You can't take the Scotland out of a girl... Reel entertainment reviews and more from that Darlin Husband’s wee Scottish, square-eyed and film-mad wife living in Finland.
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Brooke Shields and Richard Thomas give these real life characters their unique brand of justice... In a true story that changed the law, an obsessed man goes postal after being rejected by the workmate he adores, with strong, sterling and credible performances from the leads.
Is he forever alone? Andrew McCarthy feels he's still in limboland... Andrew McCarthy reunites with some of his cool 1980s acting peers to share their thoughts on their shared teen idol label as members of the Brat Pack.
Proving there are more than two sides to the story (and a whole series review)... Not for the easily confused, an initially promising start to a then disappointing bonkbuster series about the romantic life of an adulterer and his mistress as told from their recollections.
Two of this month's titles could also refer to similarly titled Armand Assante content... But watch this space, as the third has a title that could have been added to his repertoire, for this actor who has had twelve Lifetime Achievement Awards and is still working to this day.
Just who are you... And why are you...? Three apparently innocent characters harbour some dark ambitions with a different, darker side to their character in these 1960s neo-noirs.
When the stars aligned, Sam Neill's Damien Thorn, aka the Antichrist, took on battle with Christ in his Second Coming... In the last of the original Omen trilogy, deadly dagger trouble comes in sevens as the dark, dangerous and devilishly roguish Damien hopes to dodge death and make his father proud.
Just one look and then Sissy's heart went boom... A mysterious, charismatic poet, infamously rumoured to be the "Angel of Death," accepts his long-standing invitation to visit the now-dying Sissy Goforth one summer on her private Italian island.
Let's go back to some international productions from the 1960s, 1970s, and more recently... There's a mixed bunch this month, with a movie set in France, a TV show set in Sweden and an American miniseries filmed in Ireland as Ireland, with the Irish capital doublin' for Philadelphia.
Plenty more where these gems come from... It's a mixed bag from 2025, with settings of the afterlife, a film studio and on and off stage for a tribute double act.
A film historian and Valley resident, Martin M. Cooper, enthusiastically and eloquently answers the cinematically themed question of just how filmic was his San Fernando Valley... Travel with Cooper through the depths of San Fernando Valley's 115 year cinematic history, an unsung Californian region saturated in rich locations, filmmakers, production houses, films, television, and so much more.
