The first recording today starts with the end of OOglies. There’s a trail for the Sarah Jane Adventures. Then it’s What’s New Scooby-Doo? – A Scooby Doo Halloween. This episode starts in media res with the end of another adventure. But Shaggy is keen to get away. To such an extent that he drags the rest of them into the Mystery Machine and drives himself. This makes Fred very anxious. They get to where they’re going, Banning Junction, and are met with an angry mob, but Velma’s aunt, who they’re…

Where the wild things areToo long didn't read: Travis Knight's Wildwood in a nutshell is easily the best animated of the year-- of several years-- one of the best stop-motions ever, one of the most beautiful autumnal films ever made. Better than Lord of the Rings, easy.Actually not being fair. Never been a fan of Lord of the Rings. (WARNING: story and plot twists discussed in some detail)Not kidding about the autumn. Easy enough to do eyepopping burnt gold and glowing orange but what Knight…

Just been to see George Michael: The Faith Tour at the cinema. Absolutely incredible night out. There’s something special about experiencing concert films at the theatre and this one is an absolute gem. People were behaving like they were there. Clapping, singing, and dancing in the aisles. Goosebumps. Go and see it this week if you can.

Now, let's enjoy some quality time watching cartoons produced by the Fleischer studio!Arguably, this blog's favorite animated cartoon produced by the studio where all the Fleischer animators worked, Famous Studios, with honorable mentions to the musical WE’RE ON OUR WAY TO RIO and the hilarious SHAPE AHOY (1945), Popeye in THE HUNGRY GOAT

Mildly disappointed the Cooldige, which has the original art of the theater being destroyed by Godzilla in the recent Godzilla vs Boston comic book hanging in its lobby, will not be playing the new movie. Everywhere else, though, it's Godzilla time, with Godzilla Minus Zero picking up two years after the end of Godzilla Minus One and seeing the giant monster return. It's notable for being the

My latest piece at Cinema Sugar: Gone with the Wind and Sinners are Twin Visions of America. I rewatched Sinners earlier this year, and thinking about its 1930s Southern setting triggered a lightbulb moment about Gone with the Wind, perhaps the definitive (for better or worse) movie about the South that was released rather than set in the ’30s but brought a lot of the views of its time into its depiction of the antebellum South. That led me down a rabbit hole where I discovered more surprising…

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 Stars - Brilliant, dryly satirical and very funny! The post The Sundial by Shirley Jackson appeared first on The Wallflower Digest.

I’ve published the incorrect facts in the fact of H. Jennings’s death at least twice, two different versions. Both have him alighting on a Greek island for a film recce. In one he falls from a cliff he’s climbing, in another he’s lining up a prospective shot when he steps backwards off a cliff, a […]

★★★★: Gripping. Great performances out of all of the main cast, especially Tom Wilkinson. Full of long, intense shots that really heightened the tension. Thoughts, questions, comments? Reply to this review.Note that my reviews are scored out of 4. And thanks for subscribing to my RSS feed and supporting the indie web!

Weihnachten kommt schneller als ihr denkt und deswegen haue ich schon mal den ersten Weihnachtspost hier raus. Wenn ich das Weihnachtsessen plane, ist mir der Hauptgang oft schon klar. Meist habe ich eher Probleme die Vorspeisen zu planen. Diese leckeren weihnachtlichen Blätterteig-Häppchen könnt ihr entweder super als kleines Amuse-Gueule zum Auftakt-Prosecco reichen oder ihr könnt es auch als leckere Vorspeise mit einem frischen Feldsalat servieren. Rezept | Weihnachtliche…

Tenzing (2026) • View trailerFour stars (out of five); rated PG, for dramatic intensityAvailable via: Apple TV+By Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 11.8.26 Recent history has been much kinder to Tenzing Norgay, than in the immediate aftermath of his shared summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary, on May 29, 1953. With Everest's summit in sight, Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok, far left) and hiscomrades — from left, Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston), John Hunt (Willem Dafoe)…

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I think this hits very different if it comes out even one year ago. In this environment it feels like what you're buying is a ticket for two hours of respite for slop world (so you can walk out and immediately find out that Letterboxd might be bought by the fascist new york times, in which case this review, and everything else on my account, will be promptly deleted from the website. sorry. I syndicate them all to my blog.) I think Laika knows this; at the very end of the credits sequence, they…

StarringCatherine Lagaʻaia, Dwayne Johnson, Rena Owen, John Tui, and Frankie AdamsDirectorThomas KailOverviewThe ocean chose her for a reason.Teenage Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.Review Moana This was a solid remake and a perfect plane movie. Did we need a live action remake of a nearly perfect animated film that’s only ten years…

Twin Peaks went on a brief hiatus in mid-February 1991 following a significant decline in ratings. Thanks to a dedicated fan base and a coordinated letter writing campaign, ABC Television brought the show back for its final six episodes beginning March 28 that year. But the ratings continued declining so the network pulled the show... The post Twin Peaks Publicity – Windom Earle and Annie Blackburne appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

