1968: Peyton Place's Rodney and Norman had a motorcycle crash.
1986: Y&r's Who's The Daddy story was featured in Mr. Mom.
2008: A car crashed into Gh on General Hospital: Night Shift.
2013: All My Children's Cassandra wanted an abortion."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: On radio soap opera Rosemary, Rosemary Dawson (Betty Winkler) and her artist friend, Brad, took a train to Penn Station in New York City.
1965: On Another World, Pat Matthews (Susan Trustman) remembered her days in Bedfordtown.
1968: On Peyton Place,...
1986: Y&r's Who's The Daddy story was featured in Mr. Mom.
2008: A car crashed into Gh on General Hospital: Night Shift.
2013: All My Children's Cassandra wanted an abortion."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: On radio soap opera Rosemary, Rosemary Dawson (Betty Winkler) and her artist friend, Brad, took a train to Penn Station in New York City.
1965: On Another World, Pat Matthews (Susan Trustman) remembered her days in Bedfordtown.
1968: On Peyton Place,...
- 7/22/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1968: Peyton Place's Rodney and Norman had a motorcycle crash.
1986: Y&R's Who's The Daddy story was featured in Mr. Mom.
2008: A car crashed into Gh on General Hospital: Night Shift.
2013: All My Children's Cassandra wanted an abortion."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: On radio soap opera Rosemary, Rosemary Dawson (Betty Winkler) and her artist friend, Brad, took a train to Penn Station in New York City.
1965: On Another World, Pat Matthews (Susan Trustman) remembered her days in Bedfordtown.
1968: On Peyton Place, Rodney Harrington (Rodney O'Neal) and Norman Harrington (Christopher Connelly...
1986: Y&R's Who's The Daddy story was featured in Mr. Mom.
2008: A car crashed into Gh on General Hospital: Night Shift.
2013: All My Children's Cassandra wanted an abortion."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1946: On radio soap opera Rosemary, Rosemary Dawson (Betty Winkler) and her artist friend, Brad, took a train to Penn Station in New York City.
1965: On Another World, Pat Matthews (Susan Trustman) remembered her days in Bedfordtown.
1968: On Peyton Place, Rodney Harrington (Rodney O'Neal) and Norman Harrington (Christopher Connelly...
- 7/22/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Reviewed By: Chris Wright
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The Changeling
Directed By: Peter Medak
Written By: Russell Hunter, William Gray, Diana Maddox
Starring: George C. Scott (John Russell), Melvyn Douglas (Senator Joseph Carmichael), Trish Van Devere (Claire), Eric Christmas (Albert Harmon), John Colicos (De Witt), Jean Marsh (Joanna Russell), Roberta Maxwell (Eva Lingstrom), Barry Morse (Doctor Pemberton) Terence Kelly (Sgt. Durban)
A good ghost story is hard to come by today. The various attempts of haunted houses and ghost tales today rely heavily on jump scares and loud sound affects to propel the story along. Thankfully “The Changeling” doesn’t follow the model! I had only heard of this film in passing but never actually made an attempt to watch but now I am glad I did. Plus, don’t we all love a good ghost story?
The story follows John Russell to a new old style home after the tragic loss...
Morehorror.com
The Changeling
Directed By: Peter Medak
Written By: Russell Hunter, William Gray, Diana Maddox
Starring: George C. Scott (John Russell), Melvyn Douglas (Senator Joseph Carmichael), Trish Van Devere (Claire), Eric Christmas (Albert Harmon), John Colicos (De Witt), Jean Marsh (Joanna Russell), Roberta Maxwell (Eva Lingstrom), Barry Morse (Doctor Pemberton) Terence Kelly (Sgt. Durban)
A good ghost story is hard to come by today. The various attempts of haunted houses and ghost tales today rely heavily on jump scares and loud sound affects to propel the story along. Thankfully “The Changeling” doesn’t follow the model! I had only heard of this film in passing but never actually made an attempt to watch but now I am glad I did. Plus, don’t we all love a good ghost story?
The story follows John Russell to a new old style home after the tragic loss...
- 1/4/2015
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Stars: Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Ellen Geer, Eric Christmas | Written by Colin Higgins | Directed by Hal Ashby
Harold (Cort) is young, rich, depressed, lonely and obsessed with death. His idea of fun is visiting funerals and pretending to commit suicide in a variety of gruesome and violent ways in front of his controlling mother. One day at a funeral he meets Maude (Gordon), a fun and rebellious seventy-nine year-old who loves life and every thing to do with it. As their friendship grows, Maude teaches Harold how to live life to the full with a smile on your face, how to love and to not worry so much about the little things.
