American actress Gretchen Mol was supposed to be the It Girl of the 1990s (per Vanity
Apple just announced the premiere date for Silo season three! The first of ten episodes drops on July 3rd. This is, by far, the best season yet. You all aren’t ready. The post Silo Season Three! appeared first on Hugh Howey.
Eddie Albert in Roman Holiday (1953) Vitals Eddie Albert as Irving Radovich, expatriate newspaper photographer Rome, Summer 1952 Film: Roman Holiday Release Date: August 27, 1953 Director: William Wyler Costume Designer: Edith Head WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background It’s not easy to command attention when sharing the screen with icons like Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, but Eddie Albert shiend so brightly alongside them in Roman Holiday that the actor’s supporting performance received one of…
I’ve long had a soft spot in my heart for the 1998 movie “Practical Magic”, and what with news that there’s a sequel coming up later this year, with all four of the main actresses reprising their roles, paired with some insomnia, I decided to give it the old re-watch, just to see what I thought of it now. Beware: death of spouse; grief and depression; community hostility; bullying; domestic abuse; bit of copaganda. ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ “Practical Magic” is an adaptation of the novel of the same name,…
There’s something faintly uncanny about The Woman in Black still stalking our stages as it edges towards 40. A theatrical juggernaut that refuses to die, it creaks a little now, but like any good ghost, that sense of age and wear might actually be part of its lingering, peculiar charm. From the off, this feels steeped in the traditions of old-school chillers: the kind of story you might swap around a fire, all flicker and shadow and suggestion doing the heavy lifting. It’s undeniably…
Paris, Texas (1984)
The 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival is now just a little over a week away!The festival will take place from April 30th through May 3rd, 2026. This year's theme is "The World Comes to Hollywood."I'm very happy to say I'll again be covering this year's festival as a member of the credentialed media. This is my twelfth year covering the festival; it's always an honor and a privilege to do so.During the festival please follow me on Twitter ("X") for "as it happens" news and photos. The Twitter…
We started watching the movie as a family but finally I was the only one awake by the time the credits rolled in. They had already watched the movie on the big screen a few weeks back. தாய் கிழவி | 🔗 imdb | Pavunuthayi is a fiercely independent, intimidating elderly woman in a rural village, known for being tough, ruthless, and blunt-especially as a moneylender whose strict enforcement of dues makes her feared by locals. Machine tags 🏷️: movie:genre=comedy, movie:genre=social commentary,…
The first teaser trailer for the forthcoming Rogue Trooper movie was revealed today as part of a Deadline interview with filmmaker Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code, Mute, Warcraft).The teaser was released alongside 4 new stills taken from Rogue Trooper, which is due for release later this year. You can watch the teaser trailer below.Rogue Trooper is a fully animated science fiction feature from
Top Chef Carolinas is full of mysteries: What the heck is happening on Last Chance Kitchen? (I have a theory.) Superfans making decisions? Cracker Barrel?!
Lewis Gilbert's version of The Admirable Crichton is a handsome adaptation of one of J.M Barrie's most popular plays which, although often referred to as a "satire", was more than likely Barrie's way of disguising his gentle assault on the British class system. It's also a rather unabashed look at the utter helplessness the uppercrust have when they are thrust in a commonplace situation or, in this case, an un-commonplace situation. Lord Loam (Cecil Parker) is the father of three young women,…
Leonor falls in love with goth Luis Miguel, then is surprised when he acts all goth on their wedding night. The mismatched couple acts all doomed and stoic, allowing her stalker Diogo Doria and the narrator Oliveira Lopes to be pop-eyed loons in the opera’s background. I had decided that the title must be a metaphor, but for what? Then at the end of the second act, all the lead characters kill themselves, and a new group of men is introduced, who eat Luis Miguel, thinking him part of the bridal…
Jake, bud, I know there’s a lot of cultural context I’m missing here, but I don’t think “Please excuse my wife, she’s being emotional” is a good call in any culture ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ “We cannot let you bring your war here” is honestly a pretty understandable position, but this leader betrayed his own fatal mistake earlier saying ‘we are not at war’ because that position assumes whitey will differentiate between Blue and Different Blue and lemme tell ya, whitey’s good at a lot of things but that ain’t…
The first recording today starts with the end of UFO. Then it’s a repeat of Space 1999 – The Bringers of Wonder (part 1). Media Centre Description: The Bringers of Wonder (Part 1): Commander Koenig seems to have a nervous breakdown, but when he awakes from his induced coma he does not see friends – he sees hideous creatures. Recorded from ITV4 on Wednesday 23rd December 2009 10:18 After this the recording ends with the start of The Saint. Next it’s an episode of Art Attack. Neil does some…
Ray Milland is a bad husband to Maureen O’Sullivan, working for toxic boss Charles Laughton. When the boss threatens to fire and blacklist Ray from the publishing industry if he leaves for a long-delayed honeymoon, Ray responds by standing up his wife and getting drunk with some strange girl (Rita Johnson, Ray’s fiancee in The Major and the Minor). Coincidentally the strange girl is the boss’s mistress, whom the boss murders that same night, calling in his cleaner Steve (Human Duplicator George…
