| Global National News - 20150629 |
| Horizon - The Lost World Of Lake Vostok |
| Love Your Garden - 6x01 - Episode #6.1 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150629 |
| The Whispers - 1x05 - What Lies Beneath |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150629 |
| Zoo - 1x01 - First Blood |
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Video Update - 30 June 2015
Monday, 29 June 2015
Video Update - 29 June 2015
| Burning Zone - 1x13 - Death Song(poor fm VHS) |
| Cobra - 1x18 - A Few Dead Men (poor from VHS) |
| Global National News - 20150628 |
| Homeboys From Outer Space - An Officer and a Homeboy or Full Metal Jackass(poor fm VHS) |
| Psi Factor - 1x13 - The Undead & Stalker |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150628 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) - 20150628 |
| Unexplained - Mysteries of Egypt(Beginning cut, from VHS) |
| Xena Warrior Princess - The Quest(poor fm VHS) |
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Video Update - 28 June 2015
| Beauty and the Beast (2012) - 3x04 - Heart of the Matter |
| Falling Skies - 5x01 - Find Your Warrior |
| Global National News - 20150627 |
| Penny Dreadful - 2x09 - And Hell Itself My Only Foe |
| Salem - 2x13 - The Witching Hour |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150627 |
| The Last Ship - 2x02 - Fight the Ship |
| The Last Ship - 2x03 - It's Not a Rumour |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150627 |
Saturday, 27 June 2015
Video Update - 27 June 2015
| Global National News - 20150626 |
| Humans - 1x03 - Episode #1.3 |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - 1x07 - Chapter Seven: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell |
| Knights of God - Ep 3 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150626 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150626 |
| X-Files - 4x13 - Never Again |
Friday, 26 June 2015
Video Update - 26 June 2015
| Dark Matter - 1x03 - Episode #1.3 |
| Defiance - 3x04 - Dead Air |
| Doctor Who - 098-3 - The Ribos Operation |
| Doctor Who - 098-4 - The Ribos Operation |
| Global National News - 20150625 |
| Killjoys - 1x02 - The Sugar Point Run |
| Knights (Part 3) - Last of Their Kind |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150625 |
| Treasures Decoded(UK) - 1x03 - The Nefertiti Bust |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150625 |
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Video Update - 25 June 2015
| Adventures of Superboy - 3x11 - Superboy……..Lost |
| Between - 1x06 - War |
| Doctor Who - 098-1 - The Ribos Operation |
| Doctor Who - 098-2 - The Ribos Operation |
| Global National News - 20150624 |
| Life Below Zero - 5x12 - Aftermath |
| Olympus - 1x12 - Door to Olympus |
| Super Force - 1x15 - Water Mania |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150623 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150624 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150624 |
| Under the Dome - 3x01,02 - Move On, But I'm Not |
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Video Update - 24 June 2015
| CTV National News - 20150624 |
| Global National News - 20150623 |
| Muppet Show - 3x09 - Pearl Bailey |
| Not of This Earth (1957) |
| Not of This Earth (1988) |
| Sun Trap - 1x05 - The Usual Suspects |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150621 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150622 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150623 |
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Video Update - 23 June 2015
| CTV National News - 20150623 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150623 |
| Global Early News (500pm Vancouver) - 20150623 |
| Global National News - 20150621 |
| Global National News - 20150622 |
| Global News Hour (600pm Vancouver) - 20150623 |
| Knights (Part 1) - Men In Iron |
| Knights (Part 2) - For Fame And Honour |
| Mork and Mindy - 4x22 - The Mork Report |
| Refuge of Fear(poor from VHS-1974) |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150619 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150620 |
| Treasures Decoded(UK) - 1x01 - Easter Island Heads |
Monday, 22 June 2015
Video Update - 22 June 2015
| CBS Evening News 4 June 2015 |
| CBS Evening News 7 June 2015 |
| CTV National News - 20150622 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150622 |
| Global National News - 20150619 |
| Global National News - 20150620 |
| Small Wonder - 1x02 - Money Money Money |
| Small Wonder - 1x07 - The Lie Season |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150617 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150618 |
| The Whispers - 1x04 - Meltdown |
Sunday, 21 June 2015
Video Update - 21 June 2015
| Beauty and the Beast (2012) - 3x03 - Bob & Carol & Vincent & Cat |
| CTV National News - 20150621 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150621 |
| Global National News - 20150617 |
| Global National News - 20150618 |
| Penny Dreadful - 2x08 - Memento Mori |
