This blog has profiled 1920's and 1930's comics Harry Sweet, Lloyd Hamilton, Joe Rock's Three Fat Guys series and such Columbia Shorts Department stalwarts as The Three Stooges, Andy Clyde, Leon Errol and Harry Langdon in search of laughs. Now we travel across the pond and leap several decades later to 1980's and 1990's with French & Saunders and The Vicar Of Dibley.Enjoyed the Comic Relief Special 2015 - The Bishop Of Dibley. Dawn French gets this comedy fan thinking of Melissa McCarthy,…

Video transcript: The Cherry Orchard at the Swan Theatre in Stratford. The Cherry Orchard isn’t a favourite play of mine, but the cast – Kenneth Branagh, Helen Hunt, Bill Pullman – that’s what got me up to Stratford-upon-Avon for this. And it was amazing to see the cast. That was a real highlight for me, particularly Kenneth Branagh.He performs in a Northern Irish accent, and it really changed my perspective of him as a performer. In my head, I could see the performance he was going to give,…

Diesen Kartoffelsalat hatte ich mir vor einigen Jahren in Rørvig / Sjælland in Dänemark ausgedacht. Ende der Saison. Sonnig und frisch. Typisch dänisches Spätsommerwetter, das ich so sehr mag. Eingehüllt in Wälder. Unsichtbar zwischen Bäumen ein wunderschönes Haus. Die Zutaten für den Kartoffelsalat hatte ich in Nykøbing gekauft. Dieser kleinen Stadt, die so unspektakulär ist. Oft sieht man zu dieser Jahreszeit in der kleinen Fußgängerzone nur wenige Menschen, die sich wie in Zeitlupe an den…

I've always enjoyed films showing how things are made, and so British Pathe have done me proud here. And there are two more to watch too!

FORTY NAUGHTY GIRLS. RKO Radio Pictures, 1937. James Gleason (Inspector Oscar Piper), Zasu Pitts (Hildegarde Withers), Marjorie Lord, Joan Woodbury, Tom Kennedy. Based on story and/or characters created by Stuart Palmer. Director: Edward Cline. Nothing naughty about this movie at all. What this is instead is the last of the Hildegarde Withers movies, as she and Inspector Piper solve the murders committed backstage while a musical is going on. We see a lot of legs but nothing more. Zasu Pitts,…

The first recording today starts with the end of Bear Behaving Badly. There’s a trail for Comedy Doubles. Then a short episode of Leon. Then it’s a repeat of Shaun the Sheep – Takeaway. Media Centre Description: Children’s animation. Set on a remote rural farm, Shaun’s flock lives a peaceful life under the watchful eye of their sheepdog Bitzer. The tempting aroma of the Farmer’s takeaway inspires Shaun and his pals to go on a mission to the local pizzeria. Recorded from BBC ONE on Thursday 15th…

Floral print decor runs rampant throughout David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. From floral wallpaper found throughout the Palmer house to walls lined with flowers in Laura Palmer’s dreamworld, flowers are seen everywhere. I recently identified a floral print hanging in the Hayward’s dining room. This time, I travel across their home to look at a... The post Twin Peaks Set Decoration – ‘May’ from ‘Twelve Months of Flowers’ in Hayward House Foyer appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

The British crime melodrama WALK A TIGHTROPE (1963) will be released on Blu-ray next week by Kino Lorber.Patricia Owens plays Ellen Sheppherd, an American living in London, where she's happily married to Jason (Terence Cooper), a businessman.One afternoon a grizzled older American, Carl (Dan Duryea), bursts in to their home and abruptly guns down Jason at point-blank range.Jason's friend Doug (Richard Leech), who had been upstairs at the time of the killing, runs into the room and Carl knocks…

Louise Lasser, best known as the star of the show Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, died on July 6, 2026, at the age of 87. Louise Lasser was born on April 11, 1939, in New York City. Her father, S. Jay Lasser was a tax expert who wrote the book Everybody's Income Tax Guide. Louise Lasser studied political science at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. While there she took part in the school's musicals. She left college after three years and went back to New York City. She then began…

Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie, trailer, is a bat-shit crazy (to say the least) time-travel caper I found while perusing the movie listings on Kanopy last week. It’s a story about two musicians, Matt Johnson, and Jay McCarrol, portraying themselves, who live in Toronto, Canada. Both are in a music act named Nirvanna the Band, where they usually improvise their songs. Although they’ve been at it for nearly two decades, as of 2025, success has eluded the duo, and many of the city’s live…

New release; it’s my pastor’s testimony! New arrival — should be great!

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Prime Video / YouTube: Welcome to a future we no longer control. Blade Runner 2099, a new series, premieres November 25 on Prime Video. First of all, a distinct lack of Miguel O’Hara. Big issue. Secondly, while I am still really really skeptical of a Blade Runner TV series (Blade Runner 2049 being as good as it was is a minor miracle), there’s one thing for sure here: Ridley Scott is making sure this series is using up all of Jeff Bezos’ money. Bless him for it. Gonna be a fine Thanksgiving…

Wow … so I got a teaser email about Aion 2 and a package with a 5 day headstart. The link...

