Does Ferdinand Lyle:

Wish TCM would do a day of Canadian films on July 1. Mon Oncle Antoine, The Grey Fox, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Jésus de Montréal, and My Winnipeg would be a pretty solid line-up. Maybe swap out Jésus for Denys Arcand's Decline of the American Empire.

Loved season one of Penny Dreadful, and season two has been even better; no sophomore slump here, as Helen McRory's Big Bad has been more than the equal of Eva Green and Timothy Dalton. Plus Josh Hartnett has been a revelation as Ethan, while Billie Piper has quietly turned into one of the show's strongest characters.…

I know three transgendered people - all men to women - and to me they're J, L, and C (all women). And to me they're - well, J, L, and C, and when I refer to them it's she (because that's what they are), and by name, and I think - when I see the breast-beating about the issue - 'How difficult is this, people?' Which is…

The flowers that bloom in the spring (tra la) have nothing to do with the case.

So you're paternering up Sembene (pretty damn useful in a fight/tight spot), Ethan (ditto, plus the Wolf of God thing), Frankenstein (who looks like a strong gust of wind would knock him over)), and Lyle (who looked like he was going to have the vapours when Ethan handed him the pistol). Who do you put on a team…

Plus there was good use of mirrors throughout the episode, especially the way Hecate disappeared through the one in Ethan's room.

Heresy, I know, but as much as I like the Hitchcock version of The Thirty-Nine Steps - and it's a very good film - I think the 1978 version with Robert Powell has a slight edge over it (the 1959 version with Kenneth More is okay). All three versions stray from the plot of Buchan's novel (and none of them use his…

This can only mean one thing; and I don't know what that it.

Michael Ironside agrees.

For our American friends: when we say the NDP is left-wing, we don't mean left-wing as in the Democrats, we mean left-wing as in a lot of Americans would consider them one step away from being Communists.

What a great 'get' for Random Roles. And I'm always happy to hear anyone involved with Theatre of Blood talk about that film. As Rigg says, it gave Vincent Price a chance to show what a fine classical actor he could have been, if he'd had the opportunity or inclination to go that way. His 'I know when one is dead and…

Listening to Something Wicked This Way Comes. Beautiful score.

I have the soundtrack of SWTWC on as I reply, and it's the middle portion of 'Carousel'.

Love his score for Something Wicked This Way Comes, particularly the ominous opening credits; but for the purposes of this post, I'll go with the lyrical end credits. RIP, Mr. Horner. http://bit.ly/1Iba4NS

And because all the actors are on board, understand what's required, and are absolutely committed to selling the hell out of the material. That long scene between Victor and Sir Malcolm, where they discuss love, could have been boring or unintelligible or over the top or some combination of the three, but both…

Your weekly Ferdinand Lyle soundbite:

But there's another season to come. . . .

I can see the site from my front deck:

And Jerome Flynn singing, so not a complete waste of time.