Filmed in 1971, Harold and Maude is coming to Blu-ray this year as part of the Masters of Cinema series. This irreverent and dark comedy is a strange tale of loving life to the fullest.
Harold (Cort) is young, rich, depressed, lonely and obsessed with death. His idea of fun is visiting funerals and pretending to commit suicide in a variety of gruesome and violent ways in front of his controlling mother. One day at a funeral he meets Maude (Gordon), a fun and rebellious seventy-nine year-old who loves life and every thing to do with it. As their friendship grows, Maude teaches Harold how to live life to the full with a smile on your face, how to love and to not worry so much about the little things.
Filmed in 1971, Harold and Maude is coming to Blu-ray this year as part of the Masters of Cinema series. This irreverent and dark comedy is a strange tale of loving life to the fullest.
- 7/14/2014
- by Richard Axtell
- Nerdly
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.
This Week’s New Instant Releases… Title: Black Heaven (2010)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Etienne, Pierre Niney, Ali Marhyar, Patrick Descamps, Pierre Vittet, Swann Arlaud, Francesco Merenda
Director: Gilles Marchand
Synopsis: While searching for the owner of a missing mobile phone with his girlfriend, Marion (Pauline Etienne), Gaspard (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) falls for the mysterious Sam (Louise Bourgoin), who draws him into a dangerous virtual-reality video game, where she provokes unsuspecting victims into killing themselves. Directed by Gilles Marchand, this intense French drama alternates between real-life events and those within the simulated computer world. Title: Heartless (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Clémence Poésy , Noel Clarke, Luke Treadaway, Justin Salinger,...
This Week’s New Instant Releases… Title: Black Heaven (2010)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Etienne, Pierre Niney, Ali Marhyar, Patrick Descamps, Pierre Vittet, Swann Arlaud, Francesco Merenda
Director: Gilles Marchand
Synopsis: While searching for the owner of a missing mobile phone with his girlfriend, Marion (Pauline Etienne), Gaspard (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) falls for the mysterious Sam (Louise Bourgoin), who draws him into a dangerous virtual-reality video game, where she provokes unsuspecting victims into killing themselves. Directed by Gilles Marchand, this intense French drama alternates between real-life events and those within the simulated computer world. Title: Heartless (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/12/2011
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Clémence Poésy , Noel Clarke, Luke Treadaway, Justin Salinger,...
- 4/11/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Film review: 'Air Bud'
A formulaic family film that scores enough points to draw a decent audience in its theatrical release, Disney's "Air Bud" does not show a dog slam-dunking on a basketball court as in the film's print ads, but it's got plenty of furry footwork and a nose for easy shots at emotional manipulation.
Directed by Charles Martin Smith from a screenplay credited to Paul Tamasy and Aaron Mendelsohn, "Air Bud" is less rowdy than the "Mighty Ducks" films and closer to "The Secret Garden", with brooding young Josh (Kevin Zegers) discovering an overgrown basketball court and meeting his tail-wagging, soon-to-be best pal.
In a clunky opening, the golden retriever star (Buddy) is shown enduring his humiliating life as a costumed attraction for a bad party clown dubbed Norm Snively (Michael Jeter), who drives the requisite falling-apart pickup. The unnamed canine slips off the truck and hides from people, which is what dadless Josh wants to do since moving to a new mountain home with his family.
His mom (Wendy Makkena) is gentle and fair, but Josh doesn't talk a lot and misses playing basketball with his father, a test pilot killed in the line of duty. Along comes Buddy, who can butt the ball like a seal into the basket. Buddy does run into trouble more than once -- with destructive physical comedy the result -- but on the court he's a barking show-off with the chops.
Josh and Buddy become major attractions in the junior high school basketball program and the team heads toward the finals, but there are numerous complications, including a jerky rival (Brendan Fletcher) on the team, the rival's super-jerky dad (Norman Browning), a former NBA legend (Bill Cobbs) who's also hiding from the world, and the repulsive slob Snively, who succeeds in taking the dog back.
