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Tall tales: the 20 best giants in film – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/03/best-giants-in-film-ranked #Film #JonathanSwift #Books #Culture #HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire #TheOdyssey #TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney #ThePrincessBride

Tall tales: the 20 best giants in film – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/03/best-giants-in-film-ranked #Film #JonathanSwift #Books #Culture #HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire #TheOdyssey #TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney #ThePrincessBride

Tall tales: the 20 best giants in film – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/03/best-giants-in-film-ranked #Film #JonathanSwift #Books #Culture #HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire #TheOdyssey #TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney #ThePrincessBride

Tall tales: the 20 best giants in film – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/03/best-giants-in-film-ranked #Film #JonathanSwift #Books #Culture #HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire #TheOdyssey #TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney #ThePrincessBride

Tall tales: the 20 best giants in film – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/03/best-giants-in-film-ranked #Film #JonathanSwift #Books #Culture #HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire #TheOdyssey #TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney #ThePrincessBride

Tall tales: the 20 best giants in film – ranked!
By Anne Billson

On the 300th anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels, we celebrate the biggest film stars of them all – from a stone colossus to a metal-munching alien and a 50ft woman on the rampage

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/03/best-giants-in-film-ranked

#Film #JonathanSwift #Books #Culture #HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire #TheOdyssey #TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney #ThePrincessBride #TheGuardian #AnneBillson

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Fantasy #Gremlins #ThePrincessBride The 8 Most Fun Fantasy Movies of All Time, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TVJVKl

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #BestMoviesOfThe1980s #ThePrincessBride The 8 Most Fun Movies of the 1980s, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TVHZ7K

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Fantasy #ThePrincessBride 10 High Fantasy Movies That Are Perfectly Written http://dlvr.it/TVGxRh

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Fantasy #1980s #ThePrincessBride The 10 Best '80s Fantasy Movies, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TV3yGg

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Comedy #Election #ThePrincessBride The 10 Greatest Comedy Movies Based on Books, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TV0kY4

Vice Press Open House 2026 Returns to Sheffield This September

The Vice Press Open House 2026 is set to return to Sheffield City Centre on September 12th. Hosted at the Trafalgar Warehouse, this independent, not-for-profit event serves as a convention and social gathering dedicated to posters, art prints, design, and illustration....

#MattFerguson #ThePrincessBride #VicePress

https://www.themovieblog.com/2026/08/vice-press-open-house-2026-returns-to-sheffield/

Vice Press Open House 2026 Returns to Sheffield This September

The Vice Press Open House 2026 is set to return to Sheffield City Centre on September 12th. Hosted at the Trafalgar Warehouse, this independent, not-for-profit event serves as a convention and social gathering dedicated to posters, art prints, design, and illustration....

#MattFerguson #ThePrincessBride #VicePress

https://www.themovieblog.com/2026/08/vice-press-open-house-2026-returns-to-sheffield/

Vice Press Open House 2026 Returns to Sheffield This September

The Vice Press Open House 2026 is set to return to Sheffield City Centre on September 12th. Hosted at the Trafalgar Warehouse, this independent, not-for-profit event serves as a convention and social gathering dedicated to posters, art prints, design, and illustration....

#MattFerguson #ThePrincessBride #VicePress

https://www.themovieblog.com/2026/08/vice-press-open-house-2026-returns-to-sheffield/

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Fantasy #ThePrincessBride 10 High Fantasy Movies That Are Perfect From the First Scene to the Last http://dlvr.it/TThb1j

https://youtu.be/982phVk-Mqo?si=u77Na2BlhaqC3t08

Carey Elwess interviewed!

#ThePrincessBride #ACurrentAffair #Australia

@ami_angelwings
#FavCharacterI time. #FavCharacterAtoZ

It took a little thought for I. Ifurita from El Hazard, my own Iris and Indigo, Inara from Firefly. All possibilities. But my first pick I had to abandon, because I got the spelling wrong! Aydah Mensah from The Murderbot Diaries does not qualify for obvious reasons, once you write it down.

So.

Everyone's favourite swordmaster. Inigo Montoya. Scarred by Count Rugen at 11, he dedicates his life to improving his swordsmanship and hunting down the Six Fingered Man (the Count). And when he finds him, he will say "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." #ThePrincessBride

Yes, I'd never seen this movie before. 🤯
It holds up great. Loads of fun and just what I was in the mood for!

My brief ★★★★ review of The Princess Bride (1987)

https://boxd.it/eEYL4h

#movies #theprincessbride

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #ThePrincessBride #TheLordoftheRings 8 Classic Movies Nobody Wants to See a Remake Of http://dlvr.it/TSkkht

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Fantasy #ThePrincessBride 10 Perfect Fantasy Movies That Are About 90 Minutes Long http://dlvr.it/TShPs0

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #ThePrincessBride #Ugetsu 10 Greatest Fantasy Movie Masterpieces of the Last 80 Years, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TSgwYX

I just rewatched "The Princess Bride", and I certainly am part of the crowd that considers the movie a masterpiece (didn't have time to write a quick review yet, will add it later).

