Four-part drama depicting the life of Hollywood’s greatest leading man, Archibald Alexander Leach - A.K.A. Cary Grant. One of the twentieth century’s most iconic figures, Cary Grant touched the world with his charm, wit, and grace. But few knew Archie Leach, the man behind the name, and the enormous challenges he overcame on his path to stardom. From his troubled childhood to the one overpowering lie that shaped his life, this surprising and emotional drama captures the struggles, fears, loves,…

The Royal Court's 70th Anniversary season has included looking back at a few landmark productions, and in Man to Man we get the most direct revival yet, as the original creative team of Manfred Karge's monologue has returned, along with the original star who hasn't appeared on stage since she was last here in the same role: Tilda Swinton plays Max, an elderly man who takes us through the story of his life, revealing that he is, in fact, his own widow: Max died of cancer in a provincial part of…

Me, a few days ago: Hey, Penguicon has some great Guests of Honor lined up! Not a dud in the bunch. Then they posted this. Looks like I’m going to be a Guest of Honor at Penguicon 2027. I was previously a Penguicon GoH in 2013, so obviously they didn’t learn their lesson. The con runs April 8-11 2027 so if you’re in Detroit, do sign up. Other guests include Dr Rob Pyatt, Jennifer Brozek, John Chu, Phenderson Djéli Clark, and Seanan McGuire. With heavy hitters like this, I’m not sure why they…

A classic, meticulous string wall appears in the introductory scene of Colony [Gunche] (dir. Yeon Sang-ho, 2026). ▲ Colony [Gunche] (dir. Yeon Sang-ho, 2026) ▲ Colony [Gunche] (dir. Yeon Sang-ho, 2026) ▲ Colony [Gunche] (dir. Yeon Sang-ho, 2026) ▲ Colony [Gunche] (dir. Yeon Sang-ho, 2026) ▲ Colony [Gunche] (dir. Yeon Sang-ho, 2026)

Nicolas Cage as Sailor Ripley in Wild at Heart (1990) Vitals Nicolas Cage as Sailor Ripley, an A #1-certified manslaughterer who just broke parole Cape Fear to Texas via New Orleans, Fall 1989 Film: Wild at Heart Release Date: August 17, 1990 Director: David Lynch Costume Designer: Amy Stofsky WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background This week continues to explore unconventional style from David Lynch movies with a long-overdue look at Nic Cage’s snakeskin jacket as the swaggering Sailor Ripley in…

This week's international issue reminds us that the United States and Canada aren't all that different, at least when it comes to television. Sunday features pro football, just as it is south of the border. And a good many American programs make the lineup on both CBC and CTV. No matter which way you look at it, it spells entertainment. This week's issue covers Washington and British Columbia, with Ted Turner's Superstation thrown in as part of the bargain. 2 CBUT (VANCOUVER) (CBC) MORNING 9 AM…

“Attack and Destroy the Enemy.” Kurosawa’s wartime factory girl film THE MOST BEAUTIFUL is mostly a rather gentle and positive bit of propaganda, focussing on the nobility of doing one’s duty, which would remain a core value for the filmmaker (see also REDBEARD, for instance). So the discomfort inherent in a film about an imperialist […]

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 →

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I have very fond memories of reading the novel RANDOM HARVEST, by James Hilton, when I was in high school.Years later I owned the 1942 movie on VHS. I fondly recall the film, yet I had not seen it for many years before watching it this weekend thanks to the new Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.I'm glad to say, now having revisited it, that RANDOM HARVEST is just as good as my memories of it. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, it's MGM '40s moviemaking at its very best.The plot is…

Happy #8bitday!And happy Progammer’s Day! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer%27s_Day) — one of the rare annual ordinal date observations, based on the day of the year, rather than day of a specific month of the year.Piano Day is another, celebrated on the 88th day of the year:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Day* https://tantek.com/2024/088/t1/world-piano-day-ordinal-date-iso-8601Do you know of any other annual ordinal date observances?Besides New Year’s Day of course.Previously,…

I was flipping channels earlier this Sunday afternoon and came across this PBS Frontline episode from 2002. It was about John O’Neill, a cranky and prescient FBI agent who investigated Al Qaeda attacks in Yemen and Africa. And in a wild twist, became the head of security at the twin towers after being forced out of government work. You can’t make this stuff up.

🍿 Finished watching: GOAT. This was a great movie. The animation was unique, the characters were fun and the anthropomorphic nature gave me a glimpse of what a Blacksad movie could feel like.

StarringZoey Deutch, John Slattery, Ken Marino, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, and Ben WangDirectorDavid WainOverviewIt's hammer time... who's your celebrity sex pass?Small-town Kansas hairdresser Gail Daughtry's fiancé uses his 'celebrity sex pass' on Jennifer Aniston, prompting Gail to travel to LA with her friend Otto to find her own pass, Jon Hamm, to even the score.Review Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass What if The Wizard of Oz, but in LA and instead of looking for a way home it’s having…

A poster promoting 'The Vampire' (a.k.a. Theda Bara) in 'A Fool There Was' (1915).Good stretch of interesting silent film shows in the past few days. I did music for 'Beau Geste' (1926) on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at the Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit, Maine; then Harold Lloyd's 'Hot Water' (1924) up in Brandon, Vt. on Saturday, Sept. 12; then Theda Bara in 'A Fool There Was' (1915)—a film I'd never accompanied before—on Sunday, Sept. 13 at the Town Hall Theatre in Wilton, N.H.Healthy attendance at all…

