Saturday, March 14, 2009

The Sale from U.N.C.L.E.

A number of Borders Books stores are "restructuring", dropping backlist material and carrying only new (last year) material and bestsellers.
The stores who are converting to that format are selling all non-bestseller / new release cds and dvds at 50% off, but they're not promoting this fact, except on in-store signage!
While doing errands, I wandered into one such store and, upon seeing the sale signs, immediately headed for the media section, hoping to find TorchWood or Dr Who dvd box sets (They're the only series I haven't been able to find at reasonable discounts) or old radio show cd sets.
I didn't find any of the above, but what I did find was......a sealed Complete Man from U.N.C.L.E. 41-dvd box set, originally $249 from Time-Life Video, released to stores at $199, and on sale for only...$99 (plus tax)!
It now sits on one of my media library shelves next to my James Bond, Flint and Prisoner box sets. ;-)

You might want to check out Borders near you for similar sales...

Friday, March 13, 2009

Fantastic Femmes--Brooke Adams

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info HERE!
Not the WWE Diva, this Brooke began as a child actor on tv and rapidly moved into feature films.
While she's done big-budget dramas like Days of Heaven, most of her work has been in genre, particuarly in horror.

Trivia: Brooke turned down a role as one of the original Charlie's Angels!
She's married to Monk's Tony Shalhoub, and made several appearances on Monk as different characters!

Genre appearances include...
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "PTSD"
Touched by an Angel "An Unexpected Snow"
The Last Hit (Anna)
Stephen King's Sometimes They Come Back (Sally Norman)
The UnBorn (Virginia Marshall)
The Dead Zone [1983] (Sarah Bracknell)
Moonlighting (Terri Knowles)
The Stuff (Commercial Actress)
Nero Wolfe [1979] (Sarah Dacos)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978] (Elizabeth Driscoll)
Shock Waves aka Death Corps (Rose)
Police Woman "Angela"
Song of the Succubus (Olive Deems / Gloria Chambers)
Who is the Black Dahlia? (Diane Fowler)
Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue (Nurse)

Regrettably, I couldn't find any websites dedicated to her... ;-(
Other actresses to play Sarah Bracknell Bannerman include...
Nicole de Boer in The Dead Zone [2002-07]

Other actresses to play Elizabeth Driscoll include...
Dana Wynter in Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1953]

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Fantastic Femmes--Maggie Q

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info HERE!
An American who went to Japan and then to Hong Kong to became a supermodel, Maggie Quigley caught the eyes of HK movie producers who cast her despite the fact that she didn't speak any Chinese at the time! (She's since learned both Cantonese and Mandarin.)
She still models, but films are now her priority.
Most of her film roles are action-oriented, but she's also performed in romances and comedies.
Maggie is a spokesperson for PETA in Asia.
Genre appearances include...
King of Fighters (Vice)
Rouge's Gallery (High Priestess)
Need for Speed: Undercover [VG] (Chase Linh)
Deception (Tina)
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (Cao Ying)
Balls of Fury (Maggie)
Live Free or Die Hard (Mai)
Mission: Impossible III (Zhen)
Dragon Heat aka Dragon Squad (Yuet)
Around the World in 80 Days [2004] (Female Agent)
Naked Weapon (Charlene Ching)
Rush Hour 2 (Girl in Car)
Manhattan Midnight (Susan & Hope [twin sisters])
Gen-Y Cops (Jane Quigley)
Model from Hell (Anna)

Check out...
the FanSite aMazingly uniQue
The Maggie Q Information Resource, another FanSite
PETA Asia's Maggie Q Page