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I would really love to watch this movie. Does anyone have info on plans to get it in front of more eyes?
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I would really love to watch this movie. Does anyone have info on plans to get it in front of more eyes?
To Disney’s credit, it’s mostly left Fox alone as the only U.S. studio making good mid-budget movies & TV for grownups. Maybe we’ll be surprised again.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
To Disney’s credit, it’s mostly left Fox alone as the only U.S. studio making good mid-budget movies & TV for grownups. Maybe we’ll be surprised again.
I confess I’m with the majority that loves Stoppard and could listen to his words all day. But The Invention of love left me cold and unmoved. Still, aren’t you grateful he provided the opportunity for us to see Ethan Hawke play Mikhail Bakunin as an absolute force of nature in The Coast of Utopia?
November 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I confess I’m with the majority that loves Stoppard and could listen to his words all day. But The Invention of love left me cold and unmoved. Still, aren’t you grateful he provided the opportunity for us to see Ethan Hawke play Mikhail Bakunin as an absolute force of nature in The Coast of Utopia?
Sadly, “Are you against penicillin, Bernard?” is an actual question these days.
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Sadly, “Are you against penicillin, Bernard?” is an actual question these days.
Who will be the victim? Which beloved muppet will Rian kill off to get his mystery rolling?
I’m thinking Camilla. Everyone will rush to poor Gonzo’s side with love and support. And, let’s be brutally honest, there are plenty more chickens where she came from.
I’m thinking Camilla. Everyone will rush to poor Gonzo’s side with love and support. And, let’s be brutally honest, there are plenty more chickens where she came from.
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Who will be the victim? Which beloved muppet will Rian kill off to get his mystery rolling?
I’m thinking Camilla. Everyone will rush to poor Gonzo’s side with love and support. And, let’s be brutally honest, there are plenty more chickens where she came from.
I’m thinking Camilla. Everyone will rush to poor Gonzo’s side with love and support. And, let’s be brutally honest, there are plenty more chickens where she came from.
My go-to veg stall at the market. Excellent product, good prices, nice people. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My go-to veg stall at the market. Excellent product, good prices, nice people. Happy Thanksgiving!
Off topic, but because I'm listening to it now from Ohio, I have to thank you and Treme for turning me on to WWOZ. A truly great radio station in an era when the medium is corporatized and in decline. I never know what I'm going to hear when I tune in, and I'm always glad when I do. Byen mersi!
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Off topic, but because I'm listening to it now from Ohio, I have to thank you and Treme for turning me on to WWOZ. A truly great radio station in an era when the medium is corporatized and in decline. I never know what I'm going to hear when I tune in, and I'm always glad when I do. Byen mersi!
She should finish her damn term. Now her district will go months without a rep in Congress while Georgians shell out millions for a special election.
If I still had a vote in Georgia I’d consider this disquifying in a statewide race. Even if she were a candidate I’m predisposed to like.
If I still had a vote in Georgia I’d consider this disquifying in a statewide race. Even if she were a candidate I’m predisposed to like.
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
She should finish her damn term. Now her district will go months without a rep in Congress while Georgians shell out millions for a special election.
If I still had a vote in Georgia I’d consider this disquifying in a statewide race. Even if she were a candidate I’m predisposed to like.
If I still had a vote in Georgia I’d consider this disquifying in a statewide race. Even if she were a candidate I’m predisposed to like.
Nice to hear the stage version of Poppins had some style, courtesy of Eyre. I never felt any need to see it.
Has any stage adaptation of a popular movie ever improved on the original, do you think? My only candidate is She Loves Me.
(I sampled a YouTube clip of Paper Mill’s Bull Durham. Couldn’t.)
Has any stage adaptation of a popular movie ever improved on the original, do you think? My only candidate is She Loves Me.
(I sampled a YouTube clip of Paper Mill’s Bull Durham. Couldn’t.)
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Nice to hear the stage version of Poppins had some style, courtesy of Eyre. I never felt any need to see it.
Has any stage adaptation of a popular movie ever improved on the original, do you think? My only candidate is She Loves Me.
(I sampled a YouTube clip of Paper Mill’s Bull Durham. Couldn’t.)
Has any stage adaptation of a popular movie ever improved on the original, do you think? My only candidate is She Loves Me.
(I sampled a YouTube clip of Paper Mill’s Bull Durham. Couldn’t.)
Mary Poppins came out when I was three. Those were the first British accents I ever heard. DVD’s will always be the gold standard for me of how to do it.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Mary Poppins came out when I was three. Those were the first British accents I ever heard. DVD’s will always be the gold standard for me of how to do it.
