Remember the Lotus Esprit from “The Spy Who Loved Me”? If you recall in the movie Bond escapes in it, drives it under water and even manages to shoot down a helicopter: It’s going up for auction early next month as part of a classic car auction being run by RM Auctions in London. The […]
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Benedict Cumberbatch’s Rise To Star Trek’s New Villain
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is the villain in the new Star Trek movie released today (Star Trek Into Darkness). So who is he? What else has he been in? Why is his face vaguely familiar? Cumberbatch rose to fame over the last couple of years. He’s been playing the lead role in BBC’s Sherlock , […]
Alfred Hitchcock’s Birthday
Today is Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday. He was born on this day in 1899 in London. Hitchcock is known for films such as Psycho, The 39 Steps, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds, Strangers on a Train Here’s the title sequence of North by Northwest which has a cameo of Hitchcock (as did so many of his […]