On the 1966 "Star Trek" episode "The Enemy Within," Captain Kirk (played by one-time /Film writer William Shatner) beams up from a geological research mission covered in a rare magnetic dust. The dust causes a glitch in the Enterprise's transporter, resulting in Kirk bifurcating into two separate beings. The first Kirk to beam up contains all of Kirk's intelligence and rationality, while the second Kirk -- arriving a few moments later -- contains all of his aggression or anger. With a "good" captain and an "evil" captain on board the Enterprise, mayhem ensues.
By the end of the episode, both Kirks must face off, and then, naturally, reunite. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) points out that Kirk cannot be an effective captain without his irrational rage and aggression; as a gentle person, he's not complete. The "evil" Kirk is a madman but he's also a vital part of Kirk's core being. "The Enemy...
By the end of the episode, both Kirks must face off, and then, naturally, reunite. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) points out that Kirk cannot be an effective captain without his irrational rage and aggression; as a gentle person, he's not complete. The "evil" Kirk is a madman but he's also a vital part of Kirk's core being. "The Enemy...
- 3/16/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Alice Englert directs and stars alongside a mesmerising Connelly in this inconsistent tale about a troubled former child star who checks into a retreat
Much like the little girl with the curl in the well-known rhyme, when this film is good, it’s very good. But when it’s bad it’s … well, the original poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow says “horrid,” but Bad Behaviour is more very awkward and self-indulgent. But the good largely outweighs the “oof” and this is a first feature for writer-director-co-star Alice Englert who should be applauded for taking interesting if not always successful risks.
At least Englert made a safe bet by casting Jennifer Connelly in the lead, for one of her best roles for many years. Here she plays Lucy who, like Connelly herself, was once a child star but is now filled with rage and bitterness with her parents, her (never seen...
Much like the little girl with the curl in the well-known rhyme, when this film is good, it’s very good. But when it’s bad it’s … well, the original poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow says “horrid,” but Bad Behaviour is more very awkward and self-indulgent. But the good largely outweighs the “oof” and this is a first feature for writer-director-co-star Alice Englert who should be applauded for taking interesting if not always successful risks.
At least Englert made a safe bet by casting Jennifer Connelly in the lead, for one of her best roles for many years. Here she plays Lucy who, like Connelly herself, was once a child star but is now filled with rage and bitterness with her parents, her (never seen...
- 11/29/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Focus Features’ Spoiler Alert opened on six screens to an estimated 85k, or 14k per theater, in a crowded arthouse market. Strong exit polls and word of mouth – 94 in the top two boxes – could help built out this movie, which will likely be more audience-focused than awards-buzz driven.
“We are encouraged to see Spoiler Alert playing great and connecting with audiences,” said Focus distribution chief Lisa Bunnell. “We expect the film to broaden its audience and reach as we begin our national expansion.” The Michael Showalter pic based on Michael Ausiello’s memoir ‘Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies’ and staring Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge and Sally Field expands Dec. 9.
Notable openings this fall led by The Banshees of Inisherin (46+k), Tár and The Fabelmans have been Mia for few weeks. It’s about the movies — iconic writer of stage and screen Martin McDonagh with Colin Farrell...
“We are encouraged to see Spoiler Alert playing great and connecting with audiences,” said Focus distribution chief Lisa Bunnell. “We expect the film to broaden its audience and reach as we begin our national expansion.” The Michael Showalter pic based on Michael Ausiello’s memoir ‘Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies’ and staring Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge and Sally Field expands Dec. 9.
Notable openings this fall led by The Banshees of Inisherin (46+k), Tár and The Fabelmans have been Mia for few weeks. It’s about the movies — iconic writer of stage and screen Martin McDonagh with Colin Farrell...
- 12/4/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
We may be just two weekends away from the year’s biggest opening when the long-awaited Avatar sequel finally comes out, but until then we’re in for a slog. This was the year’s sixth-worst weekend with an overall box office of 52.9 million (a hair ahead of the 52.7 million post-Thanksgiving frame last year), and next weekend has the possibility of being the year’s worst. Yes, early December is typically rough, but barring 2020 and 2021, this is the worst post-Thanksgiving weekend since 1997, and it is unfortunate to see that the dearth of significant new releases is keeping the box office in a post-pandemic slump.