@nightlightakron.bsky.social will have it in northeast Ohio. Very much recommended.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@nightlightakron.bsky.social will have it in northeast Ohio. Very much recommended.
I don’t entirely agree Pattinson doesn’t have much to do. There’s enough there. But your point is very true of LaKeith Stanfield, an interesting actor on his way up, probably fielding lots of offers, who took a job that mostly could have been done by a day player, presumably to to be on this set.
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I don’t entirely agree Pattinson doesn’t have much to do. There’s enough there. But your point is very true of LaKeith Stanfield, an interesting actor on his way up, probably fielding lots of offers, who took a job that mostly could have been done by a day player, presumably to to be on this set.
"No one can pronounce it but you, Tota." I've seen a few actors play the part, but no one drops that bomb like Claude Rains.
Then he has her killed, of course.
Then he has her killed, of course.
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"No one can pronounce it but you, Tota." I've seen a few actors play the part, but no one drops that bomb like Claude Rains.
Then he has her killed, of course.
Then he has her killed, of course.
A musician I know with a Ph.D. in composition was the composer and arranger for the Marine Corps. It's not a civilian job -- he had to join the Marines and go through basic training after he got his doctorate. Every army has a band. Someone has to lead it!
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
A musician I know with a Ph.D. in composition was the composer and arranger for the Marine Corps. It's not a civilian job -- he had to join the Marines and go through basic training after he got his doctorate. Every army has a band. Someone has to lead it!
I'm having too much fun with election returns to watch The Lowdown tonight. Your review is bookmarked for tomorrow. Thanks!
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I'm having too much fun with election returns to watch The Lowdown tonight. Your review is bookmarked for tomorrow. Thanks!
I love In the Heights. Truly adore it. It’s good and it speaks to me. What’s more, it’s good enough to shine through local amateur productions as long as there are Latins involved. But LMM got bought by Disney before he could peak, like Bobby Lopez and Alan Menkin. Which is a shame.
November 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I love In the Heights. Truly adore it. It’s good and it speaks to me. What’s more, it’s good enough to shine through local amateur productions as long as there are Latins involved. But LMM got bought by Disney before he could peak, like Bobby Lopez and Alan Menkin. Which is a shame.
Nikki sounds like the right kind of lawyer. You go, Nikki! My go-to order at the Little Bar is a bowl of chili and a wedge salad. Highly recommend.
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Nikki sounds like the right kind of lawyer. You go, Nikki! My go-to order at the Little Bar is a bowl of chili and a wedge salad. Highly recommend.
I met him in the ‘80s when he did Burn This with my cousin. Old-school and of the moment - even defining the moment - at the same time. I’d like to say he left me speechless but I probably blathered to the point of boring him.
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I met him in the ‘80s when he did Burn This with my cousin. Old-school and of the moment - even defining the moment - at the same time. I’d like to say he left me speechless but I probably blathered to the point of boring him.
Ethan Hawke’s 2025 is all about intense reactions to Oklahoma.
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Ethan Hawke’s 2025 is all about intense reactions to Oklahoma.
I saw Blue Moon today (wonderful!), set entirely on the opening night of a famous musical. Someone asked Ethan Hawke’s Lorenz Hart what he thought of Oklahoma. Me, muttering to myself: “There’s a nice diner near my bookshop but the guy running for governor is mixed up with some seriously bad dudes.”
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I saw Blue Moon today (wonderful!), set entirely on the opening night of a famous musical. Someone asked Ethan Hawke’s Lorenz Hart what he thought of Oklahoma. Me, muttering to myself: “There’s a nice diner near my bookshop but the guy running for governor is mixed up with some seriously bad dudes.”
This is the best thing I’ve seen all day. Well done you.
October 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This is the best thing I’ve seen all day. Well done you.
Exactly. Thirty years on and they still seem new at this.
October 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Exactly. Thirty years on and they still seem new at this.
Mariners fans knew so little about baseball during the ‘95 ALCS vs. Cleveland that the P-I had to publish an explainer detailing, among other things, the difference between a double and a double play. We had fun with that.
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Mariners fans knew so little about baseball during the ‘95 ALCS vs. Cleveland that the P-I had to publish an explainer detailing, among other things, the difference between a double and a double play. We had fun with that.
We had Ettore Boiardi. Cleveland hero.
October 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We had Ettore Boiardi. Cleveland hero.