| Salem - 2x12 - Midnight Never Come |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150616 |
| The Last Ship - 2x01 - Unreal City |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) - 20150621 |
Saturday, 20 June 2015
Video Update - 20 June 2015
| CBS Evening News 28 May 2015 |
| Global National News - 20150615 |
| Global National News - 20150616 |
| Humans - 1x02 - Episode #1.2 |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - 1x06 - Chapter Six The Black Tower |
| Orphan Black - 3x10 - History Yet to Be Written |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150614 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150615 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150620 |
Friday, 19 June 2015
Video Update - 19 June 2015
| CTV National News - 20150619 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150619 |
| Dark Matter - 1x02 - Pilot (Part 2) |
| Defiance - 3x03 - The Broken Bough |
| Fat Guys in the Woods - 2x02 - Lumberjack 101 |
| Killjoys - 1x01 - Bangarang |
| Thunderbirds Are Go - 1x13 - Heavy Metal |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150619 |
Movie Releases - 19 June 2015
Inside Out (2015)
Stars: Amy
Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling
Directors: Pete
Docter | Ronaldo Del Carmen
Genre: Animation
| Comedy | Drama | Family
Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Time: 94 min
Rating: PG
Plot
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for
Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job
in San Francisco .
Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and
Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's
mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her
emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco , turmoil ensues in
Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to
keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city , house and
school.
Dope (2015)
Stars: Shameik
Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise
Director: Rick
Famuyiwa
Genre: Comedy |
Drama
Time: 103 min
Rating: Restricted
Plot
A coming of age comedy/drama for the post hip hop
generation. Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough
neighbourhood in Inglewood ,
CA Los Angeles , gritty
adventure filed with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can
persevere, he'll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being
himself.
Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
Stars: Mark
Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide
Director: Maya
Forbes
Genre: Comedy |
Drama
Paper Street Films, Bad Robot, KGB Media
Time: 90 min
Rating: Restricted
Plot
A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his
wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited
daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
Manglehorn (2014)
Stars: Al Pacino,
Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine, Chris Messina
Director: David
Gordon Green
Genre: Drama
Worldview Entertainment, Dreambridge Films, Muskat Filmed
Properties
Time: 97 min
Rating:: PG-13
Plot
Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years
ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life
over again with the help of a new friend.
Stars: Félix de
Givry, Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne, Hugo Conzelmann
Director: Mia
Hansen-Løve
Country: France
Genre: Drama |
Music
CG Cinéma ,
France
Time: 131 min
Rating: Restricted
Plot
Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris , forms a DJ
collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex,
drugs, and endless music.
Gabriel (2014)
Stars: Rory
Culkin, David Call, Deirdre O'Connell, Lynn Cohen
Director: Lou
Howe
Genre: Drama |
Family | Thriller
AgX
Time: 85 min
Rating:
Plot
A troubled young man searches obsessively for his first
love, risking everything in an increasingly desperate pursuit.
The Overnight (2015)
Stars: Adam
Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, Judith Godrèche
Director: Patrick
Brice
Genre: Comedy
Duplass Brothers Productions, Gettin' Rad Productions
Time: 79 min
Rating: Restricted
Plot
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles . A chance meeting at the park
introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family
"playdate" becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
The Tribe (2014)
Stars: Grigoriy
Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Alexander
Dsiadevich
Director:
Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
Country: Ukraine | Netherlands
Language: Sign
Languages
Genre: Crime |
Drama
Ukrainian State Film Agency, Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation
"Development of Ukraine ",
Garmata Film Production
Time: 132 min
Rating: Restricted
Plot
A deaf teenager enters a specialized boarding school where,
to survive, he becomes part of a wild organization - the tribe. His love for
one of the concubines will unwillingly lead him to break all the unwritten
rules within the Tribe's hierarchy.
