Showing posts with label 2007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2007. Show all posts

Sunday, July 20, 2025

On this day in movie history - Sunshine (2007):


Sunshine

directed by Danny Boyle,
written by Alex Garland,
was released in the United States on July 20, 2007.
Music by John Murphy and Underworld.


Cast:

Cliff Curtis, Chipo Chung, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rose Byrne, Benedict Wong, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Mark Strong, Paloma Baeza, Archie Macdonald, Sylvie Macdonald, Kevin Hudson.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

On this day in music history - Portrait, by Susan Graham (2007):


Portrait

Album by Susan Graham,
released July 16, 2007.

Track list:

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Voi che sapete, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Alcina, opera, HWV 34; Di te mi rido, by George Frederick Handel; Mi lusinga il dolce affetto, by George Frederick Handel; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano, by Ned Rorem; Early in the Morning, for voice & piano, by Ned Rorem; O you whom I often and silently come, for voice & piano (from “Poems of Walt Whitman”), by Ned Rorem; La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, (“légende dramatique”) H. 111 (Op. 24); Autrefois un roi de Thulé, by Hector Berlioz; Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138; Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?, by Hector Berlioz; Dead Man Walking, opera, by This journey. This journey to Christ, by Jake Heggie; Who will walk with me?, by Jake Heggie; He will gather us around, by Jake Heggie; Zigeunerlieder (8), for voice & piano (arranged from Op. 103); Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, by Johannes Brahms; Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament, by Johannes Brahms; Early Songs (7), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Die Nachtigal, by Alban Berg; Traumgekrönt, by Alban Berg; Im Zimmer, by Alban Berg; Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire, song collection for voice & piano, L. 64; Harmonie du soir, by Claude Debussy; Le Jet d’eau, by Claude Debussy; The Circus Band, song for voice & piano, S. 229 (K. 6B20), by Charles Ives; The Cage, song for voice & piano, S. 221 (K. 6B42), by Charles Ives; Ciboulette, operetta in 3 acts; C’est pas Paris, c’est sa banlieue, by Reynaldo Hahn; Toi c’est moi, operetta; Vagabonde, by Moisés Simóns.

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Recommended reading – The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (2007):


The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps

The Best crime stories from the pulps during their golden age - the '20s, '30s, & '40s.
Edited by Otto Penzler.
Publisher: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.
Published 2007.
ISBN-10: 0307280489
ISBN-13: 978-0307280480
Paperback.
Unabridged.
Anthology of short stories.

Back cover description:

The biggest, the boldest, the most comprehensive collection of Pulp writing ever assembled.
Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train—a bullet couldn’t pass through it. Here are the best stories and every major writer who ever appeared in celebrated Pulps like Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. These are the classic tales that created the genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives who smoke criminals like packs of cigarettes; sultry dames whose looks are as lethal as a dagger to the chest; and gin-soaked hideouts where conversations are just preludes to murder. This is crime fiction at its gritty best.
Including:
Three stories by Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Dashiell Hammett.
Complete novels from Carroll John Daly, the man who invented the hard-boiled detective, and Fredrick Nebel, one of the masters of the form.
A never before published Dashiell Hammett story.
Every other major pulp writer of the time, including Paul Cain, Steve Fisher, James M. Cain, Horace McCoy, and many, many more of whom you’ve probably never heard.
Three deadly sections–The Crimefighters, The Villains, and Dames–with three unstoppable introductions by Harlan Coben, Harlan Ellison, and Laura Lippman.
Featuring:
Plenty of reasons for murder, all of them good.
A kid so smart–he’ll die of it.
A soft-hearted loan shark’s legman learning–the hard way–never to buy a strange blonde a hamburger.
The uncanny “Moon Man” and his mad-money victims.

Contents:

