#Catherine Curtin

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Well, that's disappointing. 😞

Wonder how they're gonna explain her absence. I'm worried Mrs. Henderson will be killed off, and I hope that isn't the case. God knows Dustin has enough on his plate dealing with Eddie's death and the fallout from that.

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Founders Day will be released on Blu-ray on June 4 via Dark Sky Films. The 2023 satirical political slasher will first be available on Digital on May 7.

Erik Bloomquist (Long Lost) directs from a script he co-wrote with brother Carson Bloomquist. Naomi Grace, Devin Druid, Andrew Stewart-Jones, Olivia Nikkanen, Emilia McCarthy, Tyler James White, Amy Hargreaves, Catherine Curtin, Jayce Bartok, and William Russ star.

Special features are not listed. Read on for the trailer.

A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election. As accusations fly and the threat of a masked killer darkens every street corner, the residents must race to uncover the truth before fear consumes the town. ​

Pre-order Founders Day.

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📽️ Chemical Hearts (2020)

This movie can be described in one word: sad. Both main actors are so good at portraying their parts. This is definitely worth the watch.

Sex/nudity: 3/10 (one sex scene, kissing, sexual talk)

Language: 5/10 (IMDb says ten f-words, several other profanities as well)

Violence: 1/10 (mentions of death but nothing shown on screen)

Overall rating: 8/10

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WATCHLIST 2023: Werewolves Within

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'Saturday Night' Seeks to Capture the Prelude to One of the Biggest Seventh Days of the Week of All Time

'Saturday Night' Seeks to Capture the Prelude to One of the Biggest Seventh Days of the Week of All Time

I’m not Chevy Chase, and they’re not (CREDIT: Hopper Stone/Columbia Pictures) Starring: Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Kaia Gerber, Andrew Barth Feldman, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, J.K. Simmons, Jon Batiste, Naomi McPherson, Taylor Gray,…

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Werewolves Within

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Saturday Night - Movie Review

TL;DR – A movie that embraces the chaos of its subject matter with such reverence it ends up hurting the final product. ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene.Disclosure – I paid to watch this film Saturday Night Review – Today, we are looking at a bit of an odd duck of a film. One that swings wildly, stampeding through the chaos of its subject material…

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Let's Review: Saturday Night

Biopics, not unlike live TV, are a tricky tightrope walk.

The line that actors and directors have to toe is razor thin and always shifting beneath their feet. The sweat starts to bead at the very beginning of conception, when an actor is chosen to mimic, and more often than not resurrect, any given celebrity/historical figure/actual real person of note for any particular project. And the very act of mimicking the appearance and mannerisms of these people strikes at the very heart of acting itself, which can be described as the uncanny ability to completely transform oneself, both physically and mentally, into a different person.

In short, to convincingly create a character.

Biopics pose a particularly unique challenge, wherein the actor has to both create a fictionalized character that can work within a fabricated narrative structure while still recreating a non-fictitious person who is then expected to reenact events important to both the person and the world at large.

Scrutiny and criticisms (from both the general public and the people who lived it) are hardwired to the very DNA of this genre in a way that no other genres are. Not to mention all of the fans that come out of the woodwork when these projects premiere, who are always more than ready to shoot down and fact-check every fictitious addition/omission/discrepancy, beating every bush into oblivion.

It is very easy to screw up spectacularly (and very many have) but these projects can also be absolutely magical when you get it right.

It can be tricky enough doing justice representing one key figure in the world of entertainment. Now add half a dozen more. And we have an ensemble biopic, a creature that just adds more balls for us to juggle.

So now, really, a biopic chronicling the chaotic countdown towards the very first SNL live show is nothing short of catching lightning in a bottle. At the very last minute. Almost on accident. After every other conceivable thing goes very, very wrong. Only to become, somehow, very, very right in the end.