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Video Update - 18 June 2015
| Between - 1x05 - End of the Rope |
| Bigger Than T-Rex |
| CTV National News - 20150618 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150618 |
| Life Below Zero - 5x11 - The Crash |
| Olympus - 1x11 - The Speed of Time |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150618 |
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Video Update - 17 June 2015
| CTV National News - 20150617 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150617 |
| Fat Guys in the Woods - 2x01 - Operation Desert Patrol |
| Sun Trap - 1x04 - Casino |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150616 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150617 |
| Vancouver 4th annual Canada Day Parade - 2012 |
| Vancouver 5th annual Canada Day Parade - 2013 |
| Vancouver 6th annual Canada Day Parade - 2014 |
| Wayward Pines - 1x06 - Choices |
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Video Update - 16 June 2015
| CTV National News - 20150616 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150616 |
| Dark Matter - 1x01 - Pilot (Part 1) |
| Humans - 1x01 - Episode #1.1 |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - 1x05 - Chapter 5 Arabella |
| Penny Dreadful - 2x07 - Little Scorpion |
| Secrets of the Bible - 1x10 - The Tower of Babel |
| Secrets of the Bible - 1x13 - Sodom and Gomorrah |
| Secrets of the Dead - 13x04 - The Lost Gardens of Babylon |
| Solving History with Olly Steeds - 1x05 - Nazi Treasure |
| Solving History with Olly Steeds - 1x06 - Hitlers Mummies |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150615 |
Monday, 15 June 2015
Video Update - 15 June 2015
| Airshow - 1x11 - Too Close for Comfort |
| Beauty and the Beast (2012) - 3x02 - Primal Fear |
| CTV National News - 20150614 |
| CTV National News - 20150615 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150614 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150615 |
| Global National News - 20150614 |
| Secrets of the Dead - 13x02 - The Lost Diary of Dr Livingstone |
| The Whispers - 1x03 - Collision |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) - 20150614 |
Sunday, 14 June 2015
Video Update - 14 June 2015
| CTV National News - 20150613 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150613 |
| Global National News - 20150613 |
| Orphan Black - 3x09 - Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow |
| Salem - 2x11 - Earth as in Hell |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150612 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150613 |
| Trooping The Colour - 20150613 |
| Trooping The Colour (4:26 minutes-1934) |
| Trooping The Colour Techniscope Version (8:18 minutes-1964) |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150613 |
Saturday, 13 June 2015
Video Update - 13 June 2015
| Global National News - 20150612 |
| Kolchak The Night Stalker - The Ripper |
| Kolchak The Night Stalker - The Zombie |
| Kolchak The Night Stalker - They Have Been They Will Be |
| Rome's Invisible City (BBC-2015) |
| Sweden - Royal Wedding of Prince Carl Phili & Sofia Hellqvist(20150613) |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150609 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150610 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150611 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150612 |
Friday, 12 June 2015
Video Update - 12 June 2015
| Between - 1x04 - Episode 1.4 |
| Canada at War(NFB) - 5 of 13 - Ebbtide |
| Car 54 Where are you? - Remember St Petersburg |
| CTV National News - 20150611 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150611 |
| Defiance - 3x01,02 - The World We Seize, The Last Unicorns |
| Donna Reed Show - 1x01 - Weekend Trip |
| Global National News - 20150611 |
| Life Below Zero - 5x06 - Darkness Falls |
| Life Below Zero - 5x10 - Bent and Broken |
| My Sister Sam Season - 1x22 - Fog Bound |
| Sun Trap - 1x03 - The Big Sleep |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150607 |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150608 |
| Thunderbirds are Go - 1x11 - Skyhook |
| Thunderbirds are Go - 1x12 - Under Pressure |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150610 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150611 |
Movie Releases – 12 June 2015
Jurassic World (2015)
Stars: Chris
Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Judy Greer
Director: Colin
Trevorrow
Genre: Action |
Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Amblin Entertainment, China Film Co., Legendary Pictures
Time: 124 min
Rating: PG-13
Plot
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Stars: Thomas
Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman
Director: Alfonso
Gomez-Rejon
Genre: Drama
Indian Paintbrush
Time: 105 min
Rating: PG-13
Plot
High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making
parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever
altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.
