Tuesday, March 31, 2026

On this day in movie history - Ghost in the Shell (2017):


Ghost in the Shell

directed by Rupert Sanders,
written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger,
based on the Manga comic book series by Masamune Shirow,
was released in the United States on March 31, 2017.
Music by Clint Mansell and Lorne Balfe.


Cast:

Scarlett Johansson, Kaori Yamamoto, "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Michael Carmen Pitt, Andrew Morris, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han, Lasarus Ratuere, Juliette Binoche, Peter Ferdinando, Kaori Momoi, Danusia Samal, Anamaria Marinca, Michael Wincott, Yutaka Izumihara, Tawanda Manyimo, Daniel Henshall, Rila Fukushima, Chris Obi, Adwoa Aboah, Pete Teo, Hugh Han.

On this day in television history - Justified (2015):


Justified

Season 6. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: Fugitive Number One.
Released March 31, 2015.
Directed by Jon Avnet.
Written by Graham Yost, Taylor Elmore, Keith Schreier, Keith Schreier.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Mary Steenburgen, Kaitlyn Dever, Jeff Fahey, Rick Gomez, Justin Welborn, Jonathan Tucker, Louis Herthum, Jonathan Kowalsky, Ryan Dorsey, Mel Fair, Chad Todhunter, Sam Elliott, Josh Clark, Otto Krause, Robert Allen Mukes, Robert Neary, David Wells, Russell Bertolino.

On this day in music history:

Karmacode by Lacuna Coil (2006)
Broken Crown Halo by Lacuna Coil (2014)
Heart of Silence by Peter Kater & Michael Brant DeMaria (2015)


Karmacode
Album by Lacuna Coil,
Released March 31, 2006.
Track list: Fragile; To the Edge; Our Truth; Within Me; Devoted; You Create; What I See; Fragments of Faith; Closer; In Visible Light; The Game; Without Fear; Enjoy the Silence.


Broken Crown Halo
Album by Lacuna Coil,
Released March 31, 2014.
Track list: Nothing Stands in Our Way; Zombies; Hostage to the Light; Victims; Die & Rise; I Forgive (But I Won't Forget Your Name); Cybersleep; Infection; I Burn in You; In the End I Feel Alive; One Cold Day; Chapter 1: Pawn Takes Rook; Chapter 2: Beyond the Queen; Chapter 3: Introducing the Bishop; Chapter 4: Knights at the Ready; Chapter 5: Sicilian Defense; Chapter 6: The Queen's Gambit; Chapter 7: The Castled King; Chapter 8: The Stonewall; Chapter 9: Endgame.


Heart of Silence
Album by Peter Kater and Michael Brant DeMaria,
released March 31, 2015.
Track list: Heart of Silence; Radiant Dawn; First Breath; Holding Space; Tender Heart; Timeless Echoes; Midnight Dreaming; Awakening.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)
Star Trek: Voyager (1999)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2022)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: Captain’s Holiday.
Released March 31, 1990.
Directed by Chip Chalmers.
Written by Ira Steven Behr, Ronald D. Moore.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Jennifer Hetrick, Karen Landry, Michael Champion, Max Grodénchik, Deirdre Haj, Jeremy Doyle, Kristina Kell, Tim McCormack.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: Think Tank.
Released March 31, 1999.
Directed by Terrence O'Hara.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Michael Taylor, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jason Alexander, Christopher Darga, Christopher Shea, Walter Altman, Majel Barrett, Phil Crowley, Marvin De Baca, Steven Dennis, Tarik Ergin, Steve Rankin.


The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: The Stars Above.
Released March 31, 2022.
Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.
Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.
Cast: Vaughn Armstrong, Robert Beltran, Brannon Braga, Ronny Cox, Joseph D'Agosta, Nicole de Boer, Ike Eisenmann, Richard Herd, Gregory Itzin, Dominic Keating, Jack Kehler, Christopher Lloyd, Cirroc Lofton, Scott MacDonald, Matt Malloy, Donna Massetti, Matt McCoy, Gates McFadden, Ronald D. Moore, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, Andrew Robinson, Mark Rolston, Cristine Rose, William Morgan Sheppard, Brent Spiner, Michael Westmore, Wil Wheaton, Peter White, Barbara Williams, Wade Williams, Rudolph Willrich, Mel Winkler, Rick Worthy.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Fly Me to the Moon.
Released March 31, 2022.
Directed by Jonathan Frakes.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Cindy Appel, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Juliana James, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, Isa Briones, Brent Spiner, John de Lancie, Penelope Mitchell, Lea Thompson, Leif Gantvoort, Jackie Geary, Ivo Nandi, Kay Bess, Oscar Camacho, Michelle Haro, Shaw Jones, Daniel Allen Mooney, Zach Sowers, Kareem Stroud, Guy Fernandez Jr., Richard Leacock, Justin Nickels, Jenya Shatilova.

On this day in movie history - W. C. Fields and Me (1976):


W. C. Fields and Me

directed by Arthur Hiller,
written by Bob Merrill,
based on the book by Carlotta Monti and Cy Rice,
was released in the United States on March 31, 1976.
Music by Henry Mancini.


Cast:

Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Allan Arbus, Milt Kamen, Louis Zorich, Andrew Parks, Linda Purl, Selma Archerd, Paul Barselou, John Bleifer, Buff Brady, Donald Briggs, Mathilda Calnan, Frank De Vol, Eddie Firestone, Jacques Foti, John Furlong, Jack Griffin, Bob Harks, Crane Jackson, Jimmy Joyce, George Loros, Patch Mackenzie, Paul Mantee, Mary McLain, Victor Millan, Carlotta Monti, Judith Novgrod, Gerald Peters, Leoda Richards, Hank Rolike, Clay Tanner, Elizabeth Thompson, Kenneth Tobey, William Wintersole, Steffen Zacharias, Bill Zuckert.

On this day in movie history - Police Python 357 (1976):


Police Python 357

aka The Case Against Ferro,
directed by Alain Corneau,
written by Alain Corneau and Daniel Boulanger,
based on the novel The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing,
was released in France on March 31, 1976.
Music by Georges Delerue.


Cast:

Yves Montand, François Périer, Simone Signoret, Stefania Sandrelli, Mathieu Carrière, Vadim Glowna, Claude Bertrand, Gabriel Doulcet, Alice Reichen, Tony Rödel, Georges-Fréderic Dehlen, Serge Marquand, Stéphane Macha, Roger Muni, Malvina Penne, Michel Ruhl, Franz Sauer, Daniel Breton.

On this day in movie history - Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960):


Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

directed by Charles Walters,
written by Isobel Lennart,
based on the novel by Jean Kerr,
was released in the United States on March 31, 1960.
Music by David Rose.


Cast:

Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, Jack Weston, John Harding, Margaret Lindsay, Carmen Phillips, Mary Patton, Charles Herbert, Stanley Livingston, Flip Mark, Baby Gellert.