First up this weekend was Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, now topping the box office for the fourth time. It took a large tumble, dropping 61 with 17.6 million, though seen in the context of following up a strong Thanksgiving weekend, the drop doesn’t look so steep. With a cume of 394 million,...
First up this weekend was Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, now topping the box office for the fourth time. It took a large tumble, dropping 61 with 17.6 million, though seen in the context of following up a strong Thanksgiving weekend, the drop doesn’t look so steep. With a cume of 394 million,...
- 12/4/2022
- by Sam Mendelsohn <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
This season has been a master class in perspective-taking, and The Orville: New Horizons Season 3 Episode 7 makes my head spin with the kaleidoscope of viewpoints it offers on a myriad of issues.
From diplomatic negotiations to relationship nuances to trauma-rooted prejudices and cultural standards, the crew of The Orville is forced to make hard choices and acknowledge no-win situations.
The narrative gem here is how the backstory of the Kaylons' uprising against and eradication of their creators, a biological species known only as The Builders, is woven in to significant effect.
With no time markers or geographical captions, the parallel story of the Builder family and K-1 isn't immediately a clear flashback.
Initially, the possibility existed that providing Kaylons as household mechanical butlers was a Kaylon strategy to infiltrate a planet ignorant of the Kaylon threat.
Granted, as that's not their established attack strategy (although they did plant Isaac on...
From diplomatic negotiations to relationship nuances to trauma-rooted prejudices and cultural standards, the crew of The Orville is forced to make hard choices and acknowledge no-win situations.
The narrative gem here is how the backstory of the Kaylons' uprising against and eradication of their creators, a biological species known only as The Builders, is woven in to significant effect.
With no time markers or geographical captions, the parallel story of the Builder family and K-1 isn't immediately a clear flashback.
Initially, the possibility existed that providing Kaylons as household mechanical butlers was a Kaylon strategy to infiltrate a planet ignorant of the Kaylon threat.
Granted, as that's not their established attack strategy (although they did plant Isaac on...
- 7/14/2022
- by Diana Keng
- TVfanatic
Photo: 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'/NBC American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said “Music is the universal language of mankind.” Music allows people to express all kinds of emotions in a way that others can relate to and present universal themes. The show ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ makes this very idea the central theme to their story. The show focuses on software developer Zoey Clarke (Golden Globe nominee Jane Levy) and her recent discovery of being able to hear people’s innermost thoughts through song while dealing with work drama, family struggles, and her love life. The use of music in the show allows it to portray real-life struggles in a way that can be universally understood, whether it’s depression, grief, relationships, racism, and more along with being one of the most inclusive and diverse shows on broadcast television right now. Related article: The Complete List of 2021 Oscar Nominations – Celebrations,...
- 3/28/2021
- by Caroline Schneider
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
British filmmaker Terence Davies has some great insults for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. One emerges from the mouth of Emily Dickinson, as played by Cynthia Nixon, in his new film A Quiet Passion. Another he shared with us when we spoke with him last September. Indeed, when reviewing the film for The A.V. Club, Film Editor A.A. Dowd highlighted just how funny A Quiet Passion is for a work that’s also primarily concerned with death, calling it “witty and stirring.”
Unlike many biopics, A Quiet Passion is not concerned so much with the events in its subject’s life, focusing instead on Dickinson’s philosophical outlook. Upon its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, we sat down with Davies, who discussed his fascination with the poet.
The A.V. Club: Why Cynthia Nixon?
Terence Davies: Well, I saw her for a film that didn...
Unlike many biopics, A Quiet Passion is not concerned so much with the events in its subject’s life, focusing instead on Dickinson’s philosophical outlook. Upon its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, we sat down with Davies, who discussed his fascination with the poet.
The A.V. Club: Why Cynthia Nixon?
Terence Davies: Well, I saw her for a film that didn...
- 4/14/2017
- by Esther Zuckerman
- avclub.com
How ‘Edge of Seventeen’ spots the differences between teen angst and teen depression.