The Wolfpack (2015)
Stars: Bhagavan
Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo, Krsna Angulo
Director: Crystal
Moselle
Genre: Documentary
| Biography | Drama | Family
Kotva Films, Verisimilitude
Time: 80 min
Rating: R
Plot
Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East
Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through
the films that they watch. Nicknamed, 'The Wolfpack,' the brothers spend their
childhood reenacting their favorite films using elaborate homemade props and
costumes. Their world is shaken up when one of the brothers escapes and everything
changes.
Set Fire to the Stars (2014)
Stars: Elijah
Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly, Steven Mackintosh
Director: Andy
Goddard
Genre: Biography
| Drama
Mad As Birds, Masnomis
Time: 97 min
Rating:
Plot
SET FIRE TO THE STARS
is a playful, humorous and moving snapshot of one of the world's most beloved
poets. In 1950, John Brinnan invited the highly acclaimed and infamous Dylan
Thomas to New York
for a series of poetry readings. Ignoring rumours of Thomas' frivolities back
home, Brinnan has his hands full when the poet arrives. Desperate to get his
watchful university chaplains off his back, Brinnan takes Thomas to his family
retreat in the woods of Connecticut .
But even in the middle of nowhere, the resourceful and cantankerous Thomas
finds an audience for his art, passion, love and aggression...
Soaked in Bleach (2015)
Stars: Kurt
Cobain, Sarah Scott, Daniel Roebuck, Tyler Bryan
Director:
Benjamin Statler
Genre: Documentary
| Crime | Drama | Music | Mystery
Montani Productions, Daredevil Films
Time: 100 min
Rating: PG
Plot
Reveals the events behind Kurt Cobain's death as seen
through the eyes of Tom Grant, the private investigator that was hired by
Courtney Love in 1994 to track down her missing husband (Kurt Cobain) only days
before his deceased body was found at their Seattle home. Cobain's death was ruled a
suicide by the police (a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound), but doubts
have circulated for twenty years as to the legitimacy of this ruling,
especially due to the work of Mr. Grant, a former L.A. County Sheriff's
detective, who did his own investigation and determined there was significant
empirical and circumstantial evidence to conclude that foul play could very
well have occurred. The film develops as a narrative mystery with cinematic re-creations,
interviews with key experts and witnesses and the examination of official
artifacts from the 1994 case.
The 11th Hour (2014)
Stars: Kim
Basinger, Jordan Prentice, Sebastian Schipper, Peter Stormare
Director: Anders
Morgenthaler
Genre: Drama
Zentropa Entertainments, ONE TWO Films, Zentropa
International Berlin
Time: 97 min
Rating:
Plot
Successful businesswoman Maria has achieved everything
except what she wants the most - a baby of her own. She decides to deal with
the matter by herself and embarks on a desperate and dangerous journey in order
to make her dream come true.
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Video Update - 11 June 2015
| Bless This House - 2x09 - Never Again On Sunday |
| Bless This House - 2x10 - People In Glass Houses |
| Bless This House - 2x11 - A Rolls By Any Other Name |
| Bless This House - 2x12 - A Touch Of The Unknown |
| Bless This House - 3x01 - It Comes To Us All In The End |
| CTV National News - 20150610 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150610 |
| Dinah Shore Chevy Show - 11 December 1960 |
| Global National News - 20150610 |
| This Week In History - 3x05 – Spiny-eared Assfish |
| This Week In History - 3x06 - Fossils |
| This Week in History - 3x07 – Humboldt Squid |
| This Week in History - 3x08 – Royal Engineers |
| This Week In History - 3x09 - Hope Princeton Highway |
| Wayward Pines - 1x05 - The Truth |
Christopher Lee, Dies at 93
Christopher Lee,
the second most famous Dracula of the 20th century — an impressive feat — and a
memorably irrepressible villain in James Bond film “The Man With the Golden
Gun,” in the Star Wars films and in “The Lord of the Rings” pics, has died. He
was 93.
Lee appeared in 10
films as Count Dracula (nine if his uncredited role in the comedy “One More
Time” is excluded).
His first role for
famed British horror factory Hammer Films was not the Transylvanian vampire,
however, but Frankenstein’s Monster in 1957’s “The Curse of Frankenstein.” His
close friend Peter Cushing, with whom he would co-star in horror films
frequently, starred as the Baron.
