Musings from Medway (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Today, the first screenings of Ironclad have been released. What you may not know is that the film, to be released next year, is to be exclusively about King John's siege of Rochester Castle in the 13th century. In 1206, King John was in a difficult spot. The rebel barons sent troops under William d'Aubigny to the castle, to whom its constable Reginald de Cornhill opened the castle's gates. The rebels...
Ramblings (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
23-11-08 woke at 8:00 Stacey left for America at 9:00 Sunny/rainy, cold, 40's watched LITTLE DORRIT and EINSTEIN AND EDDINGTON ---- Once Stacey leaves, my time in London becomes a bit depressing. Fail a paper and return home to America. It is hard to explain how a time can be so bad, and yet so great at the same time. That's what it was like in London. My first time there, in '06, when I was a study...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Celebration of Rumpole creator's life at Southwark Cathedral one year after lawyer and playwright's death For a man who did not believe in God, only a cathedral was big enough to accommodate Sir John Mortimer's many friends and admirers for a memorial service today. Actually, the event at Southwark Cathedral in London was billed as a celebration of the life of the lawyer, author, playwright, entertainer...
The Medium is Not Enough TV blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Doctor Who Michael Moorcock to write Doctor Who novel? Film Aaron Sorkin to write movie about the founding of Greenpeace? Butch Cassidy legend to be shot as Blackthorn Independence Day to get two sequels ? Helena Bonham Carter , Jennifer Ehle, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall and Michael Gambon join The King's Speech Trailer for Ed Norton in Leaves of Grass Trailer for Steve Carell and Tina...
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The Weinstein Company may be able to pull itself out of the fire if Nine is as good as it looks. Money, probably, Oscar stuff, almost certainly, and then we might have to reevaluate what Harvey and Bob are doing again. The Weinsteins have already gobbled up the North American distribution rights (as well as some other countries) for the film The King's Speech . It's a period drama about King George...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Film News: Carter, Pearce join Firth, Rush in film -- Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Guy Pearce, Derek Jacobi, Timothy Spall and Michael Gambon have all boarded helmer Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" alongside the previously announced Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.
The Screening Log (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Tom Hooper's next film "The King's Speech" features quite an impressive cast, as Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Guy Pearce, Derek Jacobi, Timothy Spall and Michael Gambon boarded the project. Also starring in the period drama are Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Hopper is directing a script by David Seidler, and filming has already kicked off in...
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
The Hollywood Reporter says that Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Guy Pearce, Derek Jacobi, Timothy Spall and Michael Gambon have joined director Tom Hooper's The King's Speech . Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush star in the period drama written by David Seidler, which recently began shooting in England. The King's Speech tells the story of the man who would become King George VI, the father of the...
Alternative-Read.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Ghost Stories: v. 2 (BBC Audio) by M.R. James This 2 CD collection is Montague Rhodes James' second anthology of haunting ghost stories that includes one of my favourite of his shorts, "A Warning to the Curious"; a terrifying tale of what happens when someone greedily meddles with things they don't understand, ignores superstition and digs up an ancient crown protected by something evil....
Double O Section (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Duckworth Drew In The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes : Season 2 We've already heard that Acorn is planning to release Season Two of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes in America next April; now Network has announced a UK release for The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Second Series –and revealed artwork. Series Two is of particular interest to spy fans for its inclusion of the episode "The...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
London has a lot of theatres. Generally, that's where you go to see plays. Sometimes though, a production runs away from the theatre, gets lost, and ends up somewhere a little different. These site-specific works are all about using a venue that adds to the telling of the story, and blurring the lines between audience and players. When it works well, we love it . The latest play to get the "It's...
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Buys Still have Roman fever I guess, because I just got myself I, Claudius on DVD. Hey, it's Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart... John Hurt as Caligula! I don't think I need to justify myself. Threw in a cheap copy of Silent Running, a minor SF classic I don't think I've ever seen. Also bought some items for the computer desk, including a new chair. It's so comfy, it's like somebody's holding my butt cheeks....
Televisionary (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Apartheid is an ugly word, conjuring up images of racial segregation and hatred from a time in the not-too-distant past of South Africa. PBS' new political thriller Endgame, which airs Sunday evening as part of the public broadcaster's Masterpiece Contemporary wheel, dramatizes not the plight of the common South African man and woman under the draconian decree of apartheid but rather the machinery...
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Director Spike Jonze is 40. Actress Joan Fontaine is 92. Actor Christopher Lloyd is 71. Actor Derek Jacobi is 71. Actor Tony Roberts is 70. Actress Annette Funicello is 67. Actress Catherine Deneuve is 66. Guitarist Leslie West of Mountain is 64. Actor Jeff Goldblum is 57. Bassist Cris Kirkwood of Meat Puppets is 49. Christian [...]
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
aesthete \ES-theet\, noun: One having or affecting great sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature. Aesthete is from Greek aisthetes, "one who perceives," from aisthanesthai, "to perceive." Selective Fatigue Syndrome Fatigue which is used as an excuse when one does not want to perform undesirable tasks such as work. My co-worker claimed her Chronic Fatigue Syndrome kept her from...
Videos