#George Holmes and the 7 Dimensions

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Meet the new cast!

The gang! Meet the brilliant new cast for the pilot Episode of ‘George Holmes and the 7 Dimensions’ Coming soon! We had an initial meeting this week so I could hear the voices and find the characters, but they were a great and brilliantly talented bunch. I’d forgotten how much fun working with young actors can be. Watch this space…!

[the-z-part]

10 fandoms / 10 characters / 10 tags

Tagged by @see-arcane! A selection of blorbos

1. The Adventure Zone - Lup

2. Dimension 20 - Kingston Brown (from uptown)

3. The Sherlock Holmes Stories - John Watson

4. The Murderbot Diaries - Murderbot <3

5. The Raven Cycle - The Grey Man

6. Leagues & Legends - George "Georgie" "Dragonslayer" Jones

7. Dames and Dragons - Maeri <3

8. The Raffles stories - Harry "Bunny" Manders

9. The Magnus Archives - Georgie Barker

10. Lord of the Rings - Peregrin "Pippin" Took

Tagging @overnighttosunflowers @mrshitshark @agentlilac @homofocused @nuclearchild @chayyim-rose @acesaru @gaytobymeres @vtsuion and @2spooky5evar

[meanstreetspodcasts]

Back to the Future

“Adventures in time and space…told in future tense!”

Dimension X, one of radio’s first and best “adult” science fiction programs, premiered on NBC on April 8, 1950. The series presented a mix of original stories as well as adaptations of works by masters of the genre like Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, and Ray Bradbury. It was this collection of adaptations that gave Dimension X a boost in credibility with science fiction fans; earlier shows had consisted entirely of original radio plays.

With radio creative talents like George Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy and New York radio actors like Wendell Holmes, Santos Ortega, Arnold Moss, Joe Julian, and Joan Alexander, Dimension X presented high-quality stories that helped to bring science fiction out of the realm of kids’ entertainment, and it helped to pave the way for more sophisticated sci-fi on radio and later television.

Fortunately for fans of these tales of tomorrow, all 50 episodes of Dimension X survive to be enjoyed today. Here are a few of my favorites…

“The Outer Limit” - The one that started it all! This adaptation of Graham Doar’s short story centers on a test pilot who vanishes in his experimental aircraft only to return with a dire warning from beyond the stars. (4/8/1950)

"Knock" - "The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door." With that incredible opening, we're off on Frederic Brown's story of the survivor of an alien apocalypse and his unusual relationship with his otherworldly captors. (5/6/50)

“A Logic Named Joe” - Based on a story by Murray Lennister, this one predates/predicts smartphone technology with “Logics.” These supercomputers can answer any question, but when they start advising on how to get away with murder it falls to one engineer to save the world. (7/1/1950)

“Mars is Heaven” - Ray Bradbury’s classic story was adapted several times for many different radio shows, but the Dimension X version is my favorite. The astronauts on the first mission to Mars are shocked to find the red planet is full of their deceased friends and family members. Is Mars really heaven? (7/7/1950)

“The Martian Chronicles” - More from Ray Bradbury, this collection of vignettes contains comedy, romance, tragedy, and at the end a glimmer of hope as we follow several people who leave Earth behind for life on Mars. (8/18/1950)

“The Roads Must Roll” - This story from Robert Heinlein tells of a future where mechanized roads haul people and goods across the country. When a deadly strike among the engineers threatens to derail the roads and threaten the stability of the nation, it falls to a handful of heroes to keep the roads rolling. (9/1/50)

Check out this episode!

[urdu-poetry-lover]

Powerful Quotes Of All Time

These 28 carefully selected words of wisdom truly are some of the most powerful and wisest quotes ever written.

Here they are…

1. "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." – Albert Einstein

2. "Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes." – Sigmund Freud

3. "In seeking happiness for others, you will find it in yourself." – Unknown

4. "Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is a fruit of love, the verb." – Stephen Covey

5. "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." – Viktor Frankl

6. "He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears." – Michel De Montaigne

7. "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." – Winston Churchill

8. "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." – Gandhi

9. "When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." – Helen Keller

10. "Challenges is what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." – Joshua J. Marine

11. "If you want happiness for an hour – take a nap. If you want happiness for a day – go fishing. If you want happiness for a year – inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a life time – help someone else." – Chinese proverb

12. "Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose." – Viktor Frankl

13. "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." – Oliver Wendell Holmes

14. "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." – Confucius

15. "Many people are passionate, but because of their limiting beliefs about who they are and what they can do, they never take actions that could make their dream a reality" – Anthony Robins

16. "True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful." – Paul Sweeney

17. "The only way that we can live is if we grow. The only way we can grow is if we change. The only way we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we are exposed is if we throw ourselves into the open." – C. Joybell

18. "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it." – Mary Engelbreit

19. "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." – George Bernhard Shaw

20. "Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity." – Henry van Dyke

21. "I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life." – Corazon Aquino

22. "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." – Reinhold Niebuhr

23. "Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply." – Stephen Covey

24. "We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty." – Mother Theresa

25. "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present." – Bil Keane

26. "Falling in love is not a choice. To stay in love is." – Unknown

27. "The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

28. "The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." – Albert Einstein

[mechagalaxy]

Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184: Mountain Climbing Mecha Combat #897

(By Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184) Mountain Climbing Mecha Combat #897

Brought to you by ANN

Highlighting the August 3343 Point Mech Panic

As usual after a war, the gaming authorities held an event where all you had to do was put together one workable Mech.

