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Original Characters Masterlist

Atlas and Rosalyn:

Siren Song Precious Time "I prayed to god for the purpose in believing in god." "...But a sin." "Whether I'm attracting flies or not." "Wanna know a secret?" "Happy birthday, my love." "It's almost midnight." - Rosalyn and Narrator "That kind of day." - Linney and Narrator Assigning Blame - Linney and Narrator Obligation "Heaven to a sinner." Wounds Abigail

Icarus:

In the Last Strains of Sunlight - Remus, Maria and Emmeline "I pick hell." - Remus and Allie "The final straw!" - Remus and Maria "I don't think I care." - Remus and Maria A Threadbare, Baby Blue Bear - Remus and Jan "Charlie..." - Maria and Charles Crocodile Expression - Maria and Charles Glitter-Free - Remus, Maria and Charles "Happy birthday, Remus..." - Remus and Karma "God forbid your mother has friends." - Remus, Karma, Allie and Maria Muffins are a fair price - Remus, Allie and Jan Halloween - Remus and Allie "Dyslexia strikes again." - Remus, Karma and Allie "Cats and dogs." - Remus, Karma, Allie and Nyx

Elton and Orion:

"Let me guess..." Silver Pepper of the Stars Sweet as Sugar "How to make a guy feel special." Kiss the Girl Eliza Puzzle Rings "This year..." Wedding Crasher AU pt. 1 Wedding Crasher AU pt. 2 "Are you blushing?" Maybe Love

Arachne:

"Affection for Mr Loyal..." - Odessa Miss Charlotte De Baviere - Lottie "Technically a genius." - Odessa, Loyal and Marriot Dr Odessa Halliway - Loyal and Dinah Ethics - Odessa, Loyal and Marriot "You're brilliant!" - Odessa and Loyal "You get it." - Odessa and Loyal "Friend or therapist?" - Odessa and Arthur "I get it." - Odessa and Loyal Scars and Stories - Loyal and Lottie All Good Things Arrive Haphazardly - Odessa and Loyal "My circus, my monkeys." - Odessa, Loyal and Marriot "Not that girl." - Odessa and Loyal Salt and Sugar - Lottie and Marriot

Fairly:

For Finch - Ambrose and Finch "Running through the airport love?" - Ambrose and Finch His Touch can Ruin or Rebuild my Life as he Sees Fit. - Ambrose and Finch Built to Preform - Luka and Doe Him or Her - Harlow Supposed True Love - Luka and Doe Amateur - Luka, Doe and Harlow (au) Doe Eyes - Luka and Doe "A very pretty Soprano!" - Luka and Doe Harlow! - Harlow and Luka "Hai..." - Harlow and Herring He is divine - Finch and Luka "I want it to be perfect." - Ambrose and Desta "Running through the airport love?" - Maya and Finch Status Quo - Ambrose and Finch "Time to go home." - Ambrose and Finch "They'll kill you." - Ambrose and Lennon Wonders of the World - Luka (and Doe) Doe Divine - Doe (Au) "If Freud wouldn't have a field day with that." - Ambrose and Finch Third Party Revenge - Ambrose, Desta and Meredith All the Wonders of the World - Luka "She doesn't deserve any of that." - Ambrose and Finch (and Doe) "Made for each other." - Ambrose, Finch, Luka and Doe "Doe." - Luka and Doe "Do I know you from somewhere?" - Doe and Desta "What is he punishing himself for?" - Desta and Meredith (and Ambrose) "Nothing special." - Ambrose and Finch Snow - Luka and Doe "We always won." - Luka and Doe Technicolour - Doe and Finch True Solace - Luka and Doe

Dawson and Jude:

"Looking for myself..." "I'm Dawson."//"My name is Jude." "How I missed you." "Like he hopped out of a storybook." - Jude and Lennon Jude's Homicidal Skillset (Or lack thereof) - Jude and Lennon "Someone they like." "Extra-curriculars." - Jude, Dawson, Eva and Arden

Salem:

Facade of Blame

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Due to character limits, this will just be names of my OCs. You can get more information by clicking this link. I welcome nearly any question about my silly mary sues.

Adventure Quest: Chalia

Akira: Kuroda Emi

ATLA: Rimon Suu

Big Bang Theory: Alex Munroe

The Big Chill: Veronica Heather

Big Hero Six: Mati Spence, Masuyo Smith

Bleach: Chikako Aizen, Hotaru Kurosaki, Halcyon Boosalis

Buckaroo Banzai: Sage Spence

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Isolabella Dawson

Cats & Dogs: Aurora Lee Phantasm

Chainsaw Man: Moe Nagamine

Channel Awesome: Avalon SexehTwilight Mary Sue, The Black Widow

Charlie the Unicorn: Jenniffer the Pegasus

Cowboy Bebop: Hazel Prince

Cyberpunk 2077: Himiko Otomo, Vidya "V" Zenith

Danganronpa: Sumire "Owlyn Srebrenka" Hino

Deadly Premonition: Absinthe Maidstone Stonewall MacShakeit, Abigail Maidstone

Death Note: Katherine "K" Kilgore, Melusine "Meruko" Badeaux, Sora Kurohoshi, Jezebel Blackheart, Mitsune Sakura

Devil May Cry: Beatrice Lacrimae, Lavinia Sparda-Amata

Devilman: Astraroth "Astra"

Digimon: Hana Otogi

Disastrous Life of Saiki K: Moemi Saiki

Dragon Age: Coriander Tabris, Craig Cousland, Dove Surana, Lieselotte Brosca, Princess Aeducan, Lovewave Lavellan

Dragon Ball: Remin, Unshiu

Earth Girls Are Easy: Andromevak "Andy"

Eltingville Club: Seraphim "Sera" Herrera

Fallout: None, Nothing

Fate: Cosette Everild-LaAnimus, Delphine Everlid-LaAnimus

Final Fantasy: Jehfa Fakthu

Fire Emblem: Briar, Delshad, Dreamer, Euphemia, Florian Gloucester, Historia, Marguerite Ciar, Primrose Gloucester, Solanine, Wander

Free!: Akira Hanamura

Friday the 13th: Lynn Curtis

Ghostbusters: Aisling Redhead (2016), Aisling Redhead (1986)

Goosebumps: Rosalind "RL" Greene

Gorillaz: Clotilda Culpepper

Grand Budapest Hotel: Cvetka Kovacs

Gundam: Atlus Darkwater, Nnyley Romantica

Halloween: Alice Linklater, Bijou Hart, Brianna Willow-Winters, Dolores Orth, Jason Lee Cranston, Lynn Curtis, Moon n Stars Morris

Harry Potter (All created when I was in middle and high school. This was before JK Rowling shat her diaper. I do not condone Joanne and her hateful bullshit and just wanted to share OCs I made as a kid.) : Akemi Akiyama, Cassandra Finnegan, Harmony Dumbledore, Jaycelynn "Jacky" Lavgine, Kendra Pepper

Independence Day: RL Stineler

Inuyasha: Aihime, Kiki (2004), Kiki Shiina, Usagi Hinode

Jennifer's Body: Christie Fatt Cox

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Fiori Stelline, Jonah Joestar-Angelakos, Kanon "Eileen Diamandis" Shiina, Otome Tanaka, Passion Angelakos, Sakuro Gackt-Myers, Stephanie McCormick

Jujutsu Kaisen: Chidori "Chitose" Iori

Jurassic Park: Anna Rose Morgan, Gillian Mayham, Jen Morris, Joy Tootoosis, JT Malcolm, Marina Malcolm, and Miharu Hamano

Kingdom Hearts: Kitana, Nerissa

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: Dazzle Kovacs

The Lorax: Cipher, Avalon and Story

Mario: Princess Velvet

Marvel: Allie N Blumsford, Genesis, Jamie Johnson, Jocasta "Cipher" Macbeth, Makelsolakveder, Zelda Kirkness

Mass Effect: Adette Shepard

Metalocalypse: Maiko "Manko Kechaman" Roberts

Mortal Kombat: Amaya, Emberlynn Augus, Feather Dance, Stryker's Dad, Kandace Stryker, Laytanya Moore, Marina "Monsoon", Kirke

My Hero Academia: Rin Amamiya, Kirameki Sarashina, Youmu Yumemite

Naruto: Akiko Haruno, Asuka Hatake, Hoshiyo Kanmuri, Kazuma Hanamori, Subaru Kanmuri

The Office: Cam Keeper

One Punch Man: Sumika Nagisa

Ouran High School Host Club: Bunko Matsushima, Ryunosuke Kanagawa

The Outsiders: Josephine "Joey" Wiehler, Serenity "SW" Wiehler, Sincerity Travis

Passengers: Dr. Galaxy Pepper

Persona: Jun Adachi, Junya Daidara, Marina, Momoka Mishima, Minako Iori, Sayaka Sakamoto, Stephanie McCormick, Tomoko Nakajima, Hamuko Arisato, Minako Arisato, Rin Amamiya, Yuka Narukami

Pokemon: Amanda, Altreis, Catalina, Dolores "Lolita-chan", Emilia, Isobel "Izzy", Galan, Gabrielle, Gelato, Medee, Muffy, Paloma, Pycal, Tila, Twinkle, Wasabon

Power Rangers: Emi Johnson, Dawn "Milky" Garson, Jacintha Cranson-Park, Lady Johnson, Lady Johnson (2017), Octavia Clearwater, Serena Ryder, Tamsin "Tami" Oliver, Thomas "Tommy" Oliver, Wednesday Neckoway, Yumeko Takahara, Ashton Redhead, Derek Ng, Jaiden Lawliet, Lux Cranston, Morgan Valentine, Nicholas DuBois, Scout Park, Saintan

Rance: Aellae, Ashelotte, Desu, Cosmia

Resident Evil: Ianthe Hawke

Rise of the Guardians: Eros

Riverdale: Winona "Sodapop" Bighetty

Sonic: Blossom, Purple, Jeff, Mango, Mist

SPY x Family: Lyubov

Stardew Valley: Stella

Star Wars: Hiak Ray "Talarth"

