When it was recently announced that a relaunch of the, "Avengers," comic was happening with Chip Zdarsky writing, my first reaction was, “Wasn’t this declared months ago?” You see, in my apparent ignorance, I thought the new, “Avengers: Armageddon,” comic which Chip Zdarsky is doing with artists Delio Diaz and Frank Allier, was the latest ongoing book about the Avengers, hence, you know, the book’s name. Apparently, it is merely a five-issue miniseries that will lead into the actual relaunch…

The archetypical Edinburgh Fringe show makes the most of its constraints: simple, sparse sets in front of an immobile audience. Most artists lose money at the fringe, so why go further into the red with “immersive” performances that require expensive and elaborate sets, or trade ticket sales for participation? Yet some brave souls persist. So here is my list of shows I’m keeping an eye on. There’s no strong guiding principle – don’t ask me why this or that show is or isn’t included, I will…

by Nathaniel R Four inspirations for 2026 movies: Mrs Dalloway becomes CLARRISA, The Unfaithful Wife becomes MINOTAUR, Rocky (1976) gets a making of bio with I PLAY ROCKY, and of course the bestseller turned blockbuster PROJECT HAIL MARY As someone who never used to have writers block but who has it frequently now, I have a newly reinvigorated respect for fellow writers who perservere. That said, the screenwriters life can't be easy given the amount of script doctoring, star and director and…

One of the earliest articles on Twin Peaks Blog was about artwork by English artist Jon Atwood displayed on the Double R Diner set. This article kicked off years of research into identifying props and other set decorations (there’s even a page dedicated to this work now). I love identifying these set pieces as they... The post Twin Peaks Prop – “Woodland Pool” in Annie Blackburn’s Hospital Room appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

Another early from Luigi Maggi, co-directing with the euphoniously-named Arturo Ambrosio. No idea how they divided the duties or why they needed to. It’s less than ten minutes long! “Galileo studies the rotational motion of the earth.” A challenge for filmmakers of this period, making the kind of thing one more naturally associates with Paul […]

I talked with Top Chef season one star Lee Anne Wong about her latest competition experience—and her first-ever win—on 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing.

Having just finished Spider-Noir (and thoroughly enjoyed it), I felt the need to read a few reviews of the show to see if my opinion matched with those of the critics. It did – Spider-Noir is widely considered an entertaining and visually unique show, with a distinct and very stylish noir aesthetic. However, several of the reviews stated that this was Nicolas Cage’s first TV show – something that isn’t quite correct… In fact, Cage has dipped his toe in to TV waters once or twice over the years,…

Well this is one of the nerdiest things I’ve ever seen, and I love it. Laser engraved coasters for notable chips from computing history: www.evilgeniuslabs.org/macrochip…

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet......Kino Lorber has announced that TILL WE MEET AGAIN (1944) will be released August 25th. The Blu-ray disc, from a 4K scan of the 35mm nitrate original negative and 35mm composite fine grain, is a restoration by Universal and the Film Foundation. It will include a commentary track by Imogen Sara Smith....Leonard Maltin reviews the new Blu-rays of NIGHT WORLD (1932) and THE BIG COMBO (1955)....Chris Yogerst has a new article for…

Watched “The Dogs of War” (United Artists, 1980) this evening, directed by John Irvin, starring Christopher Walken. I didn’t know anything about it going in, but Walken did not disappoint.

It’s getting close to bed time so let’s all say “good night” to Special Agent Dale Cooper. This publicity photo was scanned from a photo slide I acquired via an online auction. It’s a still photo taken during Twin Peaks episode 1.002 just before Cooper’s strange dreams of the Red Room, Laura Palmer’s cousin, BOB... The post Twin Peaks Publicity – Special Agent Dale Cooper Sleeping in Episode 1.002 appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

What time is it? Time to continue my look at the new-to-me movies I saw back in August 2025 as part of TCM’s Summer Under the Stars event. In today’s post, I’m taking a look at Days 7, 8, and 9. Day 7: Ruby Dee – A Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1982) Earlier last year, I’d tried watching the Katharine Hepburn version of this Eugene O’Neill play, but I didn’t get far. I think it’s because I didn’t really understand what was going on. But while doing the research for the Blu-ray release of The…

Watched on Saturday June 6, 2026.

The first recording today starts with the end of Finley the Fire Engine. Then it’s Kerwhizz – Funfair Freeway. Media Centre Description: It’s all the fun of the fair in the quiz with added whizz. Join teams Ninki, Twist and Kit as they hop on the ride and try their luck at Kerwhizzitor’s kerwhizzical questions. Will getting the best Pod Mod help them win in this funtastic rollercoaster of a raceworld? Recorded from BBC TWO on Tuesday 16th February 2010 07:38 BBC Genome: BBC TWO Tuesday 16th…

Making a welcome return to the Melbourne stage after only four years, John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet consolidates its position as a treasured favourite of dancers and audiences alike. Staged for this season by Yseult Lendvai and Mark Kay, the performance is brimming with youthful joy, all too brutally offset by the weight of tragedy. Festival scenes are joyously buoyant, the Capulet Ball is ostentatiously splendid, and sword fighting is thrillingly visceral. The sumptuous revival grandly fills…

Anthony Head, best known for playing Rupert "Ripper" Giles on the classic TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died on June 1, 2026 at the age of 72. The cause was complications from pneumonia. He also starred in the shows Little Britain, Merlin, and Ted Lasso. With Sharon Maugham, he appeared in a series of commercials for Nescafé Gold Blend coffee from 1987 to 1993.Anthony Head was born on February 20, 1954, in London. His father was documentary filmmaker Stewart Head and his mother was…