Lee made his first
appearance as the sharp-toothed Count in 1958’s “Horror of Dracula.”
For reasons not
quite certain, he skipped the 1960 sequel “Brides of Dracula,” but he returned
to the role for 1965’s “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” — a movie in which he
hissed a lot but had no dialogue, because the dialogue was so bad, Lee later
claimed.
Lee said later that
he was reluctant to continue in the role but appeared in “Dracula Has Risen
From the Grave” (1968), “Taste the Blood of Dracula” (1969) and “Scars of
Dracula” (1970), hit films that are all now considered classics of the genre.
In his last Dracula films for Hammer, Lee starred in the less-successful
Lee made horror
films for Hammer that were not vampire-centered. He was the title character in
1959’s “The Mummy” and 1966’s Rasputin, the Mad Monk.” He also brought Dennis
Wheatley, an acclaimed author of occult thriller, to Hammer, where two
adaptations were produced, both starring Lee: “The Devil Rides Out” (1967) and
“To the Devil a Daughter” (1976) The first is considered among Hammer’s best
work. The second, although financially successful, was something of a disaster,
with the author disowning the film, which was the studio’s last horror pic.
He also appeared in
a number of non-Hammer horror films, including the “Fu Manchu” series of the
late 1960s; “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” adaptation “I, Monster” (1970); “The
Creeping Flesh,” with Cushing; and Lee’s favorite horror effort, “The Wicker
Man,” in which he played Lord Summerisle.
After 1977’s
wretched “Meatcleaver Massacre,” for which, Lee claimed, the filmmakers had
slapped on voiceover narration the actor had recorded for an entirely different
movie, he largely steered clear of horror films, though Lee did appear, along
with Cushing and Vincent Price, in 1983’s “House of the Long Shadows,” an
American-produced horror comedy that in many ways brought the era of British
horror pics to an end.
Christopher Frank
Carandini Lee was born in Belgravia, Westminster ,
England Switzerland .
Lee volunteered to
serve with Finnish forces against the Soviet Union
in 1939 and then served with the RAF and British intelligence during WWII.
After the war, Lee
secured a seven-year contract with the Rank Organization.
His film debut came
in Terence Young’s 1947 Gothic romance “Corridor of Mirrors”; the same year he
had a brief uncredited role in Laurence Olivier’s film adaptation of “Hamlet.”
Lee appeared in nearly 30 films, mostly forgettable adventure pics, over the
next decade, although he did have an uncredited role in John Huston’s “Moulin
Rouge” (1952) playing the painter Georges Seurat.
The incredibly
prolific actor — IMDb listed more than 270 credits as of 2011 — appearing in
some films outside the horror genre even during his Hammer years.
Lee appeared in the
studio’s 1959 “The Hound of the Baskervilles” as Lord Henry Baskerville;
Cushing played Sherlock Holmes. (Lee later played Holmes himself in the
non-Hammer “Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace,” then played the
detective’s brother Mycroft in Billy Wilder’s 1970 film “The Private Life of
Sherlock Holmes” and played Sherlock Holmes in a pair of British telepics in
the 1990s.)
He appeared in a
terrible 1970 adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” that starred Charlton
Heston, Jason Robards and John Gielgud and played a respectable gunsmith in the
British-produced Raquel Welch Western “Hannie Caulder.”
Even outside the
horror genre, however, Lee’s characters were rarely virtuous, even if it was
all too easy to root for them.
As the assassin
Francisco Scaramonga in 1974 Bond pic “The Man With the Golden Gun,” he was a
singular villain in the 007 pantheon — not a mad scientist or a megalomaniacal
industrialist but an effortlessly sexy enemy who is perhaps James Bond’s dark
reflection. (Ian Fleming is said to have offered Lee the part of Dr. No in the
first Bond film, not knowing that the part had already been cast.)
He played
Rochefort, chief henchman to Charlton Heston’s villainous Cardinal Richelieu,
in Richard Lester’s highly successful “The Three Musketeers” and “The Four
Musketeers” films; he didn’t have much to say but skillfully tackled the
semi-comical swordplay. (Lee returned to the role in Lester’s 1989 “The Return
of the Musketeers.”)
