By Mark Cerulli
Growing up, I remember listening to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, hosted by the gifted actor, E.G. Marshall. But as the plethora of new media choices came online over the years, I had thought that kind of pure audio entertainment had gone the way of the RCA Selectavision Video Disc… The delightful Passport to Oblivion 2-disc set from Spiteful Puppet proved me wrong and is a welcome return to adventure for the ears and mind.
The production, based on James Leasor’s 1964 best-seller (filmed as Where the Spies Are in 1966) stars ex-007 George Lazenby as Dr. Jason Love, a reluctant spy lured back into service to make a seemingly routine rendezvous for MI6 – a rendezvous that turns out to be anything But routine. Love is no high-flying secret agent, but a comfortably retired doctor in rural England.
The story unfolds with a highly skilled cast including Glynis Barber,...
Growing up, I remember listening to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, hosted by the gifted actor, E.G. Marshall. But as the plethora of new media choices came online over the years, I had thought that kind of pure audio entertainment had gone the way of the RCA Selectavision Video Disc… The delightful Passport to Oblivion 2-disc set from Spiteful Puppet proved me wrong and is a welcome return to adventure for the ears and mind.
The production, based on James Leasor’s 1964 best-seller (filmed as Where the Spies Are in 1966) stars ex-007 George Lazenby as Dr. Jason Love, a reluctant spy lured back into service to make a seemingly routine rendezvous for MI6 – a rendezvous that turns out to be anything But routine. Love is no high-flying secret agent, but a comfortably retired doctor in rural England.
The story unfolds with a highly skilled cast including Glynis Barber,...
- 11/26/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Barnaby Eaton-Jones is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Be warned. This isn’t a documentary about how Nigel Farage got people to vote for Ukip. Neither is it a step-by-step guide by Emma Watson about how you can fool people into thinking you’re a good actress. It isn’t even a tell-all book by Tom Cruise on his Scientology beliefs. No, it is a Doctor
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Be warned. This isn’t a documentary about how Nigel Farage got people to vote for Ukip. Neither is it a step-by-step guide by Emma Watson about how you can fool people into thinking you’re a good actress. It isn’t even a tell-all book by Tom Cruise on his Scientology beliefs. No, it is a Doctor
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- 7/7/2014
- by Barnaby Eaton-Jones
- Kasterborous.com
Director Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction opens in theaters this Friday, June 27th and it’s poised to have a mega-opening weekend.
Here’s what the early reviews are saying about the return of the colossal titans:
Variety -
“As the sine qua non of the franchise, it’s the robots — endowed here with character-rich physicality and almost human-scaled facial features — who give the film its emotional heft. Optimus Prime’s charismatic leadership of his team, as well as his unwavering compassion for the humans, again makes him the movie’s moral anchor. Drift, with his samurai getup and Watanabe’s dignified line readings, strikes a neat balance with Goodman’s cigar-chewing, wisecracking Hound. Still, the character most likely to be beloved by audiences, especially tykes, remains Bumblebee.”
HitFix -
“The giant scale action in this one is amazingly staged once again. There are few filmmakers alive who...
Here’s what the early reviews are saying about the return of the colossal titans:
Variety -
“As the sine qua non of the franchise, it’s the robots — endowed here with character-rich physicality and almost human-scaled facial features — who give the film its emotional heft. Optimus Prime’s charismatic leadership of his team, as well as his unwavering compassion for the humans, again makes him the movie’s moral anchor. Drift, with his samurai getup and Watanabe’s dignified line readings, strikes a neat balance with Goodman’s cigar-chewing, wisecracking Hound. Still, the character most likely to be beloved by audiences, especially tykes, remains Bumblebee.”
HitFix -
“The giant scale action in this one is amazingly staged once again. There are few filmmakers alive who...
- 6/25/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Barnaby Eaton-Jones is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
How do you tackle the weighty argument of pacifism versus aggression; a true 1960s ideology that – in a microcosm of society – played out with America’s unrest over the war in Vietnam? Well, if you’re Doctor Who, you stick two men in comedy armadillo costumes, add some walking pizza ovens (with paddles sticking out the
The post 044 The Dominators appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
How do you tackle the weighty argument of pacifism versus aggression; a true 1960s ideology that – in a microcosm of society – played out with America’s unrest over the war in Vietnam? Well, if you’re Doctor Who, you stick two men in comedy armadillo costumes, add some walking pizza ovens (with paddles sticking out the
The post 044 The Dominators appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 4/21/2014
- by Barnaby Eaton-Jones
- Kasterborous.com
Barnaby Eaton-Jones is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
“There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things. Things that act against everything we believe in. They must be fought.” No, we’re not talking about Internet Fan Forums here. The above is an iconic quote from a not universally-loved serial, broadcast in 1967. The Moonbase (out now on DVD) is
The post Reviewed: The Moonbase on DVD! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
“There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things. Things that act against everything we believe in. They must be fought.” No, we’re not talking about Internet Fan Forums here. The above is an iconic quote from a not universally-loved serial, broadcast in 1967. The Moonbase (out now on DVD) is
The post Reviewed: The Moonbase on DVD! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 2/14/2014
- by Barnaby Eaton-Jones
- Kasterborous.com
Barnaby Eaton-Jones is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
If you’re a ‘Classic’ series fan, you’ll know that The Tenth Planet is kind of a big deal. It features two firsts. Not only does it boast the very first regeneration (although it isn’t called that yet), from original actor William Hartnell’s First Doctor, to incoming actor Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor, but it also hosts the first
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If you’re a ‘Classic’ series fan, you’ll know that The Tenth Planet is kind of a big deal. It features two firsts. Not only does it boast the very first regeneration (although it isn’t called that yet), from original actor William Hartnell’s First Doctor, to incoming actor Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor, but it also hosts the first
The post The Tenth Planet DVD Review appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 10/13/2013
- by Barnaby Eaton-Jones
- Kasterborous.com
Barnaby Eaton-Jones is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
The title of this 1968 serial alone sounds suitably scary, so it’s pleasing to state that this is one Doctor Who ‘classic’ that just about lives up to its name; with the dangers and horror on a par with the rest of the stories that surround it (Yeti and Cybermen and Ice Warriors, oh my!). At times,
The post 042 Fury From The Deep appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
The title of this 1968 serial alone sounds suitably scary, so it’s pleasing to state that this is one Doctor Who ‘classic’ that just about lives up to its name; with the dangers and horror on a par with the rest of the stories that surround it (Yeti and Cybermen and Ice Warriors, oh my!). At times,
The post 042 Fury From The Deep appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 9/24/2013
- by Barnaby Eaton-Jones
- Kasterborous.com
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