K. Krombie
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Stories from the City blog - Happy History Hour - top 5 London Pubs — Purefinder New York
“Write what you know” is what writers—established or otherwise—hear from those in the know and from those who don’t know much at all. Meanwhile, visitors to places I have either lived in or been to, regularly ask me, “What bars would you recommend?” Penning my advice on this particular topic is, needless to say, writing what I know, but occupying the go-to pub whisperer position can be a tricky bar stool on which to balance.
The Most Underrated Horror Movies On Netflix
Crimson Peak tells the story of a young heiress, Edith (Mia Wasikowska), who is lured into marriage by the seductive Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston). Thomas and his sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain) are not the most welcoming hosts at their gothic estate in northern England. Edith soon learns that the siblings have lured her there for their own gain.
Sexist And Cliche Girlfriends And Wives In Comedy Movies, Ranked By Movie Fans
Comedy movies often play on simple character archetypes as a springboard for humor, and one of the most common is the “mean girlfriend.” Often, their crime is behaving like a grown-up woman in a man-boy’s world. They are a force to be reckoned with, usually usually paired with a lead male character who is more fleshed out. In the comedy film set-up, the intermittent presence of a hen-pecking girlfriend - apprehensive and with arms folded - constitutes a conflict enabler to move the plot along.
Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Tom Cruise Movies
In the jukebox musical, Rock of Ages, which threads 1980s glam metal anthems through the Sunset Strip, Tom Cruise plays frontman and hair metal show pony Stacee Jaxx. As audiences have come to expect, every square inch of Cruise gives 110 percent, but when faced with the less-is-more quandary, and in the midst of middle age, Cruise was reportedly hesitant. If only momentarily, he expressed concern about the camera lens lowering toward his buttock-revealing chaps.
12 Blockbuster Movies Overshadowed By Unexpected Hits
Trying to predict a blockbuster is a roll of the dice, but the combination of studio backing, star names, high production values, and publicity campaigns can give a film a solid head start. In spite of these factors, sometimes a film that seems destined to be a tentpole success can be upset by an unexpected underdog release.
Great Actors Who Ended Their Movie Careers On A High Note
For the most part, going out on a career high note is a matter of pot luck and dependent on points of view. If the individual in question has been informed of a terminal illness and corresponding life expectancy - and has enough agency, talent, and stamina to create the perfect swan song (a la David Bowie) - then circumstances can somewhat ease shuffling off this mortal coil. In general, however, the acting profession has too many variables to fulfill any such yearning.
13 Actors With Multiple Failed Franchises
Will Smith's transition from TV sitcom to film was fairly smooth. Six Degrees of Separation put a new curious lens on Smith's potential to fill a cinema screen. Smith's cheeky Fresh Prince of Bel-Air persona lent itself to action films (Bad Boys, Independence Day, Men in Black), but he quickly matured into Enemy of the State and Ali. Over time, Smith became known as a box office draw, but his charm couldn't save every franchise-starter he appeared in.
Uncomfortable Comedies That Aren't Mainstream For A Reason
Comedy isn’t easy. Provoking amusement can mean digging into covert and uncomfortable areas, but to lure the taboo or the disagreeable can elevate a comedy far beyond the surface appeal of a few uncomplicated laughs. Tragicomedy is nothing new, and it's often fundamentally dark subjects that produce the most laughs. Some films take this philosophy to the extreme, putting uncomfortable, cringe-inducing stories in front of audiences, hoping for a reaction of laughter.
Former Movie Stars Who Made Major Comebacks On TV
Even though Kevin Costner’s resume encompasses over four decades of bankable Hollywood films, the decade between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s set the seal on his A-list ranking. During that period, Costner starred in The Untouchables, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, JFK, The Bodyguard, Waterworld, and Tin Cup. He also directed and produced, and won Oscars for his efforts (Dances with Wolves).
TV Stars Who Had Bigger Movie Careers Than Your Remember
Tom Selleck became a TV favorite in Magnum P.I., a succinctly named 1980s crime drama series about Thomas Magnum, a Hawaii-based private investigator with a leisurely take on solving crimes and episodic narration. After debuting on the big screen, sans facial hair, as “Stud” in a tiny role opposite screen legend Mae West in 1970's Myra Breckinridge, Selleck grew his trademark mustache and worked steadily in film over a 40-year span, from 1970 through 2010.
13 Times '90s Movie Stars Took A Big, Weird Swing - And It Turned Into A Hit
The 1990s stand out as an exciting yet trying decade in American filmmaking. The demands of mainstream films and actors soared above the indulgences of previous decades. A revolution began in digital technology. At the same time, the cinematic experience grew exponentially within home viewing as independent screenwriting masterclasses went on tour. Meanwhile, Gen X filmmakers — schooled in cinemas and television — emerged under the vigilant watch of Miramax.
17 Times Stunt Casting Was Actually Perfect Casting
Casting a non-actor celebrity, or an actor playing against type, is designed to turn heads. If the casting wager backfires, wooden acting or an overt distraction from the plot are often to blame. Otherwise, stunt casting can make a film stand out by relying on the recognition of a famous person and the specific characteristics they bring to the role.
