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headmaestro · 20 days ago

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Luciel's Tale: Where Music Begin | Prelude.

As time marches forward, the Maestro conducts a symphony of love, each note serves a testament to the passage of time and the beauty of fleeting moments.

CHAPTER ONE: The First Movement ♪ .. || “Thus now, the orchestra stirs into a new movement—a symphonic rebirth,” whispered, LUCIEL EMILIO.

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Foresee, crafting a love story as timeless as a classic tune, LEE HEESEUNG for the MAIN COMPOSITION and MARK LEE, PARK SUNGHOON, XU MINGHAO, CHOI SOOBIN, KIM MINGYU, KIM GYUVIN, HAN TAESAN, BLADE, CHILDE, YAMADA AKITO, IZUMI MIYAMURA, SUGURU GETOU, ITOSHI RIN and MICHAEL KAISER as his SIDE COMPOSITIONS. Mingled—casting a soft glow that illuminated the stage, where an aura lingered of a LEGAL 18+ took part.

The lead drives the strings of your heart to be plucked, as he strives onto the stage filled with a symphony of emotions, seamlessly transitioning between roles of LOVER, EX, FRIEND, and FAMILY. Composed by several sonnets of BXG, BXB, and DXD connections in his lyrical tone as DOMINANT.

The head maestro remarked, “The audience is buzzing. Let’s give them something to remember, 'shall we?” Just as that, pure confidence showed on the VIRGO's bright eyes, resembling his true nature of an ISTJ.

Merely heard by the crowd—the sound of rustling pages filled the air, a gentle reminder of the music yet to come. He greeted the audience not only in musical gestures, but also through alluring INDONESIA, ENGLISH, BILINGUAL, JAPANESE and MANDARIN resonance of pitch.

Dedicated to the echoes filled in the hearts of all who had been fortunate enough to listen as he indicated his care through a gentle touch of WORDS OF AFFIRMATION, QUALITY TIME, and GIVING GIFTS, harmonizing with the sounds around.

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CHAPTER TWO: The Entrancing Melodies Unfold ♪ .. || “Remember, every note we play is a part of our story. Let's make the best of our performance,” uttered, The Head Maestro. The notes carry on to every Maestro's AVAILABILITY:

♬ ) All basic services, Stay Up Late, Pap activity w/o face, Playing instrument (Piano & Violin), Move Platform (Discord, Line, WhatsApp, X), Sleepcall (Mute), OTP (Mute), In Character (Idols, Anime Characters, Crush, Ex, etc.), Deep Talk, Game date (ML, Genshin, plato etc.), Reading date (AU/WP), Public Display Affection (V/VIP), Movie date (Rave), Study date [Soshum] (via chat/zoom/gmeet), Listening date (Spotify), Food/drink date (bills on cust).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⌞ A charmer so alluring, controlled, yet deeply, unshakably alive.⌝

CHAPTER THREE: Gentle Melodies Savored ♪ .. || “ It was a heartbeat, a breath shared between us all,” remarked, The Head Maestro. Which means, a new INTRODUCTION has finally opened in our shared chapter.

Warmest greetings to you, sweet one. Would you mind to take a look at me for a glimpse second? My name is Luciel Emilio, but other people sometimes address me as El or perhaps Luci. Though, I'd love to get a new nickname from you, preferably something sweet?

As quick start, I'd like to introduce myself even deeper. As you might tell, I'm a very active talker and I love talking to people, thus also making me a sweet talker, especially to my beloved ones. But, that doesn't mean that I can't show my love for you in another way. Since, I also love to send gifts like cutely made videos or even Power Points, explaining how grateful I am to meet you.

Next, as for relationships, I don't have a spesific preference on how I want the dynamic to be, so I am available for both lovey-dovey and love-hate since I'm proud enough to say that I am capable to do these two dynamics and I can't want to create amazing memories with you. Futhermore, I actually enjoy watching several animes and playing games as well. Wouldn't it be fun to spend our time together? Other than that, I'm also the type of someone who's very clingy and full of topics. So, no doubt about me being a loud texter as I can balance out your energy in no time. Even if i say that I talk a lot, it doesn't mean that I'm not a good listener. As a matter of fact, I love listening to stories and even until giving recommendations as well.

