David Hughes
@filmcritic.bsky.social
Ex Playboy Magazine scribe, food/travel writer & political journalist. Classic movies expert. Vinyl records. Pragmatic progressive. Brain tumour survivor.
Promo masks for the underrated Steve Martin/Eddie Murphy comedy
BOWFINGER (1999).
These were given out at preview screenings the distributor held for rental store managers. They were to hold them up so it’d look like the whole cinema was just Eddies and Steves for a photo. 🤪😂
BOWFINGER (1999).
These were given out at preview screenings the distributor held for rental store managers. They were to hold them up so it’d look like the whole cinema was just Eddies and Steves for a photo. 🤪😂
December 10, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Promo masks for the underrated Steve Martin/Eddie Murphy comedy
BOWFINGER (1999).
These were given out at preview screenings the distributor held for rental store managers. They were to hold them up so it’d look like the whole cinema was just Eddies and Steves for a photo. 🤪😂
BOWFINGER (1999).
These were given out at preview screenings the distributor held for rental store managers. They were to hold them up so it’d look like the whole cinema was just Eddies and Steves for a photo. 🤪😂
64 Candles 🎂 today for the creative polymath & force of nature -
KENNETH BRANAGH
KENNETH BRANAGH
December 10, 2024 at 10:49 AM
64 Candles 🎂 today for the creative polymath & force of nature -
KENNETH BRANAGH
KENNETH BRANAGH
Remembering the late, very great RICHARD PRYOR - who left us 19yrs ago today.
December 10, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Remembering the late, very great RICHARD PRYOR - who left us 19yrs ago today.
Remembering OTIS REDDING - who tragically left us 57yrs ago today aged just 26.
December 10, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Remembering OTIS REDDING - who tragically left us 57yrs ago today aged just 26.
When Leslie Nielsen found Red Rock Cider wasn't red and there were no rocks in it - 1990
youtu.be/Mklawo5GujU?...
youtu.be/Mklawo5GujU?...
Fraud Squad - Operation Undercover - Leslie Nielsen Red Rock Cider Commercial (1990) [4K] [FTD-1002]
YouTube video by FT Depot
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December 10, 2024 at 5:30 AM
When Leslie Nielsen found Red Rock Cider wasn't red and there were no rocks in it - 1990
youtu.be/Mklawo5GujU?...
youtu.be/Mklawo5GujU?...
Phasmid eggs. (Stick insect eggs.)
Levon Biss collector
Levon Biss collector
December 10, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Phasmid eggs. (Stick insect eggs.)
Levon Biss collector
Levon Biss collector
Behind-the-scenes on
THE WOMEN (1939)
THE WOMEN (1939)
December 10, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Behind-the-scenes on
THE WOMEN (1939)
THE WOMEN (1939)
I mean, there are still so many people out there that don’t realise that Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act are the same thing. They’re doomed.
December 10, 2024 at 5:16 AM
I mean, there are still so many people out there that don’t realise that Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act are the same thing. They’re doomed.
1939/40 Philco ‘Log Cabin’ Tube Radio
December 10, 2024 at 5:15 AM
1939/40 Philco ‘Log Cabin’ Tube Radio
Julie Newmar. Love her...always have...THE ORIGINAL Catwoman!
I was fortunate to have worked with her 30 years ago (on To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar). She was and is spectacular.
I was fortunate to have worked with her 30 years ago (on To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar). She was and is spectacular.
December 10, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Julie Newmar. Love her...always have...THE ORIGINAL Catwoman!
I was fortunate to have worked with her 30 years ago (on To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar). She was and is spectacular.
I was fortunate to have worked with her 30 years ago (on To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar). She was and is spectacular.
1923-1925 Renault 10CV Type MH 6x6 Sahara
December 10, 2024 at 1:27 AM
1923-1925 Renault 10CV Type MH 6x6 Sahara
Roman glass souvenir cup bearing the images and names of gladiators popular in Rome at the time, 50-80CE. [3072x4080]
Currently at The Met Museum www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Currently at The Met Museum www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
December 10, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Roman glass souvenir cup bearing the images and names of gladiators popular in Rome at the time, 50-80CE. [3072x4080]
Currently at The Met Museum www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Currently at The Met Museum www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
“Orange Variee”, orange perfume set with eight spikes inside.
Made in 1925 for the company Le Parfum de Marcy, Les Lilas, Paris, it is in painted ceramics, glass and enamel, 6 cm tall, private collection.
Made in 1925 for the company Le Parfum de Marcy, Les Lilas, Paris, it is in painted ceramics, glass and enamel, 6 cm tall, private collection.
December 10, 2024 at 1:22 AM
“Orange Variee”, orange perfume set with eight spikes inside.
Made in 1925 for the company Le Parfum de Marcy, Les Lilas, Paris, it is in painted ceramics, glass and enamel, 6 cm tall, private collection.
