#Dylan Groves

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Dylan Horrocks, Alan Moore, Steve Grove and Dan Clowes: imagining comics that don't exist.

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Tatiana Maslany is set to star in The Nightbeast, a pilot for Amazon MGM Studios from Leah Rachel (Chambers) and Travis Jackson (Hemlock Grove).

Maslany will also produce the pilot that follows Amy, a young mother who is unsatisfied with her seemingly perfect suburban life, so she begins an affair with the boogeyman in her son’s closet – a surprisingly sexy man called the Nightbeast. But this harmless affair she thought to be a figment of her imagination begins to have unexpected consequences, as her two worlds increasingly begin to collide in this seductive, darkly comedic tale.

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Joan Baez "Matty Groves" Joan Baez In Concert, September 1962.

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Cake eating done, Penny hastily cleared the table. She didn't want to be late at the courthouse, but she also didn't want to leave dirty dishes on her table.

"Pen, you don't have to do dishes on your birthday," Kit smiled, "leave them to me, I'll do them later." Penny shook her head and replied: "I'll worry about the dishes while you change into your suit, Kit, I don't want to be late."

Kit felt butterflies in his stomach. They were getting married. Not with a big party and a lot of family and friends, but still. Married. It was exciting and a little scary.

Then he made his move. Penny had only just placed the dirty dishes on the counter as he took her by the hand and gently pulled her away from the counters. While Penny gave him a questioning look ("Kit, what are you doing?"), he took in the sight this young woman, the love of his life. Then he sank down to one knee.

Kit (trembling voice): "Pen, I wanted this to be different and better. Not rushing into marriage because we need the papers to protect you and Aska... But it is what it is now and I want to do this right." Penny (taking a deep breath, placing her hand on her chest): "Kit, it's ok..." Kit (pulling out the ring, the real one): "Pen, I love you so much. You're smart, you're beautiful, you're kind, you're such a wonderful mother to Aska. I'm so lucky to be with you... Do you want to marry me?" Penny (fighting tears in her eyes): "Of course I do, you silly. I love you, Kit, I love you."

They sealed the deal with a kiss and Kit just knew: he would be Loyal to Penny forever.

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Dylan thought his secret midnight baked potato shame had been discovered by Jess, luckily she was possessed and wouldn't remember anything about it.

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Gothic fictions present us with a rich, dynamic battle between simplicity and complexity, the knowable and the unknowable, the commonplace and the ineffable.

—Coming Out of the Castle

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Well, there might not have been dancing on the tables but there was definetly a lot of awkward dancing by adults who have stopped caring what others think.

Anton excelled in the bar and Una had a great time catching up with her friends!

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Whispers of West Grove

Official Gameplay Trailer

Website / Steam

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Riverside Grove Rebuild

LOT: Riverside Grove (30x20), Strangerville Plaza, Strangerville LOT TYPE: Residential COST: § 96,849 KEY FEATURES: 2 bedrooms | 2.5 bathrooms | Open-plan kitchen/dining/living space | Home gym | Home office | Cat care area NOTES:

The exterior of this house was based on a deco building which came with the Strangerville pack. Like the Grunts’ house which I built earlier , all these shotgun/double-gallery houses are meant to be part of a military housing complex.

For the interior of this house, I tried to do a uniform but still cosy style which is halfway between what the Grunts’ house and the Smiths’ house look like.

There are also lots of floral motifs in the decor to allude to the infection by The Mother Plant.

More pics of their individual bedrooms here: Jess and Dylan, Christie.

DOWNLOAD HERE.

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Hi I would like to know about your teen wolf characters (both the ones you are all about rn and the ones you want to work on) Tell me one important fact about each one and one fun fact please and thank you!

Yes yes absolutely as you wish

Avalon Ridley

Important: She's known about the supernatural aspect of Beacon Hills her whole life, cause she's always known she's a witch

Fun: She's been besties with Lydia since the second grade

Beckett Grove

Important: His birth parents didn't technically abandon him but he doesn't know that until (so far in my ideas) about s4

Fun: He was on the basketball team with Derek for like, half a season before he quit

Candace Monahan

Important: She's taken care of Gilead her whole life, but obviously it was more official when their parents died and they moved to Beacon Hills

Fun: She was a gymnast when she was younger

Caylin Hale

Important: When Peter came back and first saw her, he was planning on recruiting her for his pack

Fun: Her and Jackson have movie nights every week

Devin Parrish

Important: His parents are absent at best which is why he chooses to move to Beacon Hills with Jordan

Fun: He pretends to need Kira to tutor him to talk to her

Dylan Bradford

Important: Dylan's known about the supernatural since he was kid and saw a hunter shoot at a werewolf in the woods

Fun: He only started playing football cause he didn't make the lacrosse team and now that's why he actually has a lacrosse grudge

Ezra Brady

Important: Erica originally only was flirting with him to get to Scott

Fun: He only joined the lacrosse team cause Scott and Stiles were joining

Gilead Monahan

Important: He was the closest to his dad's best friend before his death

Fun: Gilead usually goes by Gil

Guinevere Bates

Important: She does ultimately remember who killed her uncle, which is what jumpstarted her banshee powers

Fun: She likes photography

Griffin Browning

Important: He's never been super dedicated to the hunting lifestyle the way his family wants

Fun: The only thing Griffin really likes about hunting is the traveling

Henrietta Atwood

Important: She's going after Scott because Peter asked her to, though around this time she has a huge crush on Peter that he is aware of and uses to manipulate her

Fun: Lydia and her had sleepovers every weekend in middle school

Julian Knights

Important: Despite the age difference, he really does see Chris as his brother and Kate as his sister

Fun: He does call Allison his niece which, while technically true, does kind of annoy her

Leon Hastings

Important: So far I'm thinking his mom chose to move to Beacon Hills on purpose, that with her mythology research she somehow found how much was going on in Beacon Hills

Fun: Jackson had a small crush on him

Serena Morgan

Important: Since I don't think it's been technically mention yet and just alluded to in her initial ask, she's a Siren. But I might change whether or not she already knows that

Fun: Isaac's dad does not like when she's over because she does not exactly hide her distaste for him

Vivian Bell

Important: Her name is on the dead pool which is how she really gets involved in everything

Fun: Mason is her neighbor

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'Oppenheimer is dominated by Cillian Murphy’s masterful performance as J. Robert Oppenheimer, with Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr. also doing outstanding work in the major roles of Oppenheimer’s wife, Kitty, and political rival, Lewis Strauss, respectively. But while the impressions left by these three loom largest, the film also features an extensive cast of supporting characters, without whom it would not be nearly as effective or comprehensive a story. The most crucial and fully developed of these secondary characters is General Leslie Groves, who is played in a vibrant and commanding manner by Matt Damon. Groves plays a central role in the plot and the against-type casting of Damon makes the character a dynamic and intriguing part of the film who exemplifies many of its main themes.

General Leslie Groves was the U.S. Army General in charge of the Manhattan Project during World War II. In 1942, he recruited Oppenheimer to lead the effort to create the atomic bomb, despite knowing about Oppenheimer’s associations with left-wing political groups including the Communist Party, which likely would have stopped other military officers from recruiting him. The film depicts the two men’s working relationship as complex. They clearly had tremendous amounts of respect for one another and were united in their determination to develop a bomb before Nazi Germany. Groves is also shown making efforts to insulate Oppenheimer from unnecessary bureaucracy and the suspicion other government officials have about him.

That said, the pair did clash on certain issues, such as Oppenheimer’s desire to bring his brother Frank (Dylan Arnold), a former Communist, onto the project and the need for compartmentalization, which many of the scientists felt made their jobs more difficult, although Oppenheimer ultimately abided by the military’s policies more faithfully than many of his peers. Oppenheimer also suspected that Groves may have recruited him specifically because of his left-wing background as this would make him easier to manipulate.

Groves Is One of 'Oppenheimer's Best Characters

Matt Damon’s performance and Oppenheimer’s writing work in concert to make General Leslie Groves a nuanced and compelling character. A point is made to mention Groves’ extensive educational background so that the viewer sees him as an intellectual equal to most of the scientists. He is characterized as a no-nonsense, sometimes intimidating figure. The disrespect and disobedience many of the scientists other than Oppenheimer show him earns him a degree of sympathy from the viewer, but his ruthlessness also makes him somewhat frightening at points.

When one scientist quits because of his frustration with the compartmentalization Oppenheimer asks Groves if he is concerned that the man will leak details of the secret project to the public. Groves states that he would have him killed before he could do so. After saying this he smiles and laughs, suggesting that he may have been joking, although it remains unclear if he really was or not. The viewer certainly believes he may have been capable of committing the deed if he believed it was in America’s best interest for him to do so. Groves’ ruthlessness is again demonstrated when he remains adamant that the U.S. must drop not one but two atomic bombs on Japan, despite Oppenheimer and others’ reluctance to actually use the weapons.

