A Short Film About What We Really See in Each Other
Posted on November 23, 2015 at 10:30 am
Call Me Ishmael — Call This Number to Talk About a Book You Love
Posted on November 23, 2015 at 4:34 am
Call Me Ishmael (the name taken from the first line of Moby Dick) is a new crowd-funded project that invites everyone to call in to talk about a book they love. This is not a book report. It doesn’t have to be fancy or erudite. It’s like talking to a friend about a really great book that moved you or inspired you or made you laugh or cry. You can listen to comments about books from The Fault in Our Stars
Is there a book you love? Call 774-325-0503 and tell Ishmael about it.
Where You’ve Seen Him Before: Donald Sutherland
Posted on November 21, 2015 at 3:58 pm
The evil dictator President Snow in “The Hunger Games” series is played by one of my favorite actors, Donald Sutherland, which gives me a chance to write about some of the outstanding work he has done over more than 50 years.
Sutherland is Canadian and studied acting in England and Australia. His first major movie role was in the classic “The Dirty Dozen.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knwHXfasJLoHe then starred in one of the most acclaimed, popular, and influential films of the 1960’s, Robert Altman’s “M*A*S*H.”
He was a professor in a brief but memorable role in the classic comedy “Animal House,” directed by John Landis.
And he had the title role in “Klute,” opposite Oscar-winner Jane Fonda.
He even showed up in the movie version of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
In the Keira Knightly version of “Pride and Prejudice,” directed by Joe Wright, Sutherland played Mr. Bennett.
Coming up — he appears with his son, Kiefer Sutherland (“24”) in “Forsaken,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
Movie Mom on Motley Fool Money — November 2015
Posted on November 21, 2015 at 12:16 pm
Thanks as always to my pals at Motley Fool Money for inviting me on the podcast. I always love it when I get to combine my interests in finance, investing, and movie!
Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow — Tonight on Lifetime!
Posted on November 21, 2015 at 8:00 am
Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company and daughter of Jim Henson, discovered an unproduced script by her father, a Thanksgiving story. Tonight, it premieres on Lifetime. “Turkey Hollow is an unproduced gem from our Company’s archives. I have fond memories from my childhood of my father planning and developing this production. He was delighted by the idea of magical creatures living in the woods and was excited to portray them in a more realistic way than his other well-known puppet characters,” she said.