#Geoffrey Sax

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Doctor Who (1996)- BTS-Part 3

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Sylvester McCoy's Doctor regenerated into Paul McGann's Doctor in Doctor Who: The Movie on May 14, 1996. After being shot by criminals, the Doctor was taken to a hospital, where his alien biology caused Dr Grace Holloway to accidently kill him. The Master also took over a new body and was protrayed by Eric Roberts. Doctor Who: The Movie was a failed pilot for an American Produced series. While the series didn't come to be, McGann cotinued to protray his Doctor in audio form and eventually in cameos in specials and later episodes of the revived Doctor Who series. ("Doctor Who: The Movie", TV Movie Event)

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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)

Most movies are obviously good or bad. Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (or simply Stormbreaker in certain regions) has what it takes to entertain young teens but its low points are subterranean. I hesitated to call it a miss until I saw the villains. This adaptation of the book by Anthony Horowitz is derivative of every spy movie you've ever seen. Even if you can forgive that, there’s no way you can take the bad guys seriously.

Orphaned at a young age, Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer in yet another bad YA Novel adaptation) is recruited by MI-6 when his uncle (Ewan McGregor) is killed in action. His mission? Pose as a contest winner and get close to billionaire Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke) to find out the real reason he created “Stormbreaker”, a computer system he claims will change the world.

It’s ridiculous to believe a 14-year-old would be recruited by a government agency but that’s part of the fantasy. Turns out Alex has been subconsciously trained by his uncle for years. He can stand toe-to-toe with ruthless thugs (in cleverly conceived action scenes by John Woo that are unfortunately not convincingly shot). He just needs the chance to prove himself. Then he’ll have the opportunity to get his revenge… and save the world too. In Bond-like fashion, Alex is given a variety of amusing gadgets disguised as everyday “kid” objects. A yoyo, a pen and a Nintendo DS (available in stores now!). Those are pretty cool.

Whenever Stormbreaker starts winning you over with its teenage charms, a disappointment is unfortunately right around the corner. When they introduce Mickey Rourke’s Darrius Sayle, you’ll be flabbergasted. With pimp-like clothes, a cane, a ponytail and blue eyeliner, he looks like a caricature. You think that’s as bad as it’s going to get but then Missi Pyle as Nadia Vole opens her mouth. Her accent is so bad and cartoonish it’s like she’s in a comedy sketch.

And then, there are the contrivances and coincidences, not to mention the poor planning. Sayle has a personal vendetta against the Prime Minister (Robbie Coltrane) so he’s filled the Stormbreaker computers with a deadly virus. Not a computer virus; a green liquid that will kill millions of children when his old enemy presses a big red button as part of the launching ceremony. Said big red button is encoded to launch the virus only if the Prime Minister presses it. This means Sayle couldn’t release the virus (the literal virus. I can’t get over it) even if he wanted to!

This sort of logical head-scratcher isn’t alone. It’s accompanied by a double-whammy of bumping into the right person, at the right time. To prevent the big button from being pressed, Alex desperately needs help. Who happens to be at the ceremony providing security? None other than the soldiers he was training with a week ago. The authorities must’ve had a great deal of confidence in them considering their first mission is this high-profile. Alex uses one of their weapons and destroys the button. His evil scheme down the toilet, Style runs away. Alex goes to pursue him but oh no! Traffic! How could he possibly catch up? Well by asking his school crush, Sabina (Sarah Bolger) for a ride! She just happens to be riding a horse right outside the building! Sure, why not?

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is not a Harry Potter ripoff in the same way as the Billy Owens or Percy Jackson franchises but it’s pretty clear it wanted to cash in on the craze. An orphaned boy who discovered he belongs to a secret organization, access to special powers/resources, a film series whose leading man is destined to grow into a hunk for the girls, action scenes to appeal to the boys, a twist on an old formula to make it fresh (in this case, James Bond). Yeah, it fits. Unfortunately, this first chapter has none of the metaphorical magic needed to have lasting power. Plus, it’s just not a good movie. Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is yet another mid-2000s flick that ends on a note promising a sequel that never happened. (July 31, 2020)

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Christopher and his kind (2011) dir. Geoffrey Sax

MATT SMITH and DOUGLAS BOOTH

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Doctor Who: The Movie dir. Geoffrey Sax | 1996

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DOCTOR WHO (1996) | Dir. Geoffrey Sax

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Matt Smith and Douglas Booth in Christopher and His Kind (2011) dir. Geoffrey Sax X Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine in Red, White and Royal Blue (2023) dir. Matthew López

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White Noise and White Noise 2 (also known as White Noise: The Light) will be released on Blu-ray together on July 11 via Mill Creek Entertainment.

