Ian McKellen probably could read your tax return and make it sound as if Shakespeare had written it. The 86-year-old British actor has a voice that can mellow like aged wine or cut as sharply as a newly stropped razor. In an age of mumbled, half-whispered dialogue, McKellen delivers the written word with a theatrical precision that's perfectly suited to director Steven Soderbergh's The Christophers, a movie in which McKellen plays Julian Sklar, an aging but once prominent painter. Time...
Before I found Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet was the film that pulled me into David Lynch’s world. From the moment the red roses and picket fences dissolved into squirming bugs beneath the dirt, I was hooked. These themes would be honed by Lynch and company a few years later in Twin Peaks, but Lynch’s original... The post Makeup Artist Jeff Goodwin Shares ‘Blue Velvet’ Memories Ahead of Book Release appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.
Telemann. The DVD of Piotr Kamler’s animations released by aaa a few years ago contained almost all of the director’s works, comprising a handful of short films together with the 50-minute Chronopolis. The most recent film in the collection was Une mission éphémère, made in 1993, but this wasn’t the last of Kamler’s films. He … Continue reading "Three short films by Piotr Kamler"
A planning board gets some string connection in Plush (dir. Catherine Hardwicke, 2013).
Whatever you do, don’t call her crazy… The procession of films adapted for the stage continues, as Rebecca Reid’s version of Single White Female (itself an adaptation of John Lutz’s novel) hits theatres across the UK. Starring Kym Marsh and Lisa Faulkner, the Gordon Greenberg-directed play sets up home at Richmond Theatre this week. Whilst […]
The BBC/Canal+ TV series Marie Antoinette (2022-) has finally returned for season 2! We wrote
If you are lucky enough to find your true love somewhere along the way during your walk down the path of life, then you should make sure that you hold them tightly to you and never let them go. Finding your soulmate and the type of love that comes out of that particular bond is... Continue Reading →
FUBAR is a TV which aired from 2023 to 2025 and tells the story of what happens “when a father and daughter discover they both secretly work for the CIA, an already dicey undercover mission turns into a dysfunctional family affair. Luke Brunner (by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is the dad and agent extraordinaire of the CIA. […]
One hundred and ten years ago this month, Grace Kingsley mentioned a film that addressed the war in Europe while also having box-office success: Capacity houses all day yesterday marked the beginning of the second week of the big Ince production, Civilization. The wonderful allegory, with its powerful, logical plea for peace, its condemnations of war, … Continue reading "Good Timing: April 1916"
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Before this festival I had never heard of the Alliance for Women Film Composers, but when I saw they were involved with one of the events I thought I should make sure to be there. Renowned music supervisor Gemma Dempsey hosted the Sunday morning discussion, which also included live performances of the featured composers’ music […]
Borys Kit, Hollywood Reporter: Zach Cregger is reuniting with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group’s New Line division for his next original feature. Cregger, who directed last year’s acclaimed Oscar-winning horror hit Weapons for the company, has written, and will direct, The Flood, an original sci-fi thriller on which the studio is moving at full speed, […]
David Ehrlich, Indiewire: Like an evil blight spreading across the land from the spires of Mordor, Alamo’s new phone-based service model began to roll out in February as part of a hilariously misguided effort to “reduce distractions and, in the long term, make the experience even better.” Or maybe I’m looking at it from the […]
Fresh off its premiere at Cinemacon, the first teaser for Godzilla Minus Zero is here. It’s all of 48 seconds, so it’s a quick one, but its enough to tell you that… I am SO there. Godzilla Minus Zero hits theaters on November 3, 2026.
In this citizen’s opinion it’s…pretty gross that Jake makes his kid call him ‘sir’; my parents tried to foist that on me but didn’t start until I was WAY too...
The first recording today is a repeat of Space 1999 – The A B Chrysalis. Media Centre Description: A B Chrysalis: A mystery planet declares war on the Moonbase. The Alphans have one chance – to negotiate with the aggressors. To catch up, go to http://www.itv.com/itvplayer. Recorded from ITV4 on Wednesday 16th December 2009 10:18 After […]
Jake and Neytiri’s family grapples with grief, encountering a new, aggressive Na’vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang, as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges. The movie looks fantastic, the movie is great, the story is crap. It’s beautiful, but empty. The bad guys are reminding me of the Blood Trolls in wow and it’s basically the same kind of racist-fueled fight between tribes, like on Earth. There is a lingering sense that Cameron is operating…
Day 2 of the 12th Annual Busterthon is in full swing, be sure to check out any new posts! This is my new post for the event; hope you enjoy! It was the single the most expensive shot in a … Continue reading →
So they’re remaking Little House on the Prairie. Come on, guys, we already have a bad version of Little House on the Prairie: the whole second half of Little House on the Prairie.
LA BUGIARDA — THE LIAR — is a Luigi Comencini comedy I hadn’t rushed to see despite my love for the great man. Maybe I wasn’t sure how an Italian movie of 1965 would handle the theme of a girl with three lovers, and maybe I wasn;t sure if Catherine Spaak, gorgeous though she is, […]
Here at The Family Stage, we have long been big fans of Tweedy the Clown (star of Giffords Circus). After…
by Amber Dubin The Fifth installment of the series feels comfortingly familiar, like an old episode of Twilight Zone. As has become a typical theme in both of Rod Serling's series, we have two stories of monkey’s paw contracts where the unfortunate recipients of both are granted wishes and are made to cope with the … Continue reading [April 14, 1971] Night Gallery: "Make Me Laugh" and "Clean Kills and Other Trophies" → The post [April 14, 1971] Night Gallery: "Make Me Laugh" and "Clean Kills ...
A classic map-based string board appears in Do Not Enter (dir. Marc Klasfeld, 2026).
★★★☆: A pretty chill classic spy movie that does what it sets out to do. Establishes a lot of classic Bond things unironically, which is charming. Plus, it's way less problematic than you might expect the first Bond movie would be. Not spotless, but pleasant. FYI: My reviews are scored out of 4. Also, thanks for subscribing to my RSS feed and supporting the indie web!