But even that was beyond me. The drubbing we took in the final day of the war had left my formations shattered, my Mechs as scrap, and the spare part storage as a glowing crater.

No doubt my techs, led by Bruno, eventually could find some chewing gum, duct tape and bailing wire and get me a jury rigged wreck so I could do a mission and get some spare parts. But at the moment I was busted.

Luckily for me, some friends who went to the arena took pity on me and sent me some footage of how well they had done and the caption "wish you were here" inserted into the crosshairs of some of the camera shots.

After looking through the material, I found out those who had done best this time were:

Div 1 246+ (35 Commanders): Sal Vezzosi Jr, Warlock (Boreas)(19s) 2: David Cox 3: Dexter berry 4: Stroker Spot 5: Jay Fleharty 6: Shawn Wretham 7: Robert C Goetz Sr 8: George Warren 9: Daniel Scott 10: David Buchanan Div 2 -245 (12 Commanders): Michael Beagle, Death`s Brethren (Boreas)(1m,59s) Div 3 -166 (31 Commanders): Tony Hoogheem, Star League (Boreas)(14s) Div 4 -124 (23 Commanders): Dale Retherford, Phoenix (Ignis)(23s) Div 5 -99 (25 Commanders): Joseph Badbear, M&L NecroManiacs (Boreas)(<1s) Div 6 -77 (31 Commanders): MaryAnn Myers, Black Star Bandits (Boreas)(14s) Div 7 -62 (16 Commanders): Fredo Gustavo, Renegades (Boreas)(43s) Div 8 -48 (12 Commanders): Eric Betz (Sever)(2d,2h) Div 9 -34 (16 Commanders): Paul Dattilo, *Raging Vengeance* (Fides)(4m,35s) Div 10 -27 (17 Commanders): Beauwyn Hart (Luison)(2h,36m) Div 11 -18 (18 Commanders): Richard Case, *Raging Vengeance*, (Holmes)(1h,14m) Div 12 -14 (25 Commanders): Justin Case (Hoplite)(1h,16m)

Total Contestants: 261, Total medals claimed: 174 (of 180 possible)

Compared to the mid-war (Frontline) event we had a small reduction of (four) participants. But the uneveness among the groupings this time, meant a trio of Bronzes from both K2 and K8 was unclaimed, and returned for resmelting.

The absulute winner in this event was the Boreas. Claiming six Golds, among them the three top positions, is an achievement that would have sent any other manufactorers into an hour-long victory Dance. For the Boreas manufacturers, this is more like a routine celebration. No other mechs got more than one Gold. Among the winners this time were a trio of Crystal Mechs: Hoplite, Holmes and Luison.

The last half hour saw eight Golds change hands, six of them the last minute. This time only two Commanders managed to cling to the Gold for more than two hours, one of them for more than a day. So was this a wild swirling chaos? to find out we take a look at the number of medals held for more than 30 minutes in this event:

.............Silvers......Bronzes Div 1 ....0 of 4.........1 of 10 Div 2 ....3 of 4.........7 of 7 Div 3 ....0 of 4.........8 of 10 Div 4 ....2 of 4.........7 of 10 Div 5 ....2 of 4.........8 of 10 Div 6 ....3 of 4.........7 of 10 Div 7 ....2 of 4.........9 of 10 Div 8 ....4 of 4.........7 of 7 Div 9 ....2 of 4.........8 of 10 Div 10 ..4 of 4.......10 of 10 Div 11 ..4 of 4.......10 of 10 Div 12 ..4 of 4.......10 of 10

Mount Olympus was certainly a furball of epic Dimensions, but on the other tops it seemed the action was more focused on the top prizes. Except for the three lowest tops, no successful action took place there.

The sole clan to bring home multiple Golds here was *Raging Vengeance* who secured the top rizes from both K9 and K11. A trio of unaligned Commanders showed promise by defeating the "names" on their tops: Eric Betz on K8, Beauwyn Hart on K10 and Justin Case on K12. Clan leaders wanting to bolster their forces before the 3344 war will probably line up to get them aboard. None of the FrontLine champions managed to get a follow up win.

Upcoming event: Dirty 30 Here we have a tonnage limited event. No Mechs heavier than 30 ton allowed. Standard Mech here is probably the iMech, although you can expect to see Novums, Troopers and Banshee`s at the least.