2005's White Noise is directed by Geoffrey Sax (Stormbreaker) and written by Niall Johnson. Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Chandra West, and Ian McNeice star.

2007's White Noise 2 is directed by Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine) and written by Matt Venne (Mirrors 2). Nathan Fillion, Katee Sackhoff, Craig Fairbrass, and Tegan Moss.

Existing special features, listed below, will be included for both titles.

White Noise special features:

Audio commentary by director Geoffrey Sax and actor Michael Keaton

Hearing is Believing - Actual E.V.P. Sessions

Making Contact - E.V.P. Experts

Recording the Afterlife at Home

Deleted scenes

Architect Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) is happily married to author Anna (Chandra West), but tragedy strikes when she is killed in an accident. Deep in grief, Jonathan hears from Raymond Price (Ian McNeice), who claims that he has intercepted messages from Anna via electronic voice phenomena. Jonathan eventually comes to believe Raymond's claims, but, as he is drawn further into investigating the phenomenon, a sinister supernatural presence invades his life.

White Noise 2 special features:

The Making of White Noise 2

Journey into Madness

Exploring Near-Death Experience

Deleted scenes

Abe Dale (Nathan Fillion) has a good job and a loving family - until one day his family is murdered in front of him in broad daylight by a man named Henry Caine (Craig Fairbrass), who then kills himself. Following this horrific event Abe himself attempts suicide, but he is brought back from the brink of death by a strange bright white light. He soon discovers that he now has the ability to identify people who are about to die, and begins saving them from their demise - only to discover the perils of interrupting death's plans.

Pre-order White Noise / White Noise 2.

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Novembre MMXXIII "November Who"

Films

Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) de Gordon Flemyng avec Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden, Roberta Tovey, Barrie Ingham, Michael Coles et Yvonne Antrobus

Ripoux contre ripoux (1990) de Claude Zidi avec Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Grace de Capitani, Line Renaud, Michel Aumont et Jean Benguigui

Coup de foudre et Conséquences (Fools Rush In) (1997) d'Andy Tennant avec Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jon Tenney, Carlos Gómez, Tomás Milián, Siobhan Fallon et John Bennett Perry

Au-delà des grilles (Le mura di Malapaga) (1949) de René Clément avec Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Véra Talchi, Andrea Checchi, Robert Dalban et Ave Ninchi

Clemenceau, la force d'aimer (2023) de Lorraine Lévy avec Pierre Arditi, Emilie Caen, Elizabeth Bourgine, François Marthouret, Serge Riaboukine et Arthur Choisnet

L'Argent des autres (1978) de Christian de Chalonge avec Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Laura et Michèle Kornbluh, Claude Brasseur, Michel Serrault, Gérard Séty et Jean Leuvrais

Mort sur la piste (2023) de Philippe Dajoux avec Jason Priestley, Eléonore Bernheim, Olivier Marchal, Roby Schinasi, Adèle Galloy et Olivia Courbis

Sylvia Scarlett (1935) de George Cukor avec Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Brian Aherne, Edmund Gwenn, Nathalie Paley et Dennie Moore

La Cité sous la mer (City Beneath the Sea) (1953) de Budd Boetticher avec Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball, George Mathews, Karel Stepanek, Hilo Hattie et Lalo Rios

Second Tour (2023) de Albert Dupontel avec Cécile de France, Albert Dupontel, Nicolas Marié, Scali Delpeyrat, Jackie Berroyer, Christiane Millet, Philippe Uchan, Renaud Van Ruymbeke et Bouli Lanners

Seuls les anges ont des ailes (Only Angels Have Wings) (1939) de Howard Hawks avec Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn, Sig Ruman et Victor Kilian

Un pyjama pour deux (Lover Come Back) (1961) de Delbert Mann avec Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen, Ann B. Davis : Millie et Joe Flynn

Le Couteau dans la plaie (1962) d'Anatole Litvak avec Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Régine, Yolande Turner, Tommy Norden, Mathilde Casadesus et Elina Labourdette

Garde à vue (1981) de Claude Miller avec Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand, Pierre Maguelon, Jean-Claude Penchenat et Elsa Lunghini

La Sanction (The Eiger Sanction) (1975) de Clint Eastwood avec Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy, Heidi Brühl, Thayer David, Reiner Schöne, Michael Grimm et Jean-Pierre Bernard

