Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 shocker Psycho has inspired three sequels and two TV shows—including AMC’s five-season Bates Motel, with Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates; there was also a surreal shot-for-shot color remake in 1998; and a “making-of” movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and Scarlett Johansson (they play, respectively, Hitch, his wife and actress Janet Leigh).
If you’ve missed Weird Words these past couple of weeks — well, Weird Words has missed you too. It’s only busy-ness that’s kept our vocabulary studies on hiatus; but here at last, we’re ready to conclude our three-part look at the works and words of Patrick O’Brian. He’s the author behind the beloved Aubrey-Maturin novels
It was 16 years ago that I fulfilled a life-long dream — when I received in the mail a box containing copies of my first published book. A study of Hitchcock’s 1960 shocker Psycho, it was written in honor of the movie’s 50th anniversary; seven books later, The Psycho File is still my second-best seller.
On the weekend of Oct. 10-12, the Liberty Classic Community Band Festival will continue its tradition of gathering musicians from all across America to play a free concert in Williamsport. Initiated in 2010, the festival is sponsored by Williamsport’s world-famous Repasz Band. This year, it brings together more than 100 nationwide performers under the baton
Situation Hopeless … But Not Serious is a quirky little black-and-white film from 1965. Set near the end of World War II, it concerns two U.S. flyers kept hidden in a German basement after bailing out over enemy territory; their kooky captor winds up holding them long after the war has ended — by not
