#Bacon Review

[lvdbbooks]

2023年9月15日

【新入荷・新本】

Bacon Review Issue 1, The Estate of Francis Bacon Publishing, 2023

104 pages. 29.5 × 23 cm. Softcover.

価格：4,950円（税込）

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「Bacon Review」創刊号は、フランシス・ベーコンの人生と作品において今まで顧みられることのなかった側面にフォーカスを当て、彼の業績をまったく新しい方法で紹介します。「Bacon Review」には、ベーコンの家族のアーカイブの中から、これまで未公開の写真も多数収録されています。

The first issue of Bacon Review concentrates on neglected aspects of Francis Bacon’s life and work, presenting his achievements in startlingly new ways.

The three main features are by Yvonne Scott, who has fresh perspectives of Bacon’s admiration for ancient Egyptian art, by Gill Hedley, who tells the story of Bacon’s first important critic, Robert Melville, and by Sophie Pretorius, who explains the significance of Bacon’s friendship with the artist Richard Hamilton. Bacon Review also includes many hitherto unseen photographs from his family’s archive, and several surprises.

[bluepoodle7]

#GordonChoiceHickorySmokedBaconThickCut #BaconReview

This is part 2 of the Gordon Choice Hickory Smoked Bacon Thick Cut and these are the rest of the images.

Part 1

#GordonChoiceHickorySmokedBaconThickCut #BaconReview I tried some of the Gordon Choice Hickory Smoked Bacon Thick Cut and it was... – @bluepoodle7 on Tumblr

[sliceoflifebear]

Welcome to the third installment @stick-weaponry Where you can submit and we rate/review sticks and talk about sticks.

Why?…Yes!

Now for todays stick, we got the heaviest one yet!

This one is bent at a nice angle and have a nice smoothness on one end. When using this, it reminded me of a Scythe in action. However it can be a unique sword or lightsaber.

Only downside is the angle feel a bit far off, and the smoother end seemed a bit too long. But still good to use.

9/10 This one is a keeper!

Feel free to submit pics of sticks you find to rate and review!

[rockinlibrarian]

Hi there!

Do you enjoy reviews and recommendations of everything from picture books to fanfics to mildly psychedelic music?

Are you interested in half-coherent descriptions of possibly interesting library programs?

Do you like to listen to (read) me ramble?

Don't you want to know about the extreme middle-agedness of the person behind this blog?

WELL THEN, have I got the post for you!

It's exactly what it says! It's organized into nice lists with boldfaced items and headings in larger fonts! It has a lot of @sunnymarbles in it! It has quite a few of YOU (or at least people on Tumblr who may in fact not see this at all unless I tag them) on it, too, but likely just once each, for something you wrote! Except @destinyandcoins who is on there twice for different reasons! @dannypageoflight is oddly enough NOT in it! Sorry Dan! You have apparently done nothing interesting this year!

[behindthescreamz]

newspaper reviews for “wild things” (1998)

[spookytuesdaypod]

spooky tuesday is a (now not so new!) podcast where we’re breaking down all of our favorite slashers, thrillers, monster movies and black comedies on the new scariest day of the week.

it's the third film in a hot horror franchise AND it makes the hop to hollywood, so the comparisons between maXXXine (2024) and scream 3 were inevitable — but are they a compliment or a criticism? in our latest episode of spooky tuesday, we're covering the newest (but perhaps not final) movie in ti west's spooky saga starring mia goth. a direct sequel to 2022's x but coming on the heels of prequel pearl, this flick has a tough job striking the right tone and trying to stand alone, but one thing we can say for it is that the accent work definitely makes it stand out.

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[amadmadmadworld]

31 Days of Horror

Day 6: Tremors (1990)

An underrated 90’s flick starring Mr. Footloose, Kevin Bacon.

It's a combination between a monster drama and comedy, and it does a rather nice job. Plus, the premise and the monster is interesting. This is basically "the floor is lava" but in this case, it's man-eating, sub-terranean monsters instead. The movie revolves around a place called Perfection, which you would hardly call a town since there's only several people living there. Two of those citizens are Val and Earl, a handyman duo that share one brain-cell, but they do very well considering they're the leading survivors as folks die inexplicably one by one. With the help of a visiting seismologist student, they and the colorful remaining population of Perfection try to survive with the heavy artillery of a Doomsday couple and good ol' quick thinking and creativity.

Even if you're not that scared, it's still very fun to watch.

[brodudemanbroski]

I wonder what dlc I just finished playing.. idk..

I drew all of these at like midnight as I was half asleep so beware wonkiness (full page of doodles under the read more!)

there’s context for the bottom robot, which is this one pose of a dramatically fainted robot being held by another. I love it.

[sprinkleonthatcriticism]

This will premiere in 6 hrs :P My first ever roblox film review :D

[simonbreeze]

My quest to watch 80 x 80s movies continues with the Kevin Bacon classic, Tremors 🪱

Tremors, a classic 50s style monster movie that smashes the genre. It's a B-Movie that is way too good to be a B-Movie! A fun, well written and acted story that has some fantastic characters and settings. The movie also has some incredible practical effects to boot adding to the brilliant story telling and watching experience.

