#Alexandra Scott

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BARBIE (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig

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I find it so funny that conservatives are just now freaking out about Barbie being "woke" because of the movie casting a trans Barbie and other queer actors, saying they're "forgetting their target audience of families and children".

Barbie has been "woke feminist" for years.

LGBTQ+ representation belongs in all movies, including family films.

Barbie isn't even a kids movie, it's rated PG-13 and there is one child in the main cast. Greta Gerwig made a Barbie movie for adults who remember playing with Barbie. The kids can go watch Barbie of Swan Lake.

[luaalz]

Eu vivo por mais fotos dos bastidores de X-Men

I live for more X-Men bts photos

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@giftober 2023 | Day #10: "New". The young (newer) versions the X-Men characters in X-Men Dark Phoenix

[tha-wrecka-stow]

Under The Cherry Moon (1986)

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"I wanna be...a part of the people that make meaning, not the thing that's made. I want to do the imagining, I don't want to be the idea.

Does that make sense?"

BARBIE (dir. Greta Gerwig, wr. Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)

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‘Barbie’ (2023)

Directed by Greta Gerwig

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Alexandra Berlin by Scott Coniston

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Barbie Movie Aesthetic

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These moments totally happened at the GOP primary debate

WaPo satirist Alexandra Petri add her spin on the Republican primary debate. This is a gift 🎁 link so that those who do not subscribe to The Washington Post can read the entire article. Below are some excerpts. Enjoy! 😁

If you said, “Would you like to watch Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Doug Burgum, Mike Pence, Asa Hutchinson and Chris Christie talk to each other for two hours? FYI, the place where they’ll do so is hotter than Beelzebub’s armpit!,” I would have said, “No, thank you.” But if you said, “The alternative is watching Donald Trump talk to Tucker Carlson on the website formerly known as Twitter,” I would say, “I can’t wait to hear what Ron, Vivek, Nikki, Tim, Doug, Mike, Asa and Chris have to say!” [...] Here is approximately how it went. Bret Baier: Hello. We have brought a bell just because we enjoy the sound of a bell. Martha MacCallum: Feel free to speak over it; it will give the evening a fun, musical vibe. Baier: Yes, and speaking of music, candidates, the number one song in America is something called “Rich Men North of Richmond”! Governor DeSantis, introduce yourself by providing a close reading of the subtle lyrics of this song. DeSantis: Hang on, first I have some prepared remarks! Joe Biden’s basement! Hunter Biden’s paintings! “Rich Men North of Richmond”! Taxes! Florida! Baier: Chris Christie, why would you be better as president? Christie: Bret, I have spent the last four years sailing around sharpening my traffic-cone harpoon for my hated foe (from hell’s heart I spit my last breath at him!), and the one question I did not expect was about a scenario where I could actually become president. Uh, I was governor of New Jersey? So, take that for what it’s worth.

[See more under the cut.]