Made in 1925 for the company Le Parfum de Marcy, Les Lilas, Paris, it is in painted ceramics, glass and enamel, 6 cm tall, private collection.
Trying to imitate the famous DDB VW ad.
December 10, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Trying to imitate the famous DDB VW ad.
Released on this day 51yrs ago…
DON’T LOOK NOW (1973)
DON’T LOOK NOW (1973)
December 10, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Released on this day 51yrs ago…
DON’T LOOK NOW (1973)
DON’T LOOK NOW (1973)
SCARFACE (1983)
Tony Montana uses "yeyo" as slang for cocaine. Al Pacino learned the word while learning the Cuban accent, and ad-libbed it during the chainsaw scene. Brian De Palma liked it enough to keep using it throughout the film.
Tony Montana uses "yeyo" as slang for cocaine. Al Pacino learned the word while learning the Cuban accent, and ad-libbed it during the chainsaw scene. Brian De Palma liked it enough to keep using it throughout the film.
December 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM
SCARFACE (1983)
Tony Montana uses "yeyo" as slang for cocaine. Al Pacino learned the word while learning the Cuban accent, and ad-libbed it during the chainsaw scene. Brian De Palma liked it enough to keep using it throughout the film.
Tony Montana uses "yeyo" as slang for cocaine. Al Pacino learned the word while learning the Cuban accent, and ad-libbed it during the chainsaw scene. Brian De Palma liked it enough to keep using it throughout the film.
American actress Paulette Goddard (The Cat and the Canary, So Proudly We Hail!, Kitty) in front of a Diego Rivera painting of her.
December 10, 2024 at 12:58 AM
American actress Paulette Goddard (The Cat and the Canary, So Proudly We Hail!, Kitty) in front of a Diego Rivera painting of her.
Gorgeous panelling, fabulous wallpaper (French block printed from 1832 called 'Decor Chinois' by Zuber+Cie) in this angled attic bedroom at the historical Beauport House, Gloucester, Massachusetts. It was the summer home of one of America's first professional interior designers, Henry Davis Sleeper.
December 10, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Gorgeous panelling, fabulous wallpaper (French block printed from 1832 called 'Decor Chinois' by Zuber+Cie) in this angled attic bedroom at the historical Beauport House, Gloucester, Massachusetts. It was the summer home of one of America's first professional interior designers, Henry Davis Sleeper.
Bill Forsyth’s films are chronically undervalued. They are too sad to be funny & too funny to be sad.
This one in particular is one of those films where you feel like virtually nothing happens but when it ends you can't shake the feeling of 'what just happened to me...?'.
COMFORT & JOY (1984).
This one in particular is one of those films where you feel like virtually nothing happens but when it ends you can't shake the feeling of 'what just happened to me...?'.
COMFORT & JOY (1984).
December 10, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Bill Forsyth’s films are chronically undervalued. They are too sad to be funny & too funny to be sad.
This one in particular is one of those films where you feel like virtually nothing happens but when it ends you can't shake the feeling of 'what just happened to me...?'.
COMFORT & JOY (1984).
This one in particular is one of those films where you feel like virtually nothing happens but when it ends you can't shake the feeling of 'what just happened to me...?'.
COMFORT & JOY (1984).
I know what Yule did last Summer
December 10, 2024 at 12:48 AM
I know what Yule did last Summer
One day in 1839, Robert Cornelius sat for 15 minutes in front of a hand-built camera made of opera glass and sheets of copper. His picture became the first “selfie” ever taken.
And he looks like my mate, the actor David Morrissey! @davidmorrissey.bsky.social are you an actual time traveller?? 🤪😂
And he looks like my mate, the actor David Morrissey! @davidmorrissey.bsky.social are you an actual time traveller?? 🤪😂
December 10, 2024 at 12:09 AM
One day in 1839, Robert Cornelius sat for 15 minutes in front of a hand-built camera made of opera glass and sheets of copper. His picture became the first “selfie” ever taken.
And he looks like my mate, the actor David Morrissey! @davidmorrissey.bsky.social are you an actual time traveller?? 🤪😂
And he looks like my mate, the actor David Morrissey! @davidmorrissey.bsky.social are you an actual time traveller?? 🤪😂
…Then they made him President and he gassed and tortured tens of thousands of his own people.
Ever wondered how the person you work next to would change if he/she was given unchecked power?
Ever wondered how the person you work next to would change if he/she was given unchecked power?
December 10, 2024 at 12:05 AM
…Then they made him President and he gassed and tortured tens of thousands of his own people.
Ever wondered how the person you work next to would change if he/she was given unchecked power?
Ever wondered how the person you work next to would change if he/she was given unchecked power?
Sharon Tate & Roman Polanski at The Cannes Film Festival - 1968.
December 10, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Sharon Tate & Roman Polanski at The Cannes Film Festival - 1968.