Author: Gingersnap
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Fackham Hall Director Reveals Why The Film Spoof Removed Four Great Jokes
– Hundreds of Gags – by Peter Larsen | Los Angeles Daily News | December 2, 2025 In director Jim O’Hanlon’s comedy Fackham Hall, everything on screen is a picture-perfect recreation of classic English period dramas such as “Downton Abbey,” “Gosford Park,” or “Upstairs, Downstairs.” Except for the dialogue and occasional sight gags, which hilariously parody the…
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Fackham Hall: A Wildly Irreverent Period-Drama Parody Set to Shake Up the Genre
– A Riotous, Regency-Style Romp – by James de Pope | Vocal Media | December 2, 2025 Every few years, a film arrives that takes a familiar genre, flips it upside down, shakes out all the seriousness, and leaves audiences both howling with laughter and wondering why no one did it sooner. Fackham Hall, set…
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Happy Christmas 2025!
– Joyeux Noël, Frohe Weinachten, Feliz Navidad, Buon Natale, Nadolig Llawen – Oh the weather outside is frightful,but this website is sooo delightful.Let’s wrap Damian up in a bow,let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Happy Christmas and New Year to all the fandom! You are the reason for the season and the…
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Exclusive Clip From Fackham Hall
– Future of the Davenport Estate – by Adam Rathe | Town & Country | December 2, 2025 The new film pays tribute to and pokes fun at period dramas. What’s not to love? “For me, all the best parody comes from a place of affection,” says Jim O’Hanlon. The filmmaker’s latest Fackham Hall—say it fast and in…
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Watching Homeland Seasons 1-2-3 After Twelve Years
– Part One – I am home after surgery, supposed to rest, and “take it easy,” whatever that means. My main job is to kill time. I open Netflix. And there it is. Homeland. For the first time, Homeland is on Netflix US, staring at me from the top row. I watched the entire show only once.…
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Stream All 8 Seasons of Homeland, Now on Netflix
– Deep Dive – by Krutika Mallikarjuna | Tudum by Netflix | November 20, 2025 For the first time ever, Homeland is now streaming on Netflix US and in most regions around the globe through mid-2027. In the age of prestige television dramas, this Claire Danes–led series was a true American obsession. Here is everything…
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Ken Burns On His American Revolution Documentary: We won’t work on a more important film
– Epic Series in the Works for a Decade – by David Smith | The Guardian | November 20, 2025 Ken Burns is no longer a mere documentarian; he is a brand, a franchise, a one-man industrial complex. When he has a new project heading for the small screen, everybody wants a part of him. Burns…
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves About the American Revolution
– Breaking the Myth – by Lex Pryor | The Ringer | November 20, 2025 When he’s not “waking the dead” from his farmhouse and studio headquarters in Walpole, New Hampshire, or his condo in Brooklyn, Ken Burns is often screening films across the nation that for 44 years has been his muse. Burns and…