The first recording today is Pokemon: Battle Frontier – Harley Rides Again. May’s weird nemesis Harley is back, taunting her about the contest she’s about to enter. Team Rocket Offer to help him win, in return for helping to capture Pikachu. He laughs at them because they keep getting beaten by Ash and friends. May’s first round goes well. During Harley’s routine, Wobbuffet crashes through the roof and lands in the arena. This is never adequately explained. He runs off, and Pikachu goes running…

Fine concert on a school night with two bands I enjoy. Currently Listening: The Beths “Til My Heart Stops”Reply via email

Joby Baker, who appeared in the three Gidget movies and starred on the short-lived sitcom Good Morning World, died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 92. His Good Morning World costar Ronnie Schell died ten days before him.Joby Baker was born on March 26, 1934, in Montreal,Quebec. His mother died when he was very young, and the family moved to Oahu, Hawaii. Following the attack on Pearl Harbour, he and his stepmother were evacuated to San Francisco. He attended school in New York City and then…

(Für ein Event wurde ich gefragt ein paar Worte zur politischen Dimension von Daten und Infrastrukturen der Digitalität” zu schreiben. Ich veröffentliche es auch hier kurz als kleine Notiz, weil es mein aktuelles Denken ganz gut zusammenfasst.) Die Debatte über Daten und digitale Infrastrukturen bezieht sich oft stark auf das „wer“: Wer designed solche Systeme, wer wird ihnen ausgesetzt, wer wird diskriminiert oder bevorteilt? Alle diese Fragen sind selbstverständlich relevant, blenden aber…

Ich weiß, ich wiederhole mich, aber ich hasse Temperaturen jenseits von 25 Grad. Mein Körper will das einfach nicht, und ich auch nicht! Meine Kochlust sinkt auf unterirdisches Niveau, aber irgendwas muß man ja doch essen. Ein Sattmachersalat ist da oft die Lösung, heute mal mit Kartoffeln, diesen herrlich cremigen weißen Riesenbohnen und allerlei Dingen, die ihn mediterran locker-leicht

So…this was one of the films which I’m not into, but couldn’t necessarily tell you why. Petra von Kant (Margrit Carstensen) is supposed to be a fashion designer living….somewhere in Germany, but we never see her doing any design work; instead, she leaves most of that, and most of everything else, to her wordless assistant Marlene (Irm Hermann). Instead, we only see Petra loll about in her bedroom, baroquely furnished with a big bed, white shag rug, and a recreation of a painting of Midas and…

Man, 3.1/10 on IDMB for this? That's, like, *¼ on the four-star scale, And while I know I'm perhaps overly reluctant to get below two stars unless there's either something so shoddy that it looks amateurish about a movie or it's entirely wrong-headed (on top of just skipping that which looks unappealing), that seems pretty harsh for a movie that's loud and dumb but not actually inept. It's kind

A trailer has been released for the incoming new Avatar: The Last Airbender animated film.Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is the first animated project to be released by Avatar Studios. Headed up by original Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino, they are currently working on three films and a new TV series, Avatar: Seven Havens, with the latter due to air in 2027.The original Avatar: The Last Airbender aired in three seasons from 2005 to 2008 and became a…

Uncle Tupelo - French Village Drive-in, East St. Louis, Missouri, July 1987 / Lincoln Theater, Belleville, Illinois, 1988Paying your dues as an up-and-coming midwestern rock band sometimes means playing an East St. Louis drive-in in between screenings of Innerspace and Adventures in Babysitting. At least that’s what Uncle Tupelo had to do in the summer of 1987. And somehow, we can time travel back to catch a glimpse of the barely-out-of-their-teens trio tearing it up above a poorly rendered…

Picked up a couple developed rolls of film.Currently Listening: Soft Hair “Lying Has To Stop”Reply via email

I wrote two long posts about the first two episodes of The Other Bennet Sister

Debits and credits are easier to understand when you think about the other party in the accounting relationship.

On Below Deck Mediterranean season 11 episode 5, Luke left Nathan a present, and instead of washing out my eyes with bleach, I have the full story for you.

The great releases keep coming from the Warner Archive Collection, with a packed slate of fantastic titles scheduled all summer long.One of the Blu-rays I've been most excited to see is the brand-new release of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in one of their most beloved films, ROSE-MARIE (1936).I reviewed the Warner Archive DVD of this film a decade ago, in 2016, and it was a joy to return to it via the Blu-ray. The Blu-ray, from a 1080p HD master from 4K scans of the "best available…

Loon Gathering - Mia Bergeron , 2026. American , b. 1979 - Coloured acrylic on flat panel , 6 x 6 in.