Event ends January 25 between 0800 and 0830 New York Time

[savetopnow]

2018-03-12 07 MOVIE now

MOVIE

Birth. Movies. Death.

SXSW 2018 Review: TAKE YOUR PILLS Shines A Light On An Alarming Problem

Is Denis Villeneuve Still Making a DUNE Movie? Nope! Now He’s Making TWO Of Them

FIRST MATCH Trailer Takes A Girl’s Troubles To The Mat

Wes Anderson And Bill Murray: A Cinematic Rapport

Book Review: S. Craig Zahler’s HUG CHICKENPENNY Is A Touching Gothic Parable

CineVue

Film Review: A Prominent Patient

Film Review: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

DVD Review: La Prisonnière

Oscars 2018: The Shape of Water wins Best Picture, Best Director

Film Review: Annihilation

Cinema Blend

Black Panther Box Office: Disney Beats Disney As A Wrinkle In Time Takes Second Place

Why Netflix Isn't On The Nintendo Switch, According To Netflix

Why Black Panther's Killmonger Is Definitely A Villain, According To Sterling K. Brown

Fortnite Is Gaining Cross-Platform Play, But Not Between Consoles, Obviously

The Originals Spinoff Has Added A Vampire Diaries Star And More

Cinema Scope

Madame Hyde (Serge Bozon, France/Belgium)

The Green Fog (Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, US/Canada)

Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic/Argentina/Germany)

The Uses of Disenchantment: Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water

3/4 (Ilian Metev, Bulgaria/Germany)

Comicboook.com

'Avengers: Infinity War': Josh Brolin Has Seen 30 Minutes of the Film, Calls It Amazing

Josh Brolin Says 'Deadpool 2' Is Very Different From First Film

'X-Men: Dark Phoenix': Tye Sheridan Says Jean Grey Goes Crazy

Watch Mark Hamill Sing in German In Weird '80s Star Wars Skit

'Justice League' Movie Retro Trailer Released

Film Comment Magazine

TCM Diary: Secret Ceremony (1968) + The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)

Deep Focus: A Wrinkle in Time

Film of the Week: Montparnasse Bienvenüe

Readers’ Poll 2017: Your Comments

Interview: Ashley McKenzie

Film Inquiry

Shawn’s SXSW Diary – Saturday: Odd Dissonances, Nice Surprises

DEATH WISH: A Poorly Timed, Generic Remake

Away From The Hype: GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)

“It Takes Me Right Back To Those Early Days; I’m Living It Again.” Chimps, Oscar Snubs & Favorite Films With Dr. Jane Goodall

Art Vs. Artist: What Do We Do When Our Heroes Fail Us?

Film School Rejects

‘The Strangers: Prey at Night’ Review: Now With Even Stranger Strangers

The Unexpected Cinematic Universes of SXSW 2018

Dimitri Logothetis on Pitting Jean-Claude Van Damme Against Mike Tyson in ‘Kickboxer: Retaliation’

The Inanity of Technobabble

With ‘Thoroughbreds,’ First-Time filmmaker Cory Finley Explores the Concept of Privilege Through Satire

Reddit Movies

Best movie score to listen to while studying?

Bing correctly predicted 20/23 Oscar awards for 2018

I've been painting portraits of movie characters in the past few months

'The Witch' Star Anya Taylor-Joy Confirms 'Nosferatu' Remake from Director Robert Eggers Has Been Delayed

Crew Member Electrocuted on Set of Netflix's Motley Crue Biopic 'The Dirt'

Roger Ebert

SXSW Film Festival 2018: “What Keeps You Alive,” “Unfriended: Dark Web,” “Upgrade,” “Wildling”

SXSW Film Festival 2018: “Fast Color,” “A Vigilante,” “Galveston”

Blockers

Itzhak

SXSW Film Festival 2018: "Wobble Palace"

Screen Rant

The Last Jedi: How Snoke (Indirectly) Trained Rey in the Force

8 Netflix Shows That Went On For Too Long (And 7 That Were Canceled Too Soon)

Kevin Smith & Jason Mewes to Guest Star on The Flash

Agents of SHIELD: The Dimension of Dreams Explained

Star Wars: How Rey Will Grow From Parentage Reveal

Slash Film

Christopher Abbott To Star In George Clooney’s ‘Catch-22’ Hulu Series

Sterling K. Brown Loves ‘Shrek’ a Little Too Much in ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debut

‘Barry’ is a Bloody Great Showcase for a Killer Bill Hader [SXSW]

Sequel Bits: ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’, ‘Goosebumps 2’, ‘Star Trek 4’, and More

‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ is a Cruel and Clever Evolution of the First Film [SXSW]

[architecdura-blog]

The Deanes: 200 Years of Architectural Heritage

The Museum Building of Trinity College in Dublin (1853-7) is a seminal work of Victorian architecture, long regarded as the first expression of Ruskinian principles in stone, and famous for its pioneering structural use of Irish marble. This website presents new research on the building’s architecture and stonework, visualised using 3D laser scans, 360 photography and photogrammetry. Visitors can see the building as never before, explore its interior, stonework, and the rich carvings of the O’Shea brothers, as well as read in-depth accounts of the widespread sources that served to inspire the architects, Deane, Son & Woodward. A short video describes the transformative use of Connemara and other Irish marbles in the building.

