When I saw this book advertised I was intrigued by the premise, due to its setting, its choice of victim; a writer, and the fact this victim had a history for faking events in his life. Witting dedicated this novel to Sir Derrick and Lady Verner. I think this would have been Sir Edward Derrick Wingfield Verner, 6th Baronet and his wife, Lady Angèle Verner, although I could be wrong! I’m not sure how Witting knew these two.
Sometimes the vulgar auteurists are wrong. This brit-accented antiquity drama mixed with fast-cut bloodless gladiator action (edited to hell, the same way I recall RE6) from the writers of Batman Forever was a nice-enough waste of time between Resident Evil episodes. Pretty girl Emily Browning (The Uninvited) likes slave-gladiator Kit Harington (best known as the star of Xavier Dolan’s eighth-best feature). Her dad Jared Harris (Benmont in Dead Man) and Emperor(?) Kiefer Sutherland are playing…
A wrecked movie theater where they project Pompei-related films (but not color ones) The fire department answering callers after earthquakes, all wanting to know if Vesuvius is exploding. Archaeologists and grave robbery investigations, a ship unloading tons of grain from Ukraine. Another lovely doc with gorgeous photography by Rosi, who would probably not be amused that I chose his movie for a double-feature with the Paul W.S. Anderson. How did the city name lose an “i” in the intervening…
“The whole clan hates me! All they see is demon blood! When I asked Aonung what the five fingers said to the face he didn’t get it! I had to slap him like six times!” ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ CRAAAAAAAB MEEEEEEEEECHS ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ cool so now we’re just torturing intelligent creatures ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ I don’t wanna see this, James Cameron! Why are you making me look at this, I already hate these assholes! Good job, you’ve made me hate Jemaine Clement! HE WAS TEMATOA, HE WOULD’VE FIT RIGHT IN HERE, TEACHING THE ILU TO…
Below Deck Down Under season 4 is over! Do we believe Captain Jason when he said, "I'm pretty proud of the crew this season"?
On the floor of the Romulan Senate, a momentous offer is under debate: an attempt by Shinzon (Tom Hardy), ruler of the twin world Remus, home of the Reman pariah class, to forge an alliance between the two worlds against which even the Federation must falter. Though the military is all for it, the Senators are by and large sceptical – so Senator Tal’aura (Shannon Cochran), who’s all for the deal, deploys plan B: a bioweapon which eliminates all the other Senators and paves the way for a…
About watching the film. It was a fun watch, but really memorable.
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I wanted a Coen movie, I got a Coen movie. Absolutely hilarious. And another fantastic cast. They were all a delight to watch, but I probably liked John Malkovich's performance the most. Also loved the idea with the CIA guy reporting those summaries of what had happened. Clever and funny.👍 Recommended!Next event: Deine Freunde on June 6, 2026, 17:00 at Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen.
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Fit check. Live from the set of Man of Tomorrow.— James Gunn (@jamesgunn.bsky.social) 2026-06-01T16:01:09.611Z Yeah, that sure is accurate to the comics. I adored Superman (2025). High hopes for this one when it releases in 2027.
Jennifer Maas / Variety: The film adaptation of Sega‘s iconic “Streets of Rage” video game is alive and well at Lionsgate and has found its new writers: Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog” film franchise masterminds, Pat Casey and Josh Miller. In addition to the “Sonic” duo, “The Harder They Fall” filmmaker Jeymes Samuel has joined the project to direct. Smart move bringing the Sonic duo into the mix, as they’ve delivered — thus far — three seemingly impossible, quite watchable movies.…
Earlier, I mentioned that the first of Henry Darrow’s three Zorro series was Filmation Associates’ 1981 animated series The New Adventures of Zorro. I’m going to repost and revise my discussion from my blog back in 2012: https://christopherlbennett.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/more-vintage-cartoons-filmations-lone-ranger-and-zorro/ The New Adventures was a moderately faithful adaptation featuring characters from the original book — not just Don Diego/Zorro (Henry Darrow) (the second production I’m…
What new reality shows will summer 2026 bring us, besides Love Island USA and Big Brother? What new seasons are coming? My frequently updated guide has them all!
This is your frequently updated guide to summer 2026 reality TV specials and streaming documentaries.