Steven Universe: Imperial Topaz, Nokomis Queens

Stranger Things: Heather Ranger

Street Fighter: Neroli

Sugar Sugar Rune: Akiko Sakura, Cerise Incroyable, Sugar Graves

Tezuka: Daiya Mondo, Melody Serendipity

Tokyo Ghoul: Teruko Yumemiya

Touken Ranbu: Kanon Tachibana, Momoe Tachibana, Tokiko Minami

Transformers: Carly Rae Jepsentron

Twin Peaks: Eden Hill

Until Dawn: Moon n Stars Morris, Rosario Hicks

View Askewniverse: Artoo "Ari" Hicks, Alyce Linklater, Bijou "Rhapsody" Hart, Jaycelynne "Squall" Thiffault, Nova Phoenix

Voltron Legendary Defender: Forever, Harper Thiffault

XIN: Myth

YuGiOh: Aikako Hisahama, Airi Sarahi, Hitomi Nakajima, Hotaru Tenjouin, Jason Trudeau, Jaycelynn Trudeau, Kairi Sarahi, Masuyo Tachibana, Momoe Yukimura, Naomi Sarahi, Ringo Hinagiku, Raven Sarahi

YuGiOh GX: Ai Yuki, Aika Hana, Anais Kuroda, Anastasia Rosseau, Emi Jounouchi, Hitomi Nakajima (GX), Jaycelynn Rosseau, Kaori Tenjouin, Katsuro Jounouchi, Marina Mikan, Naomi, Soul Yagami, Yuudai Yuki, Kaori Torimaki, Koden Saotome, Moira Tenjouin

YuGiOh 5Ds: Barbie O'Neil

YuGiOh ARC V: Shinju Sawatari

Zack and Miri Make a Porno: Pepper Culpepper

Crossovers: Jaycelynn Yuki, Aqua Marine, Desu

In History, Maybe - A coming-of-age story starring Hazel Nylan and her on-again-off-again girlfriend, Stephanie McCormick just trying to make it in the third biggest “city” in Manitoba.

Hazel Nylan , Stephanie McCormick

Nobody of the Luck - A fantasy-isekai story about depressed popular boy getting sucked into a fantasy themed eroge called Nobody of the Luck and saving the world by accident.

Tristan Stark, Aellae, Freya

Fractured Faerie Tales - Tristan is sucked into yet another eroge, this time its fairy tale themed.

Tristan, Cendrillion

RandoRanger - A team of spandex technicolour clad heroes are here to defeat the hentai tentacle monsters!

Masuyo Kusanagi, Ryota Matsuda

Starry Starry Night - Akiko Valentina constantly wished that she’d take that advice to heart for once in her life. Growing up, it seemed like every wish she’d make would come true. Life should’ve been a breeze… and it was for a while. Her family had won the lottery a few years ago, along with her mother’s seaweed gin distillery taking off which brought the Valentina Family even more fortune. Classes would be cancelled, boys asked her to the dance, her favourite TV shows would suddenly be back even when they were cancelled whenever she seemed to will it. Though, like a bad 90s kids horror series, there was always a cruel twist at the end.

Now living alone in the penthouse apartment her now dead family’s fortune got her, Akiko spends her free time overindulging herself in luxury, to distract herself from the dark. Things had gotten stale after two years of spoiling herself rotten.

“I wish something would happen in my boring life.”

One night, she’s approached by a stranger on the way home from partying…

Amber “Akiko” Valentina, Akira Angelus, Blair Princeton, Charles Broadmoor, Cheyenne Princeton, Fafnir, Gaylene, Kirk Grimme, Nyarou, Thorn

Fairy Ring - A small town on the border of southern Manitoba that hides some magical secrets.

Antigone, “Kisecawchuck”, Dorothy, Carly, David Young, Abigail Maidstone

Roseburough - A city with a dark past–its first settlers were a group of cultist for a demon of lust–that has a proclivity for less than pure activities.

Amelie, Anita Wood, Aurora, Circe, Dani Michaels, Daniel Michaels, Eitaro Satou, Emiri Satou, Genesis “Genni” Jones, Joey Spence

Eidolons and Eudaemonia -Eudaimonia is a world where each country worships a particular element. Each country has a temple and a candle that must be lit at all times to prevent a calamity. Its said that the candles represent hope, the one thing that kept ‘humanity’ going after the first calamity. Every few centuries, new candles must be created and infused with magic and blessings from each country before being placed in the temples and lit. It’s a ritual that has been carried on long before the formation of the Church of the Star Bringer, which eventually took control of candle duties. 

Team Disatisfaction: Anita, Arlis, Milk, Opal, Rubia, Vesta, The Artist

Lovewave

The Demon Lords: Lovena

Kuroi

Mizuka

Magical Flower Maidens: Anemone, Cassiane, Ione, Renthe, Sayuri, Zinnia

Tristan's Party: Tristan, Akihime, Plum and Peaches.

Story-less OCs:

Stephanie "Desu" McCormick, Stephen "Boku" McCormick, Aisling McCormick

Rhubarb

Mermaid Squad: Arctic, Sea Bunny, Goffik

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QUEER MTL THINGS TO DO: October 2023

It’s October in Montréal, and autumn in the city always starts off with a bang and ends with the fun and frolics of “gay Christmas”—Halloween! This month, Montréal is stuffed to the brim with events, parties and unique experiences painted in all the colours of the LGBTQ+ rainbow. From drag to community, circuit to underground, here’s some of our picks for the best LGBTQ+ things to do in the city. For further announcements, including those not announced at time of publication, follow QueerMTL on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr! Got an event coming up? DM it our way!

EVENTS

Sunday, October 1

🎉 La gailaxie ligue d’improvisation, Cabaret Mado

Monday, October 2

✍️ Trivia Mondays hosted by Bambi Dextrous, Diving Bell Social Club

Tuesday, October 3

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal,

Wednesday, October 4

✍️ Queer Sip & Draw, Blue Dog Motel

🧩 Ellelui presents Games Night, Ping Pong Club

Thursday, October 5

🎤 Queer Karaoke Night, BMP Co-op

Saturday, October 7

🎉 La gailaxie ligue d’improvisation, Cabaret Mado

🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra

Sunday, October 8

😆 A Very Pretentious Comedy Show #10—A Very Sandy One with Nart, Sandy Bridges, Jonathan Burrello, Mbissine, Zak Kik, John Cotrocois, Sandy El Bitar and Raquel Maestre, Diving Bell Social Club

Monday, October 9

✍️ Trivia Mondays hosted by Bambi Dextrous, Diving Bell Social Club

Tuesday, October 10

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

Wednesday, October 11

✍️ Queer Sip & Draw, Blue Dog Motel

Thursday, October 12

🎤 Queer Karaoke Night, BMP Co-op

🎭 Queer Broadway cabaret with Melanie Thompson, Amanda Caron Garbacz, Jonathan D’Amour, Marc Ducusin, Danielle Keiko Eyer, Maya Lewis, Jeanne Motulsky, Ciatha Night, Charlotte Paradis, Veronica Schnitzer, Kenny Stein and Joseph-Salvatore Vitale, Café Cléopatre

🎥 L’Amour à Minuit: Vampyros Lesbos (1971), Cinéma L’Amour

Friday, October 13

🎭 Queer Broadway cabaret with Melanie Thompson, Amanda Caron Garbacz, Jonathan D’Amour, Marc Ducusin, Danielle Keiko Eyer, Maya Lewis, Jeanne Motulsky, Ciatha Night, Charlotte Paradis, Veronica Schnitzer, Kenny Stein and Joseph-Salvatore Vitale, Café Cléopatre

🧙‍♀️ Maleficarum MTL—Vamps & Witches Edition, 4000 rue St-Ambroise

Saturday, October 14

👠 Femmes Fatales Burlesque, Café Cléopatra

🧙‍♀️ Maleficarum MTL—Vamps & Witches Edition, 4000 rue St-Ambroise

📚 Violet Hour Book Club meets to discuss House Within a House by Nicholas Dawson, Archives gaies du Québec

Sunday, October 15

🎉 La gailaxie ligue d’improvisation, Cabaret Mado

🧙‍♀️ Maleficarum MTL—Vamps & Witches Edition, 4000 rue St-Ambroise

Monday, October 16

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Jam d’impro contact, en mixité choisie, White Wall Studio

✍️ Trivia Mondays hosted by Bambi Dextrous, Diving Bell Social Club

Tuesday, October 17

🎥 REEL GAY: Jennifer’s Body with Butterscotch Blondie, Diving Bell Social Club

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

Wednesday, October 18

✍️ Queer Sip & Draw, Blue Dog Motel

Thursday, October 19

👠 Les Folies Draglesques with Miami Minx, Uma Gahd, Aizysse Baga, Bonbon Bombay, Celesta O’Lee, Eldritch Mor and Selma Gahd, Cabaret Mado

🎤 Queer Karaoke Night, BMP Co-op

Saturday, October 21

🤝 Queer Business Networking Event, L’Etage

🏳️‍⚧️ Devenir parent quand on est trans ou non-binaire, Coalition des familles LGBTQ+

🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra

Sunday, October 22

🎉 La gailaxie ligue d’improvisation, Cabaret Mado

👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Lesbian / Queer Womyn Slow Dating 27-45, Rockaberry

Monday, October 23

✍️ Trivia Mondays hosted by Bambi Dextrous, Diving Bell Social Club

Tuesday, October 24

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

Wednesday, October 25

✍️ Queer Sip & Draw, Blue Dog Motel

Thursday, October 26

🎤 Queer Karaoke Night, BMP Co-op

Sunday, October 29

🎉 La gailaxie ligue d’improvisation, Cabaret Mado

Monday, October 30

✍️ Trivia Mondays hosted by Bambi Dextrous, Diving Bell Social Club

Tuesday, October 31

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal.