Like lightning, this film has a zappy, kinetic energy to it (helped in very large parts by the editing, camerawork, and Jon Batiste's exciting frenetic score) as it zips and weaves it's way around every square inch of 30 Rockefeller Plaza on the night of October 11th 1975, playing out in roughly real time from 10pm to 11:30pm (aka showtime). It doesn't hold your hand so much as roughly drag you up and down the studio, huffing and puffing as the unsinkable Lorne Michaels (anchored by an earnestly steadfast Gabriel Labelle) rushes to put out little fires that keep popping up all over the place (mostly figurative, one very literal).

You've got a ragtag group of untested comics with large personalities that occasionally bump against each other like bowling balls against pins; some of whom wonder what they, as real actors, are even doing there. There's an anarchic writer with SNL's first head writer Michael O'Donoghue (played by a magnetic Tommy Dewey) pushing back for artistic freedom against the prudish NBC censor (the hilariously sour-pussed Catherine Curtin) in a heated interaction that marks a particularly bright spot in both the film and the fast-paced, wise-cracking script. Then there's countless technical problems with both the sound and lights, not helped by bitterly rebellious crew who won't even help a pour guy lay down some bricks. And all of this in service towards a sketch comedy show that, having run for 3 hours in dress rehearsal (a dress rehearsal that wasn't even taped) that has to be severely trimmed down for primetime.

And of course, there are the NBC executives that are breathing down their necks, waiting for Lorne and the show to fail. A show that, even Lorne admits, nobody has really figured out yet. As he states in one of the film's best lines, he has the ingredients in mind, just not the amounts.

Not to mention the Alpaca.

Oh, and Andy Kaufman's there. As well as Jim Henson and his Muppets. Both of whom are brought to impressive, gangly life by Nicholas Braun (aka Cousin Greg from Succession) pulling double-duty as the unconventional comic and innovative puppeteer with an equally commendable, underperforming monotony that provides the perfect sounding board for everyone else to bounce their insanities against.

The entire ensemble and supporting cast collide and compliment each like a finely tuned jazz band, creating great conflict in the cacophony and allowing great soloists to shine through all the noise.

Perhaps the most obvious standout is Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase (I'm sure he wouldn't have it any other way).

The natural physical resemblance always helps but Smith manages to effortlessly portray the egotistical smarminess of Chase in a way that's served him well in his other past roles.

This is the part of the review where I get to flex and say that I liked Cory Michael Smith before he was cool and btw I'm glad that he's getting bigger and better roles in his career. Good for him.

Shoutout to his kooky turn as Edward Nygma/Riddler on Gotham. Do yourself a favor and check it out. You won't be disappointed.

But if I had to pick a best supporting actor, I would have to give it to Matt Wood for his take on the late great John Belushi.

In any other movie, his part probably would've been much bigger (that's what she said). But all jokes aside he's wisely used rather sparingly, glaring at us from the background until he's brought in to punch up the tension with his explosive temper and mercurial demeanor. Your eye can't help but wander over to this strange little man who's obvious talent tips both the show and film's scales towards greatness, even as everyone can already see the deep shadow starting to darken the doorway.

One underappreciated aspect of the biopic is the opportunity it gets to lend voices to people who wouldn't otherwise get a chance to tell their side of the story. With all the big egos swinging their dicks around Saturday Night, the spotlight smartly tends to swing more towards Garrett Morris, the token black member of the cast.

You probably wouldn't have thought much about Garrett Morris before going to see this movie. But my hope is that after seeing this you'll go Google him and then hopefully Hollywood will finally give him his flowers. Played with indignant dignity by newly minted Emmy winner Lamorne Morris (no relation), Garrett rightfully chafes against having to play into limited black stereotypes, especially given that he graduated from Juilliard and performed on Broadway.

And finally, I would be remiss not the mention the incredible women of Saturday Night.