Furthermore, I'm a huge Chase Atlantic enjoyer. But I also listen to Dewa, Hindia, Cigarettes After Sex, The 1975, Arctic Monkeys, Taylor Swift, NIKI and more. I could say that I am a big music enjoyer, so I also like listening to various other music genres such as Classical, Chinese Pop, Japanese Pop, and even Korean Pop. A fun fact actually, I also play it on the piano and violin for fun sometimes. Would you like to listen to it?

It isn't fair if its only you who knows a lot about me, right? Would you mind giving me a chance to let me know you too?

#Spotify

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agendaculturaldelima · 6 months ago

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#ProyeccionDeVida

🎥 Cine Italiano, presenta:

🎬 “YO LA CONOCÍA BIEN” [Io la conscevo bene]

🔎 Género: Drama

⏰ Duración: 99 minutos

✍️ Guión: Antonio Pietrangeli, Ruggero Maccari y Ettore Scola

🎼 Música: Benedetto Ghiglia y Piero Piccioni

📷 Fotografía: Armando Nannuzzi (B&W)

🗯 Argumento: Adriana llega a Roma desde la provincia de Pistoia para intentar entrar en el mundo del cine. Una vez en la capital colecciona amantes y oficios, aunque muchos hombres intentan aprovecharse de ella, porque Adriana es guapa e ingenua y jamás vive el día a día, porque eso la forzaría a programas complicados. Así que vive minuto a minuto: tomar el sol, escuchar discos, bailar son sus únicas actividades. Por lo demás, es voluble, inconstante, siempre necesita nuevas y cortas reuniones; no importa con quién: con ella misma, nunca.

👥 Reparto: Stefania Sandrelli (Adriana Astarelli), Nino Manfredi (Cianfanna), Franco Nero (Italo - The garage attendant), Ugo Tognazzi (Gigi Baggini), Jean-Claude Brialy (Dario Marchionni), Franca Polesello (Maria - The usherette), Vittorio Gassman, Mario Adorf (Emilio Ricci), Joachim Fuchsberger (The Writer), Véronique Vendell (Alice Stendhal) y Enrico Maria Salerno (Roberto)

📢 Dirección: Antonio Pietrangeli

🌏 Países: Italia-Alemania del Oeste (RFA)-Francia

📅 Año: 1965

📽 Proyección:

📆 Jueves 06 de Junio

🕔 6:30pm.

🏡 Auditorio Leonardo Da Vinci del Instituto Italiano de Cultura (av. Arequipa 1055, Urbanización Santa Beatriz - Lima)

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Ingreso libre

🎤 El dato: Después de la proyección se realiza el Conversatorio: "Nadie la conocía de verdad. La obra maestra de Antonio Pietrangeli".

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uniquetyphoonmiracle · 6 months ago

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Recomiendo a todos los que vayan a PUTOS CONCIERTOS o PUTOS PARTIDOS DE IDOLOS DE ORO..que les lanzen sus ZAPATOS [pero los más VIEJOS Y MAL_OLIENTES] como hicieron con GEORGE W BUSH y para RECORDAR que el 11_M hizo presidente a ZAPATERO que tras jurar su Cargo ante BIBLIA y CRUCIFIJO [en un supuesto Estado ACONFESIONAL y siendo ATEO DECLARADO Y SOCIA_LISTA] fue a visitar a los HERIDOS del 11_M y a una víctima de VIOLENCIA DE GENERO que se tiro por el BALCON porque su marido prendió fuego a la casa con ella y su hijo tras DIVORCIARSE porque tomaba el SOL DESNUDA viéndola los VECINOS y presento al JUEZ tickets de EL CORTE INGLES que acreditaban que su marido ganaba más de lo que declaraba porque mi amigo Santiago Jiménez Martin o el HIJO DE ADORACION le pagaba parte en NEGRO en sus CARNICERIAS y le cayeron 15 años de cárcel carteandose con él jaja..por cierto ..el marido de la hija de ADORACION llamado JUAN POLO era el jefe de seguridad personal de Emilio BOTIN en su ciudad_banco_campo de golf de BOADILLA y me contó el hijo de ADORACION que no salía de la VAN con la que llegaba hasta que se hubiera leído todos los putos periódicos jaja..