Timeless and true, Fiddler on the Roof remains one the world’s most beloved musicals and this deliberately pared back staging allows the musical itself to truly shine. Opening at the crest of the Golden Age, 1964 Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof won nine Tony Awards (including Best Musical) and was at one time the long running musical in Broadway history. Winner of the 2025 Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Musical, this unique production of Fiddler on the Roof originated at the Open Air…

If you’re looking for a big movie with big themes and epic sweep, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend should fill the bill. Loaded with plot twists, spectacle, and characters, Ramayana has a simple spine that pits good against evil and operates on the cosmic mythic levels. What? You wanted something bigger? I’ll offer as brief a synopsis as possible. Before Ram (Ranbir Kapoor), the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu, can take over the kingdom of Ayodhya, he's forced into a 14-year exile with his wife…

Today’s recording starts with the end of the National Lottery Draw. There’s a trail for Turn Back Time: The High Street. Gregg Wallace alert. A trail for How Not To Live Your Life. And a trail for a Psychoville Halloween special which YouTube has blocked. Sorry. Then it’s a seasonal movie, Halloween: Resurrection. This one comes a few years after Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and opens with Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode who’s in a mental hospital after having a breakdown on learning that the…

… A FINALE SIGN-OFF FROM THEATRECAT.COM AFTER 13 YEARS This, written largely on a diverted 453 bus on the night of the Regent St lights switch-on, is the last review on this theatrecat.com site. It has been fun, and interesting, and wonderfully supported with press seats for which I am grateful. But being free -to-air it has become hideously expensive in travel – – I live 100 miles from London and still further from other centres of the art – and expensive in time and energy too. So alas, no…

Sir Patrick Stewart died on October 28, 2026, at the age of 86. He had Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia. Although best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Xavier in the X-Men movies, he appeared in a wide variety of roles, from Sejanus in I, Claudius to Gurney Halleck in Dune (1984).Patrick Stewart was born on July 13, 1940 in Mirfield, Yorkshire. He attended Crowlees Junior and Infants School in Mirfield and then Mirfield…

Like the movie it's about, I Play Rocky tells a story about an underdog who earns his day in the sun. A perennial favorite for repeat viewings among generations of viewers, Rocky won an Oscar for best picture in 1977, sparking a series of sequels that continued the Rocky legend. Credit I Play Rocky with riding the waves of affection viewers have for a film released thirty years ago. The movie aspires to be an unabashed crowdpleaser built around an engaging performance from Anthony Ippolito as…

He's a big name in his own right now but Robert Icke continues to be inspired by Ivo van Hove, a director who alternates stage classics with adaptations of films. And it's the latter Icke tackles in his latest West End venture, taking us back to the Cold War for his version of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others. In 1984 East Germany, Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler (Stephen Dillane) is sent to the premiere of a new play to pick out artists likely to be dissidents. He chooses…

John Lewis have released their ad, Tesco is full of chocolate advent calendars, and Russell Brand is off to jail. It must be Christmas! Time to show you all the gorgeous – and subtly smutty – card that Stuart has drawn this year, and explain how you can get one. As regular readers will know, […]

"You see how this looks, right?" The true story of To Catch a Predator: the US show where the producers would catfish potential child abusers online, lure them into a house, then the host Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson) comes out and reveals they are being filmed. I was aware of this show back in the day but hadn’t realised it had come under such ethical scrutiny. Perhaps it says a lot that something like this seems normal for America, where making entertainment out of horrible crimes is not…

Saw Wildwood last night in the theater with the fam. We all really liked it. To get this out of the way: I’m biased because I’m a Portlander, and this movie, made by Portland-based studio LAIKA, is heavy-handed with the Portland and Oregon references. That’s fun for us. 😁 That said, and trying to be objective, I still think it was a super cool movie and well worth anyone’s time. The plot was creative, the trajectory was good, the visuals were stunning. It’s a stop-motion film, and it’s…

It is a truth universally acknowledged that this blog holds the miniseries Pride and Prejudice

1986 SF/horror, dir. David Cronenberg, Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis: IMDb. Seth Brundle has an invention that will change the world, but…

Good Sex, Battersea Arts Centre. Photo by Ste Murray Actors who have not rehearsed or seen the script and are being fed lines through an earpiece isn’t something new to stage performance, but in the context of Good Sex at the Battersea Arts Centre it feels fresh and different. An intimacy co-ordinator played by Liv O’Donoghue guides two actors through a story that involves ex-lovers drawn together after several years and reminiscing about their relationship. The actors were Jack Gleeson and…

by Nathaniel R Andrew Scott stars in ELSINORE Hot on the heels of the Gotham nominations here in New York, London follows with the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) nominations. Elsinore, hotly tipped to land Andrew Scott an Oscar nomination (finally) leads the field with 12 nominations while Clio Barnard’s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning is a distant but still impressive second with 8 citations. Because these nods are overseas AND independent, I’ll attempt to explain some of the…