PARTIES

Saturday, October 7

🥳 District Events’ RISE with GSP and Paskal Daze, Bain Mathieu

Sunday, October 8

🥳 FRKY | GIVING with Miguel Graça, Moka, Rawsoul, Plastik Patrik, Manclaudy and Renée-Claude Morin, La Sotterenea

🥳 District Events’ RITUAL, a Day Party with B’ugo and Karsten Sollors, Le Balcon

Saturday, October 21

🥳 Un samedi soir dans le VILLAGE!—Lez Danze with DJ Lili Manseau, Taverne Urbaine

Friday, October 27

🥳 Queen & Queer Dance Party—Édition Halloween with Lis Dalton and DJ Sam, Bain Mathieu

Sunday, October 29

🥳 Freak Fest—The Afro Caribbean Halloween Party, Jet Nightclub

DES SPORTS

🛼 Montréal Roller Derby Presents Haunting on Mont Royal Hill on October 6-8, 2023 with New Skids, Les Sexpos, Tri-City, Gotham A, Gotham B and Team Ontario, Arena St Louis.

👯‍♀️ Initiation au Tango Queer, mercredi 11 octobre, Lespacemaker

👠 Twice a month on every second Tuesday, Bring It! hosts an OTA night of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details.

🚲 Montréal Queer Bike Polo meet on Thursdays, with details on Instagram

🎾 Ligue de dimanche meet at the Parc Louis-Riel tennis courts every Sunday

🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal meet on Fridays at the Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud

💃 Tango/Salsa Queer’s continue, with Salsa Queer on Saturdays from 13:30-14:30 and Tango (beginners/intermediate) on Saturdays at 12:00-13:30. Contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (438) 930-8529 for prices and signup information.

🏐 Les Ratons-Chasseurs (Montréal’s LGBTA dodgeball group) holds regular events. Keep an eye on their Facebook for upcoming opportunities to join in and play.

🕹Montréal Gaymers hosts regular gatherings including board game nights and gaming gatherings. Check their Facebook for what’s next!

🏃🏾Join the Out-Run run and workout club for people relating to the queer / sapphic experience. Details on their Instagram!

🐦 Bird lovers should keep their eye on Queer Birders' regularly scheduled birdwatching events and excursions. Join the Facebook group and get those binoculars at the ready.

DRAG

Montréal’s vibrant drag community features several regularly-scheduled nights hosted by local luminaries, each featuring guest performers. Check venue websites for full line-ups!

Sunday, October 1

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Krystella Fame, Kelly Torrieli and Heaven Genderfck Cabaret Mado

👑 Michel Dorion, 35 ans de carrière, Bar le Cocktail

Monday, October 2

👑 La Petite Drag with the queens of Cabaret Mado, Cabaret Mado

Tuesday, October 3

👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, October 4

👑 Drag Race Brazil viewing party with Muz’Emma, District Video Lounge

Thursday, October 5

👑 Boom & Précieuse with Lady Boom Boom, Jessie Précieuse, Kiara and Jenna, Cabaret Mado

👑 Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Jimmy Moore Drag Show with Jimmy Moore, Complexe Sky

Friday, October 6

👑 Queens of the World Group B with Kleopatra Perfection, Zahra Bizarre, Lily Shade, EmmOtional Damage, Bebe Elle, Dolores Diamonds, Natachatte, Marla Dragn and Queer Latina, Bar Notre Dame Des Quilles

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, October 7

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail

Sunday, October 8

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Kiara, Bambi Dextrous and Mister Boogie, Cabaret Mado

Tuesday, October 10

👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, October 11

👑 RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15’s Anetra, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drag Race Brazil viewing party with Muz’Emma, District Video Lounge

Thursday, October 12

👑 Jimmy Moore Drag Show with Jimmy Moore, Complexe Sky

Friday, October 13

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, October 14

👑 Queens of the World Group C with Kleopatra Perfection, Lux N’ Such, Augusta Wind, Psyberia, Meh Dafok, Lady Monrose, Divaartist, Muz’Emma and Zaya, Bar Notre Dame Des Quilles

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags with Crystal Starz, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Lara: Hommage à Lara Fabian with Ciatha Night, Bar Le Cocktail

Sunday, October 15

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Jessie Précieuse, Marla Deer and Eva Moist, Cabaret Mado

Tuesday, October 17

👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby, Cabaret Mado

👑 Under Kingstruction presents Hallo-Queer with Infernal Desires, Bar Le Cocktail

Wednesday, October 18

👑 Les Golden Girls with Tracy Trash, Lana Dalida, Marla Deer and Prudence, Cabaret Mado

👑 Lulu’s Spooks for Diva with Lulu Shade, Dupre Latour, Miss Behave, Val The Freak and Woody Fungi, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Drag Race Brazil viewing party with Muz’Emma, District Video Lounge

Thursday, October 19

👑 Les Folies Draglesques with Miami Minx, Uma Gahd, Aizysse Baga, Bonbon Bombay, Celesta O’Lee, Eldritch Mor and Selma Gahd, Cabaret Mado

👑 Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Jimmy Moore Drag Show with Jimmy Moore, Complexe Sky

Friday, October 20

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, October 21

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags with Emma Déjavu, Bar Le Cocktail

Sunday, October 22

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Sasha Baga, Lady Boom Boom and Bobépine, Cabaret Mado

👑 Sally-D nu-D with Sally-D, Bar Le Cocktail

Monday, October 23

👑 Derek Wood presents Tim Burton with Uma Gahd, Demone Lastrange, Lana Dalida, Blueberry Moore and Roxy, Cabaret Mado

Tuesday, October 24

👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, October 25

👑 Sashalicious with Sasha Baga, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drag Race Brazil viewing party with Muz’Emma, District Video Lounge

Thursday, October 26

👑 Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Jimmy Moore Drag Show with Jimmy Moore, Complexe Sky

Friday, October 27

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, October 28

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags with Ciatha Night, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Rendez-vous de la drag with Rita Baga, La Big Bertha, Ra’jah O’Hara, Michel Dorion, Uma Gahd and more, Palais des congrès de Montréal

Sunday, October 29

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Cabaret Mado

👑 Rendez-vous de la drag with Rita Baga, La Big Bertha, Ra’jah O’Hara, Michel Dorion, Uma Gahd and more, Palais des congrès de Montréal

Monday, October 30

👑 Filles de peur: Volume 2 with Aizysse Baga, Lady Boom Boom, Kiara and La Freak du Show, Cabaret Mado

Tuesday, October 31

👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby, Cabaret Mado

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Can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that Ally Dawson’s type is quite literally “Men Named After a Location in Texas?”

Like...Austin and Dallas are pretty obvious.

But there’s also a city in Texas called Elliot, as well as a Young County, for Gavin Young.

The only one I wasn’t able to find was Ethan, from the Halloween episode. But if you really wanna stretch, he was dressed as Charles Lindbergh, who apparently did some of his military training in Texas.

I doubt the writers of the show took it that far, but the concept of this is just hilarious to me.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 Review: Still Possesses Turtle Power After All These Years

Cowabunga all you happy people! I freaking love the Teenage Ninja Turtles. I grew up with it from Turtles in Time, which was my first video game, to the 2003 cartoon, which I covered the first three episodes of last month, and on to present day as I re-read the idw comics after finally reading the original eastman and laird run of mirage, and impatiently waiting for Shredder’s Revenge to come out after a LONG drout of no good TMNT games. I”m a fan of these heroes four, their dynamic as a family, the endless possiblities that come from it’s long history and ablitlity to go anywhere in any genre, and the wonderful goofy shit that happens when you have a franchise about mutant turtles learning ninjitsu from a rat and fighting a dude covered in knife covered samurai armor. 

So with me finally covering the guys after almost a year last month and with a new movie set to debut at some point this year, I had the bright idea to revisit the FIRST TMNT movie after way too many years of not watching it. This movie is anear and dear to my heart: When I first started getting into the boys big as a kid with the 2003 cartoon, I badly wanted more turtles. But back then it wasn’t nearly as easy to glom onto some more of the sewer shock pizza kings: Streaming sites with all the cartoons on them weren’t all that accesable, dvd’s were expensive for the 87 cartoon, Mirage wasn’t reprinting the comics in any meaningful way and my local comic shop didn’t have any at all and I could only play the SNES when my brother had it set up on occasion like at our Grandma’s farm. 

As you probably guessed though there was one exception: the original 1990 movie, which I got at Walmart for 5 bucks and haven’t let go of since. It was one of my first dvds and is still one of my most precious. Said film hit the spot just right as like my beloved 2003 series, it was a mildly goofy but still fucking cool adaptation that stuck closer to the mirage comics, even more than the 2003 series would, while taking a few queues from the 87 series. This film is as precious to me as the 2003 series and a with a brand new movie coming up, I figured it was the exact right time to dig into this classic: what makes it still good to this day, what’s fun to point and laugh at, and how the heck Jim Henson got involved in this. So join me under the cut as I take a look at my boys first theatrical outing and why I still love watching a turtle. 

No One Wanted To Make This: Before we get into the film itself some background. As usual I struggled a bit, but thankfully found some help in the form of this Hollywood Reporter article.  It’s a fascinating read worth your time, providing an oral history of the film from the people who worked on it. 

The film was the baby of Gary Propper, a surfer dude and road manager for the prop comic Gallagher, aka that guy who used to smash watermelons but now has instead opted to smash what little’s left of his career by being a homophobic douchenozzle. He found an ally in Showtime producer Kim Dawson who’d produced Gallagher’s special. I don’t think there will be more of an 80′s sentence than “Gallagher’s surfer dude agent wanted to make a teenage mutant ninja turtles movie”. Propper was a huge fan of the comics, and with Dawson’s help convinced Laird and Eastman to let them option it to studios. 