I can't say enough good stuff about this movie. I'm a huge fan of monster movies and stories, and this may make you pause for a second while you digest, but Tremors is right up there with Alien, Predator and the Thing as a great monster movie.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[hannahwatcheshorror]

MAXXXINE (2024)

💁‍♀️Strong Female Lead

A stylistic departure from the first two films in the series but a good movie to be sure. More along the lines of a drama thriller, “MAXXXINE” strays far from its slasher roots (not that there isn’t gore and death in this film as well). A solid wrap up to the series (though you really only needed to watch “X” prior to this movie to really get Maxine’s PTSD), and one of Mia Goth's stronger performances (and not just because she was a strong female lead). 

TW Strobing Lights

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

We meet up with Maxine, now blonde, and she’s going to be making her silver screen debut! Just as soon as she figures out who is murdering all her friends… And who knows about everything that went down in the events of “X” (or so they think they do). Special guest appearances by Halsey as a private dancer (/corpse), Kevin Bacon as a seedy PI, Giancarlo Esposito as an equally seedy but incredibly endearing entertainment lawyer, and Bobby Cannavale as a failed actor (ha) turned detective (/corpse).

Right away there is a big shift in Maxine's demeanor compared to the first time we meet her. There may be a flicker of fear in her, but it burns out quickly under most situations. Maxine takes full control by either telling the casting directors they should cast her because she is a star, having a gun on hand when she almost got assaulted/murdered in the alley and turning the tables on him, lacing her keys in her fingers and punching out the PI following her… 

Her humanity, failing as it may be, stretched thin by the life she has endured, seems intact. She is having PTSD from her adventures in “X” which are almost exclusively the cause of her fears (that and her past being discovered, possibly ruining her blossoming career). Enlisting the help of her trusty lawyer, Maxine gets Kevin Bacon to take a car ride he’ll never forget (honestly, he was just disappointed by the evening, crushed really). Maxine leaves that pesky murderer to herself though and heads up to just below the Hollywood sign, with the semi-hapless cops in tow.

After arriving at the death mansion, we are surprised to find none other than Maxine's Daddy Dearest, our good preacher man, has been the horrific murderer of every person in Maxi’s life. He says he wants to make her a star so he and his cult attempt an exorcism/ritual murder (depending on how fickle papa was feeling that evening) but the coppers come in just in time! Bullets abound but Big Papa sneaks off, the detectives tell Maxine to stay put but she is done being a victim.

Following the sound of gunshots and trail of blood, Maxine finds her pathetic pops lying on the ground and blows his bastard head off. Flash forward one month and she is living the good life, having fended off a murderer and being able to finish working on her movie. She says she doesn’t want the fame to end which could imply that she isn’t done killing (you know, the trauma begets trauma theory from the other movies in the series) BUT I think, due this being the last film in the trilogy, that this means Maxine just wants to keep acting now that she's made it onto the silver screen. She shouldn’t have to do anything to defend herself in the future (but she knows she is capable). They left it up for interpretation but I like to believe that Maxine was stronger than Pearl and is a survivor in more ways than one.

[bluepoodle7]

#GordonChoiceHickorySmokedBaconThickCut #BaconReview

I tried some of the Gordon Choice Hickory Smoked Bacon Thick Cut and it was pretty good.

This bacon was skillet cooked and later microwaved.

This bacon was crunchy while lightly chewy in texture with a light hickory and light pork taste.

It didn't taste that salty and not greasy tasting either but did leave a small amount of grease on my tiny plate.

This bacon is really good in Homemade or Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana soup.

My bacon weighed 38 g.

Got at Gordons.

The review.

#Gordon Choice Hickory Smoked Bacon – @bluepoodle7 on Tumblr

[sliceoflifebear]

It’s Stick Time! @stick-weaponry has a new post! Submitted by @icansmellthemusic They sent pics of a stick found for review!

We here at Stick Weaponry rate and review sticks found in the wild or submitted by folks.

Why? Because we use our childhood imagination as a distraction and a way to cope from modern society and bring ourselves to more fun and joyful concepts.

Look at this stick! You can use it for 1 really good whack! It’s a nice temporary staff, or a vary nice spear. I can imagine just tossing this spear with delight.

Only downside is it looks like, with the one crack along the side, it’s durability will be short lived. But this is just a joy to see. 8/10 good stick!

[claygoestothemovies]

⭐️⭐️⭐️

After Ti West’s X and PEARL instantly solidified themselves as two of my favorite horror films from the past twenty years or so, MAXXXINE, as you can imagine, was one of my most anticipated films of the year. Was this going to be a perfect trilogy? Expectations were through the roof. The end product, while gorgeous, left a bit to be desired.

MAXXXINE picks up six years after the events of X, in 1985, with Maxine Minx (Mia Goth, excellent again) working her popular butt off to move forward from her past trauma and make damn sure everyone will know her name. She’s quite successful in the adult entertainment industry, but now she’s got her sights set on Hollywood. What follows is Ti West’s take on the giallo.