Scott: I have come to this debate with some specific numbers at my fingertips! I was told everyone would be excited about specific numbers! If not, I would really like those hours back. Ramaswamy: Hello! You may be wondering, who is this skinny guy with a funny name? I’m not a politician who is going to offer you a series of prepared, meaningless platitudes. I’m a businessman with no political experience who is going to offer you a series of prepared, meaningless platitudes. Isn’t it time we stopped running away from things and started running toward things? I am not running for president so much as I am running for the title of Favorite Grandson of your Fox News grandmother. Have you ever considered that people don’t love God anymore? [...] Pence: Hello! I am here to recite scripture and keep referring to the Trump-Pence administration, and I’m all out of scripture. That was some Mike Pence humor; I will never be out of scripture! I am unquestionably the best-prepared person in this race, the single individual with the experience that is closest to being the president, with no exceptions that spring to mind. I have been in the hallway. I have been in the White House. Do you like what my administration did with the Supreme Court? [...] Ramaswamy: You think now is the time for incremental reform. I think it is the time for actual revolution. Pence: Good Lord, no thank you. I do not have any revolutionary proposals. I believe in mild, small, incremental change. Except for a nationwide 15-week ban on abortion, which I want to implement because I promised it to God. Haley: Let’s be realistic! Women hate hearing this. Let’s just admit that it will never happen. But we’re all going to say we want it to happen! But, ladies, it’s not going to happen. [...] Young Person: Please tell me that anyone on this stage believes in climate change, the only issue I care about because I anticipate living on this planet for at least 60 years. I am starting to get worried. Can we have a show of hands? DeSantis: No! We are not schoolchildren! We will not raise our hands or acknowledge the existence of science! Ramaswamy: As the only one on this stage who is not bought and paid for, I have a thought. Christie: I have had enough of a guy who sounds like ChatGPT and stole his opening gambit from Barack Obama. I came here to bludgeon Donald Trump verbally, but Trump is not here and I have a lot of verbal bludgeoning built up. [...] Baier: Why do we have homelessness, drugs and crime? Pence: Because Democrats talked about defunding the police, and everyone knows that if you say “Defund the police!” into a mirror three times, crime appears. It’s just science, or, as Governor DeSantis and I prefer, religion. Christie: I disagree. Crime went up because Hunter Biden did it.

Please use the gift link above to read the rest of Petri's cutting satire.

Just one thing I would like to comment on though. I grew up in NJ... BEYOND the exits on the Turnpike. Why does there always have to be a NJ joke?🤦🏻‍♀️There really are nice parts of NJ. Really. I mean it. 😉

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Barbie (2023)

P — Panic! I — I'm Scared! N — Nauseous! K — Death!

[bonniehooper]

Top Picks of 2023

My Top 20 Favorite Movies - #3: Barbie

Running Time: 114 Minutes

Released: July 21st, 2023

Watched It: ^

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Barbie

directed by Greta Gerwig, 2023

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Bad movie I have Barbie 2023

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Alexandra Brackenridge & Scott Eastwood crackship

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THE PACT 2 (2014)

Decent twist, good creeps, but not enough scares to make this a decent horror movie.  

⭐⭐.5

Trigger Warning Flashing Lights, Seizure

I love when a sequel uses a shot from the perspective of the previous movie. The new detective is looking at the case file and the picture of dead Judas and it's a screengrab from the last movie but there is no way the crime scene people would have gotten the same angle and lighting as the first movie so it’s so fake and comical but maybe I am the only one who notices these sorts of things and need to keep it to myself. ANYWAY, this movie takes place about a week after the first movie ends. Our new main character, June, is the daughter of one of Judas’ victims. She actually doesn't even know she adopted until one other the detectives tells her (wack). She confronts her adoptive mother but that same night her adoptive mother goes missing/dies with the “HE SHOWED ME THE WAY” calling card left behind.

June is dating a police officer so you would think they would be more helpful but it is quite the opposite. When her mother goes missing she is harassed by one of the law enforcement agents because she and her mother had gotten into a fight that day. What a dick! There is also some very mild paranormal activity going on in her house, doors are closing or opening and June is spooked! She immediately calls on Annie from the previous movie since she killed Judas so she can do anything. Annie calls back and is confused on what she can do to help but June is sure there is a presence in the house, sure enough Annie comes by and experiences such a presence that also lets them know about a mysterious pink room.

The girls split up to cover more ground but this leads to Annie getting knifed and killed. June finds the Pink Room which is a seedy place you can go take pictures of models in barely there clothing and one of the latest victims had worked there. Back at her house June is surprised by the harassing law enforcement guy who her boyfriend calls and claims is the real killer so she ties him up! The boyfriend arrives but something isn’t quite right, where is the backup? Oh, no backup is coming because the boyfriend is the real killer, he says that he has been led by Judas’ spirit and now we know that he was the one taking the pictures in the Pink Room and he was the one who stabbed Annie (sad!). A chase aided by ghosts and June bests her beau and wins the day. The movie ends on a cliffhanger like the killings are about to start again but if you just ignore that part the ending is much better.