Why Is Groves an Unusual Matt Damon Role?

Playing Groves is something of a departure for Matt Damon. The A-list star has an image as one of the friendliest celebrities in Hollywood, and he usually plays more plainly likable characters. Some of his most famous roles include the title characters in Saving Private Ryan, who refuses to abandon his fellow soldiers despite the deaths of his brothers, and Good Will Hunting, a troubled but brilliant and lovable young man who the viewer wants to see succeed and overcome his demons. The assassin Jason Bourne was ruthless at one point in his life but throughout much of the four films Damon played him in was filled with remorse and sought justice. Even in The Departed, in which he played a corrupt police officer working for vicious mobster Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), his charming personality and sense of humor made the viewer invest in him, to the point where some may have been rooting for the character to get away with his crimes. But the viewer’s preexisting investment in and affection for the actor actually helps Groves’ role in Oppenheimer achieve its desired effect.

One of the main ideas in the film is how paranoia about Communism and other left-wing ideologies turned the government against Oppenheimer, with and without the aid of Strauss’ manipulations. The hearing to determine whether or not Oppenheimer will keep his security clearance also explores the theme of personal loyalty. Many of his colleagues are given little choice but to testify in ways that damage his case for fear of damage to their own reputations and careers, while others choose to do so as payback for slights, real or imagined, they believe Oppenheimer committed against them. Groves’ testimony is the most obviously conflicted, but for different reasons.

There’s little threat that the general will himself be labeled a Communist but his dedication to following government regulations closely contrasts with his loyalty to Oppenheimer. Roger Robb (Jason Clarke) asks Groves if, under updated guidelines, he would still choose to hire Oppenheimer despite his knowledge of his left-wing past. Because of the viewer’s assumed prior exposure to Damon as a performer and the investment in Groves and Oppenheimer’s relationship the rest of the film has earned, one wants him to testify in a way that supports Oppenheimer. Unfortunately, he does admit that under the new guidelines, he would not hire Oppenheimer. But he then elaborates that he probably wouldn’t have hired any of the Manhattan Project scientists under said guidelines.

Groves’ testimony is a crucial part of the film that encapsulates many of its themes, and it works as well as it does because of how well-established Groves is as a character at this point. It shows the devastating influence of paranoia on government, as the new, Communist-fearing guidelines force the by the book Groves to testify against his respected colleague, which is extra devastating to movie lovers who hate to see a Matt Damon character take on an antagonistic role. However, Groves’ second statement points out the ridiculousness of the guidelines by implying that they would have made it difficult, maybe even impossible, for the bomb to be completed as needed during World War II. This act of defiance, like Strauss’ eventual failure to be confirmed as Secretary of Commerce, is one of the few notes of optimism in the mostly bleak ending of the film, a welcome reminder that not everyone can be corrupted by popular fears.'

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And then, it was Penny's birthday. They had planned it so that they would have a birthday party and have cake with the Sigworths and then they'd rush over to the courthouse with Jess and Adrian as their witnesses to get officially married and stay one step ahead of Penny's family. Dylan and Christie would babysit Aska.

This was an important moment and Penny felt a little more stressed and rushed than she had anticipated. After a short conversation with the Sigworths, Penny prepared to blow out the candles. For a moment, she was lost in thought. This was it. Becoming an adult would be a game changer. They would get married, she would denounce her Landgraab name and officially take on her new name (Starr, not Dreamer) and she would get married to a man she loved to the moon and back. Wow...

Then, she cleared her mind and blew out the candles.

After she aged up, Kit walked over to her. "Happy birthday," he said softly, "so..." He didn't get a chance to finish his sentence as Penny put her arms around his neck and pressed her lips onto his. This was a kiss she had been dreaming of, both of them of age. Both of them starting their own life, together.

Christie: "Are we finally going to eat cake now?" Dylan: "In a minute, Little Bunny, give them a moment. Want to help me cut the cake and serve everyone?" Christie: "Sure, as long as I don't have to watch them kissing. Yuck..." Dylan (giving Jess a wink): "Let's hope she thinks kissing is 'yuck' until she becomes a young adult, right?"

With the help of his daughter, Dylan expertly cut the cake and everyone enjoyed a bite. Except for Kit, who forced himself to eat the cake to be nice, despite being a health food nut.

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Oppenheimer - Movie Review

Epic-maker movie “Oppenheimer”, directed by Christopher Nolan tells the story leading up to atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki towards the end of World War II that changed the course of history forever.  The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. Deeply heartrending…