Agatha Christie Collection featuring Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot (Dead Man's Folly / Murder in Three Acts / Thirteen at Dinner)
'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?' (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
ITV 3 repeated a documentary from 2005 the other day, which took us ‘behind the scenes’ with a year of Poirot stories for the small screen. I found it interesting, and a reminder of what a fine actor David Suchet is, and of how completely he has made the role of the Belgiam supersleuth his own. There were clips from four episodes. One ( The Mystery of the Blue Train ) was based on a mediocre...
Parkbench (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I am planing to exhibit 'Eric the lost god of Crete' in the spring in the small but perfect gallery 'The Space' in Stroud and propose having several readings of the book. This has prompted me to wonder if there is any mileage in say performance - dance theatre, even video. I have a memory of Peter Ustinov's reading of Peter and the wolf and found the latest animation from Poland that won the animated...
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
LOGAN'S RUN is now over thirty years old. Released in 1976, the film was recently forced to enter the "Carousel", to experience a rebirth. That rebirth is now the LOGAN'S RUN Blu-Ray. Set in 2274, Michael York plays Logan 5, whose job it is to terminate those that try to flee from society upon nearing their 30th birthday. But when he finds out he is about to turn thirty, he must flee himself,...
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
It was a moment in time; it shook India and stunned the world. As prime minister Indira Gandhi walked briskly up to the picket gate dividing her home from her office that fateful Wednesday morning 25 years ago, a hail of gunfire from two of her Sikh bodyguards sent her crumpling to the ground in a blood-soaked heap.
Food for the Thoughtless (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
When I was 12, my father took me to see a little film called Evil Under the Sun– the last in a trio of tony Agatha Christie whodunit films that somewhat shaped the person I am today. The first, Murder on the Orient Express, cemented my passion for train travel and smart suits; the second, [...]
Bay Area Bites (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
It was Maggie Smith. Maggie Smith and her cocktail parties. I don't think my father had any idea what he was getting me into when he took me to see that picture.
New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Dutch MP and Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders has been busy this week in both Philadelphia at a number venues including Temple University. Yesterday, we had a full day with events at both the H...
JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The list below has some good movie reviews. To find a movie download site you need to do the right search. You can find good results with by searching "Movie Download Site", "Download Full Length Movie" and "DVD Movies Online".
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
First official history of security service names cold war politicians and confirms file was held on Harold Wilson The first official history of MI5, published this morning, reveals the extent to which the security service suspected leftwingers during the cold war and believed that three Labour MPs were Soviet bloc agents. The MPs named in the history, written by the historian Christopher Andrew names...
The Computers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
By Faith Sykes Take a look at some movie reviews we have prepared. You can find a lot of information on movie downloads sites if you do a good search. film download searches will include "Unlimited Movie Rentals", "Illegal Movie Download Sites", and "Home Movie Rental". The Bullfighters: One of more superior Laural and Hardy later works, engaging false identity as Stan...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Stanley Kubrick's 1960 epic has a slightly spurious icon of freedom at its heart, but terrific performances from a starry cast and the outstanding battle scenes make up for it Director: Stanley Kubrick Entertainment grade: A– History grade: C+ Spartacus was a Thracian slave who led a revolt against the Roman republic from 73-71BC, known as the Third Servile War. People Slaving away in a mine,...
whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
“..I fell in love with the French Riviera in 1962, and it’s a love affair that has lasted the rest of my life. I’ve been all over the world and, apart from my home, it’s the place I look forward to returning to with a passion. That first time was with Terence Stamp. We shared a [...]
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
... The Powers of Dr. Johnson . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) In his Dictionary of the English Language , Johnson does not yet recognize the power of "nice" as the catch-all term for British near-approval, but he produces one of his little gems in defining the word: "It is often used to express a culpable delicacy." It may be time to observe that Dr. Johnson, neither by his own definition...
Malcolm Redfellow revivus (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Not the Isle of Wight ferry * ... This is not a pretty story. In a way, it's shocking. It is not for dining-table conversation, though it came up (to coin a term) inconveniently (to coin another) before Malcolm sat down to one of those spag bols that the Lady in his life thinks suited to a Friday evening (preferably with a couple of bottles of Cabernet). Even so ... on with the motley Malcolm noticed...
The Kindle Reader (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
You would be hard put to find a mystery fiction fan who hasn't read Agatha Christie, the self-styled "Duchess of Death" and author of a host of whodunits, including The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple books, and Death on the Nile - inspiration for the excellent film of the same name starring Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, David Niven, and Bette Davis. In her long...
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