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Ronald Searle (1920-2011) was a brilliant British artist in pen and ink. Even as a captive of the Japanese during World War II, when he was forced into slave labor and became seriously ill, he managed to obtain paper and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Movies and television
A computer animated film about a prehistoric family forced to look for a new home when their cave is destroyed doesn’t sound too promising, so had my friend Jerry Lapidus not recommended it, I would have missed this, and I’ve … Continue reading
Update: At least two new Jesse Stone movies are in the works according to industry reports. See for example this article from Variety. Production begins in May, with scripts to be co-written by Michael Brandman and Tom Selleck, and the … Continue reading
Brandon Fraser plays a geologist whose long-vanished brother was convinced that Verne’s novel about a descent down an Icelandic volcano had a factual basis. When the brother’s son comes to spend a few days with him, they discover a reason … Continue reading
The previous film with Robert Downey Jr as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson was better than I’d expected. Turning Holmes into an action hero was obviously a bit of a stretch, but almost everything in the film had some … Continue reading
This is one in a long series of adaptations of the popular children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (but the only one I’ve actually seen). The heroine (Kate Maberly) is an orphaned girl whose rich parents died in a fire … Continue reading
Aardman, the folks behind Wallace and Gromit, combine old-school stop-motion animation with computer imagery to produce a reasonably entertaining comedy. I found it interesting that the entire lower faces of characters were made in dozens of different expressions and mouth … Continue reading
Note: To search for Jesse Stone information on the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel website, click this link. Update (2017 February 2): Jesse Stone en español en Unimás The Spanish-language channel Unimás, affiliated with Univision, has for a couple of … Continue reading
Back in 1997 a guy named John Silveira was working for Backwoods Home magazine when late in the production of one issue the editor asked him to come up with a joke or two to fill up a bit of … Continue reading
As someone mentioned to me, this isn’t the movie the most-seen trailer leads you to expect. It’s a Pixar film about a Scottish princess in the Middle Ages who refuses to allow an archery contest among the eldest sons of … Continue reading