Pulp Fiction, the second film from Quentin Tarantino was, as mentioned above, never going to win any Oscars against Forrest Gump.

The ‘Doyle estate’ consists of very distant relations of ACD, who had five children, none of whom had children of their own. His two sons from his second marriage spectacularly mismanaged the cash cow they had been handed, preferring to live champagne lifestyles and raid the piggy bank to do so rather than do the work…

I know that almost all the actors in NN play multiple parts, but I think in terms of playing major roles who couldn’t be more contrasting, Peck as the gentle giant John Browdie and the villainous Mulberry Hawk is the best (although Suzanne Bertish as Fanny Squeers/Miss Snevillicci/Peg Sliderskew is pretty damn close).

That entire T. rex scene, where the vehicles get attacked, is a bloody marvel in every way. There’s the beautiful visual shorthand of seeing the tethered goat (as a reminder it’s there - Chekhov’s goat? - and as a cue to the audience as to where the vehicles have stopped), the first, ominous ‘boom’ of the footstep…

Loved the Ustinov version of this, despite a few duff performances (Lois Chiles looks great, but can’t act, Mia Farrow is miscast, and Simon MacCorkindale is a bland block of wood), but the others more than make up for that. Angela Lansbury is a hoot as Salome Otterbourne, Bette Davis and Maggie Smith are a great…

A trench AND a crate? And why am I thinking of Monty Python’s ‘Scott of the Sahara’ all of a sudden?

Please, don’t anyone tell Shapiro about ‘My Girl’s Pussy’, which Harry Roy sang about in 1931, even though he is clearly just talking about his girlfriend’s cat:

I haven’t seen this film in years, but I remember it as being good-natured fun and full of appealing characters, along with some funny bits that have stuck with me, such as when Harmon discovers that the reason one of his students keeps falling asleep in class is because he’s moonlighting as a Chippendales-type…

Really solid choices, particularly Quatermass and the Pit, which is one of the most flat-out intelligent (and intelligently acted) horror films of all time. Yes, as noted, some of the SFX are rather - quaint, to modern eyes, but it’s unbearably tense, and the scenes in the Hobb’s End Underground station are terrifying…

It’s not a bad movie; there’s lots to enjoy along the way. But the best part is Rick and Evie’s relationship; they’re a great couple, up there with Nick and Nora Charles in terms of banter, chemistry, and fun. The scene at the end, when Evie decides to run to help Rick against his pleas, while Imhotep watches as Anck-S…

It’s true that the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) has existed since 1920, but the organization dates back to 1873, when it began life as the NWMP (North-West Mounted Police, so-named because the Force was formed to protect the central and northern portions of the Dominion of Canada, which were not yet provinces…

That’s the one.

I’m surprised no obituary I’ve seen has mentioned Cameron’s major role in the 1961 British film Flame in the Streets. John Mills plays a union leader who works to secure the rights of West Indian workers - in particular Cameron as Gabriel Gomez - but he and (and especially his wife) reveal their intolerance when their…

I asked if the replica could be left up - it’s certainly more interesting than looking across the street at an empty lot - but they disassembled it and said they were taking it back down to Vancouver in case they need to re-erect it for any re-shoots. It was certainly quite the tourist attraction while it was up,…

This episode was filmed in my small town of Ashcroft, British Columbia back in February, and the bulk of the outdoor filming was done on the block where I work as editor of the Ashcroft Journal newspaper, so I got a front row seat for the action. I’ve seen some still pictures of the model, and apart from one or two…

She said she wanted Sundays off, but will be back to cover the season (series?) finale on June 28.

Yes, much smaller than Kamloops, and you were warmish with 100 Mile, although I’m closer to Kamloops than that, here in (usually sunny) Ashcroft.

One of the duties of being mayor of my small town in British Columbia is giving an address at the graduation ceremony for our local high school. I won’t be doing it this year (which is a real shame, as two of the grads are kids I’ve worked with for years in local theatre, and I was really looking forward to seeing…

The ‘A Small Town’ episode was filmed in part in our small (pop. 1,600 town) in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. From location scouting in December 2019 through filming in early February and then takedown, it was several weeks of activity and excitement, with about 180 cast and crew here at the peak of filmin…

Fun fact: Leslie Nielsen’s brother Erik was a longtime Conservative Party of Canada politician who served as the federal Leader of the Opposition (when the Conservatives were out of power and seeking a new leader), deputy prime minister (when they got back into power), and was for a time Minister of National Defence.…