Like very much of SNL's history, the female cast members and writers, especially Lorne's wife Rosie Shuster (played with tender grit by the incomparable Rachel Sennott), have had to fight tooth and nail to make their voices heard. The film takes great strides to spotlight Rosie as the great unsung hero of Saturday Night, giving meat to a supporting wife role that far too often comes delivered bareboned. One of the very favorite lines in the film has Rosie desiring to be a writer rather than a wife and eventually choosing to go by her maiden name in the show's credits, her supportive husband by her side.

Although not the focal point of the film, their efforts do manage to shine brightly through the cracks, giving us glimpses into sketchwork that would lay the groundwork for future SNL superstars like Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph.

The fact that they get to do it while harassing former teen star Dylan O'Brien (aka Stiles from Teen Wolf) is just an added bonus.

But in all seriousness, O'Brien makes for a fun, buoyant Dan Aykroyd.

Without trying very hard, Saturday Night would've been able to give older viewers a shot of nostalgia for the early days of SNL while also giving younger generations a great first step back into learning about the early history of SNL, a show which is currently airing its 50th season and still going strong. The fact that it's also a great movie is truly an added bonus and a gift to the state of current cinema.

At the end of it all, Saturday Night is able to prove that while a biopic doesn't have to get all the facts right, it certainly has to capture the vibe. And it certainly does so, making us feel what it was like to be there in Studio 8H during a chaotic October night in 1975, where the Not Ready for Primetime Players were just trying to put on a show.

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Mark Evan Jackson?!?! In a Dropout film?!?!?!

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Childhood Cancer Edit for honor and rememberance Ana at age 5, Destiny Arianna Kay Riekeberg, Lily Rose Diaz, Colby Curtin, Stacy Leigh Black, Riley Faith Steep, Kenzlee Marie Cook, Jane Eilish Preston, Grace Elizabeth “Amazing Gracie” Ekis, Ellie Walton, Sophie Walker, Elowyn Ivy "Winnie" Pollard, Zoey Catherine Daggett, Stevie Lynn Stock, Gentry "Gents" Morgan Terrell, Eliana Rose Lara, Haylie Marie Chmela, Aria Hodgkiss, Adalynn 'Addie' Mae Jessen, Madelyn Marie Anderson, Rylie Nicholls, Olivia Mariam "Oli" Pineda Arevalo, Sarah Atif, Finley Nicole Miller, Kailey Lawson, Connor "The Crusher" Michalek, Daniya Abdulhamid Ketchman, Jaida Nancy Claire Chartier, Trinity Riley, Hailey Elizabeth Acevedo, Liam M.C. Huggler, Nova May Baker, Lila May Smith, Addison Bell, Elle Adriana Caruso, Sophia Margaret Nielsen, Evylah Gao Chia Xiong, Paula Golik, Hailey Janya Olson, Victoria "Tori" Kay Maree Binnie, Delilah Love Loya, AnnaBella "Bella" Rose Kirby, Elayna Grace Sandeen, Grace "Gracie" Anna-Lynn Williams, Eliza Adalynn Moore, Kinsley Adelynn Wilkerson, Summer Kathryn Allen, Molly Richards, Raelynn Shay Velarde Fronczak, Adaline Rose Cowley, Lily LaRue Anderson, Dillan Ramsey-Aksehir, Miss. Addison Carolyn Bryan, Kinsley Marie Winn, Nicole “Coco” Sweis, Avery Linn Handrow, Cheyanne Rae “Chey” Brant, Emma Grace Smith, Zamora Moon Martinez-Lusinchi, Amelia LaRee “Millie” Flamm, Miesha Amaya (Amaya) Alguno, Charlotte Grace York, Anastasia Konstanze Ermakov, Everly Mae Settlemyer, Evelyn Grace Jackson, Lily Kate Williams-Brola, Brayleigh Louise “Bray” King, Annabelle Potts, Taliyah Baptiste, Colton Armstrong White, Kinley Nicole Sexton, Luna Zoe Cristobal, Amyah Joye Brown, Emily Grace Navarra,