Deux Hommes dans la ville (1973) de José Giovanni avec Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Michel Bouquet, Mimsy Farmer, Victor Lanoux, Ilaria Occhini, Guido Alberti, Cécile Vassort, Bernard Giraudeau et Christine Fabréga

JFK (1991) de Oliver Stone avec Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Laurie Metcalf, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Rooker, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci et Jack Lemmon

Le Juge et l'Assassin (1976) de Bertrand Tavernier avec Michel Galabru, Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy, Renée Faure, Cécile Vassort, Yves Robert, Jean-Roger Caussimon et Jean Bretonnière

Le Fugitif (The Fugitive) (1993) d'Andrew Davis avec Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, Jeroen Krabbé et L. Scott Caldwell

Un singe en hiver (1962) de Henri Verneuil avec Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon : Suzanne Quentin, Gabrielle Dorziat, Hella Petri, Marcelle Arnold, Charles Bouillaud et Anne-Marie Coffinet

Doctor Who (1996) de Geoffrey Sax avec Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook, Yee Jee Tso, John Novak et Michael David Simms

Séries

Doctor Who Saison 19, 20 Series 1, 3, 11, 5, 4

Castrovalva - Four to Doomsday - Kinda - The Visitation - Black Orchid - Rose - La fin du monde - Des morts inassouvis - Earthshock - Time-Flight - Destination: Skaro - Ark of Infinity - La Famille de sang - Smith, la Montre et le Docteur - The Day of the Doctor - Snakedance - The Star Beast - The Ghost Monument - Le Colocataire - La Chute de Pompéi

Top Gear Saison 20

A l'abordage ! - Ils ont roulé sur l'eau - Mission Camping-Car

Brokenwood Saison 8, 5, 4, 3

Quatre incendies et un enterrement - Dix petits héritiers - Tu ne tueras point - Un Noël rouge

Affaires sensibles

Les étonnantes enquêtes du bureau des ovnis - 1975, l'année de la femme - Caravelle Ajaccio-Nice : un crash secret Défense ?

Coffre à Catch

#140 : "Elles répondaient au nom de Bella" (avec Max MK) - #141 : Qui sera le futur Mr Money in the Bank? - #142 : Y'a R les amis!! Y'a R ! - #143 : Tiffany prend les rennes et Finlay prend la Trique !

Happy Days Saison 4

De l'huile sur le feu - Remise des prix : première partie - Remise des prix : deuxième partie - Le Jour J est arrivé - Les Mauvais Garçons - Howard inventeur - Le Chien de Fonzie - Ralphy a de sacrés ennuis - Le Baptême de Fonzie

Downton Abbey Saison 4

La Succession - Lettre posthume - Faste et Renaissance - Le Prétendant - Rien n'est terminé - Une vraie surprise - Dernières Festivités

Professeur T Saison 1

Anatomie d'un souvenir - Un poisson nommé Walter - Règles d'or - L'amour d'une mère - Sophie sait tout - Le fils dévoué

The Crown Saison 6

Persona Non Grata - Deux photographies - Dis-Moi Oui - Onde de choc

Spectacles

Prom 10 : Doctor Who at the Proms (2010) avec Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill et Matt Smith

Taratata 30 (2023)

La symphonie des jeux vidéos aux Chorégies d'Orange (2021)

Doctor Who at the Proms (2013) avec Neve McIntosh, Dan Starkey, Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, Carole Ann Ford, Peter Davison, Nicholas Briggs, Ben Foster et Murray Gold

Le vison voyageur (2023) de John Chapman et Ray Cooney avec Michel Fau, Sébastien Castro, Armelle, Nicole Calfan, Anne-Sophie Germanaz, Alexis Driollet, Delphine Beaulieu et Arnaud Pfeiffer

Doctor Who: A Celebration (2006) avec David Tennant, Murray Gold et Russell T Davies

Drôle De Genre (2023) de Jade-Rose Parker avec Victoria Abril, Lionnel Astier, Axel Huet et Jade-Rose Parker

Prom 13: Doctor Who Prom (2008) avec Freema Agyeman, Noel Clarke, Camille Coduri et Catherine Tate

Livres

Doctor Who le dixième docteur, Tome 1 : Les révolutions de la terreur de Elena Casagrande, Nick Abadzis et Arianna Florean

Les contes du vortex de Pepperpot x Friends (Pauline Cadart Serizel, Marie Valerio, Rémi Germain, Robin Brou, Manon Segur, Julien Cadart Serizel, Flavia Valerio et Gökan Martin)

Le docteur Who entre en scène de Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who le dixième docteur, Tome 3 : Les fontaines de l'éternité de Elena Casagrande et Nick Abadzis

Les Daleks de David Whitaker

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Paul McGann + TV Movie cast, Behind the Scenes (1996)

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EXACTLY! Which is why I fully believe that the Doctor Who TV Movie was a commentary on how the health system was, and still is, fucked up.

