#Cardinal Lawrence

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THE FIRST OMEN (2024) dir. Arkasha Stevenson

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HORROR VILLAIN TOURNEY 2024, ROUND ONE MATCH TWENTY-ONE: Cardinal Lawrence (The First Omen) vs. Vanraj (Shaitaan)

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A Cinematic Journey Through the Vatican's Papal Election

A Cinematic Escape Amidst Political Turmoil In the face of the chaotic unknown and the overwhelming dread that often accompanies it, people find solace in various forms. Some escape into a bottle of wine, while others reach for comforting snacks. A few choose to channel their stress into healthier outlets, such as brisk walking or indulging in sound bath meditation. For me, however, the ultimate…

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CONCLAVE, 2024 dir. Edward Berger

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"Have you heard that 'if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.'? Ok. I'm the one who gaze back at you from the Abyss!"

Mr. Shade, the 'Man in Black'.

Mr. SHADE.

Methuselah Lasombra. 4th Generation.

OC based in my V5 Chronicle "Crescent City By Night". WOD-VTM-V20-V5 account.

Mr. Shade.

Monster for ones, myth for others. A cruel, sarcastic, educated Cainite.

+4000 years-old. Sabbat Cardinal. Amici Noctis' nightmare. College professor. Autarch. Abyss Mysticism Master. Ruler of Oblivion. Obtenebration Master...

Multi-ages character: Rome Empire, Renaissance period, AD 1600s New Amsterdam, Victorian Age, Actual times.

When in Rome do as Romans...

Due to the adult and dark themes discussed in this blog (blood, violence, death, gore, sex, suicide, drug use, etc.) I will only interact with those over 21 years of age. MDNI. NSFW.

Multi-verse and crossover threads and interactions are welcome!

"The Man in Black" with a Coven and the Abyss opening over them.

F.C.: Peter Capaldi. This is a RPG parody blog, not related to him.

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Oscars tonight,

but while the awards are preparing to be handed out, who are the red carpet fashion winners?

Spoiler Alert: Zendaya (in Armani Prive) takes it every time.

MORE FASHION

Erika Alexander in Christian Sirano

Ava DuVernay

Sandra Hüller in Schiaparelli

Emily Blunt in Schiaparelli Couture

*not loving the stitching.

Jamie Lee Curtis in Dolce & Gabbana

Rita Moreno in Badgley Mischka

Andrea Riseborough in Loewe

Issa Rae in AMI Paris

America Ferrera in Versace, Billie Eilish in Chanel

Anya Taylor Joy in Dior Couture

Cynthia Erivo in Louis Vuitton

Emma Stone in Louis Vuitton

Lily Gladstone in Gucci

Tantoo Cardinal

Amber Midthunder

Quannah Chasinghorse and partner, D'Pharaoh Woon a Tai

Margot Robbie. At first glance I thought it was brown; but it's not. Now I want it to be brown.

Da'Vine Joy Randolph. There haven't been much talk about awards season friendships like in the past, but his year friendships include Colman Domingo and Bradley Cooper and Da'Vine and Emily Blunt.

Danielle Brooks

Ariana Grande

Lupita Nyong'o and A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE costar Joseph Quinn

Charlize Theron

Florence Pugh

Kristen Dunst and Jesse Plemons

Jennifer Lawrence

Greta Gerwig

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Probably me...

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HORROR VILLAIN TOURNEY 2024, ROUND TWO MATCH ELEVEN: The Evil (Never Let Go) vs. Cardinal Lawrence (The First Omen)

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Casey Lawrence takes 72. Never worn before in franchise history.

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I gave a necklace like that to a certain lady in New Amsterdam around the 17th Century... but the jewelry was really made of blood stones!

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She is a piece of the Abyss, my dear Shadow, my pet, my famulus,...

One of my oldest and fierce companion ever. I hope she will be fine, along Miss Kore in the bayou house. I will miss both, for sure!

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Conclave: The Surprise Movie Recommendation of October

So this is not at all what I would usually share on here, but if you looking for a movie to see with some of you older family, especially with the holidays coming up next few months, I definitely recommend you check out Conclave, a political thriller/mystery set during the election of a new pope, based of a 2016 novel by Robert Harris

Basic plot: Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is a cardinal of the liberal faction in the Roman Catholic Church, who receives news that the current pope (unnamed but heavily modeled after current Pope Francis) has died. As Dean of the College of Cardinals, it is Lawrence's responsibility to organize and manage the papal conclave during which the cardinals of the Church will be sequestered within the Sistine Chapel and elect the new pope.

