The heaven in the film not only reflects the need of many to believe in an afterlife where justice might finally prevail; it is also made quite explicit that it’s a dreamworld, the construct of the poet-pilot’s brain, in traumatic shock after he unexpectedly survives the plunge from his...
The Third Manis expressionist perfection. Orson Welles’ performance as Harry Lime – thought to be dead by his childhood friend, Holly (Joseph Cotten), a down-and-out novelist, only to make a dramatic return – is one of cinema’s best. Welles swaggers through the film with cool self-a...
Like a fantastical, hilarious modern version of Dante’s Inferno, The Good Place follows four recently-deceased people as they navigate the afterlife after they’re told they’ve landed in heaven and been assigned a forever soulmate. Kristen Bell and Ted Danson headline this addictively offbeat, ...
“The One Where the Afterlife Is Virtual Reality.”“The One With Jon Hamm.” Taken in all, “Black Mirror” — from its first days on British television to its current life as a world-beating streaming sensation reappearing to shock and delight every few years — has made its name as ...
Vincent Price, an accomplished actor who had appeared in everything from “Laura” to “Leave Her to Heaven,” launched the most popular part of his career — horror film icon — with this portrayal of the owner of a wax museum where the displays reenact bloody murders. Eventually, some ...
DVD magazine issues, they were then collected into one release titledDeep Imagination. Deep, indeed, would be one way to describe these shorts, which range across the map both in style and subject matter. The first, “Professor Dan Petory’s Blues,” doesn’t really try to make sense, ...
In 2009, Time magazine rated Malmsteen as number 7 among the 10 greatest electric guitar players of all time. Also ranks #20 on The Best Metal Guitarists and Guitar Teams Also ranks #27 on The Best Instrumental Rock Bands/Artists Also ranks #40 on The Greatest Lead Guitarists Of All ...
Expect to belt out classics likeHeaven,Summer of ’69, and(Everything I Do) I Do It for Youas part of hisSo Happy It Hurtstour. And fun fact – Abu Dhabi is currently the final stop on his tour. What a way to close out the year. ...
However, the most stunning piece in the collection for me was this store of linen, buried with one of the Egyptian queens for the afterlife. The fact that it is still around, thousands of years after being woven, such simple textiles but amazing that all that work of the weavers centurie...
Part 1 of the series “HappyTIME” Posted at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 The cover of the latestTIMEmagazine caught my attention as I sorted through the mail yesterday. “The Science of Happiness” it proudly proclaims, illustrated by an atomic happy face. Among the bullet ...