Lee did some
American TV work, appearing in the miniseries “How the West Was Won” and Harold
Robbins adaptation “The Pirate,” but largely appeared in adventure films. He
showed a comedic side as guest host on “Saturday Night Live” in 1978 and in
Steven Spielberg’s “1941,” in which he played a German officer.
He had a character
arc on the British children’s sci-fi show “The Tomorrow People” in 1995 and was
a series regular on the brief CBS drama “Street Gear” the same year. In 1998
Lee starred in the film “Jinnah” in the title role as the founder of modern Pakistan — his
best performance, the actor declared at one point. He also appeared in a number
of British or American miniseries, including “Ivanhoe” and “Gormenghast,” and
had a small role in Tim Burton’s “Sleepy Hollow.” (Lee later did voice work for
several Burton projects, including 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland,” and
appeared in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”)
There was no reason
to suspect, in short, that Lee would have his profile raised substantially
during the 2000s, in his 80s. Lee was, however, the only actor to make
substantial appearances in both the “Lord of the Rings” and “Stars Wars” film
franchises. In the trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s books (Lee’s appearance in
the third film was cut from the theatrical version but restored for DVD), he
played the duplicitous and ultimately villainous wizard Saruman; he repeated
the role in the three “Hobbit” movies. In the “Star Wars” pics “Episode II —
Attack of the Clones” and “Episode III — Revenge of the Sith,” he played Count
Dooku (the name chosen almost certainly in tribute to Lee’s most famous
character), who becomes the evil Darth Tyranus. The highlight of Lee’s
appearance in the “Star Wars” films was the six-foot-five actor’s lightsaber
duel with a fully digitized and diminutive Yoda.
In the 2009 film “Triage,” Lee had an interesting and
effective supporting turn as a Spanish psychiatrist with a dark past who helps
a war photographer, played by Colin Farrell, suffering from survivor’s guilt.
Lee’s autobiography
“Tall, Dark and Gruesome” was published in 1977 and republished in 1999; a
revised and expanded edition called “Lord of Misrule” was issued in 2004.
Lee was a
step-cousin of Ian Fleming. He is survived by wife, Birgit “Gitte” Kroencke
Lee, whom he married in 1961; a daughter; and a niece, British actress Harriet
Walter.
----Article from Variety
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Video Update - 10 June 2015
| Bless This House - 2x04 - Another Lost Weekend |
| Bless This House - 2x05 - Parents Should Be Seen And Not Heard |
| Bless This House - 2x06 - Strangers In The Night |
| Bless This House - 2x07 - Get Me To The Match On Time. |
| Bless This House - 2x08 - Wives And Lovers |
| CTV National News - 20150609 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150609 |
| Global National News - 20150609 |
| Royal Palace in Brussels |
| This Week in History - 3x01 – Joe Shires |
| This Week in History - 3x02 – Webster |
| This Week In History - 3x03 - Scotch Thistle |
| This Week In History - 3x04 - Josephine Hart |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150609 |
| Webster! - January 9, 1980 |
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Video Update - 9 June 2015
| CTV National News - 20150608 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150608 |
| Global National News - 20150607 |
| Global National News - 20150608 |
| iZombie - 1x13 - Blaine's World |
| My Sister Sam Season - 1x01 - Samantha Russell, Man Stealer |
| My Sister Sam Season - 1x02 - Patti's Party |
| My Sister Sam Season - 1x04 - What Makes Samantha Run |
| My Sister Sam Season - 1x05 - Roomies |
| My Sister Sam Season - 1x06 - The Aunt Elsie Crisis, Day 1 |
| The Whispers - 1x02 - Hide & Seek |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150608 |
Mary Ellen Trainor, Dies at 62
Actress and
philanthropist Mary Ellen Trainor, who appeared in every “Lethal Weapon” film
and played the mother in “Goonies,” died at her home in Montecito , Calif.
The San
Francisco-born Trainor moved in 1980 to Los
Angeles , where she married director Robert Zemeckis
and discovered her calling as an actress. She started a career in
television and film, beginning with the role of Elaine in “Romancing the Stone”
and Mrs. Walsh in “The Goonies.” She also appeared in all four “Lethal Weapon”
movies, “Die Hard,” “Scrooged,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Back to the Future Part
II,” “Forrest Gump,” the 2003 “Freaky Friday” and racked up scores of
television appearances, including leading roles in “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose”
and “Relativity.”