Geoffrey Sax knew what James Cameron was on about.

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Dalgliesh - Series 3 - Review

Dalgliesh Series 3 features slow episodes but culminates in a captivating finale, showcasing complex mysteries and compelling character dynamics.

Dalgliesh Series 3 – Review First Reaction – Dalgliesh Series 3 has a couple of slow episodes but a great last one. Where to Watch Dalgliesh Series 1 – 3 DVD Box Set, courtesy of Acorn Media International on 23 December 2024. Director: Geoffrey Sax, Bertie Carvel, Roger Goldby Writer: Colette Kane, Helen Edmundson (Screenplay) Writer: P.D. James (Books) Cast Bertis Carvel (The Tragedy of…

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on this new years eve we reflect on script writer Matthew Jacobs and director Geoffrey Sax......

when they decided to have the doctor and grace kiss in Doctor Who (1996), we can only presume they were looking to assure the good people of america that this delicate, Romantic hero was in fact a heterosexual. certainly they didnt imagine a bunch of authors would take this sudden introduction of physical sexuality to a previously chaste character as a call to write the doctor as overtly and explicitly queer in both sexuality and gender for the first time in its 30 year run, and ABSOLUTELY it was not their intent that when the show was revived in 2005 it would have queerness baked into not just the character of the doctor but the entire show in general......

all because some dudes wanted to appeal to the heterosexuals. a butterfly flaps its wings and all that.

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Agatha Raisin and Hell's Bells

Manor Murder Mystery

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Good point!

The monarchs

Philips:

Philip II of Spain (1527-1598), husband of Mary I

Philip Mountbatten (1921-2021), husband of Elizabeth I

Others:

Geoffrey Plantagenet (1113-1151), husband of Empress Matilda

Guildford Dudley (1535-1554), husband of Jane Grey

George of Denmark (1653-1708), husband of Queen Anne

Albert of Saxe-Coburg (1819-1861), husband of Queen Victoria

The Queen Consorts of England by name

Annes:

Anne of Bohemia (1366-1394), first wife of Richard II

Anne Neville (1456-1485), wife of Richard III

Anne Boleyn (c. 1501-1536), second wife of Henry VIII

Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), fourth wife of Henry VIII

Anne of Denmark (1574-1619), wife of James I

Catherines:

Catherine of Valois (1401-1437), wife of Henry V

Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), first wife of Henry VIII

Catherine Howard (1524-1542), fifth wife of Henry VIII

Catherine Parr (1512-1548), sixth wife of Henry VIII

Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705), wife of Charles II

Elizabeths:

Elizabeth Woodville (1437-1492), wife of Edward IV

Elizabeth of York (1456-1503), wife of Henry VII

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), wife of George VI

Isabellas:

Isabella of Angouleme (1187-1246), second wife of King John

Isabella of France (1285-1358), wife of Edward II

Isabella of Valois (1387-1409), second wife of Richard II

Eleanors:

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204), wife of Henry II

Eleanor of Provence (1223-1291), wife of Henry III

Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290), first wife of Edward I

Matildas:

Matilda of Flanders (1031-1083), wife of William I

Matilda of Scotland (1080-1118), first wife of Henry I

Matilda of Boulogne (1105-1152), wife of King Stephen

Margarets:

Margaret of France (1282-1317), second wife of Edward I

Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), wife of Henry VI

Carolines:

Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), wife of George II

Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821), wife of George IV

Marys:

Mary of Modena (1658-1718), second wife of James II

Mary of Teck (1867-1953), wife of George V

Others:

Adeliza of Louvain (1103-1151), second wife of Henry I

Berengaria of Navarre (c. 1165-1230), wife of Richard I

Philippa of Hainault (1314-1369), wife of Edward III

Joan of Navarre (1370-1457), second wife of Henry IV

Jane Seymour (1509-1537), third wife of Henry VIII

Henrietta Maria of France (1609-1669), wife of Charles I

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818), wife of George III

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849), wife of William IV

Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), wife of Edward VII

Camilla Parker Bowles (1947- ), second wife of Charles III