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IF LIARS PANTS ACTUALLY CAUGHT FIRE
WATCHING NETWORK NEWS WOULD BE
DANGEROUS...

..BUT ILLUMINATED.

OUT OF THE BLUE / SYSTEM F
RED MEDICINE / FUGAZI
9 TYPES OF LIGHT / TV ON THE RADIO
A R ] Heavens ON Fire / the Radio dept.

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"A Widow’s peak is a well-known English term for a V-shaped protrusion of hair at the forehead. There has been a widespread superstition recorded in Britain, Ireland and North America. It was probably at one time a common belief throughout the English-speaking world, that a woman with this shape of forehead hair is destined to outlive her husband."



Actress Yvonne De Carlo played Lily Munster in the 1960's TV sitcom may have been the first woman I noticed to have a Widow's Peak. De Carlo who died at the age of 84 didn't have a Widow's Peak in real life. A small peak via wig and makeup complete with white streaks.

Much of Yvonne's career happened before I was born, but I see from the documentaries she was quite a beautiful woman and appeared in many films. She was in the right place at the right time when color came to movies and earned the title of Technicolor Queen.

UTTAM KUMAR (Originally known as Arun Kumar Chatterjee , Born 3 September 1926 – Died 24 July 1980) , Remembering You The MegaStar !!!

It was You , Who , throughout the generations of our grandparents , parents , us and even our next generations , gifted so much to cherish upon beyond time...

We all , have Laughed with You , Cried with You , Dreamed with You , Loved with You and Lived with You .....

This is a tribute to You , Legend ...

In the USA, and possibly overseas, there was perhaps the most successful 'spin-off' comedy of all time: FRASIER (which was spun off from CHEERS). One of the characters, about 5' 5" bundle of cuteness by the character name of DAPHNE (Jane Leeves), and an equally cute (to American ears) English accent.



As it turns out, the guy who played the beer-swilling American Dad was actually English and had worked hard to change his accent, and then helped 'Daphne" with her English accent.

So odd.

"I always thought Daphne's accent was a bit "off". As Jane Leeves wasn't from the north of England though, I'm presuming that she was doing her best to imitate a Manchester accent, although I'd have thought a top notch dialect coach in the U.S. could have enabled her to sound more Mancunian. John Mahoney was from Manchester originally but had worked so hard to lose his British accent years before that I'm presuming he couldn't help Jane that much. Either way, I think we Brits notice the difference between a Lancashire or Yorkshire accent but doubt the average American viewer would. As for the "bumbershoot" line, I have to say I thought it was ridiculous as I commented to my Australian husband.He hadn't heard of the expression either despite having taught in the north west of England for a while. If you love the show, I think you have to forgive the writers for the odd slip up when it comes to authenticity."


Jane Leeves


John Mahoney


Example of Mancunian Accent

When i saw that Zack Snyder made a zombie film, starring Dave Bautista, I was intrigued. Then the trailer dropped, and we got our first look at the film - it looked promising.

It dropped on Netflix three days ago, on the 21st of May. I didn't have time to watch it when it dropped, so I waited until Saturday to watch it. So how was it? Did it sink its teeth into my attention, or would it be a dead view?

Initially, things were promising. The opening scene was good, although the soldiers in the scene made some extremely stupid decisions. "Fine, it's a film. I'll let it slide", was my thought. The rest of the film can only be described as awful. Truly awful. The characters are not likeable at all, and even when most of them die, I didn't feel anything. "Oh, that person died? I don't care, I am so bored!"

The film stars Dave Bautista as Scott Ward, a mercenary and the founder of a mercenary group called Las Vengeance. Other people in the cast include Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Thoe Rossi and Matthias Schweighöfer. Other cast members include Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt and Tig Notaro, who was cast in place of the actor who had to be let go due to allegations of less than good stuff.

The entire city of Las Vegas has been walled off due to a zombie outbreak. Mr Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada) enters a diner that Scott Ward works at, and gives him a proposition: Help him steal 200 million dollars from an underground bank vault, and he will be paid $50 million. After his initial hesitation, Scott agrees to do it. He gathers his team, and they attempt the heist of a lifetime. However, dangers lurk in the shadows. Dangers that are known as Alpha's, which are a new breed of smart zombies.. Yes, you read that right: Smart zombies. The entire point of zombies is that they are mindless drones, whose sole desire is to eat anything that lives, so making a new type of "smart zombies" is just absolutely ridiculous!

I will give credit to the makeup team. They did an excellent job with the Alpha's. They look great! They even include a tiger AND a horse, which are pretty well made. The film has a lot.. And I mean a LOT of gore. However, a lot of gore doesn't make a film any good. I was extremely bored throughout the film, which is a very bad sign.

As a whole, the film gets a 5/10

Did anyone else watch that?

What a cute little young lady. Until you realize she is a murderous psychopath anyway..

I was scrolling through Amazon Prime yesterday, as you do. The movie Bloodshot caught my eye, and I thought "Hang on, isn't that the one with Vin Diesel? I have always wanted to see that".. So I did. I quite liked it. Action packed, full of pretty spectacular stunts but the CGI wasn't really the best. Most noticeable was when Vin was having a superheroesque brawl with one of the villains. Very enjoyable two hours. Once that was over, a quick break with some food, and then I jumped straight to Netflix, and into a suspenseful thriller, that was suuper dark. Night Hunter, was the name of that movie. It stars Henry Cavill as a weathered detective in Canada, who is investigating a death, and gets caught up in a very dangerous case, involving a recently arrested man linked to years of female abductions and murders. Besides Cavill, Alexandra Dadario, Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci and Brendan Fletcher completes the main cast. Brendan Fletcher REALLY shines in this movie, which is a great watch. It's filled with great acting and a twist you never see coming. When it happened, I went "Of COURSE! How could I not have seen it?".. The final movie of the night was the 1983 CLASSIC (yes, it's a classic!) Blue Thunder. Why did I decide to watch that? Well, after the darkness that was Night Hunter, I wanted to watch something light and fun, because ending your night with a dark thriller really doesn't do anything to help you sleep. Trust me, I know!

Anyway, Blue Thunder is one of those movies where you go "Wow, it was a simpler time back then". The movie itself is hugely entertaining, full of, for the time, great action and the lead role is well played by Rob Scheider and the rest of the cast is Warren Oats, Candy Clark and Daniel Stern (yes, Marv from Home Alone). When I saw Daniel on screen, I went "Hang on, he seems familiar.. Who is he..?".. I had to go to IMDb to find out, and when I did, it was yet again one of those "Of COURSE!" moments.

I might have to watch more movies from the eighties, because they are a LOT of fun!

It's great when YouTube plays full length movies... for free.
Usually, they are online for a limited basis then the status requires login, subscription, and a fee.
Be sure you have ad-block on your browser as I'm told every few minutes the movie is interrupted to play a commercial.

I'm watching STARGATE (again) tonight. I love the music score.

"Chevron seven locked in place"