A one-day #sciencefiction convention in Perth – a chance to talk about #books, #games, #films etc. with an emphasis on #Scottish writers. Guest of honour Francesca Barbini, founder of Luna Press
Like all Looney Tunes fans, I'm excited about The Day the Earth Blew Up. I believe it's been picked up for a German release and another country or two- hopefully it will hit USA theaters here soon. I talked about it some semi-recently over at https://animatedtvblog.wordpress.com.
It just hit Annecy, got RAVE reviews, and now there's more of it to preview - here's one of the scenes. 🌎💥
@franciscawrites@bookstodon El Sur/ The South by Adelaida Garcia Morales was made into a film of the same name by her then husband, Victor Erice. OK, technically it’s a novella, but at 50 pages I’ve read longer short stories. I actually started reading the novella last night, because I love the film, but finances were pulled from the movie production before the final third could be made, and I’ve always longed to find out what happened.
📽️ I discovered earlier that HISTORY OF THE OCCULT is available on #Kanopy, so I guess tonight's movie is settled.
(It's also on #Tubi for those of you who don't have Kanopy, but if you have a library card in the U.S., I beseech you to check and see if you can access their amazing library of #films.)
What are some of your favorite movie partnerships, be it actor and director, producer and director, or on screen pairings that just work that lose their magic when apart?
While its good to see that books still hold their own (in revenue generating terms) with films & music (they outperform both), the big news is that video games generated more revenue globally than books & music combined.
As someone who has never played a video game, but reads a lot of books, I'm not sure how I feel about this... but it tells us something about where the globe's creative & receptive energies seem to be spent.
There are many alternate castings or directors that were attached to projects but left before filming began, and there are flops that should have been hits, or vice versa.
But what alternate possibilities are ones you'd have loved to see play out and why?
It is 40 years since the release of the original #Ghostbusters. As far removed from that point in time as 1944 was from 1984.
Can you imagine a studio executive in 1984 insisting that they should invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a loose sequel to Double indemnity or the Woman in the Window?
I mean... I wish they were making sequels to #films from 1944 as this list of releases is insane modern #Hollywood hasn't made this many great films in the last decade.
So Shin Godzilla is the fifth Godzilla movie I've seen and so far I've really enjoyed the original, Minus one, and this! Are there other good ones that I've been missing out on?
Today's the perfect day for a fun new podcast. Join hosts
Ronald McGillvray & yours truly as we talk about books, movies, music, TVShows, video games, and so much more in this one-of-a-kind speculative-fiction authorcast!
"The 17-minute documentary takes an intimate look at the unique sisterhood between Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó, Wang’s paternal and maternal grandmothers. The pair initially met because of Wang’s parents and took a particular liking to each other. They became close after the deaths of their husbands, and eventually they chose to live together."
Book 15, 2024: My Lucky Stars, A Hollywood Memoir - Shirley MacLaine. Enjoyable late-90s memoir about showbiz. Chapters on her experiences with Sinatra and Dean Martin are illuminating, and she writes about her romances with Robert Mitchum and Yves Montand. #films#reading#books@bookstodon