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bernardjleman · 11 months ago

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Lecturas del año (1ª parte): 10 primeros puestos

Solo algunas frases para cada uno de ellos. Por estricto orden de lectura. Hay cosas de género y otras que no. Puro gusto personal.

Cuatro cuartetos, de T. S. Eliot (Alianza, traducción de José Emilio Pacheco): poesía comprometida, puro desafío. Inabarcable. Una auténtica gozada. Difícil de elegir entre las cuatro o cinco traducciones existentes en el mercado, me decanté por esta, que es lo suficientemente libre como para mantener la métrica cuando importa, pero no tanto como para adulterar el sentido ni las metáforas de Eliot. Además es bilingüe e incluye cientos de notas para explicártelo todo.

Carmilla, de Sheridan Le Fanu (Delphi Classics, Complete Works of Sheridan Le Fanu): ¿qué se puede decir de Carmilla que no se haya dicho ya? Sugerente, inquietante, poética, ebria… Fui buscando una novela corta de vampiros y volví sin saber muy bien qué había leído exactamente, salvo que no quería que se terminara nunca.

El horror sobrenatural en la literatura, de H. P. Lovecraft (Valdemar Gótica, traducción de Juan Antonio Molina Foix): volví a este libro después de haberlo leído hacía muchos años, en mi «primera etapa Lovecraft» y después de haber investigado un poco más sobre la historia de la literatura de terror. En esta ocasión me ha parecido una joya que desmiente algunos de los prejuicios que se le atribuyen, frente a otros ensayos sobre el mismo tema, además de arrojar luz sobre algunas de sus influencias e intereses menos conocidos. La edición se complementa con el «Commonplace Book» y varios ensayos relacionados, como el conocido «Notas sobre la escritura de ficción extraña». Una lástima que el traductor haya elegido trasladar al español el término «weird fiction» como «ficción fantástica», adulterando así la gran aportación que hizo Lovecraft al género identificando la corriente weird, lo que hace que esta versión, modélica en muchos otros aspectos, no termine de acreditar la verdadera importancia que tiene la obra original.

The Strange, de Nathan Ballingrud (Titan Books): ¿por qué no está traducido Nathan Ballingrud al español? Es incomprensible. Estoy por hacerlo yo mismo. Esta ha sido mi lectura favorita del año. Un western fantástico situado en Marte. Una novela de iniciación. Personajes inolvidables. Terror y emoción.

Bohemios del valle de Sesqua, de W. H. Pugmire (Biblioteca de Carfax, traducción de Érica Couto-Ferreira): este libro me hizo volver a mi temprana juventud, cuando leía en la casa de campo mientras los pinos murmuraban bajo la luz de la luna. Después salía a la ventana a fumar un cigarrillo mientras contemplaba las sombras del jardín. El valle de Sesqua se ha convertido en uno de esos lugares míticos donde quedarse a vivir. Pugmire encontró su propia manera para canalizar lo inquietante del paisaje del Pacífico Noroeste. Toda esa franja de la costa oeste de los EE. UU. está teñida de un halo propio de extrañeza que merecería un estudio aparte.

Los vagabundos del dharma, de Jack Kerouac (Anagrama, traducción de Javier Setó): sigo en la costa oeste y regreso a un autor que leí en mi adolescencia, junto a Gingsberg o Burroughs. Qué prosa más valiente. Este libro no lo leí: lo absorbí en grandes bocados, y hacerlo se convirtió en una necesidad vital. Envidié su forma de ver la vida y deseé que al menos una pequeña parte de él se hubiera quedado en mi alma. Pero yo no tengo de eso.

Sir Gawain y el caballero verde, de Pearl (Alianza, traducción de Francisco Torres Oliver): una traducción en prosa y una edición no bilingüe. No me importa porque a estas alturas uno no está para pelearse con el inglés antiguo. ¿Es Sir Gawain la primera novela de terror de la historia? Yo digo que sí: un pilar fundamental para el género, se mire como se mire.

My Heart Is a Chainsaw, de Stephen Graham Jones (Titan Books): reconozco que empecé este libro movido más por el hype y por los clubes de lectura de Librogusano e Iván Ledesma que por otra cosa, y también que sufrí leyéndolo en inglés. Pero aquí está, entre las mejores lecturas del año. Slashers, adolescentes en problemas, un pueblo que oculta inquietantes secretos, gentrificación, seres sobrenaturales, alces, y un final de infarto. Y el estilo de Graham Jones, que es único. Más info en mi reseña en este enlace.

