How do you stage a possibly unstageable play? For her last show at the Almeida Theatre before moving to the Old Vic with Rupert Goold, Rebecca Frecknall, famed for her illuminations of mid-century playwrights, takes on a far more complex and certainly challenging work – Sarah Kane’s Cleansed which the writer herself described as being […]

Dying Room Only is a 1973 TV movie written by Richard Matheson. As big fans of Duel, also penned by Matheson, we were keen to check this out. Both shows are very well-written but Duel has the edge, due to a young director burning to show what he can do, and a story that has […]

Zwölf Kilometer Marlinger Waalweg und nur noch etwa eine Stunde Zeit: Das passte natürlich nicht wirklich zusammen. Trotzdem wollte ich Südtirol nicht verlassen, ohne wenigstens einen Teil des Marlinger Waalwegs gelaufen zu sein. Schließlich handelt es sich bei ihm um den längsten Waalweg Südtirols. Gemeinsam mit Sepp Wolf, der mir viel über Marling und den Waalweg erzählte sowie in 7. Generation am Waalweg einen Hof bewirtschaftet, startete ich in der Nähe des Hotel Restaurants Waldea – auch…

...in 70mm IMAX! I kind of regret it. I saw it at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood - like, real downtown Hollywood, the part of Hollywood with the stars on the sidewalk and the smelly guys in Spiderman outfits. The picture in the theater was massive but the audio in that theater is pretty crazy, and the movie is full of deep, rumbly sounds which swallowed the entire mix and made it impossible to hear what anyone was saying clearly. That rumbling is sometimes supposed to be thunder, and it's…

Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes. Great cast all aound, Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh in a movie directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind) whichh does a great job at portraying firefighters as heroes. Five popcorns.…

One of my kids is excited for the release of Dune: Part Three. We were talking about Dune, how the movies broke up the enormous book, and got on the topic of “sandtrout”.

StarringReeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Patrick Page, and Amber GrayDirectorBrett SullivanOverviewThe Myth. The Musical.The tragic love of Orpheus and Eurydice is intertwined with the complex relationship of Hades and Persephone. Eurydice, struggling with poverty, is lured to the industrial underworld of Hadestown by Hades, while Orpheus, a struggling musician, ventures down below to bring her back.Review Hadestown: The Musical The theater can change the world, but access is so…

I would have loved to be in North Bend, Washington on February 21, 1989. This was the first day of filming for what became Mark Frost and David Lynch’s pilot to Twin Peaks. Scenes that day were captured at the Mar-T Cafe which was the Double R Diner in the show. Today, it’s known as Twede’s... The post Twin Peaks Publicity – Bobby Briggs at the Double R Diner appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

The Warner Bros. musical NIGHT AND DAY (1946), a biography of composer Cole Porter, has recently been released on Blu-ray by the Warner Archive Collection.NIGHT AND DAY, like most '40s musical biopics -- including the previous year's Warner Bros. film RHAPSODY IN BLUE (1945) -- is a fictionalized telling of a composer's life.In the case of this biography of Cole Porter, NIGHT AND DAY is even more fictionalized than most such films, spinning a story which has only tangential connections to…

Watched: Spider-Man: No Way Home 🍿 Finished this trilogy with the kiddo. Of course he doesn’t know any of the throwback actors since we didn’t watch those. Fan service of the highest order

The boosters (Zola, Nasha, Emerald) are ripping off clothes from Demi Moore’s fashion empire, belatedly joined by a Chinese garment worker with a stolen teleporter and a vendetta. Don Cheadle runs a pyramid scheme called Friends Being Friendly “Our lunch is 30 seconds” LaKeith Stanfield (not pictured) plays a guy so cool the camera can’t look at him without blurring and shaking.

The first recording today is a repeat of Pokemon Battle Dimension – Doc Brock. Media Centre Description: Ash continues his quest to become the greatest Pokemon trainer ever. He travels through the Sinnoh region, where he is challenged in a number of thrilling battles. [S] Recorded from CITV on Saturday 17th April 2010 11:28 After this the recording ends with the start of Prove It! The next recording starts with a trail for the London Marathon. There’s a trail for Can You Train Your Brain? Then…

Finally saw The Odyssey in theaters! Way more jump-scares than I was expecting, but, wow! What a film! Has me thinking a lot about xenia/hospitality, “Zeus’s law,” and how far short we fall of even that standard, when it comes to immigrants and the poor.

