Movie Review The Angels’ Share
April 6, 2015 | Posted in MOVIES, THRILLER | By Arthur Chappell
Robbie also learns of an auction of a rare malt-whisky that could be worth a million pounds, and hits on a plan to steal some for a private collector, using his Community Service chums to help him out.
Movie Review – Despicable Me
April 6, 2015 | Posted in MOVIES, SCIENCE FICTION | By Arthur Chappell
I particularly like how open Gru is with his villainy, treating it as just a job, as he lives in a suburban American community, with his evil castle right in the midst of a row of terraced houses where he chats to the neighbours.
Movie Review Oktober
April 6, 2015 | Posted in AUTHORS, BOOKS, CLASSICS, MOVIES | By Arthur Chappell
Eisenstein’s formidable 1926 silent classic heavily stylized reconstruction of the events of the Russian Revolution, as Lenin’s Bolshevik’s seized control of Petrograd (Leningrad). It was inspired by John Reeds’ journalistic, but biased record of the revolution, Ten Days That Shook The World, later filmed by Warren Beatty as Reds.
TV Review Thunderbirds Are Go
April 5, 2015 | Posted in CLASSIC TV, CULT TV, EPISODE RECAPS, MOVIES, SCIENCE FICTION, TELEVISION | By Arthur Chappell
Homages to the Anderson originals were strong; the whole solar panel threat to a city threat was a reprise of Lord Parker’s Holiday, John watching Stingray on TV, etc.
Song Review – The Big Bopper – Chantilly Lace
April 4, 2015 | Posted in MOVIES, RADIO, ROCK, VINYL RECORDS | By Arthur Chappell
Jiles Perry Richardson wrote the song himself, and recorded under the name, Big Bopper. It became his biggest, and in most countries, his only hit. He was tragically killed the following year in the same plane crash that took Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly from us. Richardson’s overt sexual call was a sharp, loud contrast to Buddy Holly’s gentle romantic style in songs like True Love Ways.
TV Review – The UK Television Election Debate 2015
April 3, 2015 | Posted in CULTURE & SOCIETY, TELEVISION | By Arthur Chappell
Farrage really showed his true nature by claiming most immigrants in Britain are from Communist Countries and that we are spending more money on treating foreign AIDS sufferers than our own nationals who have AIDS. Leanne Wood’s simple retort that he should be ashamed of himself drew the strongest audience applause of the night. She clearly saw dealing with sickness of any kind as a purely human service to offer all, regardless of nationality.
Diary Monday 30th March 2015
April 1, 2015 | Posted in AUTHOR BLOGS, AUTHORS, BOOKS, FANTASY, RADIO, SCIENCE FICTION, THEATER | By Arthur Chappell
The first writer created a longer (thirty minute) script about a killer joining a space-shot as a means to escape justice – the playlet incorporated man lines from Beatles songs as it was aimed at a competition themed around Beatles work. It was very entertaining and I hope it does well for him in the competition.
Radio Play Review – The Saint – The Connelly Silver Mine
March 30, 2015 | Posted in AUTHORS, BOOKS, CULT TV, TELEVISION | By Arthur Chappell
Though certainly best remembered for Roger Moore’s long running Pre-James Bond series, and the sequel (The Return Of The Saint) starring Ian Ogilvy, as well as a dire big budget movie starring Val Kilmer, The Saint was also extensively played on radio, most popularly, by Vincent Price between 1947 and 1951.
FORGETFULNESS OF THINGS PAST
March 30, 2015 | Posted in COMEDY, FAN FICTION, FANDOM, MOVIES, SCIENCE FICTION | By Arthur Chappell
Is this the Lacuna offices? Oh good, perhaps you can explain to me why I just came here. I’ve forgotten already. Did I have my mind wiped already, possibly yesterday? That’ll save me a few dollars if I did.
I’d like to thank you for curing my Déjà Vu problem. I really don’t think I met you before, though your friend here looks a bit familiar.
H G Wells And Orson Welles Meeting in 1940
March 26, 2015 | Posted in AUTHORS, BOOKS, CLASSICS, HISTORICAL, HORROR, MOVIES, NON-FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION | By Arthur Chappell
H G Wells, who was travelling in the United States on a lecture tour, and safely away from the Luftwaffe bombing in Europe and London, expressed great amusement at the similarity of the names, Wells & Welles. He jokingly advises Orson Welles to drop the unnecessary extra e.
