Doctor Who airing in US from March 2006

The BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/scifi.shtml) and SciFiWire (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=34141) are reporting that a deal has been struck to air the new series of Doctor Who on the Sci-Fi Channel. The show, starring Christopher Eccleston as the tenth Doctor, Billie Piper as his companion, Rose, and John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, has been a huge hit in the […]

Shelley Winters, dead at 85

Shelley Winters, who re-invented herself many times, has died today (1/14) at age 85. Tomorrow on TCM at 2 PM you might watch her in “A Place in the Sun”. If you do, notice the similarilities of this 1951 film with “Match Point”. Movie will also be shown on 28th and 29th. She was nominated […]

“Tristan + Isolde”

“Tristan + Isolde” is an epic of doomed love, treachery, and war in the British Isles after the collapse of the Roman Empire. Some of it is a bit of a stretch, but does move right along. Basically a serious movie with flashes of humor; violent, with gore kept to a minimum. Tristan + Isolde […]