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? Very slowly unfolding, containing a lot of fluff and b-side plots and characters, the movie actually starts 15 minutes before the end. The setup is long and the payout is not really worth it. Good idea, good acting, good effects, but the writing is so bad.Shame cause Emily Blunt does a good job, but that’s not enough to pull the weight of the movie. Also the dude that plays Jackson is annoying…

"I can't promise you guys anything but at least this way you actually get to go home." There’s a new Spider-Man coming out, and I realised I hadn’t actually watched this one. Everyone knows who Spider-Man (Tom Holland) is now, and it ruins his life and stops his mates getting into MIT (er, that and maybe they just didn’t get in??). So he gets Doctor Strange to make a spell to make everyone forget they know Peter Parker, but it opens a rift between multiverses and all the villains from the old…

erholt Ich habe einfach geduscht und fühle mich deshalb erholt. Diese Woche war okay. Meine Laune war allerdings etwas getrübt, weil ich einige Absagen auf Bewerbungen erhalten habe. Absagen auf BewerbungenAm Montag habe ich eine Absagen auf eine vielversprechende Bewerbung erhalten. Ich hatte im Juni ein Vorstellungsgespräch und habe fast einen Monat auf eine Antwort gewartet. Ich war sehr hoffnungsvoll. Am Dienstag habe ich eine weitere Absage erhalten. Aus diesem Grund hatte ich keine…

Film Storyboard A new historical film titled "Stomping Freedom", produced by Caesar's Ford Theatre, Inc. and directed by Kane Stratton. Jake portrays Weyanpersenwa (Whirlpool/Blue Jacket) in the film. Director @kanestratton stated: "an homage to the dignity and pride of American Indian peoples who resisted the American Revolution, this film will show you a side of history that's not ever been seen before."There are more photos and information about this film on the American Indian-led arts…

This 1911 L’ODYSSEA is pretty good from a spectacle viewpoint. It’s from that naive period of cinema where the intertitles tell you want you’re ABOUT to see, relieving the images of the burden of telling the story. It’s a bit like a very thin book with massive illustrations. Does this, admittedly in some ways primitive, […]

I watched The Testament of Ann Lee this morning—thanks to @canneddragons for reminding me of it. Could not have loved it more.

★★★★: Manages to stand on its own as a touching action movie, but also cash in on nearly 20 years of Spider-Men in film. It's just such a delight. A crushing, emotional delight. FYI: My reviews are scored out of 4. Also, thanks for subscribing to my RSS feed and supporting the indie web!

Another book I'm going to have to add to the pile. A fascinating chapter moves between Sumner’s laudatory musings about how “competition is hurrying on the survival of the fittest” and Carnegie’s more tormented conscience. The concept of "competition" is embedded in our culture. The other night, in an effort to get her son into bed, Mitzi's daughter posed the effort as a race, "I'm going to beat you!" I'm not suggesting that competition is a toxic concept. I am saying that the thoughtless…

It’s a thin soup at this point.

Welcome to day 8 of 13 on The Great Balkans Road Trip. This is a group tour with Just You. We started in Romania, have travelled through Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Kosovo, before landing in Serbia yesterday. If you’ve missed the earlier episodes, you can find the full series here. This blog contains affiliate links to help support my writing. Breakfast at the Belgrade City Hotel I’d enjoyed another great night’s sleep. I’d been on the move all day every day, travelling and sightseeing,…

finished on 21 July 2025 I had grabbed this from the public library in a moment of caprice. Seeing the title, I had thought, Wait, wasn’t there a film adaptation that I had decided was a rental on the basis of the trailer—and then never bothered renting? Turns out there had been. I’m still not going to rent it, stream it, or bootleg it. Jumper (2008) original trailer (1080p HD) Fortunately, the original novel is actually worth reading. Yes, Occasional Reader, I’m reading a YA novel and not…

Yesterday I was discussing how Marvel's comics are struggling and I don't see much of note with their cinematic slate besides the immense hope that, "Avengers: Doomsday," is a hit. Well, Marvel did hold an event today in the fabled Hall H of Comic-Con International/San Diego Comic-Con and whilst it occurred, Ryan Reynolds appeared in a gray Deadpool suit (like from, "Uncanny X-Force,") and that was fun, but two other announcements really perked my ears up. Ryan Gosling will be the new Ghost…

Felt like a follow up to the 2013 remake in four tone, but way more gross. There’s lots of gore but it was the no blood moment that made me gag.

Opens with a tiresome assembly of college revolutionaries, and closes with a fancy house exploding again and again, all of its contents blasted into the air in lovely slow-motion. In between is a shaggy story of aimless young people with inconsistent dubbing, just what you’d expect from Antonioni. Mark, a white guy with sideburns, has maybe shot a cop and definitely stolen a plane. He’s flying over the desert when he spots a girl in a car, and starts casually north-by-northwesting her. This is…

The first recording today starts with the end of Bear Behaving Badly. There’s a trail for What’s New Scooby Doo. There’s another short episode of Leon. It’s getting windy. After this there’s a trail for Total Wipeout. Then it’s a repeat of Shaun the Sheep – The Bull. 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. When a bull wanders into the sheep’s field, Shaun discovers that it is…

I’ve watched part one before. Color fields flash and fade. Shots of the house and children have been turned into reddish defocused funhouse blobs. Almost-normal photography at the very end of a young kid feeding an even younger kid with a spoon. 2. Distinct textures in this one, not just more of the same. Added to the funhouse effect is some Melies house transformations with the kids as actors/witnesses, shimmering particle effects, and some really nice superimpositions, while the film…