Damnable Tales, con selección e ilustraciones de Richard Wells (Unbound): una selección que recoge relatos folk horror de forma cronológica. Fundamental para conocer las raíces literarias del subgénero. Aquí dentro hay mandanga de la buena, entre otras cosas el primer relato de Robert Aickman que he leído y que me ha enamorado. Creo que en 2024 va a salir un segundo volumen de relatos.

The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories, de Laird Barron (Night Shade Books): cuando leí la primera colección de Barron (The Imago Sequence), me sorprendió lo increíblemente bien escrito que estaba, siendo el primer libro del autor. Pues no hace más que mejorar. Este, el tercero, es algo impresionante. Probablemente el mejor en conjunto. El libro que lo consagra como creador de un universo propio en relación con el horror cósmico y con una voz propia. Inquietante, violento y de una riqueza que apabulla. Me ha dejado con ganas de más.

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cinedeoromexicano1920 · 2 years ago

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𝐷𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑅𝑖́𝑜

Llegó al mundo del cine por casualidad tras conocer al director Edwin Carewe, que mientras tomaban el té en una reunión particular, quedó tan impresionado por su belleza que le ofreció un papel en su película Joanna (1925).

Más adelante protagonizó películas mudas estadounidenses donde llevó a ser encasillada en papeles de indígena, problema que se acentuaría con la llegada del cine sonoro debido a su acento mexicano.

Después de La muñequita millonaria (Joanna, Edwin Carewe, 1925), con la que debutó, hizo un buen trabajo en Resurrección (Resurrection, 1927), Ramona (Ramona, 1928) y Evangelina (Evangeline, 1929), del mismo realizador. Durante el rodaje de esa película, se separa de su marido, quien muere algunos meses después en Alemania.

Bajo la dirección de Raoul Walsh trabaja en El precio de la gloria, 1926; Los amores de Carmen, 1927 y La bailarina de ópera, 1928. Su descontento con los papeles que le ofrecían en las producciones de Hollywood le hizo volver a su país en 1943. Realizó Ave del paraíso, (King Vidor, 1932), representó a una brasileña en un musical en el que era la protagonista ante Ginger Rogers y Fred Astaire, Volando hacia Río de Janeiro (Thornton Freeland, 1933), francesa (Madame du Barry, W. Dieterle, 1934), (Wonder Bar, L. Bacon, 1934; I Live for Love, B. Berkeley, 1935).

Dolores del Río era, según Carlos Fuentes "una diosa que se sabía mujer". Volvió a usar las trenzas y los arquetipos indígenas con sus compatriotas Emilio Fernández (Flor silvestre y María Candelaria, 1943, entre otras) e Ismael Rodríguez (La cucaracha, 1958) así como con John Ford (El gran combate, 1964). Realizó un thriller de Welles y Foster (Estambul, 1942) y trabajó en los melodramas de Roberto Gavaldón (La otra, 1946) y Alejandro Galindo (Doña Perfecta, 1950).

Realizó casi 450 películas, una docena de programas de televisión y cerca de 10 montajes teatrales.

𝙵𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚣 𝚌𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝟷𝟷𝟾!🎂

#cine mexicano #mexico #vintage #cine de oro mexicano #vive la vida #dolores del rio

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ofallingstar · 4 years ago

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List of books I read this year

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Morirás Lejos by José Emilio Pacheco

Devotions by Mary Oliver

Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

Mrs. Dolloway by Virginia Woolf

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Collected Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami

Twelve Moons by Mary Oliver

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien

New Selected Poems 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney

Ulysses by James Joyce

The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore by W. B. Yeats

Normal People by Sally Rooney

The Dark by John McGahern

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Une sirène à Paris by Mathias Malzieu

Atonement by Ian McEwan

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

After the Quake by Haruki Murakami

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire

E. E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962 by E. E. Cummings

No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo: Poemas 1964-1968 by José Emilio Pacheco

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Beloved by Toni Morrison

After Dark by Haruki Murakami

The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats by W. B. Yeats

The Collected Poems of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde

Breath, Eyes, Memory of Edwidge Danticat

Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

El Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges

Selected Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Adonis by Adonis

If Not, Winter by Sappho

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-García

The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Iliad by Homer

Collected Poems, 1909-1962 by T.S. Eliot

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke

The Odyssey by Homer

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Tattoist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin

Arráncame la vida by Ángeles Mastretta

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami

Collected Poems, 1912-1944 by H.D.

