![]() ![]() History students, however, would be warned not to take Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter at face value. The higher-profile effort pits the bearded Chief Executive against bloodsuckers who neither sparkle in the sunlight nor look longingly at underage girls. Zombies, may have made a brief theatrical stop in a few theaters on its way to DVD. The first, a low-budget exploitation flick, Abraham Lincoln vs. ![]() Then there's a pair of curious, similarly-themed films, both of which feature Lincoln in the role of an undead-destroyer. The biggest of these is Steven Spielberg's long-awaited bio-pic, due to reach screens during Oscar season. 2012 sees the release of three movies featuring the 16th President front-and-center. Nearly 150 years after his assassination, Abraham Lincoln is getting his due from Hollywood. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I speak of course of "A Sound of Thunder", Bradbury's cautionary fable about the perils of undervaluing the smaller specimens of the animal kingdom and (for my money, anyway) the greatest story ever written on the subject of time travel. ![]() This includes the story featuring arguably the most notorious bug in Bradbury's canon, this one not a raving, humanoid lunatic who likes terrorising innocent leisure seekers with prophecies of genetic evil, but an unassuming, ostensibly passive creature whose true significance does not become apparent until the very end, having spent most of the story being upstaged by a larger, more commanding beast. ![]() At the very least, the Bradbury works that have struck the deepest, most personal chords with myself tend to involve creepy-crawlies to some capacity. Ray Bradbury and members of the anthropod kingdom make an exceedingly good combination. ![]() ![]() ![]() They protect us from weather, not wildlife.”Īfter creating one of TV’s most beloved characters - Queens fashion icon Fran Fine on “The Nanny,” a through-the-looking-glass satire of her own over-the-top personality - Drescher has spent decades using her one of a kind voice to promote education, love and wellness. “I live amongst nature, not in spite of it. “All living things need water,” explains Drescher, 63, a practicing Buddhist (or in her words, “Bu-Jew”). Fran Drescher’s Malibu home offers captivating views of the Pacific Ocean. She scatters bowls of water and morsels of food outside for the ants, bees and birds. Since defeating uterine cancer two decades ago, the California coast has become her blissed-out sanctuary and a refuge for the insects and other wildlife who happen to find her. Even Drescher’s famous Flushing rasp is smoothed to a purr. A Zen music mix is piped through her all-white, art and memorabilia filled oceanfront home. It’s overcast in Malibu, but there are bees aplenty in “The Nanny” actress’s terrace garden. Fran Drescher, wrapped in a white bathrobe, pauses during our Alexa interview to save a bee that’s bumbled indoors. ![]() |