It may come as a shock to you but the road agent for a homophobic watermelon man and a producer at a niche cable channel wanting to make a movie based on an underground comic book about masked turtles at a time when the two most recent comic book movies were Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Howard the Duck, did not go well. Every door in Hollywood got slammed in their face, even Fox> Even the eventual backer of the film, Golden Harvest, a hong kong action film studio, took months to convince to actually back the film. 

Things did not get easier from there: The films writer Bobby Herbeck had trouble getting a story agreed on because Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s working relationship had deteroiated horribly from the stress so naturally the two could not agree on a damn thing and argued with each other. Peter Laird  made a tense siutation even worse by constnatly sniping at Herbeck and feeling he was a “Hollywood outsider infringing on his vision and characters”

Granted the script was apparently not great... but Pete still comes off as a pretnetious ass who views his weird indie comic as THE HIGHEST OF HIGH CALLINGS HOW DARE YOU SOIL IT. And continued to be kind of a prick like this throughout the rest of his time with the property. 

Thankfully the film found i’ts voice, vision and director in Steve Barron. Barron was a music video guy who knew the producers and while reluctant, eventually dove into the project rightfully thinking the film would need to be a mix of the mirage comics and 87 cartoon, keeping aprils’ reporter job, the turtles lvoe of pizza and their iconic color coding from the cartoon but adapting several stories from the comics as the backbone of the film. The guys liked barron MUCH better and things ran smoother. 

Barron also brought in one of the film’s biggest selling points and it’s most valuable asset: it’s triumphantly awesome Jim Henson costumes. Barron had worked with good old Jim on the music videos for Labyrinth, and while it took some convincing since the comics were violent as hell and that wasn’t Jim’s style, Barron eventually got him on board. This naturally doubled the budget, but given Henson’s costumes STILL hold up today and look better than the cgi used in the platinum dunes films... it was a good call. And this was brand new tech for jim, having to invent tons of new ideas and mechanisms just to make the things work, and said things still were absolute hell on the actors. Jim later ended up not liking the film for being too violent... which I find hilarious given how many muppets got eaten or blowed up real good on his show but regardless, I thank this legendary and wonderful man as without him this film WOULD NOT have worked. The costumes here look great, feel realistic, and you can’t tell the actors were dubbed much less horribly suffering in those suits. Much like Disney Land. 

The film would get picked up for distribution by New Line, and despite i’ts weird as hell origins and the long shot it had.. the film was a MASSIVE hit at the box office, owing to a combination of Batman 89 the previous year having proved comic book movies can work for audiences, the cartoon’s runaway sucess, and a massive marketing campaign. The film made it’s mark. So now we know how we got here let’s get into the film itself. 

What’s the Story Morning Glory?:

So the story for this one is largely cobbled together from some of the more notable arcs Eastman and Laird did before handing off the book to others full time as the stress of the company and the mounting tension with each other made it near impossible to work together on the book itself. 

To Save time i’m just going through what hte movie takes from the comics plot wise now to save me the trouble later:The movie takes elements from the first issue (The Turtles, Splinter and Shredder’s backstories, Shredder being fully human and the main antagonist, Shredder’s design and the final rooftop showdown that results in Shredder’s death), second and third, (April’s apartment over her dad’s old store and the turtles moving in when their home is ransacked and splinter has gone missing), the rapheal micro series (A tounge in cheek way of cashing in on the Mini-Series craze of the 80s, a one shot by modern standards and something that’s tragically been underused as an idea as only TMNT and MLP have used the idea at IDW, Raph meeting casey and their fight with one another), the return of shredder arc (One of the turtles being ambushed and mobbed by the foot and then thrown though a sky light (Leo in the comic and Raph here), the turtles being horribly outnumbered by them, Casey coming ot the rescue and metting the non-raph turtles for the first time, and them being forced to escape when the place goes up in flames), their exile to northampton (April writing in a journal, casey working on a car with one of the guys and one of hte guys looking over hteir injured brother), and finally, their triumphant return which was very loosely adapted as there are no deformed shredder clones and shredder not being dead yet in this version was not brought back by a colony of super science worms. 

So as for how this all comes together: Our story takes place in New York: A crimewave is high with muggings mysterious. There are a ton of phantom thefts going around and at most people have been seeing teens responsibile. And the police.. are at about this level of useful:

The only person doing something is April O’Neil, played by Judith Hoag. Hoag is easily the standout of the film, giving us a strong, confident woman with a wonderful sense of humor. She honestly might be my faviorite April O Neil, and given we’ve had some great ones with 2003, 2012 and Rise, that’s not something I say lightly. I honestly wish I’d recognized her in more stuff as she was both on Nashville and the mom in the Halloween Town films, and most recently was on the ScFy show the magicians. She’s a talented lady and i’m glad she’s still goin. 

April is a reporter for Channel 3 like the cartoon, though for some weird reason her boss from the cartoon is replaced by Charles Pennigton, played by Jay Patterson, whose currently dealing with his troubled son Danny, played by Micheal Turney. Pennington is horribly useless at both jobs: At work he tries to ease April off calling out Chief Sterns, who refuses to listen to April’s evidence gathered from japanese immigrants that the crimes resemble similar ones in japan in favor of trying to get charles to shut her up. Danny meanwhile is a member of the foot becase his dad thinks shouting out him and talking about him like he’s not there and generally being a dipstick will actually do anything to help him. 

I love the concept for the foot here. In addition to being a Ninja Violence Gang as always, they now recruit new members by finding kids without families or with troubled family lives and giving them a sense of family with the foot, and sweeting the bargin with a giant cave filled with arcade machines, a skate ramp and general late 80′s early 90′s kids goodies. Is it rediculous? Yes. Is it also clever as it gives Shredder an easy army of plausably deniable theives that he can pick the best out of to put in his elite that will be tirelessly loyal to him and him alone? Also yes. 

So April being public about this stuff gets her attacked, which naturally leads to our heroes coming in, first in the shadows and later directly when April wont’ give up on the case and Shredder sends some ninjas to go shut her up.. which he does weirdly as the guy jsut slaps her and tells her to cut it out like he’s on a domestically abusive episode of Full House. Raph saves her, and we get the turtles origin.. though weirdly they cut it in half. We get the ooze portion but Splinter’s past with Saki, Saki’s murder of his master and his master’s partern Tang Shen is left for later in the film and the fact Shredder’s saki is treated as a big twist despite the fact the biggest audience for the film would be kids... and kids would’ve been familiar with the cartoon where the giant brain monster routinely screeches out saki at the shredder. Maybe Barron just thought he was an alcoholic I don’t know. It just would’ve made more sense to have it all at once and let the audeince put it together. 

April becomes good friends with the turtles over a night of frozen pizza and camradrie, but the Splinters return home to find it ransacked, Splinter kidnapped by the foot, and are forced to Stay with april. Charles meanwhile tries to get April to backoff because he made a deal with the police to clear Danny’s record, without TELLING her any of this mind you, but I will save my rage on that little plot point for in a bit as Danny who he drug along sees the turtles and tells the Shredder. 

So we get the return of the shredder arc as Raph goes through a window, our heroes fight valiantly, and Raph’s friend Casey who he met earlier shows up, the two having bonded as all true friends do.. by beating the shit out of each other ending with raph shouting DAMNNNNNNN really big and dramatically into the sky for some reason. The Turtles and friends escape with an injured raph from April’s burning second hand store. She had a second hand store it was poorly established and only there because she had it in the comics. 

Our heroes retreat to a farm April’s grandma owned in Northampton, Massachutes, where Mirage was located at the time the original comics where they were exiled to the place were written and a location that has been a staple of the turtles ever since. The turtles slowly recover, lick their wounds, talk about who hooked up with who on gilligans island etc, before Leo connects with Splinter via meditation, who tells them to come back. Splinter also starts to connect with Danny and convinces him to swtich sides.. or at the very least squat in the boys old home. 

The boys return home, find danny, and prepare, Danny goes back and ends up giving away the Turtles are home.. but the turtles are ready and in an awesome sequence kick the fuck out of the foot squad sent for them with some well prepared steam vents. Casey goes to get splinter since Danny told them and with Danny’s help, finds him, since Danny found out they were gonna kill him. Casey beats up Tatsu, shredder’s right hand man, and they get him out. 

We get our final fight which is awesome up until the climax.. which is splinter casually tripping shredder with nunchucks and thier bloody history being kind of rushed and unsatsifying. Casey crushes shredder with a garbage truck, April gets her job back, more on that in a moment, she and casey hook up, and we end with the fucking awesome song T-U-R-T-L-E Power by partners in cryme. Seriously check it out it’s fucking triumphant. 

The song is just good.. cheesy? Sure but that’s half the fun. It’s the gold standard for movie theme songs for them and stacks up handily with the various animated series themes.. all of which slap. Okay... ALMOST all of which slap. Fast Forwards is aggressively medicore, which is doubly suprising to me since 4kids was REALLY damn good with theme songs. It was one of the three things they were best at along with finding VERY talented voice actors and setting japan based works in america because merica dammit.  

The plot is very solid: It skilfully packed half of eastman and laird’s run on TMNT into 90 mintues while adding things like April’s job at channel 9, the way the foot recurited kids etc. The plot flows well for hte most part and apart from one annoying subplot we’ll get to never has a moment that feel unecessary or dosen’t pay off later. And the stellar plot and fun pacing of it helps boilster the characters that do work... and help paper over the ones that are so thin the’yd fall down a grate...