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Here's a tribute edit for Isabella Nardoni to say I'm sorry that whatever happened to all of the innocent kids gone so soon and Angels they became to be in heaven to Beatriz Mota to Saffie Rose Roussos to JonBenèt Ramsey to Makayla Lynn Brewster to Junko Furuta to Rachel Joy Scott to Destiny Riekeberg to Destiny Norton to Destiny Marie Champagne to Lily Peters and Olivia Pratt Korbel to Olivia Engel to Emilie Parker to Yvonne Süskind to SISTERS EVA AND LIANE MÜNZER to Suzan and Sidra Hassouna to Anna Janáčová Tomíková to Jeannette Dawidowicz to Liliane Dawidowicz to Dora Poznanski to Rene Spiner to Jesse Layne Holland to Alexandria "Lexi" Rubio to Sarah Haley “HaleyBug” Foxwell to Baylor Arlene Nichols to Ava Cole Nichols to birgit ruth berkowitz to Sophie Jane “Soph” Lockwood-North to Charlotte Figi to Charlotte Bacon to Charlotte Louise Dunn to Rose Isabelle Pizem to Calla Adelaide Andrus to Calla Adelaide Woods to Joanna Arlene Mullin to Semina Halliwell and Ava Jordan Wood to Reta Shaw to Sandra Cantu to Jessica Lunsford to Makenna Lee Elrod to Jayce Carmelo Luevanos to his cousin Jailah Nicole Silguero to Eliahna Torres to Nevaeh Alyssa Bravo to Layla Salazar to Jackie Cazares to Anicka Anna Janatkova to Anna Glinberg to Larisa Ratmanski to Mania Halef to Nelly Tarszis to Yvonne Suckind to Anne and Margot Frank to Madeleine Hsu to Sara Sharif to Elizabeth Shelley to JoAnna Frances VanOstrand to Sherin Mathews to Jane Withers to Shirley Temple Black 1928-2014 to Alicia Lynn Clark to Maite Rodriguez, Leiliana Wright, Catherine Hubbard, Adriana Dukic, Mercedes Losoya, Skylar Annette Neese, Tristyn Bailey, Shinzo Abe, Star Hobson, Stevie Stock, Colby Curtin, Pauline Adelaar and Peter Fuchs, Helena Abram, Soren Chilson and Caylee Marie Anthony, Sierra Newbold, Natalynn Lea Miller, Amanda Todd, Bianca Devins, Gabriella Green, Moa Leontine Björk, Sloan Mattingly and Audrii Cunningham, Bella Claire Callaway, Joanna Mullin, Meika Jordan, Kristen Lee Dutton, Mikaela Renee Lynch, Avielle Richman, Eva Friedman, Magda Weisberger Willinger, Gracie Perry Watson and Inez Clarke Briggs, Jersey Dianne Bridgeman, Macie Hill, Caroline and Madison King and Madyson Middleton

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Title: The Half of It

Rating: PG-13

Director: Alice Wu

Cast: Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Enrique Murciano, Wolfgang Novogratz, Catherine Curtin, Becky Ann Baker, Collin Chou, MacIntyre Dixon

Release year: 2020

Genres: drama, romance, comedy

Blurb: Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet-but-inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school...but their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

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Werewolves Within will be released on Steelbook Blu-ray + DVD on November 14 via RLJE Films. This edition of the 2021 horror-comedy was previously only available as a Walmart exclusive.

Josh Ruben (Scare Me) directs from a script by Mishna Wolff, based on the Ubisoft video game. Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Catherine Curtin, Wayne Duvall, Harvey Guillén, Rebecca Henderson, Cheyenne Jackson, Michaela Watkins, and Glenn Fleshler star.

No special features are included. The trailer and synopsis can be found below.

After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger Finn (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.

Pre-order Werewolves Within.