The Museum Building of Trinity College Dublin

The Project

Making Victorian Dublin is an exciting and innovative collaborative project between geologists and architectural historians at Trinity College Dublin which has revealed the building industry responsible for Ireland’s Victorian architecture.  Funded by the Irish Research Council, the project aims to open new interdisciplinary horizons for the research of Ireland’s past.  For too long the craftsmen and quarrymen who cut, carved and constructed splendid buildings in Ireland’s towns, cities and countryside have been lost to history, overshadowed by the architects and patrons who designed and commissioned them.  But without the marble masons, stone cutters, carvers and builders these richly coloured and impeccably detailed buildings simply could not have been achieved.

Focused on Ireland’s most significant and influential building of the period, the Museum Building of Trinity College Dublin, researchers have uncovered the remarkable network of quarries, craft communities and transport routes which enabled its construction.  A few strides within this building displays the full range of Ireland’s remarkable stone resources.  The Museum Building pioneered the patriotic use of native coloured stone and established a taste for Connemara marble and Cork Red limestone which spread across Ireland to Britain and the United States.  Connemara marble with its distinctive green and white colour banding would become emblematic of Irish identity.  Further nationalistic emphasis is provided by elaborate stone carvings of the building that reveal a rich and diverse flora and fauna with a significant Irish-flavour.

The project will culminate in a book to be published in the Summer of 2019.

Principal Investigator and Architectural Historian, Prof Christine Casey:

“Architecture is the stage upon which our daily lives are conducted, from the splendid buildings of city and town to the more modest houses, public buildings and boundary walls which punctuate the Irish countryside. Too often we remember those who paid for these buildings and those who designed them. Architectural history is strong on patron and architect and weak on those who translated design and ambition into reality. Ireland’s historic buildings were created by generations of craftsmen from raw materials extracted and cut by quarrymen and stone carvers. This project has sought to illuminate this largely hidden history by foregrounding the history of building materials and craftsmanship. The local built environment can tell us much more about history and science than the standard narratives of architectural history. The colour, markings and texture of building stones provides a vivid and tangible snapshot of the earth’s infancy. Regions are characterised by the nature of their geology and building stone. The familiar and endearing walls of field and farmyard are composed of rubble stone which speak not only of our forbears but of our locality’s prehistoric formation .

As an architectural historian I have been humbled by my ignorance of stone. Hitherto focused only on its aesthetic qualities, I now understand the impact of geology on building history, why some stones are chosen and others not, why particular stones are so widely used, why certain stones are so highly valued, and why superlative architecture relied upon the highest quality of materials and craftsmanship. I look at buildings with new eyes and have brought this new perspective to every aspect of my research.”

Co-Principal Investigator and Geologist, Dr Patrick Wyse Jackson:

“The Museum Building at Trinity College Dublin has been dissected by geologists and architectural historians as part of the Making Victorian Dublin project funded by the Irish Research Council. This is a unique and innovative collaboration that has drawn together two distinctive areas of the sciences and humanities, and has generated a deeper understanding of each as exemplified by the Museum Building. Built in the 1850s at a time of directed promotion of dimension and decorative stone, a significant component of Ireland’s natural resources, this building demonstrated the versatility of this material for structural building but also for decoration, particularly through utilisation in columns in the hallways. Nine different decorative marbles and polished limestones assail the senses of the visitor and provide a geological lesson that reveals the underlying lithological foundations of our country. Connemara Marble and Cork Red Limestone are dominant but ably supported by stone varieties from Armagh, Fermanagh, Offaly, Galway, and Kilkenny.

Multidisciplinary projects such as the Making Victorian Dublin initiative demonstrate the value of close examination of a building such as the Museum Building. Importantly an understanding of how the characteristics of different rock types and how they are quarried dictates how they are utilised in architectural practice but at the same time an appreciation of the aesthetics conceived of by the architects can inform the stone types used. The Museum Building admirably demonstrates this blending of disciplines that led to its design and erection.”

 The Research Team

The team uniquely comprises researchers in Architectural History and Science.  This collaboration depicts the vital links between geology and architecture and renews the fruitful transdisciplinary approach adopted and celebrated by pioneering Victorian polymaths.

Principal Investigators:  Professor Christine Casey and Dr Patrick Wyse Jackson

Co-Principal Investigator, Patrick Wyse Jackson, is an Associate Professor in Geology and Curator of the Geological Museum in the Department of Geology, School of Natural Sciences, TCD.

