Today is (according to Wikipedia) the birthday of Thai actor and martial artist Yanin “Jeeja” Vismitananda. She’s been in a bunch of action movies since her starring role in the 2008 movie Chocolate, where she played an autistic teen who teaches … Continue reading Jeeja Yanin Day Thread
On March 19, 1999, the first episode of Farscape aired in the US. A joint Australian-American sci-fi series produced by the Jim Henson Company, Farscape is a deliberately, delightfully weird show about alien puppets, enduring psychological traumas and made-up curse words. The series … Continue reading It’s The Frelling Day Thread
On January 15, 1919, 2.3 million gallons of molasses swept through the streets of Boston after a storage tank burst open, wreaking significant destruction and casualties. The scale of the tragedy has since been attributed at least in part to … Continue reading The Boston Molasses Flood Day Thread
Swallows and Amazons is a classic children’s adventure novel by Arthur Ransome, published in 1930. The ‘Swallows’ are four siblings on holiday in the Lake District of England, taking their name after the boat they use to explore the nearby … Continue reading The ‘Swallows and Amazons’ Day Thread
That’s Today! Continue reading Twenty-First of September Day Thread
“Yeah, Rien Poortvliet just called, he wants you to pose for him? Oh, come on. Beloved illustrator of ‘Gnomes’? Jesus! Read a coffee table book!” Continue reading The Gnomes Day Thread
“There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm.” Continue reading Classic Review: Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Having somehow managed to go most of my life with seeing only a single Jackie Chan movie in its entirety, fate finally intervened to correct this error with the discovery of a 2-disc, 8-film DVD collection in the possession of … Continue reading Jackie Chan Double Feature: ‘Project A’ and ‘Operation Condor’