Our Heroes, Villains and Annoying Middle Aged Guys:

Yeahhhh character is hit and miss here. Some are rather strong, others are the bare basics for the character their adapting and most are just to serve the plot but some work some don’t,  So let’s talk about it starting with our boys:

Raph is the most fleshed out of the turtles, being the main focus of the first 2/3 of the film, and having his anger be part of what SHOULD be a character arc, learning to temper it. And while granted MOST TMNT properties do this, to the point that Rise Raph is so loveable in part because his boisterous bruiser big bro attitude is a refreshing break from the usual grumpus we get. But at the time this hadn’t been done in every version but the 87 cartoon, so exploring it was valid.. but despite saying this should be a thing htey just forget about it and the most plot relevance he gets is going thorugh a window. He dosen’t really get a resolution.. his arc just kind of stops dead for the final half and it’s one of the film’s weaker points, one I only just now noticed on this rewatch. He’s still the most entertaining. 

Leo is the weakest of the turtles. He really lacks a personality here mostly just being leader and while his spirtual side is touched on, it’s  mostly a plot device. He’s just kinda the leader because he was in the comics to the point Partners in Cryme called Raph the leader. His role in getting taken out by the foot was taken by Raph, so he just has.. nothing to do for most of the film other than gripe at raph ocasionally and say orders. He’s probably the worst Leo i’ve seen outside of Next Mutation. I prefice that because after watching Phelous’ review it’s VERY clear those four are the worst versions of the characters, and no personality is still better than either having your team do nothing or yelling at them as your personality. I chalk this up to the Mirage Leo, and the mirage turtles to a poit being kind of bland. Not TERRIBLE characters, especially for the time, but not nearly as fleshed out or individualized as they woudl be in other adpatations, and with most traits LEo DID have, like his badassery flat out gone, he’s just.. nothing here. 

Mikey and Donnie are a double act here with both sharing a brain. Interestingly instead of his normal genius character, Donnie is Mikey’s best friend and the two simply trade jokes and schtick together. The two are interchangable.. but easily the best part of the film and a lot of the most memorable gags and lines, from Ninja Kick the Damn Rabbit! to “Do you like Penicllin on your pizza”, are from them. Thier there almost entirely as comic relief but it works, with both clealry being more modled ont he 87 cartoon turtles, a move that helps lighten the mood in darker moments. Their just genuinely charming and it’s intresting to see such a diffrent version of Donnie, and other incarnations, specifically the 2003 and Rise versions, would retain the sarcastic edge. 

Splinter is splinter. That’s about it, he’s peformed well and the puppet is amazing but he gets kidnapped a half an hour in and outside of influcencing Denny, more on that in a moment, and finishing Shredder he dosen’t do much but spout exposition. He’s not bad or anything, but he’s essentially a rodent shaped plot device. He was also puppeted by Kevin CLash, aka the guy who does Elmo. So there you go. 

April on the other hand.. is truly excellent. This might be my faviorite April. Judith’s april nicely blends the cartoon and mirage versions: She has the cartoons energy and job, but the comics sheer will and casual nature. Judith just oozes personality and her April is just a joy to watch, from her breezy chemistry filled interactions with the guys to her confrntation with Chief Sterns, knowing she’ll get thrown out by the asshole. She’s confident, and even when afraid dosen’t back down to her attackers and even helps out during the sewer ambush. I mean it’s a pot on the head but still it’s neat. She’s easily the best part of the flim and the most fleshed out of the cast. The worst I can say is they kinda shove her store from the comics, Second Time Around, in there for no other reason than it was in the comics: It dosen’t come up until it’s needed for the foot’s assault on her place. But overall.. she’s just fantastic to watch. 

Speaking of fantastic to watch, Elias Koteas is fantastic as Casey. Seriously he’s only second to the 2003 version in my eyes, getting the concept of a testorone filled average guy who decided to just go out and hit people with sports equipment after watching too much A-Team.. I mean that part of it’s not in this version but it’s implied, just right. Like judith, Elias is just really funny to watch and his big scenes, showing up just in time during the foot assault on april’s place and his fight with Tatsu are some of the best parts of the film, the former taken directly from the comics. This version isn’t without problems: His friendship with Raph, his most endearing aspect and one that has been carried throughout eveyr version Casey’s important, with the only exception so far being rise and we have a movie to fix that, is absent here. HE does save the guy, but they don’t really bond or anything. In fact he disappears for about half an hour after his big fight with Raph. But... again he’s just so damn entertaining, down to his JOSEEEEEEEEEEE Conseco bats (There was a two for one sale!).

Shredder is just a LITTLE better than splinter, if only because his actor projects a true aura of menace and I feel this version had some influence on the pants crappingly terrifying 2003 version. And the idea of the foot recurting teenagers like I said is a good one: He gives them home and a cause, they give him plausably deniable backup. And his fight with the boys in the climax is really awesome... the conclusion sucks but otherwise h’es okay. Not the deepest villian, but he has enough presence to be enjoyable.

His right hand man Tatsu, whose been adapted ocasionally since this and reimaigned as Natsu in the IDW comics, a female version, is also fine. He’s your standard grimacing goon but has enough presence to work. 

So that brings us to the penningtons. Charles, april’s boss at the station and his son Danny who’s joined the foot as he feels his dad dosen’t love him. Charles..is about as interesting and likeable as a dog turd and is the worst aspect of the film. No debate there, he just sucks. He sucks so hard he’s classified as a black hole.  The film wants you to see him as a put upon wokring dad whose frustrated with his son’s increased moodiness, skipping school and crminal undertakings and just wants to help him and loves him deep down. The problem is his actor’s delivery instead of concerned.. is just pissed. He just seems pissy and upset about the whole thing and comes off like he’s only mad about Danny doing this because he’s embarassing him and not because you know, it’s bad. When confronting Danny about stealing, he dosen’t consider MAYBE he’s part of a gang or needs help, but just wonders “Why are you stealing when I give you stuff”. Because, Dipshit, sometimes kids do crimes not because they need the stuff but because they WANT to, and because they want to act the fuck out. 

The most he does for the kid is agree to try and get April to back off the police when Cheif Sterns offers to let Danny go and not put him on record in exchange for it. The problem.. is this makes him even MORE unsympathetic. While I do get wanting to help your child, I do and it’s a sucky position... he again should be sympathetic.. but he handles the thing so badly it sucks. He just tells april to ease off, with no reason given, then fires her when she SHOCKINGLY dosen’t give up taking the guy whose refusing to take her hard work seriously or actually solve the crime wave problem to task for his shitty behavior as ANY person facing a shitty, corrput cop would. She just wants to hold him acountable and get him to actually do something. He clearly knows her on a personal level too as he talks about his issues with his son freely with her, something you don’t do with an employee unless their also a friend on some level. 

He could have TOLD april what was going on. She’d be furious at Stern’s naked corrpution and prioritizing shutting her up over actually solving crimes.. and thus put at least some of that energy into shutting him down or finding a way around it, going to the papers or something like that. Even in 1990 pre-internet, there were ways to get around Sterns blackmail and expose him so someone who’d actually do the job could get the job. Instead he just comes off as a selfish coward who rather than try and fight the guy blatantly abusing his power and using Charles own son as  barganing chip, goes along with it because it’s the easier option to simply bow to him instead of TRY and stop this. And it’s not like he’s even going after a beloved public figure or someone who could hide behind his rep: Sterns was blatantly failing a crime wave, April had called him out on his failrues and coverups multiple times. The public was against sterns.. finding out he tried to blackmail the media into shutting up about him would PROBABLY end him... I only say probably not because the public wouldn’t skewer him, but because police tend to escape consequences for blatantly murdering someone on a daily basis and Andrew Cumo is STILl mayor over in new york, the same city this movie takes place, 31 years later, depsite EVERYONE asking him to resign over a long history of sexual harassment and a more recent but still horrible history of hiding death numbers. I don’t doubt people being stupid enough to ignore this or the bilaws with cops being stacked enough for him to get away with it, but just because someone gets away with a crime dosen’t mean you shoudln’t try and go after them in the first place. Fuck. Charles. Pennington. 

Danny on the other hand is FAR more interesting and I think gets way too much flack when it comes to this subplot. Unlike his dad, whose dead weight, Danny is intresting: He provides a POV character for the foot’s MO in the film of taking in wayward teens, and his character arc is pretty engaging, slowly realizing the foot dosen’t care and that hte turtles are the good guys. HIs actor does a great job and while not the biggest presence, he’s not a bad addition to clan hamaoto and I wish other adaptations would find a way to use him. The pull between doing the right thing and his found family is a good struggle. My only real issue with his plot is the moviies flawed aseop about family. It tries to contrast shredder and his using the kids blatnatly with Splinter and Charles really loving their sons. And it works with Splinter and the kids because despite being a tad strict, Splinter clearly loves his sons and works with them to help them. The problem is ENTIRELY with Charles and Danny. As I said Charles love comes off as transasctional: He either thinks he can buy it or just expects it because he shot a bunch of goop into Danny’s mom after two minutes of disapointment. It dosen’t work with them because neither option is good for Danny. His father is neglectful, chooses throwing his jounralistic integrity out the window over talking to his son or his best friend about another way, and abrasive. Danny is no saint, he does do crimes, but it’s clearly a result of a shitty upbringing and the shredder and co actually offeirng him the love he desperatly craves. Danny goes to the foot because his dad is bad at his job but the film never adresses that and just expects Danny to go back to his dad because the plot says so. Danny would HONESTLY be better off with Splinter. No really. Sure he’d have to live in the sewers.. but he did so for a few weeks in the course of the movie. He’s fine down there. Splitner actually cares about him and took an intrest to him and knows how to raise a child. Let him become the fifth turtle. An aseop about family is not a bad thing: Loaded subject that it can be given how many outright abusive families exist, i’m one of the lucky ones who dosen’t have that issue, family is an important thing and can be a source of comfort and support. But this film tells you you should love and respect someone who does not love, respect or value you because he spent a minute in your mom’s vagina and that’s not how family should work and is outright dangerous to kids in an abusive situation. Love the film otherwise but fuck this aseop skyhigh. 