Today’s recording is a movie, The Damned United. It’s one of the seemingly many biographical films written by Peter Morgan and starring Michael Sheen. In this one, Sheen plays football manager Brian Clough, and charts his brief tenure as manager of Leeds United, while also showing his earlier career at Derby County. Colm Meany plays Don Revie, who left Leeds to manage England. Timothy Spall plays Clough’s right hand man at Derby County, Peter Taylor. Jim Broadbent plays Sam Longson, Derby’s…

by Cláudio Alves Over the last decade and change, Kamila Andini has become one of Indonesia's most acclaimed and internationally recognized filmmakers. Her debut, 2011’s The Mirror Never Lies, carried the pressure of paternal legacy, for Andini is the daughter of renowned director Garin Nugroho. Yet, the film’s promise of excellence was enough to supersede the legacy of blood and quiet any errant accusations of nepotism. More successes followed, including 2021’s Yuni, which represented…

A busy Russian doctor is the top expert in her field and an in-demand speaker for the feminist movement but her fiance feels neglected and looks for love elsewhere. Home Media Availability: Stream courtesy of EYE. The Little Man at Home “Lady doctors” were a wildly popular movie topic in the early to mid-1910s and […]

"Never at the office." A newly hired lawyer (Brett Goldstein) working for an airline, falls for the company CEO (Jennifer Lopez). They begin a relationship that could potentially be ruinous to the company’s future. This painfully uninspired and formulaic film does have a few things going for it. J-Lo can act, and she does a lot with very little. The quirky friend is Betty Gilpin who is probably the funniest character in the film, and there is a shocking and graphic childbirth scene that caught…

Cover Up lasted for a single season back in 1984, but it’s most well-known for how one of its stars died mid-season.Danielle Reynolds is a New York fashion photographer. She’s married to Mark, an embassy functionary (but really a CIA agent) in La Costa, a fictional country south of the border. When Mark is killed in a car bombing, Danielle finds an ex-special forces soldier named Mac who just happens to be handsome enough to pose as a model, and they travel to La Costa to investigate. At the…

From an unmade Star Trek episode written by Jeff Lint, related to us by Steve Aylett: Lint describes a series of hypervivid visuals to be superimposed over Kirk’s sweating face — he undergoes a sort of 2001 Stargate experience unachievable by weekly television budgets of the time. McCoy sees the treacly release of enzymes in redemption orgies of polarity breakdown, all matter flushing with an eternal blush of realisation. Spock, eyebrow raised, watches fiery loops reconnecting in escalating…

Back in 1979, Judy Dench and Ian McKellen (then without the Dame and the Sir in front of their names) gave me one of life’s Uh huh moments, when I sat down to watch them star in a TV production of Macbeth. I had studied the play at school and, frankly, it hadn’t lit my candle, let alone fire. I think I struggled to relate to Macbeth and his wife – and although I didn’t find the text impenetrable, I think the fact that the “performances” were left to me and my classmates (we didn’t have a video…

Cover Up lasted for a single season back in 1984, but it’s most well-known for how one of its stars died mid-season.Danielle Reynolds is a New York fashion photographer. She’s married to Mark, an embassy functionary (but really a CIA agent) in La Costa, a fictional country south of the border. When Mark is killed in a car bombing, Danielle finds an ex-special forces soldier named Mac who just happens to be handsome enough to pose as a male model in one of her shoots, and they travel to La Costa…

On its own terms, Grant Gee’s Everybody Digs Bill Evans is an extraordinary film, fully deserving the accolades and awards coming its way. Adapted from Intermission, the 2013 novella by the Welsh writer Owen Martell, it concentrates on the months in 1961 following the car crash that took the life of the bassist Scott LaFaro, depriving Evans of his closest musical partner and throwing him into a a severe depression. The Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie delivers a finely drawn portrait of…

NARUTO:-"I'm gonna bring Sasuke back, the girl I like told me so"- Never mind that Sasuke doesn't want to come back. Ignore friend's desires and invalidate his decisions.- Never offer your friend help with his revenge because that would be so evil (but go revenge Jiraiya) SASUKE:- See brother kill all your family, be put in school and slowly see that nobody in your village gives a fuck about finding the responsible of the crime.- Be called an emo for decades for wanting justice for an affront,…

What a cast, what performances; everyone was at the top of their game in Golden Boy at the Almeida Theatre. It was pin-drop theatre from start to finish. Josh O’Connor is lean and muscular, a lost young man torn between pursuing music, which fulfils him and a desire for money and status, which he could get through boxing. But he can’t do both; throwing himself fully into boxing means he’ll likely damage his hands so he can no longer play the violin. Joe’s inner turmoil is matched by an external…

La Haine (1995)

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet......A few weeks ago my husband had a chance meeting at his gym, spurred by a t-shirt he was wearing, which rather unbelievably has now led to a key prop from THE SEARCHERS (1956) being delivered to the Museum of Western History in Lone Pine. He tells the story on Instagram....A fun side note to my husband's tale is that he purchased the shirt which kicked off the conversation from the Bridgeport Fire Department, which is located…

(1976) Directed by Gottfried Kolditz; Written by Joachim Hellwig and Gottfried Kolditz; Starring: Jana Brejchová, Alfred Struwe, Ekkehard Schall, Milan Beli, Silvia Popovici, Violeta Andrei and Leon Niemczyk; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ***½ Akala (Jana Brejchová): “Our first law asks that no human may oppress another.” Chief (Ekkehard Schall): “A nice thought. But the Turi have no culture. You see, by the time you are on your way home, the Turi will believe they were dreaming. Gods…

I acquired several several color transparencies from ABC / Capitol Cities featuring characters from David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. I’ve shared a few of them in previous articles, such as Peggy Lipton as Norma Jennings and Sheriff Harry S. Truman and Josie Packard. This time, the small town Sheriff (Michael Ontkean) joins Special Agent... The post Twin Peaks Publicity – Special Agent Dale Cooper and Sheriff Harry S. Truman with Doughnuts appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.