Kathryn Morris UK

Paycheck – Saturday/Sunday, BBC1

What better way to get over those winter blues than a nice Paycheck? 😉

A regular one is nice too. The BBC seem to have dropped into an 8 month cycle with the John Woo sci-fi action drama Paycheck as it was back in May 2016 when they last broadcast it. Before that is was September 2015. At this rate we can book in for another viewing next September. By then we’ll definitely need the memory wiping technology the film uses. With luck it’ll be in mass production by then…

It’s a late one this time, or may be very early. Hence the ‘Saturday/Sunday’ subject. 00:25/12:25am may be technically very early on Sunday morning but to all right thinking people it’s still just quite late on Saturday night. Unless, on this occasion you are in Scotland. Sorry to our north of the border friends. No Paycheck for you. The BBC’s website has details of the broadcast.

As you’ll no doubt know by now Kathryn’s role is quite short in this film. She’s an important part of setting up the premise in those opening 10 minutes though. The unforgettable performance by her Rita Dunne proves the memory wiping device works. It would take a significant medical procedure to remove what is etched onto our brains

KM UK being as comprehensive as it is will mean it is no surprise that the KM UK Gallery already cover the film is some detail already.

Time (pun very much intended) for a classic KM UK countdown timer to the start of the Paycheck broadcast on BBC1 this weekend.

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Netflix & Kill(er) – Bone Tomahawk Hits UK ‘Nets

When I were a lad we didn’t have any of these fancy streaming services. No, if you missed a movie at the cinema you had to wait a couple of years before it became available on VHS cassette. Or, another three or four before one of the handful of available TV channels would deign to a broadcast it.

Nowadays sometimes before a film is released in the picture houses you can legitimately watch it in your own home on TV or laptop, or even on the bus on your phone. Kids today don’t know they’re born…

Last week the Internety movie playing thingy Netflix made the horror western film Bone Tomahawk available to UK customers via that system of tubes. If you are a subscriber you can now watch Kurt Russell (The Thing) as the Sheriff set out with a disparate and somewhat desperate band of men (Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins) to rescue some townsfolk from the clutches of a pack of cannibalistic Troglodytes.

And if that doesn’t get you in the mood for Xmas then frankly I don’t know what to suggest

Kathryn has a small role in Bone Tomahawk as Kurt’s wife. A couple of scenes show how close they are how concerned she is about him returning safely.

Looking back a year I can see that almost to the day I posted about Bone Tomahawk being due for imminent release on DVD and Blu-ray but acknowledging that all the film world could talk about was Star Wars. How times have changed…

You Get Me. But When?

There has not been much to say about the upcoming thriller teen drama You Get Me for months.

Considering the likes of stars du jour Bella Thorne (Shake It Up!) and Nash Grier, as well as TV series stalwart and new NCIS team member Jennifer Esposito (Spin City), are in it you would think it worthy of more hype. The film was announced back in March and Kathryn’s involvement in April. Since then there’s been almost nothing. We don’t know details of Kathryn’s role or if she really is starring at all. Some confirmation would be nice.

A couple of weeks ago a poster and some photos from the film appeared on IMDb. Since then they have been removed. The poster, as it was, took a couple of images from the film and gave it the ‘Coming Soon’ treatment. An exact release date had not been specified but 2016 appears now to have slipped into 2017. Kathryn was not in any of the pictures nor is she amongst the cast listed on the poster.

A copy of the poster (right) can found in the KM UK Gallery here.

I guess we’ll be waiting a little longer then. You get me?

Dennis Byrd 1966 – 2016

Late last night (15th October 2016) it was announced that the former American football player Dennis Byrd had died in a car accident. Dennis had recently celebrated his 50th birthday.

Dennis was a successful player for the New York Jets in the late 1980s/early 1990s. He had a long career still ahead of him when a collision with a team-mate on the field left him with a broken neck and temporary paralysis. His prognosis was bleak, with doctors unsure if he would ever regain the use of his legs. This was November of 1992. However, at the start of the following football season he took to the field unaided as an honorary captain for the coin toss. He was never able to again play the sport he loved but his determination to overcome odds and learn to walk once more was a source of great inspiration to many.

Each year the Jets’ team players nominate a team-mate to receive a Most Inspirational Player award created and named in honour of Dennis. I’m sure the next presentation will take on particular significance now. The team retired Byrd’s shirt number 90 after his injury.

Dennis wrote a book, Rise And Walk: The Trial And Triumph Of Dennis Byrd, about his experiences. It was published in 1993. Dennis continued to work, coaching and giving talks about his recovery.

In 1994 that book was released as TV movie, with the slightly shorter title of Rise And Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story, starring Peter Berg as Dennis Byrd. Kathryn, credited as Kathy Morris, played his wife Angela. It was one of Kathryn earliest roles.

The film is something of a rarity, has never been released on DVD, and as such has never really been featured on KM UK. Hopefully we can return to it in the future in more detail but, for now, I’ve opened an album in the Gallery for the film and got things rolling with some promos, stills, and the video box cover art.

Hostage Released – October 2002 Photo Update

The news last month of a return by car maker BMW to its The Hire short film series gave me an excuse to look back at one episode.

That episode was, of course, Hostage which, of course, starred Kathryn.

The shorts were high production value publicity material and as part of that BMW Films screened them at a star-studded première event. Vanity Fair magazine were even roped in to host the screening and launch party at the ArcLight Cinema in Hollywood. Velvet rope was almost certain used.

One such star, a little studded in places, was, of course, Kathryn. It’s pre-Cold Case Kathryn looking in many ways very different from how we became so familiar with her but also so very much the same as we came to love her. The styles may change, the smiles never do

I have added 5 more smallish photos of Kathryn attending the The Hire season two première event from October 2002 to the KM UK Gallery. See them here.