Peter Avellino

Tom Stoppard, Cerebral Storyteller for Stage and Screen, Dies at 88 The British playwright won acclaim for 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,' 'The Real Thing' and 'Leopoldstadt' and received an Oscar for 'Shakespeare in Love.'

RIP Tom Stoppard, among many other things the writer on BRAZIL who came up with the Tuttle/Buttle angle, which gave the film its spine. Plus if he wrote every line in LAST CRUSADE he's the one to thank for "I should have mailed it to the Marx Brothers." www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...

John Carpenter’s SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME! premiere on NBC, 11/29/78

Cher and Nicolas Cage in the John Patrick Shanley-scripted, Norman Jewison-directed MOONSTRUCK. New at Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur. mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com/2025/10/ever...

Happy Birthday Joe Dante.

Watching THE LAST WALTZ.

Thanksgiving WAKE UP DEAD MAN at the Egyptian and I loved it. @rianjohnson.bsky.social

Opening day of SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE, 11/27/85

I should have said this earlier, but fuck AI.

Opening day of STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (with a decent amount of 70mm prints), 11/26/86

METROPOLIS with AI colorization to be screened at Another Hole in the Head Film Festival in San Francisco for some reason.

That Elaine May film with Dakota Johnson, whatever it was.

At least we don't have to worry about Lalo Schifrin tarnishing his legacy by being involved in RUSH HOUR 4.

Wondering if 11 HARROWHOUSE is the only film with a Texas switch featuring Charles Grodin.

Opening day of PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES, 11/25/87

Share a ‘90s movie that you think deserves more love.

Yeah, I even lost my cat, Charlie Brown.

YouTube video by Number Two Studio A Tarot Spread for the Week Ahead: Week of November 24, 2025

Weekly vibes can be found at the link below. If you would like a reading to know the vibes of your year ahead, please feel free to reach out. Year Ahead readings are $60, but knowing the energy of your year ahead is priceless.

Putting aside how that Variety list is bait, calling it 'Best Comedy Movies' and not 'Funniest Movies' is doing a lot of work but doesn't include THE APARTMENT. Still, points for the surprisingly high placement of things like THE NUTTY PROFESOR, LOST IN AMERICA, MASH and THE HEARTBREAK KID.

Three years ago today. I love you, Mom.

It's OK with me, Charlie Brown.

RIP Udo Kier.

What if I told you that today is the 55th anniversary of the COOGAN’S BLUFF network television premiere?

A movie that takes place where you're from.

(I grew up around the corner from John Randolph's house in Scarsdale)

Opening day of Alan Rudolph’s MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE, 11/23/94 mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com/2011/06/you-might-as-well-live.html

Watched the end of De Palma’s OBSESSION and thought of this story that editor Paul Hirsch tells in his book about Bernard Herrmann during the mix of the film.

YouTube video by MrStefRich For Your Eyes Only (At The Oscar's Ceremony 1982) - Sheena Easton

In case you’ve never seen the Sheena Easton performance of “For Your Eyes Only” at the Oscars, enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hHj...

It's like I say, if you're having a bad day just watch ten or fifteen minutes of CASINO to give yourself a little treat. You'll feel better. Happy 30th.

Saturday afternoon THE RUNNING MAN (second viewing, this time in 35mm) with @edgarwright.bsky.social and @rianjohnson.bsky.social post-film discussion at the Vista!

Opening day of CASINO, 11/22/95

Beware of the dwarf.