The Lord Of The Rings (1978)

COMING SOON! August 12!!

Memorial screening for the great Sam Neill. He and Nicole Kidman are a bereaved couple on a sailing voyage when they meet Billy Zane, typecast as a sexy guy who wants to kill you aboard a sinking ship. His stories about his former vessel don’t add up, and when Sam goes to investigate, Billy takes control and speeds away, leaving Sam to sink and die. But this is one of those movies where the best mechanic / sailor / problem solver wins the day, and Neill is up to the task. Kidman’s no slouch…

Scott Hylands, who starred on the show Night Heat and appeared in the movie Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969), died on July 29, 2026, at the age of 83. In October 2021, he had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. Scott Hyalnds was born Scott Hyalnds Douglas in Lethbridge, Alberta on February 27, 1943. His father was killed in action during World War II. His mother was a public health nurse and later a maths teacher. He grew up in British Columbia and attended Shawnigan Lake Boys School on…

British society underwent a seismic change during the 1960’s, and this was reflected in the output from our film industry. Between 1959 and the mid 1960’s, a series of bold and fresh films began to be made which switched focus from the elegant drawing rooms and parties of wealthy characters, and focused instead upon working-class Brits and our experiences. These films shook up the cinematic status quo with their experimental style and heavier focus on realism. This period of filmmaking has…

Eighteen months ago, I wrote in review of Being John Malkovich: The worst thing a piece of comedy can do is, in the process of not taking itself seriously, forget to take its characters seriously. This film is deeply funny, and deeply weird, but Kaufman remembers every step of the way that these people are real, that they want things and feel things. (And I'm sure there are a lot of interesting things it's saying at a metatextual level, but I figure I should finish watching Adaptation before I…

by George Pritchard This year, Ken Russell is a man on fire. He has already made a name for himself as a television director for the BBC, in addition to several feature films. He has just released his second film this year, and word is that he is planning for a third, a production schedule … Continue reading [August 4, 1971] The Devils → The post [August 4, 1971] <i>The Devils</i> appeared first on Galactic Journey.

The planet Eternia is invaded and conquered by the armies of the evil warlord Skeletor. Young Prince Adam is sent into a portal by the Sorceress of Eternia to safeguard him and the Sword of Power, but he loses the Sword mid-transit. Arriving on Earth, he spends fifteen years searching for the Sword. He finally locates it, but finds the war has followed him to his adopted homeworld. Returning to Eternia, he has to rally the Eternian loyalists to fight Skeletor, but finds his long absence has…

Classic string boards appear in a key location in MindsEye (Build a Rocket Boy, 2025). ▲ MindsEye (Build a Rocket Boy, 2025) ▲ MindsEye (Build a Rocket Boy, 2025)

2026/08/04: On some unreported day Lupin lost his final white bigode (whisker), but a new one is growing, so he's a unigode once again.

A Los Angeles detective chases a murder suspect in a remote Alaskan town. A sleep-deprived Al Pacino yelling his way left and right, Robin Williams with a decent performance, Hilary Swank as the young blood, they all add up to a decent thriller under the direction of Christopher Nolan. I wouln’t call this disappointing, but I have to say I expected more. Three popcorns. To see all 30 photos, visit the article page. This article was originally published at: https://andrei.xyz/movies/insomnia/

We’re always trying to track what historical costume movies and TV shows are coming up.

I am wearing a Microbrand Watch of the Year contender. This Indian watch sold for $42, sold out in a flash, and they won’t ship to the United States. If… The post Delhi Watch Company Terra appeared first on The Time Bum.

Filmed 75 years ago in August 1951, this historical video covers the visit to the country of then five-star Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who just four months prior had been named the first Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). The occasion of the visit was for Ike to stress how important Denmark was to the new NATO alliance, expressed through the handover of surplus Republic F-84 Thunderjets to the rebuilding Danish Air Force, which would soon be bolstered by 240 new F-84Gs over the next four…

I like playing same-screen co-operative video games, and today I learned there's a phrase for that: "couch cooperative".