(all about man-on-man sex, described in street language, so entirely unsuitable for kids or the sexually modest) My latest gay porn DVD, ordered on sale and on spec, on the basis of Malik Delgaty’s brief appearance in a different MEN.com compendium, the The Men’s Room. The DVD Malik Delgaty: The Ultimate Ride (2026), with 4 scenes: “Ass Blaster” (2020), “(The) Bootyguard” (2022), “Bussy Control” (2023), and “Hook Up Trade” (2023). About MD, from Wikipedia: Justin Lesage (born 29 September…
Everything about this was just delightful! It was cleverly written, with plausible links into the ongoing lives of the pride and prejudice characters. I particularly liked the way that Mr Darcy was not portrayed as dashing, handsome and the way that he remained in the background (deliberately so when the formidable Mrs Bennet was around!). I also liked the way that the sometimes simplistic characters from P&P were shown to have depth. Mr Collins was still odious but revealed hidden doubts; Miss…
I get quite a bit of discomfort from Pietro Germi’s jet-black comedies, but I’m coming to see that as a good thing. I was dumbfounded that a filmmaker existed who, hearing of the so-called honour killings in Sicily, a truly horrific circumstance of state-sanctioned misogyny where men murdered their wives and were given light sentences […]
Former Deputy Artistic Director of the National Theatre Clint Dyer moves down the road to the Old Vic to direct a somewhat reimagined look at One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dale Wasserman's play based on Ken Kesey's novel about order versus anarchy - where order comes across very much as the bad guy. In a 1960s New Orleans mental asylum, the patients appear to be steadily and quietly getting on with their treatment under Dr Spivey (Matthew Steer) and Nurse Ratched (Future Dame Olivia…
StarringJack Black, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior, and Selton MelloDirectorTom GormicanOverviewA group of friends facing mid-life crises head to the rainforest with the intention of remaking their favorite movie from their youth, only to find themselves in a fight for their lives against natural disasters, giant snakes and violent criminals.ReviewAnaconda is not a good movie, but it’s incredibly funny and a wonderful homage to the original. A “spiritual successor” as…
Here's some thoughts about how Gundam 00 adapted as a live performance is better than it has any right to be For some backstory, a few months ago I'd been doing a re-watch of 2007's Mobile Suit Gundam 00 with my kids; for one of them it's a favorite entry in the franchise but for the other it's a Gundam series they hadn't seen yet, and when we got about midway through season 2 I remembered that this is a thing that happened: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - Re:Build If you're rightly wondering how in…
Theater Mu's world premiere new play HMong Futures: The Future of Us tells the specific story of three generations of HMong women in rural Minnesota, that is universal in its depiction of a family with conflicts and misunderstandings, but great love and a sense of tradition that keeps them together, even when things get hard. Written by HMong American playwright Katie Ka Vang, whose work has frequently been seen on Mu and other stages around town (most recently Sixpack at the Jungle), it's a…
Here is a 36-page guide I wrote for Raindance on how to best navigate the Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film. Download your free copy below:Cannes Confidential6.61MB ∙ PDF fileDownloadThe Raindance Guide to Navigating the Cannes Film Festival and Marché du FilmDownloadDownloadEvery spring, around this time, my inbox develops a particular shape.Somebody emails to ask which badge they need. Somebody else emails to say they’ve been told Cannes tickets are ‘a lottery’ and is that really true?…
I'm in a bit of denial but I can't escape the fact I'm rewatching The West Wing. So far I've just been cherry picking odd episodes but at some point I will have watched them all. So I might as well just watch them in the proper order as nature and Aaron Sorkin intended. It's not been that long since my last rewatch. Maybe four years. And it's a lot of tv show. My time would certainly be better spent elsewhere. It's just so comforting. The hum of intense conversation back and forth. And it's a…
So…now that I’ve finally seen it, I’m not sure what this was meant to be about. I don’t mean the plot – that’s simple to describe, in terms of what happens, who was involved, when do things take place. What I’m not sure about is the “why” – in the “why are we hearing this story” sense. And I already knew the 25-words-or-less summary anyway. Deliverance is about four Atlanta businessmen taking an ill-fated canoe trip through rural Georgia; lead by Lewis (Burt Reynolds), the most “outdoorsy” of…
When a small-town police station is threatened with shutting down because of too little crime, the police realize that something must be done. Absolute funny comedy, feels like a Swedis Super Troopers. It’s raunchy at places, predictable, but it’s very very funny, and the references (like the last scene) show that it’s getting its inspiration from the best movies of all time. Six popcorns and it goes into the Movie Vault, another great recommendation from Bellz. To see all 13 photos, visit the…
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Welcome back to another excellent week of comics and... not much else. That doesn't mean it's a complete waste of a week though. There are still some decent shows returning and a couple albums that might be worth checking out... The Media Guide | FoofarawYour weekly guide to the movies, shows, comics, and albums worth knowing about.FoofarawInteractive webapp for paid subscribers⚔️ Head Lopper Vol. 2 #1 — Image ComicsIt's the return of one of the most fun, quirky comics with amazing world…
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) has finally been released for streaming (on Hulu), and
If you wanted more from Untold's take on the turn-of-the-millennium Portland team, or more crime-adjacent basketball stories period, we're here to help.
