‘Useless’ Trivia – Plus ‘That’s No Way To Hold a Gun’ and The Neverending Debate (Kirk v. Picard)
My thanks and full credit to IMDB, because this moderator has only seen bits and pieces of this movie.
Month: December 2016
December 20th, 1996
More than a year following its’ 1995 Japanese release, the Frank Cappello directed No Way Back was released in the United States. Co-starring the still little known (to American audiences) Crowe was a better known Helen Slater, who’s biggest roles to that point had been playing the titular character in 1984’s Supergirl, as well as the comedies Ruthless Read More …
HAPPY BIRTHDAY…
On this day in New York, New York in 1942, Jeffrey Wigand – a man called the ‘Ultimate Whistleblower’ – was born.
Belated Happy Birthday…
On December 12th, 1914 in Buckinghamshire, England, Richard Patrick Russ was born to Charles and Jessie Russ, and was the eighth of nine children. In August of 1945, Richard Patrick took the name Patrick O’Brian by which he is now known. Although the writer of numerous novels and short stories, as well as biographies, he Read More …
Thoughts of Terry…
One more little salute to Terry Thorne on the anniversary of Proof of Life‘s US release…
In honor of Terry Thorne…
…and the release date anniversary of Proof of Life, you might like to check out one of our Gaslight stories: The Downtime Woman by Riley. Due to the document size, you can find it at our linked Scribd account: https://www.scribd.com/doc/314513216/The-Downtime-Woman. This is a stand-alone story which is not connected to Crowe’s Point. Enjoy!
It took me 16 years to remember this?
Funny how something suddenly hits you when you’re sorting thru stuff. Such is the case a few minutes ago when considering the release of Proof of Life 16 years ago. Call me the mistress of minor trivia: Meg Ryan was married to Dennis Quaid, who was a big star back in the Eighties, and is credited with Read More …
December 8th, 2000…
Less than seven months after the release of the epic Gladiator (which went on to win Best Picture for 2000, as well as garner Russell Crowe his Oscar for Best Actor), the Taylor Hackford directed Proof of Life was released in the United States. The movie starred Crowe, along with Meg Ryan, David Morse, Pamela Reed, and David Read More …
The Mummy (2017): First Images
Hard to believe it’s nearly 2017 and this movie is in post-production. Release Date: June 6th, 2017 There is alleged blowback to the trailer (which I posted earlier) which (as of this past Sunday) had 7000 down votes, because fans of the 1999 movie remake are asking “Where’s Brendan Fraser?” Remember, the Fraser version, at Read More …
THE MUMMY (2017) – The First Official Trailer
London gets hammered…again. The line Russell’s character uses about a new world of ‘gods and monsters’ was uttered back in 1935 in James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein (with Boris Karloff). The character Doctor Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) makes a toast – witnessed by The Monster – in which he says the classic line ‘To a new Read More …