Friday, July 24, 2020

Kelly Gale


Escape Plan (2013)



When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.

Mainly efficient, but unambitious sci-fi actioner is watchable for its nice pairing of Stallone and Schwarzenegger.

Maltin**1/2: "Better-than-expected prison drama...Blessedly old-fashioned vehicle for Stallone allows him to be tough as nails...Totally ludicrous but entertaining on its own terms. It's fun to watch Sly and Arnold together."

Nisaa Pouncey


Today's Cat


Taylor Marie Hill


ph: Morelli Brothers

A day in the life, Feb 14


A day in the life, Feb 14, Steinerne Brücke

Viktoria Jakab


New York


Coney Island, ph: Harvey Stein

Christy Turlington


First Lines: Mick Herron - Slow Horses


Let us be clear about this much at lest: Slough House is not in Slough; nor is it a house.

Lulu Tenney


Thursday, July 23, 2020

Hitchcock (2012)



Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma have a little marriage crisis during the filming of Psycho in 1959.
Although it has a more serious topic at its core this movie manages it be a lighthearted and loving homage to the master and presents some enjoyably stellar performances from its cast.

On rewatching: Light-weighted, but quite entertaining depiction of the making of Psycho.
Maltin***: "As an account of the making of PSYCHO this is evocative and fun to watch. As an exploration of what made Hitchcock tick it must be taken as pure entertainment and not literal truth."

Blésnya Minher


Today's Cat


Vittoria Ceretti


ph: Tyler Mitchell

A day in the life, Feb 13


A day in the life, Feb 13, a view through a fence

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Pan Haowen


New Stuff: Bob Dylan



Rebecca Leigh Longendyke


Burnt (2015)




A chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

Bradley Cooper does his best to portray a disagreeable narcissistic man-child, but the makers' celebration of unnecessary competitiveness and their misunderstanding of the culinary art doesn't help much; the impressive cast serves as mere extras to the one-man show.

Aleksandra "Ola" Rudnicka


ph: Guillaume Roemaet

New Stuff: Jonny Quest


Monday, July 20, 2020

Mona Tougaard


I Bury the Living (1958)


A cemetery director discovers that by arbitrarily changing the status of plots from empty to occupied on the planogram causes the death of the plots' owners.

Good, above-average horror tale with an imaginative plot and a simple, but surprising twist ending.

Halliwell (no star): "Unusual enough to be encouraging, sloppy enough to disappoint even mystery lovers."

Maltin***: "Crisp little chiller..."

Arizona Muse


ph: Camilla Akrans

New Stuff: The Wire


Who's That Girl?


Photographer: Myra Albert Wiggins

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Gigi Hadid


ph: Solve Sundsbo

The Bad Sister (1931)


Marianne falls in love with a con artist who has a hidden agenda.

Contrived and wooden melodrama with a remarkable cast, and no, Bette Davis doesn't play the title role.

Halliwell (no star): "A teenager potboiler of its day, remarkable only for its cast."

Maltin**: "...stilted early-talkie melodrama. Davis, in her film debut, is wasted..."

Jayne Moore


Today's Cat


Ondria Hardin


A day in the life, Feb 12


A day in the life, Feb 12, objet trouvé

Halima Aden


New York


Irving Browning. Eye-level view of Times Square on a rainy night, looking north on Broadway, New York. 1930s

Veronica Lake


First Lines: Iain M. Banks - Surface Detail


"This one might be trouble."