Oh wow. Found another one on YouTube, this one a 25 minute (!!) adaptation narrated by Vincent Price. The acting, such as it is, reminded me of bad community theater. But despite the bad acting, it has a certain charm ( Read more... )

I just relived a bit of my childhood christmases. I watched the 1969 animated A Christmas Carol on YouTube. In the 1970s, this was shown every year in the afternoon/early evening a couple times before Christmas. And wow, did they take liberties with the story. Naturally, they had to cut out some of the places visited with the Ghosts of Christmas ( Read more... )

Has Glee done Gypsy?

I'd like to see the girls do "You gotta have a gimmick."

And, of course, Kurt has to sing Rose's Turn.

At first, I put in the disc of the 2007 production of Mansfield Park starring Billie Piper. I turned it off after 30 minutes. I should have read the comments first. OMG, it was simply awful.

So I turned on Netflix instant view and started watching Downton Abbey. I'm hooked. I love this show. Of course, Maggie Smith is delightful.

I tried to read the books, and only made it part-way through the first one. I've been watching the BBC mini-series today on DVD. I think I can safely say that I really do not like Gormenghast. The BBC production is fabulous, with an incredible cast, great costumes and design. But the characters are all incredibly unlikeable ( Read more... )

I just watched the season finale of Glee.

( Spoiler alert )

I like Warehouse 13.

I love, love, LOVE Mrs. Frederic!!

The Weeping Angels scare the shit out of me.

I've become addicted to British mystery shows on Netflix Instant View ( Read more... )

The may look like us, but commies are really evil lizards.