It's time for a detailed look at the June highlights on Turner Classic Movies!TCM will celebrate the centennial of Marilyn Monroe beginning on Monroe's June 1st birthday. She will continue as Star of the Month for the next three Mondays, ending on June 22nd.The TCM Spotlight will focus on disaster films every Wednesday.This month's Noir Alley movies are THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946) on June 6th and 7th, BLACKOUT (1954) on the 13th and 14th, THE MAN I LOVE (1946) on the 20th-21st, and STOLEN FACE…
Movies The Awakening (2011) D: Nick Murphy. S: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Shaun Dooley. Classy enough melodrama about post-Great War ghost hunter Hall going to investigate a boys’ school with a possible killer poltergeist on the roster. She meets various possible (human) suspects, such as fetching vet teacher West and creeper draft-dodger Mawle. The film’s on a budget and impressive with the constraints; sadly, the script’s finish leaves the actors…
As part of the Fritzes Best Interfaces award for 2026, I am reviewing the interfaces in Star Trek: Section 31. This post is about the interfaces used by Fuzz. Fuzz is a Nanokin, a species of microscopic, squidlike beings with impressive, tiny spaceships. To engage with his teammates in the human-scale world, he does so by flying into a black-market android built to look like a Vulcan, and controlling it from within. In the film they call both the android and the Nanokin “Fuzz”, but that would…
A classic string board appears in American Caper #7 (Dark Horse, May 2026). ▲ American Caper #7 (Dark Horse, May 2026) ▲ American Caper #7 (Dark Horse, May 2026), cover ▲ American Caper #7 (Dark Horse, May 2026) ▲ American Caper #7 (Dark Horse, May 2026) From contributor Colin Beineke.
From time to time, I like to re-watch some my favourite movies. Here are a few that have held up for me: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) The Summit of the Gods (2021) Your Name (2016) Meiyazhagan (2024) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Interstellar (2014) Superman (2025) The Dark Knight (2008)
A book of historical-fiction that feels like a cross between 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous' and 'The Bachelorette.'Reply via email
Warner Bros. Pictures / YouTube Survive the Summer. The End of Oak Street only in theaters and IMAX August 14. #EndofOakStreet #FilmedforIMAX After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings. This continues to look really good. I do also love that they’re leaning into the release…
Andy Griffith as Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes in A Face in the Crowd (1957) Vitals Andy Griffith as Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes, folksy yet power-hungry media personality Memphis to New York City, Spring 1956 Film: A Face in the Crowd Release Date: May 28, 1957 Director: Elia Kazan Costume Designer: Anna Hill Johnstone WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Today would have been the 100th birthday of Andy Griffith, born June 1, 1926. Already somewhat known as a comedian for routines like his breakthrough…
WIe're back in Northern California this week, but unlike most trips to the Bay Area, where we're in the 1960s, this time we're in the '70s, and so you'll get a slightly different look at channels as well as programs. One thing I did want to single out, tho0ugh, and that's KSHL in Chico, which features both the ABC news with Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner, and the CBS news with Walter Cronkite. Talk about fair and balanced, hmm? -2- KTVU (SAN FRANCISCO) (Ind.) MORNING 5:55 FARM MARKET REPORT…
If you have ever tried to rewatch Star Trek properly—not just dip into a favourite episode, but work through hundreds of instalments across multiple series—you will know the feeling. You pause Deep Space Nine for a few weeks, start something else, and suddenly you have no idea which episode you were on. Spreadsheets help for a while, then they do not. Notes on your phone get lost. Memory is unreliable when you jump between TNG, DS9, and whatever new show has just dropped. That is the problem…
Image source: IMDB For all the annoyances of social media, if there is one thing I love, it’s getting recommendations for films I’d never heard of previously. A Letterboxd list brought The Ball at the Anjo House to my attention a few weeks ago and I was lucky enough to find a watchable copy on YouTube. After seeing it, I cannot believe I had never heard of it before. The Ball at the Anjo House largely takes place over a single evening in the lives of the aristocratic Anjo family. However, their…
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is … Continue reading →
As Pride month begins, the Bush Theatre revives Waleed Akhtar’s 95-minute duologue, The P Word, a rom com of sorts with an asylum strand as two very different men of Pakistani descent almost reluctantly find love with one another. Using all of the tropes of the cinematic genre – which itself has inveigled its way […]