Going into the conclave the 4 main candidates for pope are:

Cardinal Goffredo Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto) - An Italian cardinal from the extremely conservative traditionalist faction of the church, who wishes to undue all reforms the Catholic Church has initiated since the 1960s; and is a racist, fundamentalist, homophobe. The closest thing to a villain the movie has

Cardinal Joshua Adeyemi (Lucian Msamati) - A Nigerian cardinal, who while a liberal on economic issues and not wanting to roll back all reforms, is a hardliner against acceptance of LGBT+ issues.

Cardinal Joseph Tremblay (John Lithgow) - A Canadian Conservative (although arguably more of a centrist), who has been machinating for months prior to the old pope's death to be elected, and will do anything to make sure it happens

Cardinal Aldo Bellini (Stanley Tucci) - An American cardinal who is a friend of Lawrence and the late pope. The candidate for the liberal/reform faction; he wants to improve relations with non-Christian religions, moderate the church on abortion and LGBT+ issues, and open to allowing women in the clergy. Although more sympathetic than the conservative candidates, we come to discover he is just as power hungry as them for the papacy.

As Lawrence tries to manage the election (while also supporting his friend as neutral as possible), he finds himself trying to investigate conspiracies, coverups, blackmail; and the appearance of a mysterious cardinal nobody has met before, but was appointed by the pope in secret prior to his death.

The movie is incredibly well acted and shot; and while quite critical of the Catholic Church at times; quite sympathetic in actual religious belief. I have seen some very pissed of reviews complaining about it being "woke" but while it is definitely on the side of the liberal faction, both Tremblay and Adeyemi get sympathetic moments. Although the "woke" accusations probably come mostly from the final twist. Won't give it away, but the movie says Queer Rights.

If you are still curious, I recommend checking out the trailer. It actually does a really good job of not spoiling anything but mixing around lines and scenes.

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The "Man in Black" and the Coven...

Good moments! I adore Witches!

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CONCLAVE (2024)

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, Brían F. O'Byrne, Merab Ninidze, Thomas Loibl, Jacek Koman, Rony Kramer, Valerio Da Silva, Joseph Mydell, Vincenzo Failla, Garrick Hagon, Merab Ninidze, Madhav Sharma, Loris Loddi, Roberto Citran, Antonio Toma and Balkissa Maiga.

Screenplay by Peter Straughan.

Directed by Edward Berger.

Distributed by Focus Features. 110 minutes. Rated PG.

Who would have imagined that one of the most intriguing and suspenseful films of this year would be about a bunch of cardinals sequestered in the Vatican to vote on a new Pope? In fact, intriguing and suspenseful is not giving Conclave its full due. This is simply one of the best films of the year. Don’t be surprised to see it on a bunch of best films of the year lists and also for it to get a whole bunch of award nominations.

It's that good. Who would have guessed?

Again, it was about a bunch of cardinals in the Vatican. Blessed are the believers, indeed.

Conclave is based on the novel by Robert Harris and shows us – very forcefully and at the same time very subtly – that some very devout and proper people can still have some skeletons in their closets. In fact, pretty much everyone here, and they are mostly good and spiritual followers of Christ, has some serious secrets which they are not willing to allow to see the light of day.

Many of the deadly sins – lust, greed, pride, envy and wrath – all show up at different points in the story. (Gluttony and sloth don’t seem to be on the menu but give it time.) The final twist – which I will certainly not spoil – is not even on that deadly sins scale and may even go too far afield dramatically for a chunk of the film’s potential audience. Yet somehow it does make a certain strange sense for the story.

Even arguably the most devout person of all – Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) – the man in charge of making sure the conclave runs smoothly and essentially the moral center of the story (assuming you don’t count the dead Pope) makes some dubious moves and forms some sketchy alliances. And yet you can tell he is doing these things for the right reasons.

Or is he?

The choosing of the Pope itself turns out to be oddly like an extremely solemn reality show. Cardinals take the lead in the votes, make alliances with (and against) each other, sabotage each other’s campaigns and as their secrets meet the light of day, they are basically voted off the island.

There is much more subterfuge and backstabbing than you would expect from such a serious pursuit, but that just points out the humanity of the process.

The acting here is unfailingly spectacular, particularly Fiennes, Stanley Tucci as a moderate cardinal and particularly Isabella Rossellini as a quiet but steely head nun, who is mostly ignored by the men, until she finally has to take some moral stands to keep the process going fairly. Seriously, Rossellini should definitely be in line for a Best Supporting Actress nominee.

Like I said earlier, don’t be surprised if that is only one of many Oscar nominations.

Jay S. Jacobs

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