Gathered up these lobby cards from the twelve corners of the internet for possible inclusion in our latest video essay, Glorious Disaster… and then I don’t think we used any of them. There was too much other good stuff to put in. Well, what doesn’t go into a video SHOULD appear here on Shadowplay, so… […]

It’s time once again to revisit the Sixth Doctor’s Big Finish audio adventures. Last time, we took a little side trek to check out the first season of The Lost Stories, in which Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant reunited to bring to life stories originally destined for the cancelled version of Season 23; before that, we delved into the triumphant run of Sixth Doctor/Charley Pollard stories. With Blue Forgotten Planet wrapping that sequence up, the main range was back to a point where the question…

Eigentlich schade, daß die Spargelsaison so kurz ist, aber auf der anderen Seite ist die Freude darauf umso größer und wir nutzen die wenigen Wochen auch immer richtig gut mit Spargelgerichten in allen Variationen aus. Gewünscht wurde vom Lieblingsmann ein Spargelsalat und herausgekommen ist wieder ein schmackhafter Sattmachersalat, der bei den aktuellen Temperaturen genau richtig ist. Die

The fame of Nosferatu notwithstanding, most of the vampires in silent film were metaphorical and almost all were women. (Almost all.) The concept of a vampire referring to a predatory women was popularized in English by a Philip Burne-Jones painting, which inspired a Rudyard Kipling poem, both entitled The Vampire. Hollywood made vamp films before […]

In the days of nickelodeons and travelling shows when most films were under ten minutes long, audiences were typically treated to whole programs of travelogues, comedies, little dramas, and other early films. These often ran continuously throughout the day and … Continue reading →

StarringAsif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, Poorna Jagannathan, Brian George, Fred ArmisenOverviewClean in the front. Dirty in the back.When their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba's secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (63% Community)Silly and a lot of fun. Does crime pay after all?PreviousReviewed Jun 19, 2025Deli Boys (2025-) |…

Creative Assembly and Sega have lifted the lid on their new survival horror game, Alien: Isolation 2.The game is, as subtly hinted by the title, the sequel to Alien: Isolation, released in 2014. That game saw the player take on the role of Amanda Ripley, the daughter of the movies' Ellen Ripley, as she is summoned to the Sevastopol space station only to find it infested with the traditional xenomorphs.The sequel takes place planetside, at the Kurasaki Colony. A crashed ship, possibly related to…

Matt Murdock hangs up the mantle of Daredevil after a personal tragedy and so he can focus on his work as an attorney in New York City. The unexpected election of convicted ex-convict and former crime lord Wilson Fisk to the position of Mayor brings Murdock - and Daredevil - back into play.The Netflix-Marvel collaborative series Daredevil (2015-18) was a huge success, a premium TV show featuring one of Marvel's most interesting and conflicted characters. Superb casting, including for-the-ages…

By Jessica Holmes First things first: it’s pronounced: DAY-mons. Second things second, we’re entering into the final story of this year’s Doctor Who run, but the good news is that it’s a good’un. Something terrible is lurking beneath the quaint rural village of Devil’s End, and a certain renegade Time Lord is about to wake … Continue reading [June 6th, 1971] Something Wicked This Way Comes (Doctor Who: The Daemons) → The post [June 6th, 1971] Something Wicked This Way Comes (<i>Doctor Who</i>:…

It’s been a pretty busy week (and a blog post about that is soon to come) but let’s kick off this long weekend with another optical media post, looking at some media IDs that I haven’t otherwise seen before, courtesy of my Japanese source of second-hand items, Suruga-ya. The Media Luckily for me, they had enough stock so that I could get a decent number of samples of different types. Unifino 4x DVD-R for Video The first one is this blue-purple-and-clear wrapped pack of 10 discs. They are 4x…

Gregory Peck in The Omen (1976) Vitals Gregory Peck as Robert Thorn, American diplomat Rome, June 6, 1970 and London, June 1975 Film: The Omen Release Date: June 6, 1976 Director: Richard Donner Wardrobe Supervisor: Tiny Nicholls WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background The Omen was released fifty years ago today on June 6, 1976—a date intentionally selected to mirror the film’s opening on June 6th at 6 a.m., when American ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) rushes through Rome to reach his wife…

Two acts of being devoured unfold across the Weston Studio, each wearing a different theatrical skin yet driven by the same appetite. In Sonali Bhattacharyya’s King Troll and Tom Basden’s The Crocodile, the individual steps into a system and is slowly, or spectacularly, consumed. One grinds in fluorescent half-light, the other sparkles with absurdity, but both land in the same place: identity stretched, edited, reshaped until what remains feels part-human, part-construction, something processed…

I recently traveled to California's "Gold Country," where many Westerns have been filmed over the past century.My latest Western RoundUp column at Classic Movie Hub takes a close-up look at movie locations in Jamestown and Columbia.This included a look at the "most photographed train engine in the world," the No. 3 engine at Railtown 1897 in Jamestown.Please click over to Classic Movie Hub for my article, which includes many photographs, and thanks for reading!Previous Classic Movie Hub Western…

The first recording today starts with the end of Finley the Fire Engine. Then it’s Kerwhizz – Hat-trick Highway. Media Centre Description: The animated quiz with the added whizz continues, with Ninki, Twist and Kit facing a tricky time in a new raceworld. They will have to use their Pod Mods wisely to pull this race out of the hat! Recorded from BBC TWO on Monday 15th February 2010 07:38 BBC Genome: BBC TWO Monday 15th February 2010 07:40 The next recording is only 11 minutes long so there’s…