The vibes are exquisite. The eighties aesthetic alone is worth the price of admission! The story, however, centering on Maxine taking in a role in a new horror film with an intense (female!) director (Elizabeth Debicki) while the Night Stalker is terrorizing the streets is paper thin, as most giallos tend to be. The audience knows who the killer is practically from the opening scene, so the reveal in the third act lands with the weight of a wet pasta noodle. You wonder why the requisite cop duo (Bobby Cannavale and Michelle Monaghan) are so bad at their job.

The horror elements all work to great effect, West is in his wheelhouse here. The kills are fantastic, with a body count appropriate to a third film in a horror franchise. Mia Goth turns in another powerhouse performance, her work in this trilogy is some of my favorite acting of all time. It’s also got a fun supporting cast, Kevin Bacon in particular is clearly having a blast with the material. Unfortunately none of the characters are really given anything to do, so it largely feels like a waste of talent.

By the time the credits rolled, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed. I still greatly enjoyed it, and it’ll definitely be something I’ll revisit for the vibes alone. This is definitely the weakest entry, but that’s only because the first two were SO strong - if this were a horror film released in a vacuum I think I would have loved it more. That being said, if you weren’t quite as hot on X or PEARL, maybe this one will be the one that works for you! There’s only one way to find out - go to the movies and see it on the big screen.

3/5

[theflixdiaryproject]

"one of them coyotes, he made love to my skull. you know what that practice is commonly called?" - Roy Pulsifer

a recently deceased cop, Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds), is recruited into the Rest In Peace Department (R.I.P.D.) to help protect the living from rogue souls. together with his partner Roy (Jeff Bridges), they must track down a dangerous group of souls threatening the balance between the living and the dead.

read my review below (may contain spoilers):

watched June 18, 2022 on netflix

I’m gonna be straight up - R.I.P.D. didn’t hit the mark for me, but I watched it because, well, Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Bacon. I mean, come on, those two have got this charm that usually makes even the worst movies tolerable, right? but somehow, even their combined star power couldn’t save this one. there are a few funny moments scattered throughout the movie. I’m not talking laugh-out-loud kind of funny, but more like a chuckle-worthy kind of funny. there’s a weirdly enjoyable vibe when Nick and Roy are bantering, even if the rest of the movie isn’t really pulling its weight. I found myself giggling here and there, but that’s about it. the kind of movie where I'd enjoy, but then quickly realise I'm not really invested. and there’s where it loses me. I just can’t like it. I tried. I mean, really, I did. the premise is something I should love: ghost cops, bizarre afterlife shenanigans, a whole bunch of weirdness; but something about it just feels off. maybe it’s the whole tone. it doesn’t really know if it wants to be a goofy buddy comedy, a supernatural action flick, or some kind of epic cosmic battle between life and death. spoiler alert: it ends up being none of the above. it’s like the movie tried to blend too many flavours and ended up with a soggy, tasteless stew. it’s not bad. it’s just.. not good.

while watching, I couldn’t help but feel like I was just going through the motions. you know that feeling when you’re doing something because you started it, not because you actually care? that’s how I felt for most of the movie. sure, there’s a lot of action, a bunch of digital effects, and a plot that’s kind of there, but it all felt a bit too meh to grab my attention for more than a minute at a time. even with the supernatural angle, the whole thing felt more like a half-baked idea than a fully realised movie. like the script was written on the back of a napkin during a lunch break. but the real kicker is that it’s just not memorable. the jokes don’t stick, the action doesn’t wow, and the plot.. well, let’s just say it’s not something I’ll be remembering for long. it’s not that it’s horrible; it’s just that it doesn’t leave a mark. and that’s the worst thing a movie can do—be forgettable. if you can’t hold my attention, then what’s the point? at the end of the day, R.I.P.D. is a movie that tries too hard to be something it’s not. the cast is great, but the script? not so much. it’s one of those films that looks good on paper but doesn’t quite pull off the magic. if you’re just in the mood for some light fun, it might be worth a watch, but don’t expect it to become your new favourite.

final verdict: I have mixed feelings about it

maturity rating: 13+ genre: action, comedy, fantasy duration: 1h 36m (96 mins) country of origin: USA language: English screenplay: David S. Goyer, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi major cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker

[spookytuesdaypod]

spooky tuesday is a (now not so new!) podcast where we’re breaking down all of our favorite slashers, thrillers, monster movies and black comedies on the new scariest day of the week.

heyyyy, bestie. how are you doing after the last few weeks? feeling any better? well, we weren’t when we recorded this episode. we were still processing some pretty bad news — but that’s actually sort of to theme. on our newest spooky tuesday, we’re talking about smile (2022), a movie all about trauma and trying to grin-and-bear your way through it. a few years back, this was one of the season’s most hotly anticipated flicks, but it didn’t necessarily stick the landing. opinions were split here at spooky tuesday, but after chelsea and monica saw smile 2 in 4dx (which totally slayed, btw), we were finally ready to revisit it and get sydney’s take. join us as we discuss curses, share our theories, and lay the groundwork for our eventual episode where we give skye riley the shine she deserves.

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