Sherlock vs The Abominable Bride, coming Jan 1st 2016
BBC has announced the title and the release date for their Victorian set Sherlock special… SHERLOCK THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE 1ST JANUARY 2016 Premiering on BBC ONE in the UK and PBS in the USofA.
Currently browsing tag
film
Monday March 2nd~ Metropolis with live score by DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE, Seattle WA
Monday March 2nd~ Metropolis with live score by DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE, Seattle WA http://www.stgpresents.org/tickets/eventdetail/1712/-/- STG Presents Silent Movie Mondays – Metropolis (1927) Directed by Fritz Lang With live original Orchestral Score by DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE German Silents Monday March 2, 2015 Doors at 6:00 pm Show at 7:00 pm The …
Django Kill – Giulio Questi – 1967
Se sei vivo spara – Giulio Questi – 1967 Giulio Questi’s 1967 spaghetti western Se sei vivo spara (“If You Live, Shoot”, but best know as Django Kill) is violent, occasionally surreal, and flavored with hints of gothic horror. After watching it multiple times over the weekend I think …
Now watching: Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
Now watching: Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies aka Monte Carlo or Bust (1969) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_or_Bust! “Monte Carlo or Bust! is a 1969 comedy film. The story is based on the Monte Carlo Rally – first raced in 1911 – and the film recalls this general era, set in …
Just watched: Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Just watched: Hands of the Ripper (1971) Hammer Film Productions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_of_the_Ripper “It is set in London in Edwardian times, and stars Angharad Rees as Anna, a vulnerable young woman who is exploited by her guardian (Dora Bryan), a medium, and haunted by the subconscious memory of her mother’s murder by …
Now watching: The Great Train Robbery (1979)
Now watching: The Great Train Robbery (1979) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Great_Train_Robbery “The First Great Train Robbery – known in the U.S. as The Great Train Robbery – is a 1979 film directed by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay based on his novel The Great Train Robbery. The film starred Sean Connery, …
Now watching: Mysterious Island -1961
Now watching: Mysterious Island -1961 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Island_%281961_film%29 “Mysterious Island (UK: Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island) is a 1961 film. Based very loosely upon the novel The Mysterious Island (L’Île mystérieuse) by Jules Verne, the film was produced by Charles H. Schneer and directed by Cy Endfield. The motion picture was filmed at …
Maciste all’inferno ~ 1925, Guido Brignone
Silent Movie Saturday: Maciste all’inferno ~ 1925, Guido Brignone (Italy) Maciste in Hell (1926) Maciste all’inferno Directed by Guido Brignone Cast: Bartolomeo Pagano … Maciste Franz Sala … Barbariccia/Dottor Nox Elena Sangro … Proserpina, Pluto’s wife Lucia Zanussi … Luciferina, Pluto’s daughter Umberto Guarracino … Pluto Domenico Serra … …
Film Review: Edge of Sanity
Film Review: Edge of Sanity (1989)~ 1989′s Edge of Sanity features Psycho‘s Anthony Perkins hamming it mightily as it melds RL Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with the Jack the Ripper murders. The premise has exploitation flick written all over it and the movie delivers, …
Watched last night: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)
Watched last night: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091574/ A made for TV movie based on the classic Poe tale C Auguste Dupin and his talent for “ratiocination”. (circa 1841) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murders_in_the_Rue_Morgue Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, 1895