Digging into the third book of The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett has been long overdue, but it was very much worth the wait. After the climactic conclusion of the previous instalment, not to mention some of the revelations, the characters are left in some strange places. The novel picks up shortly after the…
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Play It Again, Sam (1972) – Herbert Ross
I’ve never been a fan of Woody Allen, so I was reticent to settle in to watch Herbert Ross’ adaptation of Allen’s own play, which he also penned the screenplay for, and stars in. Still, it is the next title on the What Else to Watch list in DK Canada’s The Movie Book following its…
The Greatest Showman (2017) – Michael Gracy
Last night I had a chance to take in Hugh Jackman’s passion project, The Greatest Showman, a musical based on the life of P.T. Barnum, as well as his famed circus. Jackman plays the titular character and easily slips back into his song and dance roots. Joining him on-screen is Michelle Williams, as Barnum’s wife,…
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) – Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis’ Oscar winning film noir, coached in cartoon terms, is the next recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of Toy Story. Melding the live action and cartoon world, the film follows detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) as he takes a case he doesn’t even want to…
The Twilight Zone (1964) – The Masks, I Am the Night – Color Me Black, and Sounds and Silences
Spookiness abounds in this week’s instalment of The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series. First up is The Masks, penned by series creator Rod Serling. First airing on 20 March, 1964, the story centres around wealthy, and dying, Jason Foster (Robert Keith). Foster has invited all of his greedy heirs to a Mardi Gras party, and…
The Twilight Zone (1964) – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Queen of the Nile, and What’s in the Box
Things get underway in The Twilight Zone with another trio of episodes this week from The Complete Series, now available on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures. First up is Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. This episode first aired on 28 February, 1964, and was written and directed by Robert Enrico from a story by Ambrose Bierce….
Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932) – Jean Renoir
DK Books brings me to an old film from Jean Renoir as I move onto the next title in The Movie Book. Having previously covered 1939’s The Rules of the Game, I moved right on to the What Else to Watch section of the title, and while other titles on the list had already been…
The Twilight Zone (1963/1964) – Ring-a-Ding Girl, You Drive, and The Long Morrow
This instalment of the Twilight Zone, an exploration of The Complete Series on blu-ray (now available from Paramount Pictures) finds us about a third of the way through the final season. Earl Hamner Jr. pens the first episode up this eve, Ring-a-Ding Girl, which first aired on 27 December, 1983. Barbara ‘Bunny’ Blake (Maggie McNamara)…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – A Kind of a Stopwatch, The Last Night of a Jockey, and Living Doll
There’s the signpost up ahead, it’s time to take a turn into The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series on blu-ray thanks to Paramount Pictures. Up first is the Rod Serling scripted, A Kind of Stopwatch. The series creator adapted a story by Michael D. Rosenthal and debuted the episode on 18 October, 1963. Patrick Thomas…
The Twilight Zone (1963) – In Praise of Pip, Steel, and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
It’s time to dive into the fifth and final season of The Twilight Zone. The Complete Series on blu-ray, available from Paramount Pictures unveils the first three episodes of the season this week, as the series returns to a twenty-five minute runtime per episode as opposed to the fifty minute episodes of the previous season….
The Mind Reels 