#ToddsScreenGuide 0949 Two films featuring #MickeyMouse as he was in 1928 screen debut are to shoot in spring at end of 95-year copyright protection. Since versions of Mickey as seen in later films are still safeguarded, #Disney is closely watching both modest-budget productions

#ToddsScreenGuide 0944 Preliminary short listing for 2024 #Oscar awards starts tomorrow. with results due 21 December. That will be followed by formal Oscar #nomination period for the 8 categories, results to be made known 23 January. Oscar awards ceremony is set for 10 March

Not to intrude…but may I add that #JeepersCreepers 🎶was SUNG TO A HORSE in 1938 comedy musical #GoingPlaces . Vocalist #LouisArmstrong starred with DickPowell&AnitaLouise. Louis' version was a hit & song/jazz standard has been recorded many times since.
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#ToddsScreenGuide 0948 Two highly popular films, both from 1967, on BBC2 tonite, show what Hollywood could do before it became hypnotised by franchises in the spy and space genres. At 22:00 #BonnieAndClyde , then #InTheHeatOfTheNight , thro to 01:35. They won awards & made money

#ToddsScreenGuide 0938 Spanning midday, #TheRedPony is story of boy's love for a horse on a remote ranch. I hesitate to recommend it for children as it has poignant & indeed violent scenes. Superior production with star cast in #JohnSteinbeck 's script from his novella. 11am Ch14

#ToddsScreenGuide 0943 Found on distant planet, host-seeking life forms end up on Earth & cause havoc. One of them #Venom bonds with probing reporter Eddie (TomHardy). After much turmoil only V is left - & he's still secretly coexistent with Ed! A big moneymaker of 2018. 9pmCh14

#ToddsScreenGuide 0936 Actor #MichaeFassbender is on BBC1 GrahamNortonShow tonite talking about new film. An oft-told tale, #TheKiller features assassin who eludes intrigue &retires with loyal gf. Once meant for major studio, French comicbook yarn went to Netflix: now streaming

#ToddsScreenGuide 0946 Arriving at absent aunt's home, woman (NaomiWatts) finds it squatted by amnesiac car-crash survivor. Rejected as tv pilot, #MulhollandDrive was rejigged by director DavidLynch as surreal mystery feature, open,he says,to viewer interpretation. 11:15pm Ch 14

#ToddsScreenGuide 0935 Sole film acting role of #CillaBlack (trend) was #WorkIsA4LetterWord . Cast because of her plainness,that served her well in later tv career. Played gf of shrooming slacker,role re-cast after original leadman walked out.Flop not on tv tonite or anytime soon

#ToddsScreenGuide 0945 In this dark mystery thriller, a stranger claims and gets a welcome until violent events awaken suspicion. Shooting&editing, referencing army psych programme, extensively revised after bafflement among test-screen audiences. #TheGuest (2014) 10.55 Ch 41

#ToddsScreenGuide 0940 Serial killer story,due to star #RobertPattinson for Netflix,has been shelved by director AdamMcKay in favour of as-yet-unnamed climate-change feature. #AverageHeight ..., delayed from before actors' strike,also starred RobertDowneyJr,ForestWhitaker,AmyAdams

#ToddsScreenGuide 0934 I can confirm there's no truth in rumour that #CliffRichard is to remake #SummerHoliday 1963 via de-ageing technology. It's true,however,that at least 4 recent features have use AI tools to make stars seem younger: IndianaJ,TheFlash.ScreamVI,FastX (all2023)

#ToddsScreenGuide 0951 Adult filmmakers, for some reason, set up studio in a religious area of USA. What could possibly go wrong for these perverse pornographers in Bible Belt? Filmed in NZ, tho set in Texas, violent indiepic #X , wr&dir by Ti West, can be seen at 11pm on Ch14.

#ToddsScreenGuide 0941 #MyFriendDahmer is 2017
drama of formative years of mass murderer based on account of one who knew him. Sentenced to 941years prison1992,he was beaten to death by fellow inmate 1994. 10:50pm Ch 14. Highly praised film perhaps unsettling for latenite viewing

#ToddsScreenGuide 0932 Curiously, 2films with same title AND from same source on tv tonite.I noticed #AKissBeforeDying 1956 with RobertWagner 4 Nov. This evening it's MattDillon who's villain (1991). Filmed by different directors,both are from IraLevin's novel.Check listings

#ToddsScreenGuide 0950 Remember when giant ape KingKong fell off a NewYork skyscraper all those years ago? It turns out he merely suffered cuts&bruises.
Now after refreshing coma he needs blood transfusion. So it's back to the jungle to find suitable donor. #KingKong2 22:10 Ch82

#ToddsScreenGuide 0942 In 1968, #studiocorrespondent of UK film-industry paper,I was invited to Munich shoot of #HannibalBrooks . I made an excuse.Anyone who knew director MichaelWinner will understand why. Yarn of #WW2 PoW who walks #elephant over alps is on UKtv tonite: 10pmCh82

#ToddsScreenGuide 0933 Treat for #BetteDavis fans early afternoon, two of her dramas back-to-back on BBC2. At 12:45 #DarkVictory 1939, then #NowVoyager 1942. Great entertainment of their kind. I met Davis twice in 1960s and, far from being 'difficult', she gave me a cup of tea

Beautifully lit still from Hitchcock's 1938 classic TheLadyVanishes, Train journey mystery. With
Redgrave and Lockwood, shown. Also the wondrously named DameMayWhitty and GoogieWithers.
Don't bother with the 1979 remake.

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#ToddsScreenGuide 0939 RyanReynolds&ChanningTatum are teaming up to star in &produce big budget action comedy #CalamityHustle . WarnerBros, Amazon & Netflix are all reported to be in distribution bidding. Brothers Aaron&AdamNee (2020's LostCity) are to direct from their own script