Poor Buddy has to wear another costume and watch Josh lead his team to glory, while the filmmakers are more concerned with overdoing the kid-tells-dog-to-get-lost scene than questioning the collective lust for glory that drives junior hoopsters and adults to such paroxysms in an otherwise bucolic setting.
Appearing only at the end, Eric Christmas is crowd-pleasingly over-the-top as the crotchety judge who allows Buddy to choose an owner. There's little in the way of surprises, and a few cute running gags have to go a long way. The strongest team players, Zegers, Makkena and Cobbs admirably stay in game face as they share the ball with Buddy.
Owned by trainer Kevin DiCicco, Buddy is already a media sensation with "22,000 career baskets" and countless personal appearances. He steals the movie at every opportunity. Director Smith does not handle all aspects with equal success, but he keeps this mongrel production from straying into fantasyland.
AIR BUD
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures presents
in association with Keystone Pictures
A Robert Vince production
Director Charles Martin Smith
Writers Paul Tamasy, Aaron Mendelsohn
Producers Robert Vince, William Vince
Executive producers Michael Strange,
Anne Vince
Director of photography Mike Southon
Production designer Elizabeth Wilcox
Editor Alison Grace
Music Brahm Wenger
Casting Abra Edelman, Elisa Goodman
Color/stereo
Cast:
Norm Snively Michael Jeter
Josh Framm Kevin Zegers
Jackie Framm Wendy Makkena
Arthur Chaney Bill Cobbs
Judge Cranfield Eric Christmas
Buddy/Air Bud Buddy
Running time -- 101 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Directed by Charles Martin Smith from a screenplay credited to Paul Tamasy and Aaron Mendelsohn, "Air Bud" is less rowdy than the "Mighty Ducks" films and closer to "The Secret Garden", with brooding young Josh (Kevin Zegers) discovering an overgrown basketball court and meeting his tail-wagging, soon-to-be best pal.
In a clunky opening, the golden retriever star (Buddy) is shown enduring his humiliating life as a costumed attraction for a bad party clown dubbed Norm Snively (Michael Jeter), who drives the requisite falling-apart pickup. The unnamed canine slips off the truck and hides from people, which is what dadless Josh wants to do since moving to a new mountain home with his family.
His mom (Wendy Makkena) is gentle and fair, but Josh doesn't talk a lot and misses playing basketball with his father, a test pilot killed in the line of duty. Along comes Buddy, who can butt the ball like a seal into the basket. Buddy does run into trouble more than once -- with destructive physical comedy the result -- but on the court he's a barking show-off with the chops.
Josh and Buddy become major attractions in the junior high school basketball program and the team heads toward the finals, but there are numerous complications, including a jerky rival (Brendan Fletcher) on the team, the rival's super-jerky dad (Norman Browning), a former NBA legend (Bill Cobbs) who's also hiding from the world, and the repulsive slob Snively, who succeeds in taking the dog back.
Poor Buddy has to wear another costume and watch Josh lead his team to glory, while the filmmakers are more concerned with overdoing the kid-tells-dog-to-get-lost scene than questioning the collective lust for glory that drives junior hoopsters and adults to such paroxysms in an otherwise bucolic setting.
Appearing only at the end, Eric Christmas is crowd-pleasingly over-the-top as the crotchety judge who allows Buddy to choose an owner. There's little in the way of surprises, and a few cute running gags have to go a long way. The strongest team players, Zegers, Makkena and Cobbs admirably stay in game face as they share the ball with Buddy.
Owned by trainer Kevin DiCicco, Buddy is already a media sensation with "22,000 career baskets" and countless personal appearances. He steals the movie at every opportunity. Director Smith does not handle all aspects with equal success, but he keeps this mongrel production from straying into fantasyland.
AIR BUD
Buena Vista Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures presents
in association with Keystone Pictures
A Robert Vince production
Director Charles Martin Smith
Writers Paul Tamasy, Aaron Mendelsohn
Producers Robert Vince, William Vince
Executive producers Michael Strange,
Anne Vince
Director of photography Mike Southon
Production designer Elizabeth Wilcox
Editor Alison Grace
Music Brahm Wenger
Casting Abra Edelman, Elisa Goodman
Color/stereo
Cast:
Norm Snively Michael Jeter
Josh Framm Kevin Zegers
Jackie Framm Wendy Makkena
Arthur Chaney Bill Cobbs
Judge Cranfield Eric Christmas
Buddy/Air Bud Buddy
Running time -- 101 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 8/1/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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