Principal Investigator, Christine Casey, is a Professor in Architectural History in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, School of History and Humanities, TCD.

Research Assistants:  Dr Andrew Tierney and Ms Louise Caulfield

Andrew Tierney is a research assistant in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, School of History and Humanities, TCD.

Louise Caulfield is a research assistant in the Department of Geology, School of Natural Sciences, TCD.

Associated Researchers

A network of specialists and practitioners have been consulted on the carving, architecture, conservation and digital presentation of the building and links were established with international scholars of architecture and decorative stone in advance of an Autumn think-tank on 3rd October 2017 and an international symposium on 9th-10th February 2018.  Both events took place on Trinity College Dublin’s main campus.

Paul Arnold, Paul Arnold Architects

Leila Budd, Carrig Conservation International

Dr Susan Galavan, University of Leuven

Dr Tony Hand, EIT RawMaterials

John Hussey, Independent Researcher

Dr Edward McParland, Trinity College Dublin

Dr Fredrick O’Dwyer, Architect and Architectural Historian

Prof Roger Stalley, Trinity College Dublin

Prof Roland Dreesen, University of Ghent

Dr Hazel Dodge, Trinity College Dublin

Acknowledgements

We are grateful for the contributions to the project made by the following people:

Funded by The Irish Research Council New Horizons Interdisciplinary Research Project Award Estates and Facilities, Trinity College Dublin Dublin City Council Heritage Office

Photography Ray Keaveney Adrian Lantry Andrew Sheridan Paul Tierney, courtesy of Dublin City Council Heritage Office Katie Wyse Jackson

Digital Consultation Prof Marie Redmond, Digital Humanities, Universita Ca’ Foscari Venice Niall Ó hOisín, Breffni O’Malley and Alan Clifford, Noho Conor Dore, Bim and Scan Limited Cora McKenna, Trinity College Dublin

Industry, Artistic and Architectural Consultation Ambrose Joyce, Connemara Marble Industries Limited Prof Martin Feely, NUI Galway Niall Kavanagh, McKeon Stone Yvonne McKeon, McKeon Stone John and David McEvoy, McEvoy and Sons Stone Masons Terry O’Flaherty, Ballyknockan Tim O’Connell, O’Connell Stone Stephen Burke, sculptor Jason Ellis, sculptor Sean Lynch, artist Charles Duggan, Dublin City Council Dr Lynda Mulvin, UCD Prof Peter Wyse Jackson, Missouri Botanical Garden Prof Paul Smith, Oxford Museum of Natural History Prof John Holmes, University of Birmingham

Trinity College Dublin Colleagues  Mike Clark Ron Cox Elaine Cullen Una Farrell Estelle Gittins Frank Hendron Gordon Herries Davies Monica Janson Peter Keogh Paul Mangan David Naylor Michael Philcox George Sevastopulo Fiona Tyrrell

Source: https://makingvictoriandublin.com/

[newyorktheater]

Miranda in Mary Poppins Returns

Below is a list of movies opening from September to December, organized chronologically by release date.

Among the movies featuring theater veterans: Oscar Isaac  in “Operation Finale” (Sept 14) and “Life,Itself” (Sept. 21); Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek in “The Old Man and the Gun” (Sept. 28); Viola Davis in “Widows” (Nov. 16); Lucas Hedges in “Boy Erased” (Nov 2) and “Ben is Back” (Dec 2) with Julia Roberts; Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart in “The Front Runner” (Nov. 7); Lin-Manuel Miranda in “Mary Poppins Returns” (Dec. 19)

SEPTEMBER

“The Nun” (Sept. 7) — A gothic supernatural horror film and spinoff in “The Conjuring” franchise.

“Peppermint” (Sept. 7) – Jennifer Garner is going back to her action-packed roots as a widow-turned-assassin after the deaths of her husband and daughter

“The Predator (Sept. 14) — Shane Black’s fourth installment in “The Predator” films, with Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes and Jacob Tremblay.

“The Children Act” (Sept. 14) — Based on the 2014 book by Ian McEwan, the court drama deals with the ethical dilemma of keeping someone alive versus respecting one’s religion,stars Emma Thompson, Fionn Whitehead and Stanley Tucci.

“The Land of Steady Habits” (Sept. 14) — Ben Mendelsohn stars as a Connecticut divorcee in midlife crisis in Nicole Holofcener’s adaptation of Ted Thompson’s 2014 novel.

Operation Finale (Sept 14) – Oscar Isaac stars as Mossad agent Peter Malkin, who led a team of Israeli spies who tracked down and captured the notorious Adolf Eichmann (played here by Ben Kingsley) 15 years after World War II.

“White Boy Rick” (Sept. 14) — Yann Demange’s 1980s true-life tale about the youngest alleged FBI informant ever, with Matthew McConaughey.

“The House With a Clock in its Walls” (Sept. 21) — A fantasy of witches and warlocks, starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett.

