Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") will make her Broadway debut next March in the first rialto revival of 1960 best play winner "The Miracle Worker." Breslin will play Helen Keller while Tony nominee Alison Pill ("The Lieutenant of Inishmore") takes on the role of her inspirational teacher Annie Sullivan. Besides that win for playwright William Gibson,...
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Science fiction takes place in a world beyond our own reality, but sometimes you need to go just a bit further — into the realm of the crazy, surreal dream sequence. Here are 40 or so of our... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
And I mean the first one! He reminds me of Yul Brynner, the most sizzling hot villain of all time. (((sigh))) . However, getting new cover art on old books and getting them out there again is a very good thing, so here they are- Way to go, Susan! So, um, whens SUREBLOOD coming out, hmm? (((Kimber An drums fingers on desk))) I'm suffering from a deplorable shortage of Science Fiction Romance around...
Recommended THE PROGRAM "Wanted: Dead or Alive" is a prime example of a TV series that has cemented its place in history for reasons other than its overall quality. As its first season demonstrates, it's a can be a formulaic affair, and compared to other western series' of its time, in fact compared to a series of similar theme, "Have Gun, Will Travel," it's quite lackluster. However,...
There are problems with tackling iconic roles in theater. Yul Brynner, for example, will always "own" the role of King Mongkut in "The King and I," as he did through the film version and two or three revivals. Ultimately he played the role over 4500 times. Another iconic role is that of Professor Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady." Rex Harrison, like Brynner, performed the...
LOS ANGELES--It was a return to the days of old-fashioned Hollywood surgical glamour Saturday, as Elizabeth Taylor was rushed to Yul Brynner Memorial Hospital for an emergency rhinestonectomy.
Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the [...]
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I have always enjoyed films about journeys, in which a group of diverse individuals find themselves united in trying to reach a certain destination. Among my favorite journey pictures is The Journey of 1959, starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. Watching the film as a child, it was the first time I heard of the Hungarian uprising of 1956 , which is the backdrop for the adventure. A group of travelers...
You know you’re headed somewhere when you commence to quoting yourself. And while we’re on the subject . . . Although The Magic Christian is by and large a very annoying film (not least on account of its many breezy ‘fag jokes’ circa 1969), there is a certain train-wreck fascination to the “Mad About the Boy” sequence [...]
I remember fondly the movie “The Magnificent Seven” which starred Yul Brynner in black. The movie was of course based on Kurosawa ’s “Seven Samurai” which was an even better movie. In both movies, a large band of bandits were beaten off by seven… Related posts: Good learners: what are they like? In “What’s the Point of School”, Guy Claxton listed...
Geeze, I really ought to do a series on Mexico and Hollywood… or just on Pancho Villa and Hollywood. In particular order Hollywood’s idea of Pancho Villa has been Antonio Bandaras — the Spaniard who is first choice for any Hollywood movie involving anyone, any time, who spoke Spanish. Edward James Olmos — #2 for “Hollywood Hispanics”. Pedro [...]
Computer-generated animation sure has come a long way in the last few decades -- and Jeff Johnson is here to take us almost all the way back to the beginning, with a look at 1984's The Last Starfighter .
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