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The Librarian: Quest For The Spear ~ Movies You Might Have Missed

Posted in Movies, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 30, 2013 | 4 Comments »

     Sub-Indiana Jones nonsense.  What’s wrong with that?

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Movie Buffs Collectors’ Fairs, Yorkshire, UK.

Posted in Events, Movies, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

     If you are a confirmed Movie and Cult TV fanboy what do you do if you can’t find a buzzing but affordable event in your area?  The answer is simple: create your own.

     In 2008 special events company Hullywood Entertainment™ launched in Yorkshire with support from The Prince’s Trust.  You can support their dedication and share their enthusiasm by adding these dates to your diaries:

     ~ 10am – 4.30pm, Saturday 10th November 2012, Staff House, The University Of Hull, East Yorkshire.

     ~ 10am – 4.30pm, Sunday 2nd December 2012, The Royal York Hotel, York (by the railway station), East Yorkshire.

     You’ll find a link to the events’ official website in the homepage sidebar all month.  Please share this information and – you never know – you might even run into a certain elusive blogger ;)

 

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James Herbert In Words And Pictures

Posted in Books, TV, tagged , , , , , , , on October 6, 2012 | 3 Comments »

     This Halloween the BBC will be airing a brand new three-part adaptation of James Herbert’s bestseller The Secret Of Crickley Hall.

     In the meantime you might like to consider this short sharp review of Once…

     Herbert does little to shift his low-brow Stephen King associations with this perfunctory foray into the world of faery.

A spooky house and a missing testament provide Scooby Doo plotting while flat characters and shallow research create a strangely uninvolving tale of mixed-up folklores.

Frequent sexiness will keep you reading but Herbert’s work remains dogged by seventies style misogyny.

If you’re a Herbert fan you’ll love it regardless, but this is lazy work.

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“Men Cannot Hear Women When They Talk About Business Due To Their High-Pitched Weak-Brained Voices.”

Posted in TV, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 29, 2012 | 5 Comments »

     Please don’t be concerned Blogsprites!  The title quote comes from the BBC’s superlative little series The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff.

     The show was first broadcast on the radio and was bumped-up to television status with a Christmas Special in 2011.

     Heavily influenced by the searing wit and irreverent comedy of Blackadder The Bleak Old Shop is a must-see for Dickens’ fans or anyone with a taste for Victoriana and a sense of humour.

     Watch wherever you can!

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Look Who It Is! My Story by Alan Carr

Posted in Books, Reviews, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on May 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

     Carr’s self-deprecating camp infuses this autobiography which unfortunately stops short before his fame gets started, suggesting all the good stuff has been saved for later volumes.  It’s a shame because despite the good humour there is nothing remarkable here, unless you count the fact that Carr is surprisingly well-adjusted for a comedian.

     Alan’s formative years seem no different to those of any ordinary middle-class thirty-something;  nice family, depressingly menial part-time jobs, a pointless degree and some fun holidays.

     Unfortunately the opportunity to offer advice on the perils of building a stand-up career is overlooked, with Carr being unduly brief and modest about such a difficult profession.

     If you like Carr you’ll like this, but the best is probably yet to come.

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The Celeb Diaries by Mark Frith. Trashtastic!

Posted in Books, Reviews, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 22, 2012 | 2 Comments »

     Pure trash of course but also a fascinating insight into celebrity culture’s evolution throughout the noughties.

     As the founding editor of Heat magazine Frith makes for a flawed and fabulous narrator, jealous of the success of fellow publications, often derogatory about the stars he refers to as “playthings” and covetous of fame.   Frith is also fiercely loyal to his team and dedicated to an originally worthy ethos to de-bunk celebrity myth.
     Ironically and unfortunately, normalising celebrities created a space for ordinary folk from reality shows to seize the spotlight.  The subsequent rise of savvy PRs has enabled celebs to play the once revelatory magazines at their own game.
   
     It’s a fascinating insight into a unique period of modern history by a smart, flawed guy who was actually there.

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Pitch Black & Fey on Film, Happy Ever After…

Posted in TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 29, 2012 | 4 Comments »

     Hello Blogsprites,

     I hope you have enjoyed Fairy Tale month as much as I have.  I will, of course, be returning to this beloved subject time and again so please keep sending me your links and recommendations.

     The 10th Kingdom is a series I love and would make an interesting comparative companion piece to all those watching Once Upon A Time and Grimm on television.

     Check it out …

     

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Pitch Black & Fey on Film. Snow White #2 (The Fairest of Them All)

Posted in TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »

     Television production company Hallmark have made a number of successful adaptations of Fairy Tales. 

     Here is another version of Snow White which proves that it’s all about the Step-mother!

     

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Pitch Black & Fey on Film. Little Red Riding Hood #2 (Scary Music!)

Posted in Movies, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 15, 2012 | 3 Comments »

     Hello Blogsprites,

     Many of you may remember the Cannon Fairy Tale films.  Here is a little reminder for Dark Fairy Tale Month, the music accompanying the opening credits is enough to give you nightmares!

     While you are here don’t forget to check out April’s Magickal Thing with a link to Brian Froud in the sidebar. x

     

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Pitch Black & Fey on Film. Beauty & The Beast #4 (Hot Film and Television News)

Posted in Movies, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 9, 2012 | 9 Comments »

     A quick update on all those Beauty & The Beast projects :)

     

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Pitch Black & Fey on Film. Beauty & The Beast #3. (1976 with George C. Scott).

Posted in Movies, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »

     I hope you are enjoying these links to forgotten favourites.  Keep popping back for more, Blogsprites x

     

 

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Pitch Black & Fey on Film. Beauty & The Beast #2 (Cannon Movie Tales, 1987).

Posted in Movies, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »

     Lots of links to strange and beautiful Fairy Tale films this month.

     

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The Wonderful World of Froud ~ April’s Magickal Thing

Posted in Arcana, Art, Books, Movies, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on April 1, 2012 | 2 Comments »

     If you are looking for something to peruse whilst you eat your Easter chocs I would recommend April’s Magickal Thing; the collected art of the talented and inspirational Froud family.

     If you have seen Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal you are already familiar with Brian Froud‘s unique style (and David Bowie’s equally unique tights).

     To celebrate all things Faerie I’ll be featuring a link to The Realm of Froud in the sidebar of my home page all month.

     Don’t forget that the Disney backed television series Once Upon A Time premiers on Channel 5 in the U.K. tonight!

   

     P.S.  A little extra treat, a Froud inspired animated curio (view it all on YouTube) …

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A Whole Slew of Angels in America

Posted in Events, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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"In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead.”
― Tony Kushner

Angels, angels everywhere. Ever since Kushner's acclaimed play burst onto the scene in 1993, it's taken the theatre world by storm - a tempest kicked up by the wings of hundreds of different iterations of the angel figure. Take a stroll down memory lane and see how a number of different productions imagined this pivotal role:

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I saw the HBO mini-series a few years ago and loved it, thanks for reminding me! It would be nice to see a production tackle a more radical representation of the angels though. This is a brilliant piece x

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the Starks

Posted in TV, tagged , , on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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Now, that's funny.

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