“Love, Gilda” (Sept. 21) – In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner reflects on her life and career, weaving together her recently discovered audiotapes, and interviews with friends inspired by her.

“Life, Itself” (Sept. 21) — This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman’s love story starring Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde, a couple whose life decisions are chronicled by the way the world changes around them every time they reach a new milestone in their relationship. Also starring Annette Bening, Samuel L. Jackson, Mandy Patinkin and Olivia Cooke.

“The Sisters Brothers” (Sept. 21) — Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly play brother assassins in Jacques Audiard’s Western.

“Fahrenheit 11/9” (Sept. 21) – Michael Moore is now taking on President Donald Trump in this not-quite-a sequel to the 2004 documentary on the George W. Bush administration.

“Night School” (Sept. 28) — Kevin Hart plays the student and Tiffany Haddish the teacher in this GED comedy.

“Smallfoot” (Sept. 28) — An inverted animated fable where a Yeti is convinced that humans exist. Among the stars Channing Tatum James Corden, and Lebron James

“The Old Man and the Gun” (Sept. 28) — Robert Redford stars as an aged bank robber in David Lowery’s based-on-a-true-story heist movie. With Sissy Spacek.

ALSO PLAYING:

“A Simple Favor” (Sept. 14), “Lizzie” (Sept. 14), “Colette” (Sept. 21),  “Quincy” (Sept. 21), “Hold the Dark”( Sept. 28)

OCTOBER

“Venom” (Oct. 5) — Tom Hardy stars in Marvel’s Spider-Man spinoff.

“Private Life” (Oct. 5) — Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn play a New York couple navigating assisted reproduction in Tamara Jenkins’ semi-autobiographical tale.

“A Star Is Born” (Oct. 5) — Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut is a remake of the 1937 film, starring himself and Lady Gaga.

“Bad Times at the El Royale” (Oct. 12) — Seven strangers meet at Lake Tahoe motel in Drew Goddard’s thriller.

“First Man” (Oct. 12) — Damien Chazelle (La-La Land) dramatizes Neil Armstrong’s mission to the moon, starring Ryan Gosling.

“Beautiful Boy” (Oct. 12) — Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet play father and son in this adaption of David and Nic Sheff’s memoirs about addiction.

“Halloween” (Oct. 19) — Michael Meyers the character and Jamie Curtis the actress return in David Gordon Green’s installment in the long-running horror franchise.

“The Hate U Give” (Oct. 19) — A young woman struggles for justice after her childhood friend is shot by police.

“Can You Forgive Me” (Oct. 19) — Marielle Heller directs Melissa McCarthy in this story about a struggling writer who resorts to forging famous letters.

ALSO PLAYING

“The Happy Prince” (Oct. 5), “22 July” (Oct. 10), “Goosebumps 2” (Oct. 12), “The Oath” (Oct. 12), “The Kindergarten Teacher” (Oct. 12), “Serenity” (Oct. 19), “What They Had” (Oct. 19), “Johnny English Strikes Again” (Oct. 26), “Hunter Killer” (Oct. 26), “Overlord” (Oct. 26), “Suspiria” (Oct. 26)

NOVEMBER

“Boy Erased” (Nov. 2) – Joel Edgerton’s adaptation of Garrard Conley’s acclaimed memoir stars Lucas Hedges as the son of a Baptist preacher who, after being outed to his parents, is pressured into gay conversion therapy.

“Nobody’s Fool” (Nov. 2) — Tiffany Haddish and Tika Sumpter play sisters in Tyler Perry’s comedy.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” (Nov. 2) — A biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, from director Bryan Singer, starring Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)

“The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” (Nov. 2) — Disney’s lavish live-action fantasy is inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original story.

“The Front Runner” (Nov. 7) — Jason Reitman’s film is about Gary Hart’s scandal-plagued 1988 presidential campaign, with Hugh Jackman.

“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” (Nov. 9) — An animated remake of the holiday classic, with Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the Whoville killjoy.

“The Girl in the Spider’s Web” (Nov. 9) — A reboot of the Lisbeth Salander thriller, from the fourth book in the series, with Claire Foy taking over for Rooney Mara.

“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” (Nov. 16) — The second installment in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter prequels, with Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald.

“Widows” (Nov. 16) — Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” follow-up is heist movie, where the job in question is carried out by the widows of four slain thieves, led by Viola Davis.

“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (Nov. 16) — Joel and Ethan Coen’s six-part Western anthology film for Netflix.

“Creed II” (Nov. 21) — Michael B. Jordan returns as the young Adonis Creed to fight the son of Ivan Drago.

“Green Book” (Nov. 21) — Peter Farrelly’s road movie is about a Jamaican-American classical pianist (Mahershala Ali) touring the Deep South with his white driver (Viggo Mortensen).

“Ralph Breaks the Internet” (Nov. 21) — More destruction, this time by way of a wi-fi router, in this “Wreck-It Ralph” sequel.

