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A Haunting of Venice: a Gothic horror, supernatural, Agatha Christie murder mystery which all becomes quite camp

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Saturday, September 16, 2023
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Agatha Christie regularly drew upon the supernatural to generate a feeling of uncertainty.

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  • Agatha Christie regularly drew upon the supernatural to generate a feeling of uncertainty.
  • We – the audience, and the ensemble of characters – are given limited information regarding a murder.
  • Witchcraft is a red herring in Murder is Easy, Endless Night and The Pale Horse.

Embracing the Gothic

    • There is a long history to Christie adaptations engaging with horror and Gothic aesthetics.
    • Ghostly visions appear in And Then There Were None; the witches in The Pale Horse really do have supernatural powers; Ordeal by Innocence embraces many Gothic tropes, such as the dark, terror-filled, isolated mansion.

Being haunted in Venice

    • In A Haunting in Venice, Kenneth Branagh continues this tradition of adapting Christie through the lens of horror.
    • This child had proclaimed that she had once witnessed a murder, only for no one to believe her.
    • Branagh relocates this mystery to Venice, where Oliver (Tina Fey) asks the retired Poirot to attend a séance at a grand old Palazzo.
    • So, too, are all the guests haunted by their pasts, with the film being relocated from 1960s England to 1947 Venice, many characters are still shaken by the horrors of the second world war.
    • Read more:
      A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh's 20th film – what do we make of his prodigious output?

Leaping into the fantastic

    • The fantastic is an interesting space for a whodunit, which is fundamentally about rational explanations.
    • And yet, as with all whodunits, no amount of fantastic atmosphere can save a film when the reveal just isn’t that ingenious or exciting.
    • Read more:
      Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile seems to forget Agatha Christie was a master of the murder mystery

Black Adam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Grammy Award-Winning Composer Lorne Balfe Now Available on WaterTower Music

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Friday, October 14, 2022
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Refusing to surrender, Teth Adam is challenged by a team of modern day heroes known as the Justice SocietyHawkman, Dr.

Key Points: 
  • Refusing to surrender, Teth Adam is challenged by a team of modern day heroes known as the Justice SocietyHawkman, Dr.
  • New Line Cinema Presents a Seven Bucks/Flynn Picture Co. Production, A Jaume Collet-Serra Film, Black Adam, distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
  • WaterTower Music, the in-house label for the WarnerMedia companies, releases recorded music as rich and diverse as the companies themselves.
  • It has been the soundtrack home to many of the worlds most iconic films, television shows and games since 2001.

The Theme From New Line Cinema’s “Black Adam” by Grammy Award-Winning Composer Lorne Balfe Now Available on WaterTower Music

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Friday, September 30, 2022
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The Black Adam Theme (from "Black Adam") by highly respected Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated composer Lorne Balfe (Mission Impossible: Fallout, The Lego Batman Movie, Black Widow) has just been released in advance of the film and soundtrack release.

Key Points: 
  • The Black Adam Theme (from "Black Adam") by highly respected Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated composer Lorne Balfe (Mission Impossible: Fallout, The Lego Batman Movie, Black Widow) has just been released in advance of the film and soundtrack release.
  • Black Adam smashes into theaters and IMAX internationally beginning 19 October 2022, and in North America on October 21, 2022.
  • It was exciting to get into the Black Adam theme, and I really wanted to capture his essence as the DC comic book worlds anti-hero.
  • WaterTower Music, the in-house label for the WarnerMedia companies, releases recorded music as rich and diverse as the companies themselves.

Korea's First Virtual Lab Company Set Up Lead Away in Asia

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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Set to launch by the end of 2022, First Virtual Lab (FVL) is the exclusive Asian business partner of USA's Monolitha virtual production powerhouse.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Set to launch by the end of 2022, First Virtual Lab (FVL) is the exclusive Asian business partner of USA's Monolitha virtual production powerhouse.
  • Monolith's Fred Waldman and Marty Wickman visited Korea in February of this year to launch their virtual production partnership with FVL.
  • This type of virtual production deal is a first of its kindbringing unprecedented virtual production standards and quality to the region.
  • The many benefits of virtual production include reducing the risk of COVID-19 exposure, as all virtual production can be conducted at one location.

Reservoir Announces New Deal for the Catalog of Lyricist Larry Kusik

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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Kusik was a prolific lyricist whose works can be heard in some of the most iconic films released during the 1960s and 1970s.

Key Points: 
  • Kusik was a prolific lyricist whose works can be heard in some of the most iconic films released during the 1960s and 1970s.
  • Speak Softly Love won Kusik an ASCAP award and was recorded by several artists, with Andy Williams version climbing to #34 on Billboards Hot 100.
  • Additionally, Kusik co-wrote the lyrics for A Time For Us, which first appeared in the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet.
  • Im so glad my fathers catalog has found a new home with the passionate team at Reservoir, Thomas Glass, Kusiks son, also commented.

Sierra College Theatre Arts Department Presents Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express Adapted by Ken Ludwig

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Friday, March 4, 2022
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ROCKLIN, Calif., March 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Sierra College Theatre Arts Department announces its spring production of Murder on the Orient Express directed by Scott Adams.

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  • ROCKLIN, Calif., March 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Sierra College Theatre Arts Department announces its spring production of Murder on the Orient Express directed by Scott Adams.
  • Tickets are $15 general; $10 faculty/staff; $5 students and are available online from On the Stage at our.show/sierracollege/express.
  • Tickets can also be purchased at the door, credit or debit cards only, one hour before curtain time in the Lobby of the Dietrich Theatre.
  • Thursday, April 7 at 7:00pm (director's discussion at 5:00pm, Q&A with cast and crew after the show)
    Venue: The Dietrich Theatre at Sierra College, 5100 Sierra College Blvd., Rocklin, CA 95677
    Call (916) 660-8036 for more information.