14 Actors You Didn't Realize Had Their Own Signature Franchises - Tribune Content Agency (July 5, 2023)
The order of this list was determined by 217 votes on Ranker.com. Successful actors are often associated with certain roles, whether it’s their career peaks or the films that launched their careers in the first place. In that gray area between box office hits and bombs, the likelihood is that there are other films in an actor’s resume that may be better known in some areas of the world than in others – or they’ve simply gathered dust over decades and have yet to be discovered by new generations.
Sharing the Republic of Georgia With the Street Dogs
Sharing the Republic of Georgia With the Street Dogs Story and photos by K. Krombie A writer's visit to the birthplace of Stalin comes accompanied by a constant stream of Georgian street dogs that vary in temperament from one location to the next. My reason for being in Georgia was as the sidekick tag-along of a London-based journalist friend who specializes in former Soviet Union regions of the world.
18 Actors Who Had Their Big Hollywood Breakthrough Late In Life
Ian McKellen, in a similar fashion to Malcolm McDowell, has a voice that loiters in the north of England between bursts of received pronunciation. It projects from somewhere deep in order to hit the back of a theater and wields equal power in its transition to the screen. McKellen had a fruitful career in the theater, in the West End and on Broadway, for decades. For the longest time, his film appearances seemed incidental by comparison.
14 Actors You Didn't Realize Had Their Own Signature Franchises
Successful actors are often associated with certain roles, whether it's their career peaks or the films that launched their careers in the first place. In that gray area between box office hits and bombs, the likelihood is that there are other films in an actor’s resume that may be better known in some areas of the world than in others - or they've simply gathered dust over decades and have yet to be discovered by new generations.
War Movies That Are Actually About The Aftermath
Of the many war movies that exist, there is a subcategory that follows a soldier home, or wherever they may drift, in order to scrutinize what happens next. For the participants of warfare, the end of a war or active service doesn’t always represent a conclusion. These films often examine PTSD, survivor's guilt, despondency, flashbacks, and disillusionment, among other things.
Death in New York: History and Culture of Burials, Undertakers and Executions|Paperback
Death in New York: History and Culture of Burials, Undertakers and Executions Like every aspect of life in the Big Apple, how New Yorkers have interacted with death is as diverse as each of the countless individuals who have called the city home. Waves of immigration brought unique burial customs as archaeological excavations uncovered the graves of indigenous Lenapes and enslaved Africans.
PICTURES, VOLUME II Book Review
In the forward to Jeff Bridges: Pictures, Volume II, in which Bridges lists his reasons for putting the book together, he admits to getting "off-track" via one or two tangents. Herein lies the essence of Jeff Bridges’ photographic work. Sixteen years after publishing his first photography book, he gives us the full picture, warts and all; unedited film sets divided into film industry categories and united by the panoramic swing of his camera.
ON THE BOWERY: NEW YORK CITY 1971 by Edward Grazda - Book Review – A Photographic Study of New York’s Skid Row
Grazda’s Bowery chapter took him almost three decades to revisit, which he did at the McDowell Colony in 1999. The individuals in this book have no storylines, nor accompanying text. Though slurred and sullied, and occasionally and deliberately blurred, they momentarily speak for themselves. The affordable flophouses that provided basic lodging and bare essentials are a thing of the past. They can no longer exist at such a steal per night.
AIPAD 39TH Edition Photography Show Review by K. Krombie
Richard Corman, Basquiat A Portrait V, 1984/printed 2018 Archival digital C-print, 30 x 40 inches © Richard Corman, Courtesy of Peter Fetterman Gallery Joel Meyerowitz, Red Interior, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1977 Chromogenic print; printed 1980, 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches ©Joel Meyerowitz.
BURNING DOWN THE HAUS Preview - Interview with author Tim Mohr
It’s not hard to understand the tough predicament faced by the frequent informants who were positioned inside the tightest of circles. So many of them, often friends with those whom they were informing on, were blackmailed child spies. Do you have any idea how they were treated once their activities became accessible to the public via the open Stasi files? There is a lot of forgiveness for most of them. Like you say, many of them were recruited while still minors, for one thing.
"Russian Doll" is a Binge-Watching Phenomenon
At a party thrown for her 36th birthday, Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne)—a wisecracking, two-packs-a-day smoking software engineer—emerges from the bathroom of her friend's apartment to Harry Nilsson's "Gotta Get Up." She smokes a coke-laced "Israeli joint," takes home a smug professor for a one-night stand, and, a short while later, in pursuit of her runaway cat, is struck by a car and dies.
Chicks' Flicks
Into and just beyond the first quarter of the 20th century, before big business monopolized and recast the film industry, women screenwriters, editors, and designers were not uncommon. Back then, inside the infant playground of motion pictures, gender wasn't much of an issue. Many silent film plots arose from synopses written by women and were posted in response to magazine advertisements and competitions.
Shadowy History and Secret Societies in New Haven
Shadowy History and Secret Societies in New Haven Story and photos by K. Krombie New Haven, Connecticut is best known as the home of Yale University, but a visiting writer looks into the deathly side of the strange city and organizations shrouded in mystery, including the Knights of Columbus. Centuries-old burial grounds, a dead painter under the floor, an expired priest with an ambitious afterlife, and an untenanted atmosphere make death in New Haven especially nuanced.
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