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Cold Comfort (Are You Being Served
Cold Comfort may refer to: Film and television * ''Cold Comfort'' (film), 1989 film directed by Vic Sarin * "Cold Comfort" (''Are You Being Served?''), a 1974 episode of ''Are You Being Served?'' * "Cold Comfort" (''X-Men''), a 1995 episode of ''X-Men'' * "Cold Comfort" (''The New Batman Adventures''), a 1997 episode of ''The New Batman Adventures'' * "Cold Comfort" (''Dark Angel''), a 2000 episode of ''Dark Angel'' * "Cold Comfort" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''), a 2003 episode of ''Criminal Intent'' * "Cold Comfort" (''Inside No. 9''), a 2015 episode of ''Inside No. 9'' Other * Operation Cold Comfort, a failed raid during World War II * ''Cold Comfort'' (album), a 2011 album by Autumn * ''Cold Comfort'', a 1998 book by Barton Sutter See also * ''Cold Comfort Farm ''Cold Comfort Farm'' is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Comfort (film)
''Cold Comfort'' is a Canadian psychological thriller film, released in 1989.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 45. The film was written by Richard Beattie and Elliot L. Sims based on the play by Jim Garrard, and directed by Vic Sarin. The film premiered in August 1989 at the Montreal World Film Festival.John Griffin, "Director gets Cold Comfort from long series of glitches". ''Montreal Gazette'', August 29, 1989. Plot Stephen Paul Gross is a salesman who gets drawn into a sexual psychodrama between Floyd (Maury Chaykin), a sociopathic truck driver, and his daughter Dolores (Margaret Langrick), when the three are caught together in a blizzard. The film's cast also includes Jayne Eastwood, Ted Follows, Richard Fitch and Grant Roll. Production The film was slated to be shot in Edmonton and Winnipeg, but had to be relocated to Ontario after production delays led the arrangements to fall through. Cynthia Preston had also been originally cast i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Comfort (Are You Being Served?)
Episodes for the British sitcom '' Are You Being Served?'' aired from 1972 to 1985. All episodes were 30 minutes long. There was a film in 1977, also entitled '' Are You Being Served?''. While all episodes were in colour, the pilot had originally survived only in black-and-white as a film transfer from the original colour source; however, it was restored into colour using the chroma dots computer colour restoration technique and was aired on BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ... on 1 January 2010. Series overview Episodes Pilot (1972) Series 1 (1973) Series 2 (1974) Series 3 (1975) Series 4 (1976) Series 5 (1977) Series 6 (1978) Series 7 (1979) Series 8 (1981) Series 9 (1983) Note: David Croft did return for the final read through and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Comfort (X-Men)
The ''X-Men'' animated series debuted on October 31, 1992 on the Fox Network as part of the "Fox Kids" Saturday morning lineup. The plot was loosely adapted from famous storylines and events in the X-Men comics, such as the Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, the Phalanx Covenant, and the Legacy Virus. The show features a team line-up similar to that of the early 1990s X-Men comic books: the lineup largely resembles that of Cyclops' Blue Team, established in the early issues of the second ''X-Men'' comic series. Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Beast, Gambit, Jubilee, Jean Grey and Professor X were featured as the X-Men. Synopsis The series' first 13 episodes were notable for being possibly the first time that an animated series had a full season of episodes flow one into the next, creating a single continuing narrative, something the series producers fought heavily for. However, starting with season three, most episodes (except for multi-part stories) were shown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Comfort (The New Batman Adventures)
''The New Batman Adventures'' (often shortened as ''TNBA'') is an American superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, which aired on Kids' WB from September 13, 1997 to January 16, 1999. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, it is a continuation of '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992-1995) and the third series in the DC Animated Universe. It was followed by '' Batman Beyond'' (1999-2001). The series had a revamp, replacing the older animation style of its predecessor so as to maintain similarity and continuity with the simultaneously running '' Superman: The Animated Series'' (1996–2000), with episodes airing on Kids' WB under the title '' The New Batman/Superman Adventures''. Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's supporting cast, which include fellow crimefighters Robin, Nightwing and Batgirl, among others. The show also features guest stars such as Supergirl, Etrigan the Demon and The Creeper, characters who wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Comfort (Dark Angel)
'' Dark Angel'' is an American biopunk/ cyberpunk science fiction television series created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee. It premiered in the United States and Canada on the Fox network on October 3, 2000, but was canceled after two seasons. The show chronicles the life of Max Guevara (X5-452), a genetically enhanced super-soldier, portrayed by Jessica Alba as an adult, and Geneva Locke Alexa Geneva Locke (born October 7, 1988) is a Canadian actress who portrayed young Max Guevara in the TV series ''Dark Angel (2000 TV series), Dark Angel''. Personal life Geneva attended Kitsilano Secondary School for high school. She attended ... as a child. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2000–01) Season 2 (2001–02) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dark Angel Dark Angel (American TV series) Lists of American science fiction television series episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal Intent)
