Fanta Claus.
I've been on a recent Canadian cinema kick and I remembered this film, which I happened to see randomly, on release, in an indie theatre in Athens, GA, and then I ended up with an actual video store copy of it for years. I see it's got a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has a robust cast of at-the-time underrecognized Canadian acting talent. Starring Don McKellar and Earl Pastko as Old Pitch himself. Plus it's loopy and fun! A little low-budget, but that's part of the fun.
Ever seen it? What are your thoughts?
Durant le film 1991, Une fille ( yorda (Georgia)) parle 3 fois en grec à ricardo. Quelqu’un sait c’est quoi qu’a lui dit? Je suis en train de l’écouter et chaques fois on l’écoute ( moi et ma madame ) on ce le demande Merci :) Bonne année en avance tant qu’à être là
Bill Preston and Ted Logan were created by stand-up comics/wannabe screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon who had “a comedy bit” about two dim-witted high schoolers/wannabe rock musicians, based on Jeff Spiccoli from “Fast Times At Ridgemont High”, who were trying to study for their history class. They decided to write a series of short bits to pitch for a movie or TV show. Chris’s father, the sci-fi writer Richard Matheson ("I am Legend"), suggested they connect the bits with one over-arching sci-fi story and pitch it as a movie. They came up with the idea of a time-machine, which was originally a van.
For the roles of Bill and Ted, they auditioned practically every male teen in Hollywood. Relative unknowns, Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves met in the lobby and became good friends. The producers recognized Keanu’s star power and hired him immediately for Ted. Keanu continued to read to help audition other actors for the role of Bill. In between auditions, he hung out with Alex Winters, and the two hung out after auditions. The producers recognized a genuine friendship and chemistry and took a chance on Alex Winters.
Interestingly, while rehearsing, Alex thought he was cast as Ted, and Keanu thought he was cast as Bill. When they showed up for the first day of filming, they were told they memorized the wrong roles. Alex and Keanu have remained close friends since Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. You can see old audition videos on YouTube where they call each other the "wrong" names.
Both writer's Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon have Hitchcock-esque cameos in their films. In Excellent Adventure, they are the ice cream parlor waiters. In Bogus Journey, they are part of Missy's Seance. In Face the Music, they play the two demons who give our heroes directions.
Hope you enjoyed them! Party On, Friends!
He was the fleeced na'vi dad.
Merry Xmas y'all
I lost my mom when I was 7. My dad is not technically married but is in a long term relationship and lives with this woman Sandra and her kids (11 and 9) and my half siblings (6, 4 and 3). My dad and my mom's parents had a fight when he decided to move in with Sandra. He wanted my grandparents to become surrogate grandparents to Sandra's kids and treat us all the very same. They said no, they wanted time with their daughters only child that was special to said child (me) and not to be babysitting someone else's kids. He and Sandra decided if we all weren't treated equally then they couldn't see me. My grandparents went to court and were granted grandparents visitation rights.
I get to spend December 26th with them every year, I get to see them one weekend a month and they must be allowed time to celebrate my birthday within 2 weeks of my actual birthday per the courts orders. I love it.
This past year Sandra's parents both died. My dad's parents were never around so they are left without grandparents. Because of this Sandra asked my grandparents to include the other kids in Christmas this year since they are used to time with their grandparents. My grandparents said no. My dad asked them about a month after and they said no again.
About three weeks ago they started piling the pressure on me to insist that the kids be included. They told me after losing the only grandparents they ever knew they deserve to be shown love and acceptance by people they know exist and who their big sister has as grandparents. I told them I would not ask. About a week later Sandra told me the kids have a right to be treated like they belong.
I told her that her kids have no right to attend my maternal family Christmas. That they are not part of that side of my family and they are not my or their responsibility.
I was called an insensitive asshole for talking about kids the way I did.
AITA?
Just discovered this 1991 "made for tv" HBO movie on HBO Max. I got interested because it seemed to dabble on the Cthullu Mythos and had Julianne Moore. Thoroughly enjoyed the story.
Los Angeles, 1948: Magic is a thing. Everybody is using it these days. Everybody except Private Detective H. Phil Lovecraft (Fred Ward). He's got a lot of integrity and not two bucks in his pocket to show for it. But his life is about to change when he's hired by a rich and reclusive client to retrieve his book, the Necronomicon. His journey puts him in the path of former acquaintances, such as mobster Harry Borden (Clancy Brown) and singer Connie Stone (Julianne Moore).
It has all of the Noir tropes mixed in with demons, unicorns, blood rains and zombies. Also quite the decent soundtrack.
Really recommend it.
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