The BSFFS started as a sort of spin-off from the British Silent Film Festival which had run at Nottingham and then Leicester since around 1998. The festival was once a mixture of films and academic papers, but the organisers asked me to run a separate event which emphasised the academic papers, enabling the festival itself to emphasise the films. Actually both events have continued to include both films and papers. Having been tidying up my office, I have identified the paperwork for a variety…

Here’s a plea – will someone who knows someone who sleeps with someone who works with someone who can fund an animated series, please put the relevant person or persons in front of Samurai Frog Golf. I have no idea why this awesome piece of animation hasn’t garnered millions of hits, but I guess I would have to ask The Algorithm and it’s currently not speaking to me. Regardless, this short by Marza Animation Planet deserves a much larger audience than it got a few years ago. It tells the story…

by Joe Reid You can always tell when you are looking at something futuristic. Sometimes it’s in the outfits, all shiny and metallic, since we will all be dressing like walking tin cans in the future. Sometimes it’s the way people move: robotic and stiff. Sometimes it is the wild hairdos, big and colorful, with … Continue reading [July 24, 1971] Hairless and Meaningless (the movie THX-1138) → The post [July 24, 1971] Hairless and Meaningless (the movie <i>THX-1138</i>) appeared first on Galactic…

I have a new Blu-ray review up at Classic Movie Hub!In this month's Western RoundUp column I've reviewed THE MAVERICK QUEEN (1956), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, and Scott Brady.THE MAVERICK QUEEN has just been released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber Studio Classics. This is particularly exciting given that, to my knowledge, the movie never came out on DVD in the United States, and prints I've come across in the past have been rather poor. Kino Lorber's new disc looks terrific.I found…

Still out of town, but nobody's messing with The Odyssey. Fantasia opening night film Her Private Hell opens at Kendall Square. Nicolas Winding Refn's first film in years, it stars Sophie Thatcher as an actress expected to reconcile with her best-friend-turned-stepmom while making a movie, after she and another costar witness a murder, in a heightened future. Looks amazing, script's a mess.

A few months ago, we wrapped on season four of Silo, which will be the last season. Even though most of the work was done filming the show, and season three was ready to air, there’s still a lot of post-production to do on season four. But it felt like the journey was over for most of the people working on the show. I have to keep reminding myself that the journey is only halfway over for those of you watching Silo. Spoiler alerts before you read on! Season three is now four episodes in, and…

When you’re late to open the Commonwealth Games, King Charles and Queen Camilla had only one option – to requisition the Tardis to ensure that they arrived on time. That’s the amusing premise of this intro to the opening of the games. Echoing his mother’s (the late Queen Elizabeth II) James Bond escapade for the opening of the London Olympics in 2012, another Great British Institution (that’s GBI for short) has been used to create a playful and unforgettable entrance to the Commonwealth Games…

The Furious (2025) • View trailerFour stars* (out of five); rated R, for strong, bloody violence, gore and profanityAvailable via: Amazon Prime and other VOD optionsBy Derrick BangThe dramatic paradigm shifts in martial arts movies can be traced to specific actors and directors. Bruce Lee kick-started the franchise (pun intended) with 1973’s Enter the Dragon, and Jackie Chan moved the needle a decade later, with his signature blend of death-defying stunt work and comedic touches. Having tracked…

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Once a lone bounty hunter, Mandalorian Din Djarin and his apprentice Grogu embark on an exciting new Star Wars adventure. Astonishing visuals, good music, some slow pacing, but in the end it’s a Star Wars title and it’s done pretty well. Five popcorns, this was pretty fun to watch. To see all 30 photos, visit the article page. This article was originally published at: https://andrei.xyz/movies/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu/

The pre-Code Warner Bros. film THE KEYHOLE (1933), a melodrama with comedic overtones, will be released on Blu-ray next week by the Warner Archive Collection.I don't believe I'd seen this film since my first viewing in 2008, during a time period when I was recording and watching as many Kay Francis films as I could! At the time of my first viewing I classed THE KEYHOLE as "somewhat odd but watchable." It was great fun to return to it, having seen many more pre-Codes in the interim, with a…

We have been posting some tricky screenshots the past few months, so here is an easy one for summer... a happy singing gypsy! As always, if you are not familiar with the rules to the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize, click here.

The loss of a child is serious business, but director Hirokazu Kore-eda treats the subject gently in Sheep in the Box, a fable bolstered by a touch of sci-fi. Kore-eda's screenplay involves a humanoid, a robot child that enters the movie to ease the pain of two grieving parents (Daigo Yamamoto and Haruka Ayase). A company called Rebirth contacts the grieving couple. The company creates an exact replica of their late son Kakeru (Rimu Kuwaki), a humanoid that's been programmed to look, sound, and…

TCM Summer Under the Stars returns to Turner Classic Movies next month. Like many TCM fans, I always look forward to it, my only caveat being that Noir Alley is off for a whole month. Regardles, this year has some of my favourite stars and there are also several days devoted to stars who are entirely new to Summer Under the Stars. These include Diane Keaton, George Hamilton, Marie Windsor, Bonita Granville, and Brock Peters. TCM's hosts also got to pick stars to whom days would be devoted to.…

Without spoilers, which should I watch, and which should I skip? Archive Colossal The Space Between Us Rim of the World Kin Spaceman (with Adam Sandler) Paradise Anon Extinction The Great Flood Office Invasion