While studying
broadcast journalism at San Diego
State
She and Zemeckis
divorced in 2000. She supported dozens of causes, from education and
disaster relief to cancer research and safe water for developing countries.
She is survived by
her son, Alex; her mother, Jane; and siblings Ned, Jack, Barbara and Carolyn.
A memorial service
will take place June 19 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 1300 E. Valley Road , Montecito , CA
Donations may be
made to Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation and Wounded Warriors.
--- Article from Variety
Monday, 8 June 2015
Video Update - 8 June 2015
| Bless This House - 1x11 - If the Dog Collar Fits……Wear It |
| Bless This House - 1x12 - The Morning After The Night Before |
| Bless This House - 2x01 - Two Heads Are Better Than One |
| Bless This House - 2x02 - Love Me, Love My Tree |
| Bless This House - 2x03 - It's All In The Mind |
| CTV National News - 20150607 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150607 |
| Global National News - 20150605 |
| Global National News - 20150606 |
| House Of Anubis - 2x01,02 - House of Hello House of Dolls |
| House Of Anubis - 2x07,08 - House Of Myths House Of Nightmares |
| House Of Anubis - 2x09,10 - House Of Combinations House Of Heartbreak |
| House Of Anubis - 2x11,12 - House Of Tunnels House Of Goodbye |
| Lost Legions of Varus |
| Sense8 - 1x10 - What Is Human? |
| Sense8 - 1x11 - Just Turn the Wheel and the Future Changes |
| Sense8 - 1x12 - I Can't Leave Her |
| The Last Romans |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) - 20150607 |
Sunday, 7 June 2015
Video Update - 7 June 2015
| Armada 12 Days to Save England - 1x03 - Endgame |
| Beauty and the Beast(2012) - 3x01 - Beast of Wallstreet |
| CTV National News - 20150606 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150606 |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - 1x01 - The Friends of English Magic |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - 1x02 - How is Lady Pole? |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - 1x03 - The Education of a Magician |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - 1x04 - All the Mirrors of the World |
| Meet the Romans with Mary Beard - 2 of 3 - Street Life |
| Meet the Romans with Mary Beard - 3 of 3 |
| National Geographic - Mammoth Back From the Dead |
| Penny Dreadful - 2x06 - Glorious Horrors |
| Sense8 - 1x06 - Demons |
| Sense8 - 1x07 - WWN Double-D? |
| Sense8 - 1x08 - We Will All Be Judged by the Courage of Our Hearts |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150606 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150606 |
Saturday, 6 June 2015
Video Update - 6 June 2015
| CTV National News - 20150605 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150605 |
| Empire of the Seas - 3 of 4 - High Tide |
| Empire of the Seas - 4 of 4 - Sea Change |
| Meet the Romans with Mary Beard - 1 of 3 - All Roads Lead to Rome |
| Orphan Black - 3x08 - Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method |
| Pinewood 80 Years of Movie Magic |
| Sense8 - 1x01 - Limbic Resonance |
| Sense8 - 1x02 - I Am Also A We |
| Sense8 - 1x03 - Smart Money's on the Skinny Bitch |
| Sense8 - 1x04 - What's Going On? |
| Sense8 - 1x05 - Art Is Like Religion |
| Sense8 - 1x09 - Death Doesn't Let You Say Goodbye |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150605 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150605 |
Friday, 5 June 2015
Video Update - 5 June 2015
| Clash of the Worlds (Episode 1 of 3) Mutiny |
| Clash of the Worlds (Episode 3 of 3) Palestine |
| CTV National News - 20150604 |
| CTV News (1130 Vancouver) - 20150604 |
| Empire of the Seas - 1 of 4 - Heart of Oak |
| Empire of the Seas - 2 of 4 - The Golden Ocean |
| Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 |
| Global National News - 20150603 |
| Global National News - 20150604 |
| Life Below Zero - 5x09 - No Easy Out |
| Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries - 3x05 - Death and Hysteria |
| Olympus - 1x09 - Pandora's Tomb |
| Tagesschau 2000 Uhr, 20150604 |
| Ukraine News - TCH(TSN) 1930 - 20150604 |
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