The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Hollywood film producer and studio executive Daniel Melnick was responsible for authorising the production of some notable movies, ranging from the controversially violent Straw Dogs (1971) to the joyous That's Entertainment (1974), which celebrated the wealth of musical treasures in the vaults of MGM.
SHADOWPLAY (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
This is a propaganda short directed by Michael Powell in 1941. Kind of timely in the wake of Remembrance Sunday. The text, read by John Gielgud, comes from a genuine letter, we are told, written by an English airman to his mother to be delivered in the event of his death. It’s of great historic interest, [...]
JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Until recently, if you wanted to watch a movie, a trip to a video store like blockbuster was your only option. As technologies have advanced, downloading dvds off movie download sites is becoming very common. Following is a list of a few movies that you can get using a movie download site.
The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
"I logged onto Amazon as the show ended. Score! I'd gone 100 places down in the Amazon rankings. It had reminded people to log on and cancel their pre-orders." Sam Leith discovers the pitfalls of attempting to promote a book about Sod's Law . • The London Review of Books has made its entire 30th anniversary issue free online; dig in. Its much-talked-about archives-back-to-1979 thing...
Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
In light of the moves to foist Tony Blair upon us as the unelected president of the European Union, it is high time to seek refuge in the Belfrey of Bruges. It was there on 20 September 1988 that Prime...
Underbelly (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
We caught Jude Law's Broadway Hamlet this afternoon, on $25 tickets which offered a perfectly adequate view of the stage, albeit a long way from the bathrooms. I think a telling moment is in the "To be or not to be" soliloquy where he says And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought... Law says "thought" with something between a sneer and...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival's 2010 season will feature John Hutton as King Lear, continuing a trend toward showcasing Denver Center Theatre Company veterans as guest actors. The slate also will include safe-as-armor productions of "Our Town" and "The Fantasticks."
JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
In the past you had to go to a store if you wanted to rent or buy a movie. These days you can stay at home and get movies from a movie download site. You will find just about any movie you want with a good movie download site. Below is a small sample.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
LOS ANGELES - Daniel Melnick, 77, producer and former head of production at MGM and Columbia studios who was known for making literate and carefully crafted films that included Network, has died.
The Business Blog (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
By Abigail Frazier With a shop near every neighborhood, video stores have been the most convenient way to get movies for years. As technologies have advanced, downloading dvds off movie download sites is becoming very common. You can get virtually any movie you want with a good movie download site. Here are some examples. Mickey Blue Eyes: Alarmingly unfunny story based on the renowned nearsighted...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Comedienne TINA FEY cornered WHOOPI GOLDBERG on U.S. TV on Thursday (15Oct09) to entice her back onto hit comedy 30 ROCK.Fey made an appearance on The View, the talk show...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Originally published on 16 October 1944 LONDON, SATURDAY. The tremendous merit of Mr. John Gielgud's long-awaited "Hamlet" (produced last night at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket) is its fidelity. Neither the production nor Mr. Gielgud's own performance is "beautified", a vile phrase for a vile thing. In Miss Ruth Keating's modestly baronial settings the stage is cleared for Shakespeare,...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The film and TV producer helped launch "Get Smart," "Network," "Kramer vs. Kramer."
JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
It wasn't that long ago that a trip to the corner video shop was the most convenient way to get a movie. Now, with internet usage exploding, movie downloads are becoming very popular. Just about any movie every made can be attained through a movie download site now. Check out these samples.
The Guardian - The blog Theatre (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Critics might have bashed him, but Goold commutes easily between theatre and opera - his imaginative direction brings Puccini's masterpiece alive Rupert Goold has just directed Turandot for the English National Opera, but he has not exactly been thanked for his pains. Lauded for his productions of Macbeth and Enron, he has now been bashed for his presumptuous interference with Puccini. But, without...
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