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Hannibal by Thomas Harris

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

The Shining by Stephen King

The Complete Poems by John Keats

The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

La ciudad de vapor by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde

Hiroshima by John Hersey

Selected Poems: 1965-1975 by Margaret Atwood

Selected Poems II: 1976-1986 by Margaret Atwood

Dearly: New Poems by Margaret Atwood

Uncollected Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa

Circe by Madeline Miller

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Poems: 1962-2012 by Louise Glück

Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde

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#about brenda #books #booksblr #goodreads #long post

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delaimaginacion · 3 years ago

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-Otro homenaje a la cursilería 'Dear, dear! Life’s exactly what it looks, Love may triumph in the books, Not here.' -- W. H. AUDEN Me preguntas por qué de aquellas tardes en que inventamos el amor no queda un solo testimonio, un triste verso. (Fue en otro mundo: allí la primavera lo devoraba todo con su lumbre). Y la única respuesta es que no quiero profanar el amor invulnerable con oblicuas palabras, con ceniza de aquella plenitud, de aquella lumbre.

José Emilio Pacheco, Irás y no volverás

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crowdvscritic · 4 years ago

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round up // MARCH + APRIL 21

March and April were a whirlwind of vaccines and awards shows! A full year after we starting staying at home, the end of this weird chapter in recent history seems like it might finally be coming to a close, and this pop culture awards season—typically a time full of fun and glamour—captured our moment weirdly well. (Emphasis on the weird.) This month’s recommendations is filled with more Critic Picks than usual, so without further delay, let’s dive right in...

March + April Crowd-Pleasers

Double Feature — 2018 Action Thrillers: Bad Times at the El Royale + Den of Thieves

In Bad Times at the El Royale (Crowd: 9/10, // Critic: 8/10), Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, and Dakota Johnson are staying at a motel on the California-Nevada state line full of money, murder, and mystery. In Den of Thieves (Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 6.5/10), Gerard Butler takes on some of the best bank robbers in the world. Whether you like your action with a dose of mystery or the thrills of plot twists, these will fit the bill.

Double Feature — ‘80s Comedies: Caddyshack (1980) + Splash (1984)

In the mood for pure silliness? Take your pick between a mermaid and a gopher! Five years before The Little Mermaid, Tom Hanks fell for Daryl Hannah’s blonde hair and scaly tail, and John Candy was his goofy brother in Splash (Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 7/10). And four years before Ghostbusters, Bill Murray was the goof on a golf course full of funny people like Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, and Ted Knight in Caddyshack (Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 6.5/10).

Double Feature — 1980s Coming-of-Age Films Starring Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, and Challenging Brother Relationships That Influenced Stranger Things: Stand by Me (1986) + The Lost Boys (1987)

Believe it or not, I had no idea these two ‘80s classics had so much in common when I chose to watch them back-to-back. In Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Stand by Me (Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 9/10), four kids (Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, River Phoenix, and Wil Wheaton) are following train tracks to find a missing body. In The Lost Boys (Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 7/10), Corey Haim and Jason Patric move to a small California town and discover it’s full of ‘80s movie star cameos and…vampires? One is a thoughtful coming-of-age story and one is just bonkers, but both are a great time.

Spaceman by Nick Jonas (2021)

My love for the Jonas Brothers is well-documented, so instead of going down the rabbit hole I started digging at 15, I’ll talk about how Nick Jonas’s latest solo album will likely appeal to a wider audience than just the fans of the brothers’ bombastic pop records. It’s full of catchy tunes you’ll play on repeat and an R&B-influenced album experience about the loneliness we’ve experienced in the last year and how we try to make long-term relationships work.

Ted Lasso (2020- )

I love stories about nice people crushing cruelty and cynicism with relentless kindness, and Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) is the warmest, most dedicated leader this side of Leslie Knope. Be sure to catch up on these witty and sweet 10 episodes before season 2 drops later this summer.