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Civ 6 Tickle Headcannon Masterpost

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Final Tier List

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Part 1 - Abraham Lincoln

Part 2 - Alexander the Great

Part 3 - Amanitore

Part 4 - Ambiorix

Part 5 - Bà Triệu

Part 6 - Basil II

Part 7 - Catherine de Medici (Black Queen)

Part 8 - Catherine de Medici (Magnificence)

Part 9 - Chandragupta

Part 10 - Cleopatra (Egyptian)

Part 11 - Cleopatra (Ptolemaic)

Part 12 - Cyrus the Great

Part 13 - Dido

Part 14 - Eleanor of Aquitaine

Part 15 - Elizabeth

Part 16 - Fredrick Barbarossa

Part 17 - Gandhi

Part 18 - Genghis Khan

Part 19 - Gilgamesh

Part 20 - Gitarja

Part 21 - Gorgo

Part 22 - Hammurabi

Part 23 - Harald Hardrada (Konge)

Part 24 - Harald Hardrada (Varangian)

Part 25 - Hojo Tokimune

Part 26 - Jadwiga

Part 27 - Jayavarman VII

Part 28 - João III

Part 29 - John Curtin

Part 30 - Julius Caesar

Part 31 - Kristina

Part 32 - Kublai Khan

Part 33 - Kupe the Navigator

Part 34 - Lady Six Sky

Part 35 - Lautaro

Part 36 - Ludwig II

Part 37 - Mansa Musa

Part 38 - Matthias Corvinus

Part 39 - Menelik II

Part 40 - Montezuma

Part 41 - Mvemba a Nzinga

Part 42 - Nader Shah

Part 43 - Nzinga Mbande

Part 44 - Pachacuti

Part 45 - Pedro II

Part 46 - Pericles

Part 47 - Peter the Great

Part 48 - Phillip II

Part 49 - Poundmaker

Part 50 - Qin Shi Huang (Mandate of Heaven)

Part 51 - Qin Shi Huang (Unifier)

Part 52 - Ramses II

Part 53 - Robert the Bruce

Part 54 - Saladin (Vizier)

Part 55 - Saladin (Sultan)

Part 56 - Sejong

Part 57 - Seondeok

Part 58 - Shaka

Part 59 - Simón Bolívar

Part 60 - Suleiman (Kanuni)

Part 61 - Suleiman (Muhteşem)

Part 62 - Sundiata Keita

Part 63 - Tamar

Part 64 - Teddy Roosevelt (Bull Moose)

Part 65 - Teddy Roosevelt (Rough Rider)

Part 66 - Theodora

Part 67 - Tokugawa

Part 68 - Tomyris

Part 69 - Trajan

Part 70 - Victoria (Age of Empire)

Part 71 - Victoria (Age of Steam)

Part 72 - Wilfrid Laurier

Part 73 - Wilhelmina

Part 74 - Wu Zetian

Part 75 - Yongle

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31 Days of Horror

Day 10: Werewolves Within

And now we are back to werewolves.

Set in the little town of Beaverfield, things are running a little tense, what with the development of a pipeline dividing everyone as well as other personal issues. Caught in all this is the new park ranger, who came at the worst time, during a snow storm and, oh, somebody has been found brutally killed. With a killer on the loose and a snowstorm ravaging outside, everyone is holed up in a local inn, where mystery and hysteria create a perfect storm within. It's a little witch hunt, complete with petty drama and accusations flying. Only, in this case, they're looking for a werewolf...and one of them definitely is.

A perfect mixture of humor and horror, complete with a Wes Anderson style to it, the thing I love most about this is the underrated angle about werewolf stories. Like, we might know it's a werewolf, but that leads to another question: who is the werewolf? It could be anyone, and another thing is that someone can be a werewolf and not know it. And thus creates a supernatural whodunnit.

The movie's cast includes not only Sam Richardson and Catherine Curtin, but also Harvey Guillen (from the series What We Do In The Shadows, another favorite of mine) and, surprisingly, Milana Vayntrub, aka Lily from AT&T. And she does a lovely job in the movie.

Overall, a very fun movie.