It’s been fun watching Derek Jacobi on Sunday night’s on PBS. First in Last Tango in Halifax where he is a sweetheart of a man. Then in Vicious where he is a parody of a parody as half of a gay couple (with Ian McKellen). I wrote this in last week’s recap of Last Tango in Halifax. I know actors …
You, Me & Her is a short film (20 minutes) from writer and director Sarah Doyle. The film recently screened at Etheria Film Night. I’m not sure if it has a release date, distribution, or if it will be posted to some streaming service soon. It’s definitely worth watching for. I hope to get a chance to see it. The …
Old Ain’t Dead is now a little over a year old. The accompanying twitter account @OldAintDead is also a year old. It doesn’t feel like a year has passed, but you know how time seems to fly when you get older. In that year, I’ve published 260+ posts. If you’ve read any of them, if you’ve commented on any of …
This episode of Last Tango in Halifax begins in the cafe where Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi) continue to talk about the death of Eddie. Alan says he is an accessory after the fact. Celia says he probably did the best thing under the circumstances. He tells her that Robbie and the police asked lots of questions. He …
This short documentary tells the inspiring story of an Indian man named Jadav Payeng who has single-handedly planted a forest on a formerly barren island in India’s Brahmaputra River. Payeng is called Forest Man.
My Old Lady stars Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith and Kristen Scott Thomas. Kevin Kline inherits a Paris apartment from his estranged father. When he goes to France to claim it, he finds he cannot sell it until the current inhabitant – Maggie Smith – dies. Kristen Scott Thomas plays Maggie Smith’s daughter. That two fabulous women like Maggie Smith and …
Boyhood shows us 12 years of Mason’s life, from age 6 to age 18. It took 12 years to film. The remarkable project – conceived, written and directed by Richard Linklater – was filmed by getting the cast together once a year every year for 12 years. Ellar Coltrane plays the boy. Patricia Arquette is his mom. Ethan Hawke is …
Season 1 of Black Box is 10 episodes in. I want to comment on the series before the season is over, because I hope it will be renewed. Black Box is about Dr. Catherine Black (Kelly Reilly), a brilliant neuroscientist who hides her bipolar disease from her peers. Her therapist is played by Vanessa Redgrave. Honestly, they had me at …
This episode of Last Tango in Halifax opens with the two great granddads (Derek Jacobi and Paul Copley) as well as Alan’s other sidekick (Roy Barraclough) with the baby at the pub. They talk about what the little girl should be named. Both of Alan’s sidekicks think they were asked to be the best man and are hurt because they …
Cynthia Galant, who up to now has played both the young Rachel and Dr. Marian Bowles’ daughter Charlotte on Orphan Black watched the clone dance party with so much interest she decided to make one herself. If the clones had met at age 8, here’s how it would go. The mini-clone dance party! A budding Tatiana Maslany shows her talent. …