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Cane and Conoghan (editors), '' The New Oxford Companion to Law'', Oxford University Press, 2008 (), p. 263Google Books). though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes. The most popular view is that crime is a category created by law; in other words, something is a crime if declared as such by the relevant and applicable law. One proposed definition is that a crime or offence (or criminal offence) is an act harmful not only to some individual but also to a community, society, or the state ("a public wrong"). Such acts are forbidden and punishable by law. The notion that acts such as murder, rape, and theft are to be prohibited exists worldwide. What precisely is a criminal offence is defined by the criminal law o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Comfort (Inside No
Cold Comfort may refer to: Film and television * ''Cold Comfort'' (film), 1989 film directed by Vic Sarin * "Cold Comfort" (''Are You Being Served?''), a 1974 episode of ''Are You Being Served?'' * "Cold Comfort" (''X-Men''), a 1995 episode of ''X-Men'' * "Cold Comfort" (''The New Batman Adventures''), a 1997 episode of ''The New Batman Adventures'' * "Cold Comfort" (''Dark Angel''), a 2000 episode of ''Dark Angel'' * "Cold Comfort" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''), a 2003 episode of ''Criminal Intent'' * "Cold Comfort" (''Inside No. 9''), a 2015 episode of ''Inside No. 9'' Other * Operation Cold Comfort, a failed raid during World War II * ''Cold Comfort'' (album), a 2011 album by Autumn * ''Cold Comfort'', a 1998 book by Barton Sutter See also * ''Cold Comfort Farm ''Cold Comfort Farm'' is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Cold Comfort
During World War II, Operation Cold Comfort was a failed SAS raid that began with a parachute drop north of Verona on 17 February 1945. It was later renamed Zombie. The 12 man ski team under Capt. Littlejohn, and their equipment were widely scattered in the drop, and thereafter found themselves among hostile locals of essentially German origin. Their mission was to block by landslide the main rail lines through the Brenner Pass, thus having a dramatic effect on German reinforcements moving south. The men spent most of their time in hiding and attempts to supply and reinforce by air were unsuccessful. Capt. Littlejohn and Corporal Crowley were captured and executed under Hitler’s Commando Order. Eventually on 31 March the situation had worsened to the point exfil In military tactics, extraction (also exfiltration or exfil) is the process of removing personnel when it is considered imperative that they be immediately relocated out of a hostile environment and taken to an are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Comfort (album)
Cold Comfort is the fifth studio album by the Dutch gothic metal band Autumn Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September ( Northern Hemisphere) or March ( Sou ..., released on 8 November 2011. Track listing References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cold Comfort (Autumn album) 2011 albums Autumn (band) albums Metal Blade Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barton Sutter
Barton Sutter is a Duluth, Minnesota-based writer of poetry and prose. His work reflects his love of the north country. Early life Barton Sutter is a Lutheran preacher's son and was raised in a large rural family. He received a B.A. in language arts from Southwest Minnesota State University, Southwest State University in 1972 and an M.A. in creative writing from Syracuse University in 1975. He moved to Duluth, Minnesota in the 1980s, where he continued publishing and also began work as an English instructor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He then spent a number of years as a senior lecturer of English at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, retiring from that position in 2010. He occasionally appears as half of the artistic duo "The Sutter Brothers" with his brother, Ross Sutter, a folk musician. Sutter lives in Duluth with his wife and two daughters. Career Sutter was an essayist for the "Voices from the Heartland" series on Minnesota Public Radio from 1991 to 1997. He h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Comfort Farm
''Cold Comfort Farm'' is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb. Plot summary Following the death of her parents, the book's heroine, Flora Poste, finds she is possessed "of every art and grace save that of earning her own living". She decides to take advantage of the fact that "no limits are set, either by society or one's own conscience, to the amount one may impose on one's relatives", and settles on visiting her distant relatives at the isolated Cold Comfort Farm in the fictional village of Howling in Sussex. The inhabitants of the farm – Aunt Ada Doom, the Starkadders, and their extended family and workers – feel obliged to take her in to atone for an unspecified wrong once done to her father. As is typical in a certain genre of romantic 19th-century and early 20th-century literature, each of the farm's inhabitants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
