Showing posts with label 2020. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2020. Show all posts

Monday, May 12, 2025

On this day in movie history - Capone (2020):


Capone

directed and written by Josh Trank,
was released in the United States on May 12, 2020.
Music by El-P.


Cast:

Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Al Sapienza, Kathrine Narducci, Noel Fisher, Gino Cafarelli, Mason Guccione, Jack Lowden, Kyle MacLachlan, Rose Bianco, Manny Fajardo, Christopher Bianculli, Edgar Arreola, Jhemma Ziegler, CG Lewis, David Wachs, Tilda Del Toro, Wayne Pére, Josh Trank, Neal Brennan, Jason Edwards, Caiden Acurio, Mason Rozas, Emma Kathryn Coleman, Tara Marie Foy, Reed Luckett Wiley, Troy Anderson, Andreanna L Jenson, Tony Beard, Silas Borelly, Patti Brindley, Rebecca Chulew, Samantha Czosnek, Macey DePaula, Julia Holt, Bruce Jesse Mattson, Michael McQuillan, Christopher Morris, Carl Anthony Nespoli, Jack Reeder, Candace Reuter, Ivan Salvatore, Natalie Sibille, Cameron Stout, Sue-Lynn.

Sunday, May 11, 2025

On this day in music history - Reverie, by Laura Sullivan (2020):


Reverie

Album by Laura Sullivan,
released May 11, 2020.

Track list:

Reverie; Silueta; Canon in D (Remastered); The Serpent Mound (Remix); After Rain; Pictograph Cave (Remaster).

Monday, April 21, 2025

On this day in movie history - Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time. Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020):


Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time. Vol. 1: Midnight Madness,
documentary directed by Danny Wolf,
was released in the United States on April 21, 2020.

Cast:

Peter Bogdanovich, Barry Bostwick, Jeff Bridges, Gary Busey, Joe Dante, Illeana Douglas, Fran Drescher, Jeff Goldblum, Pam Grier, Michael McKean, Kevin Pollak, Rob Reiner, Penelope Spheeris, Anthony Timpone, John Turturro, John Waters.

Thursday, March 6, 2025

On this day in music history - Beyond the Horizon, by Lauren Scott (2020):


Beyond the Horizon

Album by Lauren Scott,
released March 6, 2020.

Track list:

Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2: Free Running; Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2: Blue Moon Rising; Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 1: First Flight of Spring; For Mattia; New Shoots – Old Roots: Away for a While; Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2: Gypsy Dance; In a Landscape; The Yellow Cake Review: Farewell To Stromness (arr. for lever harp by Lauren Scott); Beyond the Horizon; Celestial Spirals; Across the Universe (arr. for lever harp by Lauren Scott); Adventures for Lever Harp: Crepuscule.

Friday, February 28, 2025

On this day in music history: Transcendence, by Sherry Finzer (2020):


Transcendence

Album by Sherry Finzer,
released February 28, 2020.

Track list:

The Ascent; Third Eye Opening; Veil of the Unknown; Inner Awakening; Meditative, relaxing, soothing, contemplative, cinematic, flutes, calming, relaxing - Ancient Roots; Evening Prayer; Winds of Intuition; Elements of Light.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

On this day in music history: Vessel of Light, by Helen Jane Long (2020):


Vessel of Light

Album by Helen Jane Long,
released February 19, 2020.

Track list:

Signs of Life; Sequoia; Propel; Solus; Order; Life Is; Ravelled; Instincts; Collision; Symmetry; Quiet Voice; Living With Hope.

Thursday, January 23, 2025

On this day in television history - Star Trek: Picard (2020):


Star Trek: Picard

created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer and Alex Kurtzman,
was released in the United States on January 23, 2020.
Music by Jeff Russo and Stephen Barton.


Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Jeri Ryan, Orla Brady, Annie Wersching, Brent Spiner.

Thursday, January 9, 2025

On this day in movie history - True History of the Kelly Gang (2019):


True History of the Kelly Gang

directed by Justin Kurzel,
based on the novel by Peter Carey,
was released in Australia on January 9, 2020.
Music by Jed Kurzel.


Cast:

George MacKay, Orlando Schwerdt, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult, Essie Davis, Sean Keenan, Jacob Collins-Levy, Thomasin McKenzie, Charlie Hunnam, Claudia Karvan, Marlon Williams, Gentle Ben Corbett, Earl Cave, Louis Hewison.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

On this day in television history - The Stand (2020–2021):


The Stand

9-episode mini-series.
Directed by Josh Boone, Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy, Chris Fisher, Vincenzo Natali and Tucker Gates.
Written by Stephen King, Josh Boone, Benjamin Cavell, Jill Killington, Owen King, Knate Lee, Eric Dickinson, Taylor Elmore.
Based on the novel by Stephen King.
Released in the United States on December 17, 2020 – February 11, 2021.
Music by Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott.


