BEYOND THE MARQUEE

DOCTOR WHO’s Rose Tyler, Arthur Darvill and MORE at GALLIFREY ONE with Lindalee

February 21st, 2014

Beyond the Marquee

With the ever-growing popularity of Doctor Who in the past few years, the need for a place where Whovians (devotee’s of the hit BBC series) can express their love and support for the show, culminated last weekend at Gallifrey One, the world’s largest and longest running annual fan-run Doctor Who convention. What started out 25 years ago as small fan convention that pulled in a few hundred fans, drew in over 3,700 attendees over the 2014 President’s Day weekend.

With celebrity appearances from Colin Baker (6th Doctor), Paul McGann (8th Doctor), Billie Piper (Companion: Rose Tyler), Arthur Darvill (Companion: Rory Williams) and dozens of other guests, fans of all ages were in for a treat. In addition to autograph signings, there were specialty panels, themed puppet shows, reunion panels, a giant vendor room and tons of photo-ops with guests dressed like their favorite time-lord, alien species, menacing robots or feisty female companions.

Our own resident Whovian, 5 1/2 year old Lindalee Rose, returned for her 2nd year visit at Gallifrey One. Having gotten her 1st big break at the event last year, her excitement was unbridled to return and connect with fellow Doctor Who fans and interview some of the cast of the show.

We’ve compiled a best of Gallifrey One 2014 video that our Beyond the Marquee Web-Series crew captured with Lindalee Rose during her adventures in space, time…and the Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel.

Click above for that video, click below for a fun gallery of Lindalee’s encounters at the convention and click ahead for details on how to reserve your tickets for NEXT YEAR’S 26th Annual Gallifrey One event, taking place on February 13th-15th 2015!

“3 Days to Kill” A Spy Thriller (Film Review)

February 20th, 2014

John Delia

Emotionally and action charged 3 Days to Kill features a fine cast, direction by McG and top notch cinematography. The CIA thriller follows a script by Luc Beeson who also oversees the movie as producer. Taught drama mixed with tongue in cheek comedy makes for a cool secret agent film that should appeal to age 13 plus moviegoers.

“Robocop” All Action and Thrills (Film Review)

February 14th, 2014

John Delia

Although quite predictable, Robocop does entertain. Targeted to the tweens, teens and twenties the movie gets right into the action from the beginning, lags somewhat in the middle then ends with a loud crescendo. My fellow critics may disagree with my assessment, but I did like the film very much. It reminds me of a lower budget The Dark Knight that doesn’t get overly sarcastic, less vulgar language, but as much violence and mayhem. If you are an action junkie with nothing left to see at your hometown movie theater, hop on your “robocycle” and head out for some exciting thrills.

FREE STUFF FRIDAY CONTEST: Win a Signed book of THE ART OF BOB PEAK and a Signed DVD of the Drew Struzan Documentary

February 14th, 2014

Beyond the Marquee

These fabulous prizes are being offered up this week for FREE STUFF FRIDAY!

In celebration of the DREW & BOB: THE MASTERS OF MOVIE ART Exhibition at Forest Lawn Museum in Los Angeles, we have an AWESOME giveaway being offered up for this week’s FREE STUFF FRIDAY Giveaway!

While shooting our web-series segment covering this event, we were offered some items to include in a contest for our site that we knew would make any fan of Bob Peak and Drew Struzan go nuts over!

“The Art of Bob Peak” book and a DVD of “Drew (Struzan): The Man Behind the Poster”. We have TWO SETS to give away this week. Yes, TWO lucky BTM readers could win a Bob Peak book and a Drew Struzan DVD … and to sweeten the deal they are both autographed. Just click ahead for prize details and for the contest question of the week. Good luck!!!

FREE STUFF FRIDAY CONTEST: Win a Warner Bros. Valentine’s Day DVD!

February 14th, 2014

Beyond the Marquee

WB Valentine’s DVD Giveaway!

February is the one month of the year where everyone has love on their minds! It’s can be romantic, it can be love for your children or parents or you could just be a movie lover! Whatever you love, this February Warner Bros. has you covered with some amazing DVDs perfect for the whole family! If you’re a love lorn poet, there’s the Peanuts Collection! If you want to smother your significant other with kisses we have the Looney Tunes Pepe Le Pew Collection, and if you want to solve some madcap mystery, I’ll bet Scooby-Doo is the one for you! Check out the Warner Bros. Valentines Day Blog App below and enter the contest to win a (chosen at random) fun title the whole family will enjoy, to one lucky reader!

SNOWPIERCER 1: THE ESCAPE — Titan Comics (Graphic Novel Review)

February 13th, 2014

Steven D'Arcangelo

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New in stores (both tangible and virtual) is Titan Comics’ English translation of the French graphic novel that inspired the upcoming film directed by a South Korean. Got all that? I’m talking about Snowpiercer 1: The Escape. Is it worth reading before or after seeing the movie? Or not at all. Let’s find out.

First published in 1984, Snowpiercer, written by Jacques Lob and drawn by Jean-Marc Rochette, tells the tale of a post-apocalyptic future (is there any other kind?) where a new ice age has wiped out all human life on earth except for the lucky few onboard the always-in-motion Snowpiercer train.

Or are they lucky? The elite traveling in the front luxury cars sure are, but not so much the rabble in the dilapidated rear cars where life is a rolling ghetto. And there you have the crux of the story — an examination of the hierarchy and class structure of society as embodied in the microcosm of a moving train that is 1,001 carriages long.

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“Winter’s Tale” A Terminal Romance (Film Review)

February 13th, 2014

John Delia

Miracles and Mayhem cloud Winter’s Tale, a romantic saga that’s extremely predictable and falls short on acting. The film tries to be a mystery of sorts and almost achieves its goal, until the devil comes into the picture and from there on the movie slowly falls apart. Laughable at times, the story loses its passion and any possible empathy for the characters. Even if you are a hopeless idealist, you may make it slightly more than halfway through.