Otto Penzler: Foreword. Part One: The Crimefighers. Harlan Coben: Introduction. Paul Cain: One, Two, Three. Dashiell Hammett: The Creeping Siamese. Erle Stanley Gardner: Honest Money. Horace McCoy: Frost Rides Alone. Thomas Walsh: Double Check. Charles G. Booth: Stag Party. Leslie T. White: The City of Hell! Raymond Chandler: Red Wind. Fredrick Nebel: Wise Guy. George Harmon Coxe: Murder Picture. Norbert Davis: The Price of a Dime. William Rollins, Jr.: Chicago Confetti. Cornell Woolrich: Two Murders, One Crime. Carroll John Daly: The Third Murderer. Part Two: The Villains. Harlan Ellison: Introduction. Erle Stanley Gardner: The Cat Woman. Cornell Woolrich: The Dilemma of the Dead Lady. Richard B. Sale: The House of Kaa. Leslie Charteris: The Invisible Millionaire. Steve Fisher: You’ll Always Remember Me. James M. Cain: Pastorale. Frank Gruber: The Sad Serbian. Dashiell Hammett: Faith. Raymond Chandler: Finger Man. Erle Stanley Gardner: The Monkey Murder. Raoul Whitfield: About Kid Deth. Frederick C. Davis: The Sinister Sphere. Paul Cain: Pigeon Blood. C. S. Montanye: The Perfect Crime. Norbert Davis: You’ll Die Laughing. Frederick Nebel: The Crimes of Richmond City: i) Raw Law. ii) Dog Eat Dog. iii) The Law Laughs Last. iv) Law Without Law. v) Graft. Part Three: The Dames. Laura Lippman: Introduction. Cornell Woolrich: Angel Face. Leslie T. White: Chosen to Die. Eric Taylor: A Pinch of Snuff. Raymond Chandler: Killer in the Rain. Adolphe Barreaux: Sally the Sleuth. C. S. Montanye: A Shock for the Countess. C. B. Yorke: Snowbound. Randolph Barr: The Girl Who Knew Too Much. D. B. McCandless: The Corpse in the Crystal. D. B. McCandless: He Got What He Asked For. P. T. Luman: Gangster’s Brand. Robert Reeves: Dance Macabre. Dashiell Hammett: The Girl with the Silver Eyes. Perry Paul: The Jane from Hell’s Kitchen. Whitman Chambers: The Duchess Pulls a Fast One. Roger Torrey: Mansion of Death. Roger Torrey: Concealed Weapon. Carlos Martinez: The Devil’s Bookkeeper. Lars Anderson: Black Legion. Richard Sale: Three Wise Men of Babylon. Eugene Thomas: The Adventure of the Voodoo Moon. T. T. Flynn: Brother Murder. Stewart Sterling: Kindly Omit Flowers.

Thursday, June 19, 2025

On this day in music history - Lost Highway, by Bon Jovi (2007):


Lost Highway

Album by Bon Jovi,
released June 19, 2007.

Track list:

Lost Highway; Summertime; Make a Memory; Whole Lot Of Leaving; We Got It Going On; Any Other Day; Seat Next To You; Everybody’s Broken; Stranger (featuring Leann Rimes); The Last Night; One Step Closer; I Love This Town.

Friday, June 13, 2025

On this day in movie history - Inside (2007):


Inside

French title: À l'intérieur,
directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo,
written by Alexandre Bustillo,
was released in France on June 13, 2007.
Music by François-Eudes Chanfrault.


Cast:

Alysson Paradise, Jean-Baptiste Tabourin, Claude Lulé, Dominique Frot, Nathalie Roussel, François-Régis Marchasson, Beatrice Dalle, Hyam Zaytoun, Tahar Rahim, Emmanuel Guez, Ludovic Berthillot, Emmanuel Lanzi, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Aymen Saïdi.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

On this day in music history - Porcelain, by Helen Jane Long (2007):


Porcelain

Album by Helen Jane Long,
Released June 4, 2007.

Track list:

Porcelain; Release; Echo; Stars; Expression; Lost Wind; Doll; Out of It All; Rockerbye; Broken; Eclipse; Turn Away; Through the Dark.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

On this day in music history - Deep Still Blue, by 2002 (2007):


Deep Still Blue

Album by 2002,
released May 8, 2007.

Track list:

Where the Stars and Moon Play; When I See You Again; Deep Still Blue; An Ocean Apart; Sarah’s Rainbow; Little Angel; Setting Sail; Summer’s End; Sweet Dreams; The Voyage Home.

Friday, April 18, 2025

On this day in movie history - 88 Minutes (2007):


88 Minutes

directed by Jon Avnet,
written by Gary Scott Thompson,
was released in the United States on April 18, 2008.
Music by Edward Shearmur.


Cast:

Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Ben McKenzie, Neal McDonough, Leah Cairns, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Redman, Trilby Glover, Damien Leake, Brendan Fletcher, Michael Eklund, Kristina Copeland, Tammy Hui, Vicky Huang, Bob Stephenson, Philip Moon, Victoria Tennant, Michal Yannai, Paul Campbell, Brenda McDonald, Carrie Genzel, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Heather Dawn, Julian Christopher, Tim Henry, Mike Dopud, Brad Turner, Michael Adamthwaite, Jean Montanti, Tim Perez, Marcus Hondro, Rebecca Chunn, Elan Even, Celeste White Steele, Linley Subryan.

Sunday, March 30, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Lookout (2007):


The Lookout

directed and written by Scott Frank,
was released in the United States on March 30, 2007.
Music by James Newton Howard.


Cast:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Bruce McGill, Alberta Watson, Alex Borstein, Sergio Di Zio, David Huband, Laura Vandervoort, Greg Dunham, Morgan Kelly, Aaron Berg, Tinsel Korey, Suzanne Kelly, Brian Edward Roach, Martin Roach, Ofield Williams, Julie Pederson, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Janaya Stephens, Marc Devigne, Courtney-Jane White, Thanya Romero, Paul Christie, Tracy Beemer, Gordie Farrell, Toni Reimer, Ted Felbel, Charles Crossin, Chuck Robinson, Kalyn Bomback, John Bluethner, Leslie Bais, Harry Nelken, Andrew Degryse, Shailee Ferguson, Kevin Michayluk.