Cast:

James Marsden, Odessa Young, Alexander Skarsgård, Whoopi Goldberg, Gordon Cormier, Amber Heard, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Irene Bedard, Brad William Henke, Nat Wolff, Henrique Zaga, Greg Kinnear, Nicholas Lea, Eion Bailey, Katherine McNamara, Olivia Cheng, Fiona Dourif, Tarun Keram, Ezra Miller, Gabrielle Rose, Natalie Martinez, Jason Burkart, Paul Jarrett, Mark Gibbon, Sunita Prasad, Seth Whittaker, Hamish Linklater, Kendall Joy Hall, Daniel Sunjata, Cameron McDonald, Luis Javier, J.K. Simmons, Kristy Dawn Dinsmore, Jennifer-Juniper Angeli, Curtiss Cook Jr., Angus Sampson, Heather Graham, Spencer Drever, Reese Alexander, M.J. Kokolis, Primo Allon, Harrison MacDonald, Nyla Alleyne, Clifton Collins Jr., Ariana Nica, Todd Matthews, Isla Crerar, Peter Anderson, Rob McEachern, Troy Mundle, Jagua Arneja, Briar Diallo, Tim Carlson, Tebo Nzeku, Alexis Paige Dixon, Shadi Janho, Bruce Blain, David Parent, Miles Chalmers, Brandyn Eddy, Lisa Chandler, Arkie Kandola, Darren Dolynski, TJ Kayama, Mariessa Portelance, Angela Moore, Joe Costa, Fletcher Donovan, Donald Sales, Liza Huget, Lissa Neptuno, Veena Sood, Kim Kondrashoff, Eddie Flake, Hugo Raymundo, Jesse Stanley, Camden Filtness, Jasmine Lukuku, Mike Wasko, J. Douglas Stewart, Shishy Gebru, Myles McCarthy, Leah Hennessey, Jeremy Jones, Richard Meen, Sean Millington, Jenny Mitchell, Iris Paluly, Luvia Petersen, Lisa Renee Pitts, Michel Issa Rubio, Eric Ruggieri, Carolyn Tinglin, Danny Wattley, Bryan Cranston, Steve Ellis, Stephen King, Mick Garris, Jeremy Angel.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Recommended reading - The Scene-by-Scene Casablanca Film Guidebook: A Detailed Look at the Hollywood Film Classic (2020):


The Scene-by-Scene Casablanca Film Guidebook:

A Detailed Look at the Hollywood Film Classic

By Michael Willian.

Published by Kerpluggo Books.
Published 2020.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0976242915
ISBN-13: 978-0976242918

Description:

It’s the ideal way to enjoy this American film classic – a comprehensive guidebook that walks you through Casablanca scene by scene. Breathing new life into the film, the guidebook is packed with intriguing insights, cool cast and film anecdotes, and countless closer looks at scene details, curiosities, historical tie-ins, gaffes and more. And it’s all presented in a smart, page turning format. Casablanca fans will be thrilled to have this humorous and insightful companion guiding them through this cinematic gem with fresh eyes.

Inside the guidebook you'll find: first-of-their kind illustrations showing the layouts of Rick's Cafe, the Casablanca Airport and the Paris street and bistro Rick and Ilsa visit, and where your favorite scenes take place in relation to one another; a complete chronology of key film scenes; a handy summary of World War II events leading up to the film's setting; the stories behind the countless World War II-era references that have lost their context over time; translations for the film's foreign language references, and the fascinating insights they unlock; a breakdown of songs in the film; film bookmarks for easy access to key details; And here is just a sampling of the things you'll discover: what popular chess strategy Rick invokes while playing both sides of the table, and the host of curiosities and gaffes involving the match; where Ilsa gets the gun she pulls on Rick; the incredible real-life story of how two Casablanca actors, then married, made their own World War II escape from France to America; Carl's profession before he waited tables at Rick's; the good luck symbol Ferrari displays outside the Blue Parrot; how to recreate Rick and Ilsa's Paris boat ride scene; what real-life plane was used for Strasser's arrival, and what became of it; whether Captain Renault's champagne recommendation to Strasser really was a good one.