Edge of Seventeen’s Nadine is a character at war with herself. In one scene, Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), nauseous from a night of binge drinking, leans over a toilet bowl. She mumbles, “I had the worst thought, I’ve got to spend the rest of my life with myself.” Usually, in teen dramas, people Nadine’s age drink at stylized house parties. Instead, writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig depicts Nadine and her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson) content to be together. However, Nadine will soon be at war with herself and with Krista. Following the evening of teenage drinking, Krista begins a relationship with Nadine’s older perfect brother, Darian (Blake Jenner). In response, Nadine flirts with self-destruction as well as classmate Erwin Kim (Hayden Szeto). Edge of Seventeen has the kind of plot that can push a film into either of two categories:...
Edge of Seventeen’s Nadine is a character at war with herself. In one scene, Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), nauseous from a night of binge drinking, leans over a toilet bowl. She mumbles, “I had the worst thought, I’ve got to spend the rest of my life with myself.” Usually, in teen dramas, people Nadine’s age drink at stylized house parties. Instead, writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig depicts Nadine and her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson) content to be together. However, Nadine will soon be at war with herself and with Krista. Following the evening of teenage drinking, Krista begins a relationship with Nadine’s older perfect brother, Darian (Blake Jenner). In response, Nadine flirts with self-destruction as well as classmate Erwin Kim (Hayden Szeto). Edge of Seventeen has the kind of plot that can push a film into either of two categories:...
- 3/21/2017
- by Francesca Fau
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Among its other intellectual ambitions, Homeland has always had a fondness for poetry. Last season, Jessica Brody described the family’s garage as “like the wreck of the Hesperus in here” without knowing that the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem she’d referenced was particularly apropos. In the poem, a father ties his daughter to the mast of a ship during a storm, but his attempt to save her from the elements he never should have exposed her to in the first place is a pitiful effort; her body washes up on shore after the storm. It’s a narrative that, although Jessica couldn’t possibly have predicted it at the moment, foretells Dana’s fate at her own father’s hands. Brody made her a target and abandoned her to face the consequences he’d brought to his family. Ultimately, Dana is only able to survive by destroying her own...
- 11/11/2013
- by Alyssa Rosenberg
- Vulture
I’ll get right to the point, because if the show I’m about to recommend has one rule, it’s this: Don’t waste time. You should be watching Scandal, the weird, addictive hypersoap that is currently flying in the face of everything we officially revere about the neo–golden age of TV drama. Scandal is, one might argue, ludicrous and indefensible trash, but if so, it’s trash with a capital T, a bedazzled R, an anarchy-symbol A, a neon S, and an H that stands for “Holy s—, I can’t believe they did that!” It is also,...
- 2/7/2013
- by Mark Harris
- EW.com - PopWatch
Directed by: James McTeigue
Written by: Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare
Featuring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson
From a script written by Hannah Shakespeare (her last gig was on the TV series The Bionic Woman. Yup.) and actor Ben Livingston, this insipid film should carry the tagline “Poe for Stupid People Who Like The New Sherlock Holmes Movies.”
Because that’s what it is — it’s a film about Poe for people who have no idea who Edgar Allan Poe actually was and who have never read anything by him. People who adore his stories and poems, and the body of films and art inspired by Poe’s work, will be aghast at this by-the-rote semi-action/adventure about a loveable rogue named Poe who dashes about 1849 Baltimore romancing ladies, getting into bar fights and generally being an endearing, Han-Solo-ish lout. John Cusack wavers in and out of a...
Written by: Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare
Featuring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson
From a script written by Hannah Shakespeare (her last gig was on the TV series The Bionic Woman. Yup.) and actor Ben Livingston, this insipid film should carry the tagline “Poe for Stupid People Who Like The New Sherlock Holmes Movies.”
Because that’s what it is — it’s a film about Poe for people who have no idea who Edgar Allan Poe actually was and who have never read anything by him. People who adore his stories and poems, and the body of films and art inspired by Poe’s work, will be aghast at this by-the-rote semi-action/adventure about a loveable rogue named Poe who dashes about 1849 Baltimore romancing ladies, getting into bar fights and generally being an endearing, Han-Solo-ish lout. John Cusack wavers in and out of a...
