Archive for February, 2016
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February 25, 2016
February marks two decades since the release of Trainspotting, one of the most iconic titles in British film history. To mark the anniversary, Susan Griffin takes a trip down memory lane to recap on how the movie came about - and what's in store with the sequel The novel, written by Scottish novelist and playwright Irvine Welsh, was inspired by his own experiences in Edinburgh in the Eighties, and told through an array of characters whose worlds intertwine through drug addiction and shared attempts to escape the tedium and squalor of their lives.
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February 25, 2016
The Revenge alum, who originated the role of Dr. Railly in the original 1995 film, is set to appear in the Syfy adaptation as Stowe will first arrive on-screen in the Season 2 finale as Lillian, a patient at a 1950s psychiatric ward who becomes integral to Cole's journey - though prior to that, she will be heard delivering the season-opening monologue on April 18, setting up the story of how the world comes to an end. Comments are monitored, so don't go off topic, don't frakkin' curse and don't bore us with how much your coworker's sister-in-law makes per hour.
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February 25, 2016
If mimicry is the highest form of flattery, impersonating a real-life figure is nothing short of adoration - or extreme mockery - and requires a certain degree of talent. Most drag artists craft their own identities, which is why celebrity drag impersonation has increasingly become a niche part of the drag world.
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February 25, 2016
With the Rocky Horror Show coming to the Princess Theatre from March 7-12, Herald Express reporters Rom Preston-Ellis and Hannah Maltwood let the hair and make-up students at South Devon College give them a stunning 'Rocky Horror' makeover... It's not every Wednesday that I spend the morning strutting around South Devon College dressed as a woman - then again, it's not often that the Rocky Horror Show comes to town. With Richard O'Brien's outlandish show landing at the Princess Theatre next month, the skilled and enthusiastic theatrical hair and make-up students at the college have been inspired by the production.
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February 25, 2016
Philadelphia's pension crisis, as Finance Director Rob Dubow has noted, is unfolding like the plot of the science fiction classic The Blob . The movie's menace started as a small, gelatinous lump found outside Phoenixville.
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February 25, 2016
Film fans in Nottingham have voted the music from the shower scene in Psycho as the scariest sound in movie history. and Jack Nicholson's chilling "Here's Johnny" line in The Shining to take first place in a poll of customers by hearing specialists Amplifon.
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February 25, 2016
Eighty-three years ago in 1933, a small horror movie about a large ape came into the world and stole our hearts. A poor, abnormally large ape named Kong falls in love with a teeny, tiny human woman and the whole film is his quest to posses her.
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February 25, 2016
Remember how let down you felt when The Blair Witch Project never even showed a witch? That "What, that's it?" feeling you had after the shot of the dude peeing up against the wall, having never really seen anything scary in the film, unless you count Heather Donahue's snot and twigs as really scary? The Witch , the Sundance award-winning directorial debut - and total masterpiece - from Robert Eggers, who also wrote the script, actually has a witch in it. She makes her first appearance very early on in the film, and she's doing a bad thing.
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February 24, 2016
How could any operatic adaptation of The Shining eradicate memories of those iconic Stanley Kubrick film moments when Jack Nicholson is breaking down the door to kill his terrified wife and psychic son? The question was posed somewhat pointedly on Tuesday at the National Opera America Center, when the Minnesota Opera presented a media preview of one of the most curiously awaited operas in years - The Shining - with premiere performances in Minneapolis on May 7 to 15. The answer was simple: The opera is based not on the 1980 film, but on Stephen King's 1977 novel. Obviously, the story of a writer going crazy in a closed-for-the-winter resort has the kind of atmosphere and psychology for which opera was made.
