Some mid-week music for you: youtu.be/5cn6dKy1rIc?...

He wants to go all “the end of DOWNFALL”, but his addition is a drone port, in case he needs Amazon delivery.

And he wonders why everyone likes his ex-wife that he cheated on more than him.

This Friday on #CultShelf :

LEONARD PART 6.

That would require them to actually seem like they deserve it.

Do I have to curse out my email service now?

Good time. Thanks #impromptutheater gang! Next week, we celebrate Memorial Day Monday with some justice as Denzel Washington is THE EQUALIZER! Until then, take care and have a great week!

#impromptutheater The Lionel Richie song “Say You, Say Me” wasn’t on the original printing of the soundtrack, because the record company didn’t want competition with Lionel’s still successful 1983 solo album. It appeared on his next album in 1986, and future pressings of the soundtrack.

#impromptutheater Oh, Raymond. You’re doing the sacrifice play here.

#impromptutheater I mean, you could complain about the story, but the dance sequences are great.

#impromptutheater Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin’s “Separate Lives” was nominated for an Oscar that year, along with that one song you may know being connected to this movie.

#impromptutheater Time for a montage that is bound to make my joints feel pain just watching it.

#impromptutheater Geraldine Page as Nikolai’s manager Anne had a long career before she passed away in 1987.

#impromptutheater John Glover playing that little exchange well.

#impromptutheater The theater here was in Portugal.

#impromptutheater Way to ruin dinner, Nikolai.

“Little shit.” #ImpromptuTheater

#impromptutheater Helen Mirren met the director on this film. They both got married, and have been together since.

#impromptutheater Lou Reed on the soundtrack. We’ll talk more about the soundtrack as we go.

#impromptutheater Helsinki had a lot of architecture and locations that filled in for scenes meant to be in Leningrad.

#impromptutheater When Hines was allowed to cook in stuff outside of just dancing, he cooks.

#impromptutheater The script had some uncredited work done by Anne Dowd of SLAP SHOT fame.

#impromptutheater “I’m a selector, not a defector.” “So you got tired of having freedom?”

#impromptutheater While this was filmed in Finland, many of the establishing shots in Russia were filmed by a visiting camera crew.

#impromptutheater Apparently a love scene with Gregory and Isabella was cut because it want received well with test audiences in the South. What a shock.

#impromptutheater And here’s Gregory Hines!

The colonel is played by Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, who did movies like DEEP END, THE SHOUT, MOONLIGHTING, and recently the unusual movie EO. #ImpromptuTheater

#impromptutheater Man, I completely forgot about the plane crash in this.

#impromptutheater Baryshnikov defected to Canada in 1974 from Russia. He became an American citizen in 1986.

#impromptutheater Oh, he definitely does not want to land in Russia.

#impromptutheater Director Taylor Hackford previously did AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN and AGAINST ALL ODDS. This is noteworthy for him for another reason, which we’ll get to shortly.

#impromptutheater We actually have TWO nominees for Best Original Song from the Oscars here!

The dance scenes were choreographed by the legendary Twyla Tharp. #ImpromptuTheater

Yep, this was Isabella Rossellini’s film debut. #ImpromptuTheater

I don’t think I’ve seen this one since the 90’s, so this will be quite a watch for me. #ImpromptuTheater

Start WHITE NIGHTS now! #ImpromptuTheater

🎶He’s living in a box! Kolchak’s in a wooden box, he’s living in a box!🎶 #CineMon

If you were a video game character, what would your health pickup be.

This Monday at a special time of 8:45 PM PACIFIC, join #ImpromptuTheater for WHITE NIGHTS! A Russian defector unwillingly ends up back home, and with the help of an American in Russia, must make a break for freedom! You can find the movie on Tubi!

If you haven’t checked it out yet and got Netflix, watch LEGENDS. Solid and thrilling British crime drama that has Steve Coogan being low-key funny and plenty of good twists and turns. Highly recommended.

A new one from the director of THE WAILING. Looks mighty batstink nuts. youtu.be/Vt7860xZFXk?...

Some late night listening: youtu.be/wcswg-Y9aEo?...

“…when he could have easily shut the fuck up, piss off, and slowly die.”

Some late night listening: youtu.be/wcswg-Y9aEo?...

Fun time with that one. Thanks @sonofkaras.bsky.social and #SpaceApeCinema gang! I’ll be hosting WHITE NIGHTS on #ImpromptuTheater Monday, plus AMAZING GRACE and INFERNAL AFFAIRS II on #CultShelf next week! Have a great rest of the weekend!

Well, didn’t expect our villain to go all murder-suicide there. #SpaceApeCinema

Went for the nut crunch! #SpaceApeCinema