“Robin Hood” (Nov. 21) — Taron Egerton plays Robin Hood and Jamie Foxx is Little John in the latest version of the Nottingham legend.

“The Favourite” (Nov. 23) — Yorgos Lanthimos’ drama is about two cousins (Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz) courting the favor of Queen Anne in 18th century England.

“If Beale Street Could Talk” (Nov. 30) — Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)  adapts James Baldwin’s classic novel about love and injustice in early 1970s Harlem. Z 19-year-old pregnant woman (Kiki Layne) who is fighting for the freedom of her imprisoned fiancé (Stephen James). The cast also includes Regina King, Dave Franco and Diego Luna.

ALSO PLAYING:

“The Other Side of the Wind” (Nov. 2), “Outlaw King” (Nov. 9), “At Eternity’s Gate” (Nov. 16), “Instant Family (Nov. 16), “Second Act” (Nov. 21), “Shoplifters” (Nov. 23)

DECEMBER

“Mary Queen of Scots” (Dec. 7) — Saoirse Ronan stars as the Scottish monarch Mary Stuart and Margot Robbie as her half-sister Queen Elizabeth I, whom Mary was accused to attempting to assassinate.

“Ben Is Back” (Dec. 7) — A long lost son (Lucas Hedges) returns home to his mother (Julia Roberts).

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (Dec. 14) — Parallel dimension Spider-Men collide in an animated alternate reality.

“Mary Poppins Returns” (Dec. 19) — Rob Marshall’s sequel to the 1964 original stars Emily Blunt as the magical nanny, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

“Aquaman” (Dec. 21) — Jason Momoa’s undersea ruler gets his first solo movie.

“Bumblebee” (Dec. 21) — The “Transformers” spinoff is a prequel to 2007′s “Transformers” centered on the small, yellow Autobot.

“Welcome to Marwen” (Dec. 21) — Robert Zemeckis’ fantasy stars Steve Carell as an assault victim who builds a miniature World War II village in his yard.

“Holmes & Watson” (Dec. 21) — A comic twist on Arthur Conan Doyle’s detectives, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.

“On the Basis of Sex” (Dec. 28) — Felicity Jones stars as a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

“Roma” (Dec., undated) — Alfonso Cuaron’s semi-autobiographical black-and-white tale of a young domestic worker in the middle-class neighborhood of Mexico City’s Roma, set in the 1970s.

ALSO PLAYING

“Under the Silver Lake” (Dec. 7), “Mortal Engines” (Dec. 14), “Cold War” (Dec. 21), “Alita: Battle Angel” (Dec. 21)

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Dates are subject to change.

Fall 2018 Movie Preview Below is a list of movies opening from September to December, organized chronologically by release date.

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1. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein

2. “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor Frankl

3. “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.” – Sigmund Freud

4. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi

5. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller

6. “He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears.” – Michel De Montaigne

7. “Challenges is what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine

8. “In seeking happiness for others, you will find it in yourself.” – Unknown

9. “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” – Viktor Frankl

10. “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

11. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” – Reinhold Niebuhr

12. “I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.” – Corazon Aquino

13. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius

14. “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

15. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

16. “The only way that we can live is if we grow. The only way we can grow is if we change. The only way we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we are exposed is if we throw ourselves into the open.” – C. Joybell

17. “True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.” – Paul Sweeney

18. “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” – Stephen Covey

19. “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” – Bil Keane

20. “Falling in love is not a choice. To stay in love is.” – Unknown

21. “Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.” – Henry van Dyke

22. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit

23. “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” – George Bernhard Shaw

24. “If you want happiness for an hour – take a nap. If you want happiness for a day – go fishing. If you want happiness for a year – inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a life time – help someone else.” – Chinese proverb

25. “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein

[literarylondonhq]

Trying to have a holiday, but time to get this out - a new Writing project. Get involved!

Fancy acting in a new Sci-Fi fantasy? I wrote George Holmes and the Seven Dimensions at school. In the 1960’s. It might be time it sees the light of day, so in spite of no budget, we’re going to try this – an audio experiment. We’re recording the first 15 minute episode to broadcast on Resonance 104.4fm and BohemianBritain.com. If it works… who knows? Please get in touch if you’re interested.…

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'Dracula' and 'George Homes' WORLD PREMIERE!

Nick Hennegan celebrates the birth of Bram Stoker, writer of Dracula… and the ‘birth’ of his new Radio Science-Fiction Young Adult Drama, George Holmes and the 7 Dimensions. Hear the first-ever episode here.

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George Holmes and the 7 Dimensions. Episode One : The White Light!

George Holmes is a normal boy who lives on a council estate in Birmingham with his younger sister, Libby, his older brother, Andy and his Mom and Dad. George has a bit of trouble with a local bully, but is rescued by his best friend Dermot, who appears on his bike and gives George a lift home. But then at home, a strange event happens that will change George’s life forever… Duration 7′ 26″.…

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Bob Marley, U2, CBS Music… and George Holmes!