A little mouse, foraging for food, comes across and injured bird. It has been trapped by the wing and the mouse makes the decision, on the spot, to help the bird, release it and share its home with it until it is fully recovered and can fly again. That’s it – a very simple tale, but so beautifully animated and with great (wordless) character development that it’s simply (see what I did there?) a joy to watch. This was Casey McDonald’s (aka gothfrog) final film from the School of Visual arts.…

Crocodile Dundee (1986)

The colorful Randolph Scott Western COLT .45 (1950) was just released on Blu-ray by the Warner Archive Collection.I reviewed this film in 2010 and really enjoyed returning to it via this beautiful new Blu-ray. It's not one of Scott's very best Westerns, but it's an entertaining and fast-moving 74 minutes with some interesting angles.Scott plays Steve Farrell, a Colt gun salesman who's attempting to sell guns to a sheriff when Jason Brett (Zachary Scott) breaks out of jail and steals them. Brett…

📀 watched “The Dark Knight” on Blu-ray, still holds up. https://enwp.org/The_Dark_KnightI saw it in the Metreon IMAX theater when it came out in 2008. About 28 minutes of it was filmed in 70mm film using IMAX cameras. The movie switched aspect ratios when it switched from IMAX to normal film. The 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray also switched aspect ratios roughly at similar times. Nice to see that that was preserved.The movie has incredible pacing. No extra moments. I had forgotten how many…

I’m going to avoid spoilers in this post, but I’d honestly recommend knowing as little as possible about Spider-Man: Brand New Day before seeing it. I’m still not sure how I managed to go this long knowing nothing about it apart from “it’s the fourth Tom Holland Spider-Man movie,” but it made the experience so much better. I kept being surprised over and over again. Even though I’ve never been a particularly big fan of Spider-Man, I’ve really enjoyed the first three movies of this incarnation,…

While researching the Washington State Restaurant Association decal found on the door of the Double R Diner in Twin Peaks, I discovered another item that crossed over from the Real Twin Peaks of Snoqualmie Valley into David Lynch and Mark Frost’s fictional town. The interior of the Mar-T Cafe in North Bend, Washington (known today... The post Twin Peaks Set Decoration – National Federation of Independent Business Plaque at the Double R Diner appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

We all know the routine. A superhero movie comes out and struggles so people ask, "Are superhero movies done for? Do people have superhero fatigue?" or, if the lead is female, "Why don't lady heroes sell?" even though flicks with dudes have done worse than some women-led films. Then, however, another superhero hits the silver screen, makes a truckload (Hell, multiple truckloads) of money, and the media declares, "Superheroes are bigger than ever, and any fatigue has been crushed!" Yes,…

A cheesy propaganda movie, but a moving one in the end. Charles Laughton (between Rembrandt and The Big Clock) is a schoolteacher, living with his mum and keeping his head down during nazi occupation in a town that looks very much like a set. His neighbor (Laughton’s Jamaica Inn costar Maureen O’Hara) has a brother (Kent Smith of Cat People) who is outwardly friendly to the Germans while sabotaging their trains, and now the race is on to find the saboteur before they kill a bunch of random…

Fantastic documentary on Enki Bilal from Standart. Finally got around to reading Ahmed Khaled Tawfik's 2008 novel UTOPIA (in its original Arabic), which is just fantastic and in 2026 eerily close to reality. Started watching SILO which I am enjoying enough though I can't stand Rebecca Ferguson. #radar

I have just returned home from a very enjoyable visit to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham. I arrived on Saturday afternoon and had the whole of Sunday at the Festival. Here are some assorted highlights, items of note that caught my attention during my visit. First of all, I’d like to share with you the two quilts that I entered into the competition. This is ‘On the Beach’ which was on show in the ‘Miniature’ category. I live by the seaside in Kent and spend time every day on the…

Spider-Man: Brave New Day (2026) • View trailerFour stars (out of five); rated PG-13, for action violence and occasional profanityAvailable via: Movie theatersBy Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 8.9.26After the chaotic multiverse complexity of 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home — a score card was needed, to keep track of all the superheroes, super villains and spider guys from three different Earths — this one is a welcome relief. Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and NYPD Detective Jean…

I was saddened by the recent news that Joanna Pettet had died. In the Comfort TV era she was a frequent guest star on several quality shows and was always memorable regardless of her role. To me she was television’s equivalent to the cool patrician blondes favored by Alfred Hitchcock in films like Vertigo and Marnie, and I’d argue she was a better actress than either Kim Novak or Tippi Hedren.In her personal life she played a bit part in one of the most infamous crime stories of the 20th…

Have you ever had one of those moments in life that at the time felt like a great victory, but then turned sour later on, leading to regret? I have. It’s no fun to look back on. It can hurt worse to look in the mirror. Sure you can go into therapy to help you feel better about your choices and the ramifications. But first you have to face them, own them, and accept responsibility. Or you could try to bury them in the bottle. Or drugs, illicit or otherwise. Or some other way of trying to keep…

When you come up with a submission for the Killer Shorts one-page horror script competition, another idea for a short script is sure to follow within hours. True story. It happened to me. Luckily, they accept multiple entries! So here's my other one-page script, shared for your reading pleasure. (And yes, I'm once again using my blog to create a record of authorship in lieu of WGA registration.) Presenting... FOOL'S JOURNEY INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT A lit CANDLE provides the dark room's lone…