Final thoughts:

Overall though.. the film is bodacious. It’s funny, well paced, has an awesome cast, and outside of a certain bald asswipe... it’s a really good superhero film. Is it the best i’ve seen? Nope. Not even close and character wise most of them are as thin as a wet paper bag covered in ranch dressing. But it’s still a fun as hell with awesome corepgraphy, a killer soundtrack, seriously the soundtrack is damn excellent and only didn’t get it’s own section because I didn’t have enough to say and some of the best effects work i’ve seen in a film in the turtle suits. If you haven’t seen it I urge you to check it out: it’s a breezy 90 minutes, it’s on hbo max and it’s a shell of a time. Will I do the next film? 

We’ll see how this one does like wise and such, but I will be doing the rise film whenever it comes out this year. So look for that and keep possesing turtle power my dudes. If you liked this review subscirbe for more, join my patreon to keep this blog a chugging, comission a review if you have more turtle stuff you want me to cover, and comment on this. What do you think of the movie, what are your thoughts on the review, what can I do better, what other turtle stuff would you like me to cover/ Let me know and i’ll see you at hte next rainbow. 

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♛ Spotted on the Upper East Side…

Name: Jesse Walker Pronouns: He/Him Age: 20 years old Hometown: Upper East Side, NY Occupation: Junior at NYU Social Status: Insider Faceclaim: Wolfgang Novogratz

Who Is Jesse?

“You got me running on sunshine, ain't no clouds getting in my way.”

Jesse Walker. Who doesn’t know who you are? Your kind nature, unwavering belief in the best in others and the world were only part of why and how you managed to ‘take me down’. You were responsible for rallying together those who decided to turn against me. A heart of gold, a naivety that has never truly gone away, a sweetheart… It’s a wonder that you lasted on the Upper East Side. Strong convictions, a loyal friend and a little bit of a foolish romantic too. You’re the one that every parent wants their child to marry (if the parents want them to marry for true love, of course). People want you on their side, in their corner, playing guitar and telling them ‘chin up, it’s all going to be okay’. Well watch out, Walker because now I’m back and we have unfinished business like you wouldn’t believe.

A Little Extra

All his life Jesse Walker has walked on sunshine and he’s not about to stop now. He’s always ready to see the bright side, be a shoulder to cry on and there isn’t anything he wouldn’t do for his loved ones. In fact, there’s isn’t anything he wouldn’t do for most people. Jesse has a big heart, he hands out second (and third, and fourth) chances like candy on Halloween. He tries his best to be the bigger person and learn from his mistakes. A pacifist, he doesn’t even like arguing over who ate the last yogurt never mind anything else. Even after he found out his best friend was in love with his high school girlfriend- ex girlfriend now, of course- and vice versa, he didn’t raise his voice. Sure, it hurt. It hurt like hell because Jesse thought he was head over heels in love with Rose Haven. Thought she was his forever girl but after taking a step back, he realised that wasn’t really true and that was okay.

So how did this sugary sweet soul end up taking on the Upper East Side’s most formidable gossip blog? Easy. He watched Gossip Girl’s posts hurt the people he loved one too many times. Specifically, he watched it make his friend turned big, gooey crush turned girlfriend, Sophia Vandervort, cry. That was the last straw and why shouldn’t he step up and take her on? Why the hell not? Jesse managed to use his charm, his gift for a rousing speech and a few influential allies (namely Blair Waldorf) to get a team together. They came up with a plan, they set a trap. After six months of trials and torment, they did it. Now, they might not have found out who Gossip Girl was but they did find her laptop. All evidence self-destructed before further investigation could be made but the next day when there were no posts? It felt like a victory. Jesse has put the whole thing behind him now. The good guys won and that’s that. After all, he always liked a happy ending.

What Does Gossip Girl Have On Them?

Jesse and his brother Jason’s estranged father sought him out and wanted to make amends. There was a big, charming speech but in the moment, Jesse turned him away and told him not to come back. He hasn’t told anyone about it, especially not his mom and brother.

Connections

Jason Walker - the older sibling.

Dean Dawson - his best friend in the whole world, his brother, basically his whole heart.

Rose Haven - the high school ex turned kinda friends. He even roots for Dean and Rose now, the messiest couple on the UES.

Sophia Vandervort - his girlfriend, sunshine, love of his life.

Alexandra Vandervort and Jake Hunter - two of his very best bros! Alex lives with him at the Walker family home and Jesse is 100% ready to the world’s best uncle to the upcoming baby.

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The grass is stained with crimson after the smoke clears. The O’Sheas have taken monumental casualties and injuries, and the police point their fingers toward them with accusations. The Fausts have not escaped unscathed, riddled with bullet holes and burns, but miraculously, they’ve pulled off one of the most dangerous heists in Chicago to date. As for the Vasiles, their partnership with the O’Sheas has totally decomposed after the framing, and their trust is up for grabs. The Leons are slowly losing their faith in the Fausts—while they are still considered allies and the O’Sheas are seemingly to blame for the deaths, something about this still paints the Fausts in red light. They saved the day, but how many of their men were lost in the fire ? The Washington’s campaign rivals were taken by the flames, and the public eye is on them. Anyone who pays attention knows this attack was no accident, and it’s up to the Washingtons to repair their credibility after supposedly disposing of their competition.

It seems as if the Fausts took the victory, as they successfully framed the O’Sheas for the Institute debacle, but quick-witted O’Shea members scrambled to steal priceless paintings in the fire, only adding to their accumulating riches. The Leons are now looked upon as saviors of the Crimson City, disobeying the orders of the Fausts in favor of protecting the innocents. There’s always a silver lining with the Washingtons—they’ve lost their campaign competition—and the political power of Chicago is practically claimed. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a win in sight for the Vasiles. At least their parties are a BLAST.

Chicago is on the mend, and civilians and family members alike are busy licking their wounds. It’ll be quiet for the coming weeks, but don’t expect the peace to last long. The O’Sheas are angry, but the Vasiles are angrier.

THE VASILE HALLOWEEN EVENT HAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. Feel free to post new threads regarding the aftermath and the trauma. You may finish your part 2 threads if you want, but don’t be afraid to start fresh. Begin all of your new threads with crimson.starter as usual, and let’s all get back to some normalcy. Below the cut is your character summary:

FIRST FLOOR

Heavy security. No guns. MONIKA ADLER smuggles in guns with the help of VALARENA CASTILLO.

DIMITRI VASILE notices the bomb under the staircase, alerts others  to help them block the way.

SAGE CAULFIELD-PROUVOST fights the flames with a fire extinguisher, but soon runs out of powder and instead begins to crack open the windows with the blunt edge.

O’Shea memebrs try to turn on the fire sprinklers, but MELANIE WARD and BLUE DANIELS sabotaged their efforts. The fire sprinklers are disabled as the smoke continues to rise with the flames.

TATIANA STEELE pulls the fire alarm and their sleeve catches on fire.

TEDDY COHEN and JACK DAWSON IOAN are guarding the main exit. They allow Fausts and Civilians out, but fight anyone else. CLEMENTINE O’SHEA, BOONE O’SHEA, FINNAGÁN O'SHEA, and LEVI BOHAN are denied which leads to a fight at the main exit.

JORDAN WAKE gets caught in the crossfire and takes a bullet to the abdomen, courtesy of a Faust family member.

HOLLY BYRNE and JOHNNY BENNETT sustain third degree burns being too close to the stairs when they collapse.

SANTIAGO LOPEZ  picks a weapon from one of the bodies to defend themselves but is too afraid to pull the trigger. NAOMI WASHINGTON confiscates the gun and fires in SANTIAGO LOPEZ’s stead.

ILYANA ROMANOVA  steps out of the way just in time for debris to come crashing from the ceiling, trapping TOBY O’SHEA, CONNOR MASON O’SHEA , and JULIETTE HARPER underneath. A civilian jumps to their rescue, and TOBY O’SHEA, CONNOR MASON O’SHEA , and JULIETTE HARPER are injured.

CHARACTERS ON THE FIRST FLOOR ESCAPE VIA A SHATTERED WINDOW AND ARE SWEPT UP BY A FLEET OF AMBULANCES TO ASSESS THEIR INJURIES.

SECOND FLOOR

VICTORIA STONE and civilians are trapped in a stalled elevator. They hear something beeping under the floor—the stark realization that they only have minutes to escape before the elevator blows incites panic. LUKA SOKOLOV hears the commotion from inside the elevator and runs to help pry the doors open for the civilians.

BIRDIE MENDOZA passes out from smoke inhalation and has to be carried to the fire escape by TYLER MADDOX, they witness a civilian go out the fire escape and follow suit.

RYKER WARREN and ZINADIA “Z” ANTONOVNA work together to escape with priceless paintings during the commotion.

STELLA HOLLIDAY takes a stray bullet in the shoulder and returns fire on JUNO SONG, who is struck in the chest. Luckily, the placement is non-lethal.

ANASTASIA VASILE finds a way down to the first floor and escapes through a broken window.

MARCELLINE VASILE sacrifices a painting to the flames, but the fire only grows. It was a bad plan—their palms suffer second degree burns.

KATERINA FOX and ARABELLA DAVIDSEN are saved from the fire by OLIVER FAUST. They suffered minor injuries, but are still taken to the hospital.

MIKAL VOLKOV is stabbed in the shoulder but doesn’t see their assailant—SAMANTHA REDFORD gets away with it.

EVERYONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR HAS EITHER DIED OR ESCAPED VIA THE FIRE ESCAPE. THE BOMB IN THE ELEVATOR GOES OFF, AND THE SECOND FLOOR COLLAPSES.

OUTSIDE

ZACH WASHINGTON helps survivors down from the fire escape and leads them across the street, a safe distance from the flames lapping at the roof of the Art Institute.

SASKIA O’SHEA suffers a severe asthma attack due to smoke inhalation.

FELIX GELLER makes the idiotic decision to snuff out their cigarette, but instead creates a small fire outside.

QUENTIN O’SHEA wakes up outside the Art Institute. They don’t remember how they got there, and are unscathed by the flames. They are taken into custody as a prime suspect.

