Avalard's Cultural Crisis
Blog URL http://avalard999.blogspot.com
Located Belfast, County Antrim United Kingdom
Tags Popular culture, arts, entertainment, literature, reviews, cinema, interviews, books, gallery
Exploring the expanse of popular culture on screen, in print and in the gallery.
Reviews and commentary from a Anglo-Irish perspective.
Latest Blog Posts
- "I Am Not A Number" - The Prisoner (2009) on Nov 17, 2009 in Prisoner remake 2009 Ian McKellan ITV AMC American television Jim Caviezel retro 1960s British review
Much anticipated (and first announced as far back as 2005), the remake of cult 1967 series The Prisoner has finally made its debut on AMC in the US with the screening of the first two episodes of the series.The original is hailed as a brilliant piece...
- Barry Letts on Oct 13, 2009 in Doctor Who producer Obituary 2009 Barry Letts writer director
One-time actor, writer, director and producer Barry Letts passed away at the weekend at the age of 84, and with him a huge chunk of British television history.Alongside prolific writer Terrence Dicks, Barry Letts was responsible for reshaping cult Br...
- New name... on Oct 13, 2009 in site name blog news
Welcome back to Avalard's Cultural Crisis...Just to let you know, you can now find the blog at www.culturalcrisis.com. I figured that should make it easier than trying to recall the rather longer blogspot address, and will allow us to shift the site...
- Film: Triangle (2009) on Oct 12, 2009 in British Horror 2009 book review Melissa George Bermuda Triangle film Christopher Smith British 999 Challenge nautical horror Australia
Well, that's my brain fried folks. I can have little doubt that most reviewers will sum Triangle up as the horror version of Groundhog Day, only it rather lacks the satisfactory resolution, and three hours later I'm still working the plotting around...
- Competition: Thirst poster giveaway on Oct 6, 2009 in poster Korean cinema horror Competition
A priest becomes a vampire... another man's wife is coveted... a deadly seduction triggers murder...Courtesy of the lovely folks at Metrodome we've got some exclusive limited edition posters for new horror film THIRST.Thirst was joint winner of the J...
- DVD / Blu-Ray: Penny Points to Paradise (1951) on Sep 16, 2009 in Blu-Ray Spike Milligan 2009 1950s DVD review 1951 Silent Comedy BFI film Goons Region 2 Peter Sellers 1953 anthology Harry Secombe BBC Radio
The BFI has dusted off its shelves for a new slate of dvd releases as part of the Adelphi Film Collection - promising a batch of curios from the catalogues of the long-forgotten British film company. Together with the current Flipside label, the BFI...
- Keith Floyd on Sep 16, 2009 in Obituary 1990s Keith Floyd 1980s tv cook gastronomy BBC
I wasn't actually aware that the documentary Keith Meets Keith was on Channel 4 on Monday night, but I'd been reading a bit about Keith Floyd again lately and enjoying the serialisation of his forthcoming autobiography Stirred But Not Shaken in the M...