Double Feature — Tony Scott Action Flicks: Enemy of the State (1998) + The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

Tony Scott’s movies have got explosions and excitement in spades. I love a good man-on-the-run movie, and in Enemy of the State (Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 8/10), Will Smith is running through the streets of D.C. after getting evidence of a politician’s (Jon Voight) part in a murder. I also love a tense story set in a confined space, which is what Denzel Washington is dealing with in The Taking of Pelham 123 (Crowd: 9.5/10 // Critic: 7/10) after a hammy John Travolta takes a New York subway train hostage.

Double Feature — Baseball Movies: The Natural (1984) + Trouble With the Curve (2012)

Sue me—I love baseball movies. Robert Redford plays a fictional all-time great in the early days of the MLB in The Natural (Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 9/10), and Clint Eastwood plays a fictional all-time great scout in his late career in Trouble With the Curve (Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 7.5/10). If you love baseball or actors like Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, and Justin Timberlake, these movies are just right here waiting for you.

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Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American (2021)

Sue me—I enjoy Netflix standup comedy specials that are safe enough to watch with your whole family. That’s exactly the crowd I laughed with over Easter weekend, and while the trailer captures Bargatze’s relaxed vibe, it doesn’t capture how funny he really is.

The Mighty Ducks (1992)

I thought somewhere in my childhood I’d seen at least one of The Mighty Ducks movies, but after watching all three, I think my memories must’ve come from previews on the VHS tapes for other Disney movies I watched over and over again. The original still holds up as an grown-ups, which is why even my parents got sucked in to this family movie while just passing through the living room. Bonus for ‘80s movies lovers: Emilio Estevez is basically continuing Andrew Clark’s story from The Breakfast Club as an adult. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 6.5/10

Double Feature — New, Dumb Action on Streaming: Godzilla vs. Kong + Thunder Force (2021)

If you want something intelligent, go ahead and skip to the next recommendation, but if you’re looking for something stupid fun, these are ready for you on HBO Max and Netflix. Thunder Force (Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 6/10) follows Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as they train to become superheroes who take on superhuman sociopaths wreaking havoc on Chicago, and alongside Jason Bateman, they do it with a lot of laughs. Godzilla vs. Kong (Crowd: 9.5/10 // Critic: 5/10) is, um, exactly what it sounds like, so I’ll skip a plot summary and just say it’s exactly what you want from this kind of movie. #TeamKong

3:10 to Yuma (2007)

All you need to know is Russell Crowe is an outlaw, and Christian Bale is the guy who’s got to get him on the train to prison. I also watched the 1957 version, which is also a solid watch if you love classic Westerns. Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 8/10

Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

Marvel’s newest series isn’t nearly as inventive as WandaVision, and it may not land every beat, but it’s worth a watch for the fun new gadgets, Sebastian Stan’s dry joke delivery, and its exploration into themes of what makes a hero and what governments owe their citizens. It’s a pretty satisfying entry in the MCU canon, but I’d also recommend re-watching Captain America: Winter Soldier and Civil War—the canon is getting expansive, and it’s getting trickier every year to keep up with all the backstory.

March + April Critic Picks

Best of 2020 Picks

As per usual, the months leading up to the Oscars becomes a binge period for potential Oscar nominees. In March and April, I watched many of the films that made my Top 20 of 2020, including Boys State, The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Let Them All Talk, Minari, Nomadland, On the Rocks, One Night in Miami…, Promising Young Woman, Soul, and Sound of Metal. You can read how I ranked them on my list for ZekeFilm, plus reviews of The Father, Minari, Promising Young Woman, and Soul.

Bonus: If you loved On the Rocks, don’t miss this feature and beautiful photography starring Sofia Coppola, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, and Rashida Jones for W Magazine.

Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

What would you do if you started hearing a voice who narrated your every thought and move? If you’re Will Ferrell, you’ll seek out a literary professor (Dustin Hoffman), fall in love (with Maggie Gyllenhaal), and track down the voice (Emma Thompson) who’s making ominous predictions about your future. Stranger Than Fiction is funny thought-provoking, and an unusual but welcome role for Ferrell. Crowd: 9.5/10 // Critic: 9/10

