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On this day: the premiere of Metropolis | In Times Gone By…

Iconic futuristic German film Metropolis premiered on the 10th of January, 1927. Filmed in 1925 but set in the year 2026, the film is set in a city with ruling … Continue reading

01/10/2017 · 2 Comments

Great Scott! Rocky Horror is 40 years old!

Originally posted on In My Not So Humble Opinion:
Happy Halloween!  Today I’m taking a brief look at the horror comedy musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which made its…

11/01/2015 · 4 Comments

Happy 90th Birthday Kim Stanley

Originally posted on Waldina:
Today is the 90th birthday of the actress Kim Stanley.  She was the narrator of To Kill A Mockingbird and played Francis Farmer‘s mother in Frances,…

03/11/2015 · Leave a comment

Third Annual Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival

01/14/2015 · Leave a comment

Nigel Kneale: Manx writer of intelligent British Isles horror and science fiction

Originally posted on SO IT GOES – John Fleming's blog:
Nigel Kneale, writer (1922-2006). So it goes. (Photograph by Mark Gudgeon) When I recently chatted to writer Chris Lincé about…

09/29/2014 · Leave a comment