It just occurred to me that in the 1994 film The Lion King, when Zazu sings “This child is getting wildly out of wing,” that’s a joke about the expression “out of hand” because he is a bird. I think my kid brain just assumed “out of wing” was something grownups said sometimes and I didn’t question it for 32 years.

Metafilter recently discussed the Boston Globe’s ranking of Steven Spielberg’s 34 movies (before his newest arrives), a list which excludes Duel for spurious reasons and which, like any listicle, is obviously wrong in key respects. I’ve seen 28 of the 34 and have a few gaps to fill; I haven’t seen The Fabelmans or The Post yet, and need to do something about that. I’m in less of a rush about Always, Sugarland Express, and Twilight Zone. I can’t remember if I sat all the way through 1941 or if…

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Wesley Snipes as John Cutter in Passenger 57 (1992) Vitals Wesley Snipes as John Cutter, airline security chief and ex-Secret Service agent In flight from Miami to Los Angeles, Spring 1992 Film: Passenger 57 Release Date: November 6, 1992 Director: Kevin Hooks Costume Designer: Brad R. Loman WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, sometimes there’s nothing more necessary than to sit back and turn off your brain to watch a pleasantly absurd ’90s action movie. Luckily…

When David Lynch and Mark Frost cast Piper Laurie in the role of Catherine Martell, it was a big deal. This incredibly talented actress had a long acting career before she joined the groundbreaking series in the early 1990s. In early 1991, reporter Joey Berlin published a profile of Laurie for the Copley News Service.... The post Reviewing Peaks – Profile of Piper Laurie from Joey Berlin in 1991 appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

The Royal Navy has spent the past 14 weeks gearing up a mine countermeasures response to send to the Persian Gulf region. That mission will be the 16,000-ton civilian-manned Bay-class auxiliary RFA Lyme Bay (L3007), loaded up with lots of sorta ad-hoc bits and pieces, including the Video Ray Defender-Viper system, “four specialist mine-hunting vessels, three RHIBS, more than 20 containers packed full of tech,” and a skosh of good wishes. 20 May 2026 – HMS Stirling Castle is using their crane to…

Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s “Tell It To the Marines,” an interbellum silent film featuring the great Lon Chaney, began filming in the summer of 1926, specifically running from 7 June to 3 August, for a Christmas weekend release. The first film made with the full cooperation of the service, its shooting locations included Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and aboard the top-of-the-line Tennessee-class dreadnought USS California (BB-44) while on a port call at San Francisco, with active duty…

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 →

1959 whodunnit, dir. Otto Preminger, James Stewart, Lee Remick: IMDb. The soldier killed the bartender who raped his wife. But is it really that simple?

There are few things which make me happier than Deanna Durbin movies, so I'm thrilled that her first full-length feature film, THREE SMART GIRLS (1936), was just released on Blu-ray.Given how much I love Durbin, I've been upgrading her films from DVD to Blu-ray as they're released, and I'm thrilled that this important movie in her filmography finally joins many of her other titles on Blu-ray.As a matter of fact, my earliest Durbin viewing, including this film, was on VHS; I first saw THREE…

I recently watched two East German movies about World War Two on Kanopy. Here are my initial impressions. “Star-Crossed Lovers” [Königskinder] (DEFA, 1962), dir. Frank Beyer This film is about two young men and a young woman, friends since childhood, who are separated in the Nazi era because of their circumstances and choices. The film is well made and interesting, but the scenes that depict the men fleeing the Wehrmacht for the Red Army and being well received strain belief, which interfered…

AuthorKatie HenryReviewHow does a YA book make me feel so seen?! I, too, believe in love and wish the church would evolve more quickly. But this book made me wonder about the nature of forgiving the church for being imperfect. 15 years working in the church and I never considered that. Powerful.🔍Data provided by Open Library

A country boy in the city falls into the clutches of a stylish vampire, forgetting his fiancee, his responsibilities and his self-respect. The perils of New York! Home Media Availability: Released on Bluray Oh, you vampire! Before Theda Bara menaced men onscreen with her vampirish antics, the Kalem company produced their own picture based on […]

Last month I reviewed Jean Gabin in the title role of the very enjoyable police detective movie MAIGRET SEES RED (1963).MAIGRET SEES RED recently had a single-title Blu-ray release by Kino Lorber; now that film has also been released as part of Kino Lorber's three-film Inspector Maigret Collection, along with MAIGRET SETS A TRAP (1958) and MAIGRET AND THE ST. FIACRE CASE (1959).MAIGRET SETS A TRAP, also known as INSPECTOR MAIGRET or, in France, MAIGRET TEND UN PIEGE, was the first of Gabin's…

Marshal Knight argues that RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 11 episode 6 proves that the bracket format is broken—even more than the incomprehensible family resemblance criteria!

Reading selections from his Dictionary, and his Mohamet Marx and Engels mention:“The man who deprived seventeenth-century metaphysics and metaphysics in general of all credit in the domain of theory was Pierre Bayle. His weapon was scepticism, which he forged out of metaphysics’ own magic formulas. He himself proceeded at first from Cartesian metaphysics. Just as Feuerbach by combat-ing speculative theology was driven further to combat speculative philosophy, precisely because he recognised in…

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.