- 4/27/2012
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
A portrait of Margaret Thatcher from colossus to recluse is distinguished by Meryl Streep's superb central performance
In his mid-19th-century poem "A Psalm of Life", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: "Lives of great men all remind us/ We can make our lives sublime/ And departing leave behind us/ Footprints on the sands of time." This was the kind of thinking that underlay the inspirational movies produced by Warner Brothers in the 1930s for which Variety coined the term "biopic" – films about medical pioneers, democratic revolutionaries and other movers and shakers who changed the world, invariably men (MGM's Madame Curie was a rare exception).
But suddenly, in 1941, Orson Welles entered the scene with Citizen Kane, a picture that fractured chronological narrative and constantly changed points of view while presenting a lightly fictionalised, highly critical life of the press tycoon William Randolph Hearst. The biopic was never the same again, and...
In his mid-19th-century poem "A Psalm of Life", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: "Lives of great men all remind us/ We can make our lives sublime/ And departing leave behind us/ Footprints on the sands of time." This was the kind of thinking that underlay the inspirational movies produced by Warner Brothers in the 1930s for which Variety coined the term "biopic" – films about medical pioneers, democratic revolutionaries and other movers and shakers who changed the world, invariably men (MGM's Madame Curie was a rare exception).
But suddenly, in 1941, Orson Welles entered the scene with Citizen Kane, a picture that fractured chronological narrative and constantly changed points of view while presenting a lightly fictionalised, highly critical life of the press tycoon William Randolph Hearst. The biopic was never the same again, and...
- 1/9/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Disney Junior, the learning-focused block for kids aged 2-7 on Disney Channel will usher in the holiday season with the launch of two brand new short-form series – A Poem Is… and Tasty Time with Chef ZeFronk. Beginning December 19, these shorts will play out multiple times daily on Disney Channel.
Arnab Chaudhuri, executive director content and creative, Walt Disney Television International India, says, “The launch of these new series further demonstrates Disney Junior’s dedication to programming that highlights the importance of great, heartfelt storytelling with learning components, including poetry and life skills. Both A poem is… and Tasty Time with ZeFronk are wonderful additions to the already robust offerings from Disney Junior and showcase how Disney’s content strives to entertain and inspire learning while embracing positive values.”
A Poem Is… is a short-form animated series showcasing poems for children set to scenes and imagery from classic Disney films including Dumbo,...
Arnab Chaudhuri, executive director content and creative, Walt Disney Television International India, says, “The launch of these new series further demonstrates Disney Junior’s dedication to programming that highlights the importance of great, heartfelt storytelling with learning components, including poetry and life skills. Both A poem is… and Tasty Time with ZeFronk are wonderful additions to the already robust offerings from Disney Junior and showcase how Disney’s content strives to entertain and inspire learning while embracing positive values.”
A Poem Is… is a short-form animated series showcasing poems for children set to scenes and imagery from classic Disney films including Dumbo,...
- 12/17/2011
- by BollySpice Editors
- Bollyspice
Los Angeles, CA, United States (Celebrity News Service) - After more than 24,000 pages of Sarah Palin's emails during her stint as governor of Alaska were released to the public, humor writer Michael Solomon took it upon himself to compile and edit them into a book of prose titled "I Hope Like Heck: The Selected Poems of Sarah Palin"
The book, published by Byliner Inc, is a collection of 50 poems as unintentionally written by Palin herself where she talks everything from politics to religion to bears. The title is directly lifted from one of the e-mails-slash-poems and the cover features Palin looking like a Shakespearean scribe.
"He's asking / If I support hunting bears / In the sanctuary. / No, / I don't," reads one poem, "I Am a Hunter." Another poem, "I Hope Like Heck," shows Palin hard at work, with rhetoric such as, "When asked about the Gravina Bridge / I hope like...
The book, published by Byliner Inc, is a collection of 50 poems as unintentionally written by Palin herself where she talks everything from politics to religion to bears. The title is directly lifted from one of the e-mails-slash-poems and the cover features Palin looking like a Shakespearean scribe.
"He's asking / If I support hunting bears / In the sanctuary. / No, / I don't," reads one poem, "I Am a Hunter." Another poem, "I Hope Like Heck," shows Palin hard at work, with rhetoric such as, "When asked about the Gravina Bridge / I hope like...