An O’Shea picks a fight with EFFIE FAUST thanks to the creeping suspicion that it was the Faust family who planted the bombs.

BAXTER GREENE is arrested, but flees the scene with the handcuffs still on. They are not captured by police.

FENRIR SJOBERG and DEXTER O’SHEA are MIA after the event of the fire. It is unsure if they survived, if they fled, or if they are still in the building due to injury.

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Goal: 5000 pages

Read:

Coraline by Neil Gaiman (192 pages)

To Make Monsters Out of Girls by Amanda Lovelace (168 pages)

Wytches Volume 1 (192 pages)

Wytches: Bad Egg Halloween Special (80 pages)

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (226 pages)

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab (285 pages)

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (352 pages)

Princeless Vol 6: Make Yourself Part 2 (128 pages)

Princeless Vol 7: Find Yourself (160 pages)

Princeless Vol 8: Princesses (128 pages)

Princeless Vol 9: Love Yourself (128 pages)

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell (209 pages)

Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab (287 pages)

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (480 pages)

Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes (240 pages)

Contagion by Erin Bowman (432 pages)

Grave Matter by Juno Dawson (140 pages)

To Drink Coffee with a Ghost by Amanda Lovelace (160 pages)

Immunity by Erin Bowman (434 pages)

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft (405 pages)

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins (287 pages)

Say Her Name by Juno Dawson (287 pages)

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A Poem for Every Day of the Year by Allie Esiri (October, 41 pages)

A Poem for Every Night of the Year by Allie Esiri (October, 43 pages)

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Sean Spicer gets thrown overboard

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This story discusses the results of week 8 on “Dancing With the Stars.” Don’t read if you don’t want to know.

There was something in the air in Monday’s Episode 8 of “Dancing With the Stars.”

There was clear frustration over Sean Spicer, the perpetual dance underachiever and fan underdog story. The former White House press secretary drew sharper-than-normal criticism from the judges — who seem to be tiring as fans continue to overrule their low scores and bring Spicer back on the dance competition with their votes.

Meanwhile, most of the other dancers stepped up to another level, as the judges handed out the first perfect score of the season, a 10, and proceeded to throw 10 scores around like they were candy with each successive stunning number.

But who went home at night’s end? Read on.

What happened last week: Sean Spicer’s Frankenstein scares on Halloween Night

Sean Spicer and Jenna Johnson

Sean Spicer went into the water with his dance, featuring pro dancer Jenna Johnson. (Photo: Kelsey McNeal, ABC)

Spicer took a step back last week with his Frankenstein dance, which was drubbed by the judges. This week, more bad news as Spicer was dealt an additional setback when his pro partner, Lindsay Arnold, had to pull out of the competition at the eleventh hour due to a death in the family. Her best friend Jenna Johnson filled in for Arnold, and Spicer dedicated the dance to his grieving partner. The naval reservist danced what he knows, with his jazz number to “Come Sail Away.” He even donned a colorful sailor outfit. 

There was the usual Spicer effort over poor dancing, the never-fading smile, this time with jazz hands. But the judges are running out of ways to pan his routines.

“We keep throwing you out of the boat, and the viewers keep throwing a lifeline,” said judge Len Goodman. “The mermaid had better feet than you.” Goodman ended the critique with his usual mantra of respecting Spicer’s effort.

“Dory in ‘Finding Nemo’ has a better sense of direction,” said judge Bruno Tonioli before giving the admitted nondancer encouragement. “When it comes to fish out of water, nobody does it better.”

Only judge Carrie Ann Inaba gave positive feedback saying, “I’m proud of you and I hope Lindsay is proud of you.” She gave a 7, matched by Goodman. Tonioli gave the lowest 6 score, putting Spicer immediately at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Total score: 20/30

Lauren Alaina and Gleb Savchenko

Gleb Savchenko and Lauren Alaina went back in time for their spirited number. (Photo: Kelsey McNeal, ABC)

Alaina showed a positively ’50s vibe with her jive to Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog.” She started out like an uberconfident teenybopper, shimmying with a ponytail and bright pink heels. But during the routine Alaina faltered, standing still on the dance floor until she found the steps. The judges noticed.

“The King himself would have loved the performance,” said Tonioli. “It really had the ’50s feels, bright, optimistic. But you made three mistakes.” 

Goodman noted that “the competition is getting so intense and there was a few mistakes. I’m just hoping tonight isn’t ‘Heartbreak Hotel,’ because you deserve to be in the competition.”

Alaina took the criticism and teared up before getting the scores. The marks were remarkably high (straight 8s) considering the falter.

Total score: 24/30

Kel Mitchell and Witney Carson

Mitchell has been stepping up in the competition and continued to show utter dance floor mastery with his salsa to “This is How We Do It.” He was so confident that he mouthed the opening words as he danced solo and then proceeded to lead the entire way, twirling Carson around the floor. She ended up draped around his left leg.

“You’re on a roll. There was plenty of junk in the trunk, those hips were moving,” said Goodman. “You were large and in charge.” 

Tonioli called the triumphant routine “a star turn,” praising Mitchell’s solo dancing. “You are the main attraction.” He backed it up by giving the duo the first perfect 10 score of the season. Goodman and Inaba gave 9s and Mitchell celebrated.

“I’m feeling so good, that’s all I can say,” he said. (The duo were further aided with two points from a dance-off.)

Final score, with bonus 29/30

Ally Brooke and pro Sasha Farber 

Brooke owned her paso doble to her own song, “Higher.” She had her game face on (as well as a stunning silver dress) and started singing behind a large microphone. Then she began the dance with Farber, working her long metallic skirt like a disco-loving matador going in for the kill. Farber spun Brooke out dramatically across the dance floor in the final moment and the crowd went wild. The judges followed the excitement.

“Excuse me, Miss Silver Lightning,” yelled Tonioli. “There was a moment where she was not just dancing, she was conducting the orchestra.”

“Right now you just proved to me that you are a freaking superstar,” said Inaba. “My mind is blown.”

The judges gave their first perfect scores. All 10s. Brooke broke out into happy tears backstage.

Final score: 30/30

Hannah Brown and Alan Bersten

Alan Bersten and Hannah Brown go all-American. (Photo: Kelsey McNeal, ABC)

After last week’s zombie prom queen, where the “Bachelorette” star mocked her beauty queen past, Brown went back to embracing everything about her Alabama roots. Her quickstep to “American Girl” was light and perfectly executed with a beauty queen smile that never faltered, all with an American flag lit up on the board behind her. Brown ended the jubilant number with her arms in the air as fireworks went off behind her. The judges were also lit up.

“That was a game-changer,” said Tonioli, saying the action through her feet was just beautiful. “You were in orbit.”

Inaba, who has been a tough critic, gave Brown a hug. “You were openhearted,” said Inaba. “I’m so proud of you; that was the comeback of the season.” The two judges gave 10 scores, with Goodman giving a 9. 

Total score: 31/30

Kate Flannery and pro Pasha Pashkov

Kate Flannery kicked off a tribute dance with Pasha Pashkov. (Photo: Kelsey McNeal, ABC)

“The Office” star was in trouble last week, in the bottom two and spared by the judges. Flannery paid tribute to her sister Nancy, who died of cancer the week that Flannery found out she was going to be on the reality show. She dedicated the number to “the joy and the pride of being Nancy’s sister.” The dance to “Heatwave” lacked any sense of sadness, as the ponytail-wearing Flannery kicked out in red, black and white patterned pajamas and a beaming, pro-actress smile. The judges noted a few out-of-sync steps, however. A potentially fatal falter.

“I felt that celebration,” said Inaba. “I’m sure your sister Nancy is watching.”

“That is such a joyful performance,” said Goodman. “It’s not your best, but certainly not your worst.”

Flannery received straight 8s from the judges. (The couple received two bonus points during a dance-off.)

Total score: 26/30

James Van Der Beek and Emma Slater

The talented Van Der Beek brought full drama to his contemporary dance, with his shirt unbuttoned to his navel, his hair slicked back and a dreamy look in his eyes. A giant, cloudy moon floated on the screen behind him as fog machines churned. The “Dawson’s Creek” star and Slater rolled through “Don’t Stop Believing,” pulling off complicated move after complicated move together. One Van Der Beek lift had him spinning while holding up Slater by the hips. It had the judges floored and his family crying in the audience.

Goodman said the dance was “like a good book” that had people guessing what was going to happen next. “And I think you’re going to find it has a happy ending.”

“We have never seen an exquisite lift with such fluidity” said an emotional Inaba, who said the dance showed “pure artistry in motion.”

The judges gave their second perfect score of the night, all 10s. 

Total score: 30/30

So what happened?

After a spirited bonus dance-off, the business of elimination got serious. To cut any drama, Sean and Jenna were the first couple spared, so Spicer’s nondance winning streak continues. Hannah and Alan were also quickly pulled out of danger.

In the end, the final two couples were Ally and Sasha, with their perfect scores, along with Kate and Pasha. It was pretty clear where this was going, even with the judges upset with the final result.

Inaba summed it up saying she was “confused” and “irritated” that she had to ax Kate and Pasha. Tonioli delivered the final blow, sending the couple home for good.

But Flannery was undaunted, smiling broadly and lifting her hands in the air in joy for a successful run. She was carried off the dance floor by the other dancers.

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Below is a list of movies opening in the U.S. from September to December, organized chronologically by release date.

Among the movies of interest to theater lovers: Finn Wittrock (Death of A Salesman, Glass Menagerie) portrays Judy Garland’s fifth husband in “Judy,” a movie about her that bears great resemblance to a play that was on Broadway. Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr.  (Tony winners for The Color Purple and Hamilton, respectively) star in “Harriet,” about Harriet Tubman. Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tracy Letts adapts a novel for the screen. And, Heaven help us, both Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen (as Gus The Theater Cat) in Cats, the movie version of the Broadway musical.

  Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman

Dame Judy dench in Cats

Renee Zellweger and Finn Wittrock and Judy Garland and her fifth husband in “Judy”

Leslie Odom Jr in Harriet

Meryl Streep in Little Women

Sir Ian McKellen as Gus the Theater cat in Cats

(Below, an asterisk is placed next to names of movie cast members that theatergoers can legitimately claim as legitimate stage artists now or at least originally. For example, Willem Dafoe, a familiar face on screen who is appearing  is appearing in two high-profile movies this Fall, is a founding member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group.)

SEPTEMBER

September 2

Untouchable

Hulu Directed by: Ursula McFarlane Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Ronan Farrow, Paz de la Huerta

A documentary about Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement.

September 6

It: Chapter 2

Directed by: Andrés Muschietti Cast: Bill Hader, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Bill Skarsgard

Twenty-seven years after the Losers Club’s terrifying encounter with Derry’s most notorious clown, they receive a phone call that brings them all back together again.

Also: Blink of an Eye Ms. Purple

  September 13

  The Goldfinch

Directed by: John Crowley Cast:  Ansel Elgort, Finn Wolfhard, Nicole Kidman, Ashleigh Cummings, *Jeffrey Wright, Aneurin Bernard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson

Based on Donna Tart’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2014 novel from 2014 about one of the only survivors of a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as he struggles to let go of his one connection to that day: a painting of a tiny bird, otherwise known as The Goldfinch.

Haunt

Directed by: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods Cast:  Katie Stevens, Will Brittain, Lauryn Alisa McClain

On Halloween, a group of friends discover a haunted house that claims to create thrills based on real fears.

Hustlers

Directed by: Lorene Scafaria Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, Constance Wu, Lizzo, Keke Palmer, Julia Stiles, Lili Reinhart

Inspired by a 2015 New York Magazine article about a group of strippers stealing from their rich Wall Street clients during the financial crisis.

  Also (bear in mind it’s Friday the 13th)

Depraved Freaks Monos Moonlight Sonata

September 20

Ad Astra

Directed by: James Gray Cast: Brad Pitt, Liv Tyler, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga

Astronaut Roy McBride (Pitt) travels to the outer edge of our solar system on a dangerous mission to find his father (Tommy Lee Jones) who disappeared decades earlier, and may hold the key to a secret that threatens our very existence.

Downton Abbey

Release date: September 20 Directed by: Michael Engler Cast: *Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Joanna Froggat, Matthew Goode, *Elizabeth McGovern

The TV series made into a movie: It’s 1927, and Downton Abbey is about to receive some very special guests: King George V and Queen Mary.

  Rambo: Last Blood

Directed by: Adrian Grunberg Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal

The fifth Rambo installment; this time the daughter of a friend is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Netflix Directed by: Scott Aukerman Cast:  Zach Galifanakis, Lauren Lapkus, Ginger Gonzaga

A movie based on Zach Galifanakis’ cult parody talk show. Galifanakis must hit the road to defend his reputation as the premier celebrity interviewer of our time.

Also: Corporate Animals Diego Maradona Where’s My Roy Cohn?

September 27

Judy

Directed by: Rupert Goold Cast: Renee Zellweger, Rufus Sewell, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley

The last year of Judy Garland’s life, largely based on Peter Quilter’s play End of the Rainbow. During a five-week run in London she reflects on her rise to stardom, and fall in love with Mickey Deans (Wittrock) the man who became her fifth husband.

The Report

Directed by: Scott Z. Burns Cast Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Matthew Rhys, Corey Stoll

Based on a true story, this political thriller follows Senate staffer Daniel Jones (Driver) as he leads an investigation in the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, which engaged in “enhanced interrogation techniques” after 9/11.

Also: The Day Shall Come The Death of Dick Long Extra Ordinary The Sound of Silence

OCTOBER

October 4

Joker

Directed by: Todd Phillips Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro. Zazie Beetz

The origin story of the Batman villain, who started as a lonely, failed stand-up comedian.

The Woman in the Window

Directed by: Joe Wright Cast: Amy Adams, *Gary Oldman, Julianne Moore, Anthony Mackie, Brian Tyree Henry

Adapted by Tracy Letts from the best-selling novel by A.J. Finn, the movie stars Adams as an agoraphobic child psychologist who spends her days spying on the perfect family next door. But then she witnesses a crime…

Pain and Glory

Directed by: Pedro Almodovar Cast: Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz

Banderas won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his role as a film director in the middle of a creative crisis

The Current War

Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, *Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, *Tom Holland, Katherine Waterston

Inventors Thomas Edison (Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Shannon) race to complete rival electrical systems that will change modern life.

Lucy in the Sky

Directed by: Noah Hawley Cast: Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Dan Stevens, Zazie Bettz, *Ellen Burstyn

Based on a true story, Portman stars as an astronaut who kidnaps his ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend and drives from Houston to Orlando wearing an adult diaper. After a long mission, Lucy returns to Earth only to find her connection with her family — and reality — slipping away.

Also: Wrinkles the Clown

October 11

Gemini Man

Directed by: Ang Lee Cast:  Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong

A former government assassin is targeted by his younger, more agile clone, able to predict his every thought and movement.

Parasite

Directed by: Bong Joon-ho Cast Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam

The first Korean movie to win the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, it is a pitch-black modern fairytale the follows the wealthy Park family, and the much-poorer Kim clan.

Also: Jexi The Dead Center (Limited) High Strung Free Dance (Limited)

October 18

The Lighthouse

Directed by: Robert Eggers Cast Robert Pattinson, *Willem Dafoe

Two New England lighthouse keepers slowly lose their sanity.

Zombieland 2: Double Tap

Directed by: Ruben Fleischer Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Bill Murray, Rosario Dawson, Zoey Deutch, Luke Wilson

Ten years after the original movie, the characters reconnoitre at the White House, and head back on the road, meeting new survivors and enemies on the way. When he’s not acting in movies, Jesse Eisenberg has been busy writing plays Off-Broadway.

Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil

Directed by: Joachim Ranning Cast:Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam Reilly

Set several years after the first movie, Maleficent (Jolie) is living in peace when Aurora (Fanning) and Prince Phillip’s (Harris Dickinson) engagement throws everything into turmoil.

The Addams Family

Directed by: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan Cast: Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Oscar Isaac, Finn Wolfhard, Snoop Dog, Allison Janney, Bette Midler

In this animated film, the family does battle with a reality show host.

Jojo Rabbit

Directed by: Taika Waititi Cast Taiki Waititi, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson

Based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunen, set during World War II in Germany, Griffin Davis is Jojo “Rabbit” Betzler, who discovers that his mother (Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Jojo must confront his Nazi beliefs, with the help of his imaginary friend, a goofy version of the Fuhrer.

Also: Greener Grass

October 25

Black and Blue

Directed by: Deon Taylor Cast Naomie Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Frank Grillo

When rookie police officer Alicia West (Harris) accidentally records corrupt cops committing a crime on her body camera, she turns to her only possible ally, Milo “Mouse” Jackson (Gibson), to help her make sure they face justice.

The Last Full Measure

Directed by: Todd Robinson Cast Sebastian Stan, *Christopher Plummer, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Irvine, Alison Sudol

Based on a true story, Sebastian Stan plays investigator Scott Huffman, who signs on to help Vietnam veterans lobby for their comrade-in-arms to get a Congressional Medal of Honor after he gave his life saving them.

Also: Countdown Frankie The Kill Team Synonyms

NOVEMBER

November 1

Motherless Brooklyn

Release date: November 1 Directed by: Edward Norton Cast Edward Norton, *Willem Dafoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Leslie Mann, Bobby Cannavale, Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Fisher Stevens, *Cherry Jones

Based on Jonathan Lethem’s novel, this detective thriller stars Norton as a private eye with Tourette syndrome, who finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy involving Alec Baldwin.

Harriet

Release date: November 1 Directed by: Kasi Lemmons Cast: *Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monae, Joe Alwyn,* Leslie Odom Jr.

Erivo as Harriet Tubman

Also: Arctic Dogs Terminator: Dark Fate Burden Waves

November 8

Doctor Sleep Last Christmas Midway Playing with Fire Honey Boy

November 15

Ford v. Ferrari Directed by: James Mangold Cast: Matt Damon, Christian Bale A British driver named Ken Miles (Christian Bale) and an engineer named Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) to design something to compete against the Europeans

Also:

All Rise Charlie’s Angels The Good Liar The Lodge

November 22

21 Bridges A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Frozen II Dark Waters

November 27 (Thanksgiving)

Knives Out Queen & Slim

DECEMBER

December 6

The Aeronauts Brahms: The Boy II Playmobil: The Movie Little Joe Portrait of a Lady on Fire

December 13

Black Christmas Jumanji: The Next Level Cunningham A Hidden Life Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Uncut Gems

December 20

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Directed by J.J. Abrams Cast: Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Billie Lourd, Lupita Nyong’o, Carrie Fisher (!) Theatergoers note: Adam Driver and Keri Russell were the co-stars of Burn This on Broadway last season.

Bombshell Cast: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, *John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, *Alison Janney The story of Fox News head Roger Ailes’ sexual harassment of his female employees.

Cats Cast: *James Corden as Bustopher Jones, *Judi Dench as Old Deuteronomy, Jason Derulo as Rum Tum Tugger, Idris Elba as Macavity, Jennifer Hudson as Grizabella[, *Ian McKellen as Gus the Theatre Cat, Taylor Swift as Bombalurina, Rebel Wilson as Jennyanydots et al

The movie version of the long-running Broadway musical.

Also: Superintelligence

December 25 (Christmas)

Little Women Directed by Greta Gerwig Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern and *Meryl Streep The eighth feature film adaptation of the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott.

Also: 1917 Spies in Disguise Just Mercy

December 27

Clemency

Fall 2019 Movie Preview for Theater Lovers Below is a list of movies opening in the U.S. from September to December, organized chronologically by release date.