Book Club (2018) D: Tobias LaMontagne. S: Ray LaMontagne, Sarah Sousa. After accomplished women of a certain age Keaton, Fonda, Steenburgen, and Bergen select 50 SHADES OF GREY for their BOOK CLUB, they start to examine their romantic pursuits (or lack thereof). The script’s entirely platitudes and tropes, but there are a handful of strong moments and occasional honest ones. And an often excellent soundtrack (also of a certain age). Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023) D: Bill…

StarringChiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, and Mark DuplassDirectorKane ParsonsOverviewSee how far it goes.A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.Review Backrooms Um, what? This was so, so bad. Why was it so hyped earlier in the year? And why is the cast so well known? The producer must have blackmail on these people because why would they opt into this? Buy on Amazon

It is a matter of public record that I only-slightly-abashedly love Godspell. I’ve been a fan ever since I was a drama club kid in high school, and I saw a production of it performed by our “rival” school across town. (And credit to them: I’ve seen an off-Broadway revival and multiple filmed or recorded versions, and I still think their staging was the best). If you haven’t seen it, the show starts with a single trumpet and the performer playing John the Baptist/Judas solo belting out “Prepare…

Michael Sleep is a middle-aged man living alone in his girlfriend's house, seven years after she went missing. With a dead-end job and having to support his elderly, confused father in an old person's home, Sleep's life is on autopilot. When his girlfriend's brother starts legal proceedings to have her legally declared dead so he can inherit the house, Sleep faces homelessness and hopelessness. But one of his father's stranger notions turns out to be more than a passing fancy, and Sleep…

! UPCOMING EVENTS! Saturday October 3 - NOVOTVAR FESTIVAL, Bratislava, SlovakiaConversation with Miloš HrochTime: 5pmLocation: V-klubFree and open to the publicTuesday October 20 - ROCK AND ROLL BOOK CLUB, Walthamstow, LondonConversation with Daniel Avery + Kitty EmpireTime: 6.30pmLocation: Walthamstow Trade Hall TicketsWednesday October 21 -

El Super (1979) is historic as the first American feature film to focus Cuban exiles. It centres on Roberto (Raimundo Hidalgo-Gato) and Aurelia (Zully Montero), two Cubans who have been living in New York City for ten years. Roberto is the superintendent of the apartment building in which he lives, and constantly put up with complaints from his various tenants. Roberto and Aurelia's daughter is Aurelita (Elizabeth Peña, in her film debut), who is thoroughly Americanized and whom they often have…

Na, hier gab´s ja schon lang keine Schnittchen, Schneewittchen! Dabei mag ich diese Brotverwertung wirklich sehr gern und Du findest auch schon einige Rezepte dazu. Zutaten & Zubereitung für ca. 5 Scheiben Brot300 g Zwiebeln, Sorte nach Wahl, gern gemischt, in 1 cm großen Würfeln (ich hatte weiße Zwiebeln und Schalotten)2 EL Öl1/2 TL SalzZutaten in einer kleinen, beschichteten

Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. This episode I speak to Christopher Chung about his performance as Roddy Ho on Season six of Slow Horses. We talk about Season 5 afterglow, an evolving Roddy, and a Roddy Ho spin off? Plus what Mick Herron thinks of his performance as Roddy, working with a new showrunner and why does Lamb keep Roddy around? Finally, Ho-mies? All that and more in this episode! For more on the slow horses, click…

🍿️ The Last House (2026) was pitched, or so I would like to imagine, as a blend of Home Alone and a Lovecraftian apocalypse. Instead of Macaulay Culkin you get a whole picture-perfect nuclear family; Joe Pesci becomes Cthulhu. No surprise, then, that the ending is a soppy, schmaltzy mess.

Cute girls do circus. This was a very well made show, just not my genre and I need to recognize that and stop falling for the great, dramatic first episode followed by an entire season of much ado about nothing. I quickly lost all interest in this after the first episode, but I recognize that if a peaceful show about cute girls doing cute things is what you’re looking for, this show’s pretty great. Fun fact: I recently tried aerial silks and lyra (spinning around inside a metal hula hoop…

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...will not appear this weekend.The column will return on Saturday, October 3rd.For recent classic film news links, please visit my September 12th column.