All the Royal Family News

Speaking of stranger than fiction, it’s been a busy few months for the Royal Family. We’ve celebrated 95th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the 3rd birthday of Prince Louis, and the 10th anniversary of Will and Kate’s marriage. We also lost Prince Philip, and we watched the drama of Harry and Meaghan’s interview with Oprah. No matter what happens to their Crown, I don’t think we’ll ever get over our fascination with the Windsor family. A few pieces worth reading from the last few months:

“In Meghan and Harry’s Interview, Two TV Worlds Collided,” Vulture.com

“The Queen’s Man: Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Dies,” TIME.com

“Obituary: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,” BBC.com

Goodfellas (1990)

One of my film opinions that makes me feel like a phony is that Martin Scorsese just isn’t my cup of tea. He’s brilliant, but his films tend to be long and dark, two qualities that are never my first choice…and somehow Goodfellas still worked for me? Maybe it was the TV edit graciously toning down the violence or maybe it was that Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci were firing on all cylinders, but for some reason this ‘90s classic didn’t suck the joy out of my evening like Scorsese often does. (Bonus: For a Martin Scorsese/Robert De Niro I don’t really recommend, head to the last section of this Round Up.)

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Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (2021)

Her voice has only matured, so Taylor Swift revisiting her old albums is like upgrading a blast to the past. Plus, the six new tracks make me feel like 15 crushing on that boy in Spanish class again, and her Grammys performance (just before her third Album of the Year win) was magical and folklore-tastic.

Double Feature — ‘60s Action Classics: The Guns of Navarone (1961) + Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Guns of Navarone (Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 8.5/10) follows Gregory Peck and David Niven as they destroy Nazi weapons in the Mediterranean. Planet of the Apes (Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 8.5/10) follows Charlton Heston as he attempts to escape from, well, a planet full of apes. The pacing of ‘60s films doesn’t always hold up, but that’s not the case with this pair. Both are still full of suspense, and you can’t go wrong hanging with casts like these.

Let Him Go (2020)

Kevin Costner and Diane Lane play a farming couple who unexpectedly help raise a boy who lost his biological father—sound familiar? But instead of a superhero origin story, they’re part of a thrilling Western with performances nuanced (Costner and Lane) and showy (Lesley Manville). If I’d watched this before completing my Best of 2020 piece, it likely would’ve been on my list. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 8.5/10

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The Oscars

I’m a ride-or-die fan of the Academy Awards, but I’ll admit even I found this year’s ceremony odd. Instead of focusing on what wasn’t so hot, I’ll recommend a few moments you don’t want to miss:

Emerald Fennell giving a shout-out to Saved by the Bell

Daniel Kaluuya acknowledging his parents’ sex life during his acceptance speech (??)

Yuh-Jung Yoon flirting with Brad Pitt and acknowledging she’s just “luckier” than her fellow nominees

Glenn Close dancing to…”Da Butt”?

You can also read about the historic wins and nominations from this year’s Oscar class and why the Golden Globes were an even stranger production weeks earlier.

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Trailer-palooza!

Movies are on their way back, y’all! I’m counting down the days until I can get back to a theatre, and even if some of these movies are duds, I’m planning to see all of them on a big screen if possible:

Those Who Wish Me Dead (May 14)

Cruella (May 28)

In the Heights (June 11)

Space Jam 2 (July 16)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 3)

West Side Story (December 10)

Also in March + April…

To add to the Oscars love, you can listen to a conversation about what we learn about family, community, and society in some of the year’s biggest nominees on the Uncommon Voices podcast. I join regular hosts Michael and Kenneth in this episode, and I recommend all of their thoughtful discussions on their “What’s Streaming” episodes.

I’ve previously recommended the Do You Like Apples weekly newsletter, so I’m proud to share I contributed twice in March! I wrote about Love and Basketball, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and one of my all-time favorite Julia Roberts rom-coms, Notting Hill. (I also tied to win their Oscars pool, but I suppose that’s less exciting for you than me.)

It was a busy couple of months on SO IT’S A SHOW! New logo, new email list, new Instagram, and a host of new episodes about a flop of a Madonna flick, a Swedish children’s TV show, an urban legend turned into a horror movie, one of the best films about journalism ever, and a Martin Scorsese movie about a real boxer.

Most of what I wrote for ZekeFilm in March and April was mentioned in Best of 2020 recommendations…except for The Nest, a film that couldn’t figure out what genre it wanted to be.

Photo credits: Nick Jonas, Royal Family. All others IMDb.com.

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