We’re a few days away from Big Brother 28’s premiere, never mind this week’s other premieres, such as Project Runway: Drama Edition and a new season of The Real Housewives of Orange County. And on Wednesday, it’s reality blurred’s 26th birthday! 🥳 And we’re going to celebrate it not with poorly planned fireworks concealed inside ... Read more

Nick "Woz" Wozniak of Yacht Club Games catches up with Max to share lessons from delays, restrictions, and new adventures hot off the heels of releasing Mina the Hollower. Download (31MB) — Episode Transcript Show Notes Welcome BTP3 - Yacht Club Games on Kickstarter and the Future of Shovel Knight Mina The Hollower Review - Buried Under Ambition Congratulations Mina the Hollower 500K Copies Sold Announcement Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment - Bloomberg…

I think this might be the first Hitchcock that just didn't really work for me. The premise feels unlike so much of his output: dated and strained. Asking Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman to both play against type is, I think, laudatory, but their work is half-baked at best. I don't care about their love for each other because it appears as if out of nowhere — a thing the script insists upon rather than something the performances themselves earn. The same can be said of Bergman's backstory as a…

I’ve decided to write about one of Barbara Stanwyck’s less well known and less discussed films. It is a film about love, family, second chances and following your heart wherever it may lead you. This gem features an excellent lead performance by Barbara Stanwyck. All I Desire was directed by Douglas Sirk, the undisputed master of classic era soap and melodrama. When most people think of Sirk’s work they usually associate his name with the vibrant Technicolor films such as Magnificent Obsession…

Audiences had never seen anything like Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks when the series first aired in April 1990 on the ABC Television Network. Viewers were just as captivated by the mystery of Laura Palmer’s murder as they were by Angelo Badalamenti and Julee Cruise’s music and the small towns of Snoqualmie Valley, Washington where... The post At the Peak of Fashion – Interview with Twin Peaks Costume Designer Sara Markowitz from 1990 appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV (1985) Vitals Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, two-time heavyweight world champion boxer Philadelphia, Fall 1985 Film: Rocky IV Release Date: November 27, 1985 Director: Sylvester Stallone Costume Designer: Tom Bronson WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Happy 80th birthday to Sylvester Stallone! Born July 6, 1946, the carved his own path to Hollywood success by writing and starring in Rocky as the fictional Philadelphia boxer Rocky Balboa. What started as a…

Tonight, CBS Reports, hosted by Charles Kuralt, investigates "The Spring Grove Experiment," a look at two patients given LSD treatment at Spring Grove State Hospital in Maryland. "Films show patients under the effects of LSD: a woman, who suffered a nervous breakdown, and a male alcoholic. Six months later at their homes, they describe the effects the therapy has had on their lives." Hint: many people were involved in these experiments, and the results weren't always good. But what better place…

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 →

The Japanese Tanabata Festival On the 7th day of the 7th month, every year, is the Tanabata Festival in Japan.Why only then?It is all based a story from early Japan. Tanabata Festival, Hiratsuka notesofnomads.com It is the story of two lovers, Orihime and Hikoboshi, who represent the stars Vega, and Altair. They are only allowed to meet on the 7th day of the 7th month, every year, at the River of the Sky.It is a based on poems in the Manyoshu volume, ‘Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves’. This is…

Some caption I love a good beat 'em up movie. Seeing the protagonist face off against dozens of indistinguist minions as they make their way to their objective. I feel that this movie does a great job of establishing the story and characters and then getting out of the way to let the action happen. I was hooked on this movie from the moment I saw the trailer. I was so excited that I created a reminder to check if the film would be available to stream in a couple months from this writing. I…

It's hard to believe that it's been close to a dozen years since I reviewed the COME LIVE WITH ME (1941) DVD released by the Warner Archive Collection!In addition to reviewing the DVD, I also previously posted a brief review of the film way back in 2006.Clearly, it's a movie I like a great deal, revisiting it every few years, so I'm especially happy that it's now just been released on an absolutely lovely Blu-ray.The exquisite Hedy Lamarr was never more beautiful than in this film. She plays…

A few days ago I reviewed CAGE OF GOLD (1950), my first film watched from Kino Lorber's Brit Noir Collection I.I'll be watching more from that set soon, but first I jumped over to the new Brit Noir Collection II, also from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and watched THE LONG ARM (1956).THE LONG ARM, also known in Britain as THE THIRD KEY, is exactly my kind of movie, a police procedural with enjoyable leads and extensive, interesting location shooting.THE LONG ARM, like the other two films in the…

I’m a sucker for a movie in an interesting cinema, and will do so regardless of what’s playing. This is how I came to see All I Want for Christmas in Campbellford, Ontario, Anacoda in Haenam, Korea, and Marley & Me in Košice, Slovakia: forgettable movies in lovely (or at least quirky) theatres.Tonight it was The Mandalorian and Grogu at King’s Theatre in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia with young L. Unrelenting creature-vs.-spaceman action, with adorable space-Beanie Baby sidekicks.The 100+ year…