Not Bob or Bono. Just Nick Hennegan..! Preparing for the first episode of George Holmes and the 7 Dimensions, I was suddenly aware of our location in Hammersmith. The Cross Keys Pub where we recorded the episode is a a great local boozer, but I’ve just realised it’s in a very refined area! And so am I! A bit of a shock for a kid from an inner city council estate! Which, by the way, is where…

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A beautiful creation!

The cast and Director! I love writing, love actors, love directing and love kids and LOVED seeing these little actors bringing my fictional characters to life tonight. ‘George Holmes and the 7 Dimensions’ is coming soon. #ghatsd

[meanstreetspodcasts]

“Adventures in time and space…told in future tense!”

Dimension X, one of radio’s first and best “adult” science fiction programs, premiered on NBC on April 8, 1950. The series presented a mix of original stories as well as adaptations of works by masters of the genre like Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, and Ray Bradbury. It was this collection of adaptations that gave Dimension X a boost in credibility with science fiction fans; earlier shows had consisted entirely of original radio plays.

With radio creative talents like George Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy and New York radio actors like Wendell Holmes, Santos Ortega, Arnold Moss, Joe Julian, and Joan Alexander, Dimension X presented high-quality stories that helped to bring science fiction out of the realm of kids’ entertainment, and it helped to pave the way for more sophisticated sci-fi on radio and later television.

Fortunately for fans of these tales of tomorrow, all 50 episodes of Dimension X survive to be enjoyed today. Here are a few of my favorites…

“The Outer Limit” - The one that started it all! This adaptation of Graham Doar’s short story centers on a test pilot who vanishes in his experimental aircraft only to return with a dire warning from beyond the stars. (4/8/1950)

“A Logic Named Joe” - Based on a story by Murray Lennister, this one predates/predicts smartphone technology with “Logics.” These supercomputers can answer any question, but when they start advising on how to get away with murder it falls to one engineer to save the world. (7/1/1950)

“Mars is Heaven” - Ray Bradbury’s classic story was adapted several times for many different radio shows, but the Dimension X version is my favorite. The astronauts on the first mission to Mars are shocked to find the red planet is full of their deceased friends and family members. Is Mars really heaven? (7/7/1950)

“The Martian Chronicles” - More from Ray Bradbury, this collection of vignettes contains comedy, romance, tragedy, and at the end a glimmer of hope as we follow several people who leave Earth behind for life on Mars. (8/18/1950)

“The Roads Must Roll” - This story from Robert Heinlein tells of a future where mechanized roads haul people and goods across the country. When a deadly strike among the engineers threatens to derail the roads and threaten the stability of the nation, it falls to a handful of heroes to keep the roads rolling.

[meanstreetspodcasts]

“Adventures in time and space...told in future tense!”

Dimension X, one of radio’s first and best “adult” science fiction programs, premiered on NBC on April 8, 1950. The series presented a mix of original stories as well as adaptations of works by masters of the genre like Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, and Ray Bradbury. It was this collection of adaptations that gave Dimension X a boost in credibility with science fiction fans; earlier shows had consisted entirely of original radio plays.

With radio creative talents like George Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy and New York radio actors like Wendell Holmes, Santos Ortega, Arnold Moss, Joe Julian, and Joan Alexander, Dimension X presented high-quality stories that helped to bring science fiction out of the realm of kids’ entertainment, and it helped to pave the way for more sophisticated sci-fi on radio and later television.

Fortunately for fans of these tales of tomorrow, all 50 episodes of Dimension X survive to be enjoyed today. Here are a few of my favorites...

“The Outer Limit” - The one that started it all! This adaptation of Graham Doar’s short story centers on a test pilot who vanishes in his experimental aircraft only to return with a dire warning from beyond the stars. (4/8/1950)

“A Logic Named Joe” - Based on a story by Murray Lennister, this one predates/predicts smartphone technology with “Logics.” These supercomputers can answer any question, but when they start advising on how to get away with murder it falls to one engineer to save the world. (7/1/1950)

“Mars is Heaven” - Ray Bradbury’s classic story was adapted several times for many different radio shows, but the Dimension X version is my favorite. The astronauts on the first mission to Mars are shocked to find the red planet is full of their deceased friends and family members. Is Mars really heaven? (7/7/1950)

“The Martian Chronicles” - More from Ray Bradbury, this collection of vignettes contains comedy, romance, tragedy, and at the end a glimmer of hope as we follow several people who leave Earth behind for life on Mars. (8/18/1950)

“The Roads Must Roll” - This story from Robert Heinlein tells of a future where mechanized roads haul people and goods across the country. When a deadly strike among the engineers threatens to derail the roads and threaten the stability of the nation, it falls to a handful of heroes to keep the roads rolling.