- 6/21/2011
- icelebz.com
I find it funny how many lies we continue to teach elementary school children about the origin of this country, from "Christopher Columbus wanted to prove the Earth was round" to George Washington's wooden teeth. One of the most famous myths, however, is the story of Paul Revere's ride. Thanks largely to the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, most people believe that Revere was the lone hero who rode through Middlesex County, Massachusetts alerting everyone that the British soldiers were invading. The truth, however, is that there were actually multiple riders that night delivering news, including the likes of Israel Bissell and Sybil Ludington, both of whom, it is said, actually traveled much further than Revere did (Ludington actually doubled the distance that Revere covered). Perhaps Midnight Riders will finally set the record straight. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that a film based on David Hackett Fischer's book Paul...
- 4/12/2011
- cinemablend.com
When one considers the success of HBO’s recent John Adams mini-series, it kind of feel obvious. The American Film Company (they’ve got Robert Redford‘s historical courtroom drama The Conspirator in theaters next week) have bought the rights to David Hackett Fischer‘s book Paul Revere’s Ride and hired screenwriting duo Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone (Intolerable Cruelty, Soul Men) to pen the script, which is be titled Midnight Riders. [L.A. Times]
The “ride” in question is that of Revere and William Dawes (not to mention the many others), who rode across the Massachusetts countryside to Lexington, Concord and many others locations to warn people like Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were, uh, coming. Revere has always garnered the most fame from the event, thanks to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, Paul Revere’s Ride. You’ll remember, Revere is the same man who engraved the Boston Massacre into infamy,...
The “ride” in question is that of Revere and William Dawes (not to mention the many others), who rode across the Massachusetts countryside to Lexington, Concord and many others locations to warn people like Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were, uh, coming. Revere has always garnered the most fame from the event, thanks to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, Paul Revere’s Ride. You’ll remember, Revere is the same man who engraved the Boston Massacre into infamy,...
- 4/12/2011
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Listen, my children, and you shall hear me whisper the following in your ear. It's Library Lovers Week! Oops, I shouted. I can't help it, I love libraries. I'm a stubborn book worm who refuses to convert to the e-book cult so you can imagine how my heart both pitters and patters when I walk in a library. I love the smell of mildew in the morning.
But a library is nothing without the bespectacled gents and tightly wound ladies who run the show. Actually, one of my favorite people in the world is a librarian and a looser girl you'll never meet. (Dubious compliment!) My brother did ask her to demonstrate a proper "shush" once at a party and it made me quake in my stylish yet affordable boots. This post is dedicated to the unsung heroes of the book world, librarians. We'd sing your praise more often, but...
But a library is nothing without the bespectacled gents and tightly wound ladies who run the show. Actually, one of my favorite people in the world is a librarian and a looser girl you'll never meet. (Dubious compliment!) My brother did ask her to demonstrate a proper "shush" once at a party and it made me quake in my stylish yet affordable boots. This post is dedicated to the unsung heroes of the book world, librarians. We'd sing your praise more often, but...
- 2/8/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Books: They’re just like movies, only without CGI.
So it’s no wonder that over the past century, Hollywood has consistently turned to books to provide the basis for some of its best works. “To Kill a Mockingbird,” for instance, was based on a book, while “Gigli” wasn’t. See how that works?
With that in mind, then, we decided to put together a sneak peak of all the coolest books currently being turned into major motion pictures (like “The Help,” left). Because these days, the best library you can go to is your local Cineplex.
‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’
Attached: Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Liam Neeson
Status: The third book from the classic C. S. Lewis series to make it to the big screen, “Voyage of the Dawn Treader” has flown a bit under the radar thanks to the media...
So it’s no wonder that over the past century, Hollywood has consistently turned to books to provide the basis for some of its best works. “To Kill a Mockingbird,” for instance, was based on a book, while “Gigli” wasn’t. See how that works?
With that in mind, then, we decided to put together a sneak peak of all the coolest books currently being turned into major motion pictures (like “The Help,” left). Because these days, the best library you can go to is your local Cineplex.
‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’
Attached: Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Liam Neeson
Status: The third book from the classic C. S. Lewis series to make it to the big screen, “Voyage of the Dawn Treader” has flown a bit under the radar thanks to the media...
- 11/23/2010
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
We have arrived at the release of Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, one of the most hotly-anticipated albums of the year. The 13-track LP completes something of a comeback narrative for West that began with the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (when he was ostracized for crashing the stage during a Taylor Swift acceptance speech and went underground for a while) and was built up over the course of the past year with some key live performances, the "G.O.O.D. Friday" download series and the recently-released short film "Runaway." In fact, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is so dense and full of gems that it's necessary to take each song and break it down to its bare elements. This time around, we take a look at the references on "Who Will Survive In America?"
The album-closing "Who Will Survive in America?" is only 98 seconds long and...
The album-closing "Who Will Survive in America?" is only 98 seconds long and...
- 11/22/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Fans of Jeffrey Combs and/or Edgar Allan Poe who live in or near San Diego, California, will be thrilled to learn that the stage production of Nevermore will be returning to the North Coast Repertory Theatre December 9-12, 2010, for what they've dubbed "The Perfect Un-Holiday Show".
Nevermore ... An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe is loosely based on real events and follows Poe on a cross-country speaking tour fraught with strange occurrences that signal his descent into madness. Here's director Stuart Gordon's own description of the live theatrical work that has already generated praise and long lines:
"Nevermore is our attempt to recreate the public recitals that Edgar Allan Poe presented during the last few years of his much-too-short life. Set in 1848, a year after the death of his beloved wife, Virginia (and a year before his own), Poe had become internationally famous as the author of "The Raven...
Nevermore ... An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe is loosely based on real events and follows Poe on a cross-country speaking tour fraught with strange occurrences that signal his descent into madness. Here's director Stuart Gordon's own description of the live theatrical work that has already generated praise and long lines:
"Nevermore is our attempt to recreate the public recitals that Edgar Allan Poe presented during the last few years of his much-too-short life. Set in 1848, a year after the death of his beloved wife, Virginia (and a year before his own), Poe had become internationally famous as the author of "The Raven...
- 11/13/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Jeffrey Combs in Stuart Gordon’s
Nevermore
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 7:00 @South Lamar
Advance tickets available here
Nevermore is intense. It is a one man stage show about a man you would kill to spend an evening with, the esteemed poet and author Edgar Allan Poe. Starring the inimitable Jeffrey Combs and directed by one of his frequent collaborators Stuart Gordon (together they made the ’80s horror classics Re-animator and From Beyond), this show is striking, beautiful, and surprisingly informative on the life of America’s most important macabre master.
Here’s Stuart Gordon’s own description of the live theatrical work that has already generated praise and long lines. “Nevermore is our attempt to recreate the public recitals that Edgar Allan Poe presented during the last few years of his much-too-short life. Set in 1848, a year after the death of his beloved wife Virginia (and a year before...
Nevermore
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 7:00 @South Lamar
Advance tickets available here
Nevermore is intense. It is a one man stage show about a man you would kill to spend an evening with, the esteemed poet and author Edgar Allan Poe. Starring the inimitable Jeffrey Combs and directed by one of his frequent collaborators Stuart Gordon (together they made the ’80s horror classics Re-animator and From Beyond), this show is striking, beautiful, and surprisingly informative on the life of America’s most important macabre master.
Here’s Stuart Gordon’s own description of the live theatrical work that has already generated praise and long lines. “Nevermore is our attempt to recreate the public recitals that Edgar Allan Poe presented during the last few years of his much-too-short life. Set in 1848, a year after the death of his beloved wife Virginia (and a year before...
- 9/30/2010
- by Daniel Metz
- OriginalAlamo.com
Beloved movie legend James Stewart and jazz and blues great Ella Fitzgerald are to join comic book characters like Superman and The Incredible Hulk on US stamps in 2007. It's A Wonderful Life star Stewart will be honored on the 13th Legends of Hollywood stamp, while Fitzgerald is next year's honoree in the Black Heritage series. Joining the two stars and the comic book characters on official stamps will be poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Disney characters Dumbo, Peter Pan and Aladdin.
- 10/27/2006
- WENN
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