Everything in it is just entertaining, the actors do a wonderful job and so many of the quotes deserve to be the classics they are.

Especially Mandy Patinkin and André Roussimoff (Andrew the Giant) are so lovely, but all of them are, in the end.

It's such an interesting genre mix and even the "grandfather reading the story" scenes, which wouldn't strictly be necessary for it to work, add nice heart and a lovely, warm performance by Peter Falk.

https://letterboxd.com/bryangreyson/film/the-princess-bride/1/

That said, especially the making of shows me one thing:

#ThePrincessBride

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Adventure #ThePrincessBride #TheGoonies 6 Most Universally Beloved Adventure Movies of All Time http://dlvr.it/TSQNk2

’Alo. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

No, Inigo. *I* am your father!

#StarWars #PrincessBride #ThePrincessBride #InigoMontoya

Anyway, we've been married twenty years so maybe it's time at last to show @jdekg #ThePrincessBride.

He's probably absorbed a good 40% of it via cultural osmosis, so it'll be good to put all the pieces together.

‘He was a very dear friend’: Cary Elwes on life after The Princess Bride – and losing Rob Reiner | Film | The Guardian https://share.google/NDr5RyVBcO099tm2T

A very interesting interview with Cary Elwes in the Guardian.

#Movies #ThePrincessBride #The PrincessBrideMovie

The final matchup in the Arcane Eight round of #MageMadness pits the ancient avatar of the Crawling Chaos against newcomer Miracle Max. Who will make it through to the Phantasmal Four?

Cast your vote!

#LovecraftianHorror
#ThePrincessBride

Just got back from a (sold-out!) community movie theatre showing of The Princess Bride.

Yup, still one of the best movies of all time, IMHO.

Or should that be...ROUS?

#ThePrincessBride #RIPRobReiner

“The Princess Bride” (1987) was directed by the dearly missed Rob Reiner. In addition to becoming longtime friends with the cast of his film, he’d go on to help make “The Princess Bride: Home Edition” which was made during the early days of the COVID19 pandemic. You can watch that here (https://youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?si=fafe_GBz4Y55EStG)
#SundayFunnies #RIPRobReiner #ThePrincessBride #RobReiner #80smovies

“The Princess Bride” (1987) is based on the 1973 fantasy novel by writer William Goldman (pictured here with Director Rob Reiner) titled “The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version”. You can read it for free here (https://archive.org/details/princessbridesmo0000unse) and check out Goldman’s screenplay here (https://archive.org/details/williamgoldmanfo0000gold)
#SundayFunnies #RIPRobReiner #ThePrincessBride #WilliamGoldman

And our #SundayFunnies leading men are Cary Elwes, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Mandy Patinkin and Peter Falk
#ThePrincessBride #CaryElwes #ChrisSarandon #ChristopherGuest #WallaceShawn #AndreTheGiant #MandyPatinkin #PeterFalk #80smovies #RIPRobReiner

This week’s #SundayFunnies leading lady is Robin Wright
#ThePrincessBride #RobinWright #80smovies #RIPRobReiner

Posters for “ The Princess Bride” (1987) from The USA, Poland, Ghana and Portugal
#SundayFunnies #RIPRobReiner #ThePrincessBride #80smovies

#bostonWeekend 19/x Thu MOVIE #ThePrincessBride at the #Brattle in 35mm - 15$, 845p start. #CambridgeMA #Boston https://brattlefilm.org/purchase/1412641/ #escapism #HarvardSquare #BrattleFilm #BostonMovies #BostonFilm #PrincesBride #Inconceivable

“The Princess Bride” (1987) is based on the 1973 fantasy novel by writer William Goldman (pictured here with Director Rob Reiner) titled “The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version”. You can read it for free here (https://archive.org/details/princessbridesmo0000unse) and check out Goldman’s screenplay here (https://archive.org/details/williamgoldmanfo0000gold)
#MusComEnt #RIPRobReiner #ThePrincessBride #WilliamGoldman

“The Princess Bride” (1987) was directed by the dearly missed Rob Reiner. In addition to becoming longtime friends with the cast of his film, he’d go on to help make “The Princess Bride: Home Edition” which was made during the early days of the COVID19 pandemic. You can watch that here (https://youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?si=fafe_GBz4Y55EStG)
#MusComEnt #RIPRobReiner #ThePrincessBride #RobReiner #80smovies

Now watching:

'The Princess Bride'

• directed by Rob Reiner
• written by William Goldman (also Novel)
_
• with Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane.....

#theprincessbride #robreiner #riprobreiner - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinemastodon #film #filmastodon #movies #moviesmastodon - #letterboxd #trakt

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube