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Megalopolis | First Look Clip

Synopsis

Adam Driver stars as the idealistic architect and artist Caesar, planning to rebuild a city that has fallen to ruins, and Nathalie Emmanuel as the socialite daughter of his nemesis, a corrupt mayor (Giancarlo Esposito), who likes his municipal kingdom the way it is.

In his official logline for the film, Coppola describes Driver’s character as having the “power to stop time,” while Emmanuel’s character is caught between the two, deeply in love with the artist but loyal to her hard-charging father, “forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.”

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Fire in the Sky (1993, Robert Lieberman)

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Koda, fratello orso

Benvenuti o bentornati sul nostro blog. Nello scorso articolo abbiamo deciso di non parlare di un horror bensì di un thriller fantascientifico, un’opera indipendente che si dimostra piena di idee interessanti e ben gestite, Upgrade. Grey assiste all’omicidio di sua moglie da parte di alcuni assassini e viene ferito da quest’ultimi, rimanendo tetraplegico. Quando sembra che per lui non ci sia più…

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Podcast: Megalopolis & Saturday Night

Greetings programs!  Welcome back to our two-episode extravaganza! In this episode we review and discuss Francis Ford Coppola’s biggest swing in decades, Megalopolis and Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night, a close look at the 90s minutes preceding the first-ever broadcast of Saturday Night. We have a ton to say about each so join us! One note before you do though, that on the heels of our impromptu…

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The Cutting Edge (1992)

As far as formulaic romantic comedies go, you could do far worse than The Cutting Edge. The leads are appealing and the sports angle does add a bit of zip to the recipe… but at the end of the day, it’s still a formulaic romantic comedy. You can predict every beat of this story minutes in.

Kate Moseley (Moira Kelly) is a spoiled but talented figure skater whose attitude has driven away every one of her partners. Doug Dorsey was the captain of the U.S. ice hockey team until a head injury forced him to retire and killed his olympic dreams. When Kate’s coach, Anton Pamchenko (Roy Dotrice) decides to recruit the former hockey star as Kate’s partner for the upcoming 1992 Olympics, it looks like a bad idea. They clash constantly. They can’t stand each other… but their animosity means neither will be the first to quit.

I should let you write the rest of this review. Do I have to tell you that Doug is a ladies’ man, that Kate is engaged to a man she has nothing in common with, that a turning point in the story has her breaking off her engagement to try and seduce Doug but that when she goes to apologize to him the next morning she finds him in bed with a rival skater, prompting a big argument? That’s all obvious, as are the reasons why they don’t initially get along. Kate is a prima donna who considers hockey a sport for oafs. Doug thinks figure skating is for girls and is embarassed to admit what he’s doing to his older brother. Of course. Is there any other way they could behave? Not in these types of movies.

Once the initial friction subsides and the pair begins competing to attend the Olympics, things don’t get any less conventional. Even when the movie tries to fool you into thinking it’ll do the unexpected, you know better. For crying out loud, the way characters are introduced or what they look like tells you exactly what part they’ll play in this story.

Following a formula doesn’t necessarily make a bad movie but this film isn’t an early example of the rom-com genre; it came out in 1992 when we were far too familiar with the tropes to be satisfied with the basics once again. That said, there is a certain charm to this tried-and-true formula. I couldn't hate the movie because it doesn’t do anything badly. Usually, these plots have to jump through all sorts of contrived hoops to go the way they do and this one does not. It’s a lot more grounded than expected. There is also the appeal of seeing well-performed figure skating routines shot from the perfect angle, featuring people we actually know. This keeps you invested enough to keep watching despite knowing well in advance what the ending will be.

The worst thing about The Cutting Edge is that it’s basic. This is the sort of movie you’d see as a kid or young teen and enjoy. For years, you'd be dumbfounded, wondering why others don’t share the same enthusiasm for it that you do. Over the years, you’d realize why. This has all been done before and better. For that reason, I can’t recommend The Cutting Edge, but it’s a near miss. (On DVD, October 3, 2021)

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Nate and Eliot parallels.

Leverage S01E06/S05E02.

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Megalopolis, from Lionsgate, and Francis Ford Coppola, presents the tale of two cities, one where corporate greed rules the day, or one where those who use their wealth and talent to build a better tomorrow

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Training montage from The Cutting Edge (1992)

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Title: Dinosaur

Rating: PG

Director: Ralph Zondag, Eric Leighton

Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, Samuel E. Wright, Julianna Margulies, Peter Siragusa, Joan Plowright, Della Reese, Cathy Cavadini, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Matt Adler, Sandina Bailo-Lape

Release year: 2000

Genres: adventure

Blurb: An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sanctuary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

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For all my fellow name nerds out there, I am very pleased to present the third annual "Gloyd Roberson Memorial List of Actual Human Children Who Wrote Letters to Santa in 1920s/30s Oklahoma".

These names aren’t all necessarily “weirder than Gloyd” but fall into three rough categories which I���ve dubbed: “that’s got a nice ring to it”, “if I used this in a novel it would be considered too unrealistic” and “you’ve got 5 seconds to name a character that lives in 1920s Oklahoma, GO!”:

Manford Armontrout

Buster Banks

Weldon Barnhart

Auvanelle Bartlett

Heartwell Bateson

Delbert Benson

Alchesto Blair

Garold Bowlby

Johnny Bristow

Eulalia Brown

Forrest Burns

Burley Bush

J. B. Buzbee

Claud Callaway

Carmelada Collins

Maudie Chipman

Arlee Chitwood

Vada Cockerham

LeRoy Cragar

Willis Cushenbery

Loralu Dean

Buster Boy Dennis

Opal Emberton

Luther Faulkenberry

Selwin Fite

Thornbrough Gaines

Dixie Lee Geist

Myrtle Goodpasture

Lurelie Greenwood

Oretho Gregston

Leola Gurley

Jewel Hunt

Woodrow Huff

Oveda Huffstutler

Jesse Leo Livengood

Imogene Lovelace

McJunior Martin

Junior Mayberry

Alesterine McBride

Bland McCraw

Grover McGee

Dorotha Mae McKeever

Odell McKerley

Verline McMurphy

Denzel Moon

Rex Murrow

Bobby Nuckolls

Cleotha Parham

Cleetus Penrod

Pearl Perkins

Cowell Peoples

Delton Phillips

Dilmond D. Postlewait

Darlington Potter

Nadine Pridemore

Waldo Proffitt Jr.

Harrel Quattlebaum

Roxy Rayne

Vinnona Revard

Wade Rigsby

Patsy Jo Sapp

Ellison Shaddrack

Opal Dean Schwennesen

Dillard Spradling

Erma Sternberger

Merle Sumpter

Hoyt Sweeney, Jr.

Stanley Swink

Claudine Thorpe

Tommy Threadgill

Sonny Boy Thurman

Tommy TIngley

Peggy Jane Tinker

Sammy Lee Truelove

Freeda Merl Tucker

Roscoe Vandolah

Otice Vanhoosier

Belva Jean Waddle

Taft Wake

LeRoy Welfington

Idabell Wheat

Ouida Wieder

Marjoria Worsham

Twila Zahniser

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Megalopolis - Teaser Trailer

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🌙 What to Read After Watching Agatha All Along 🌙

❓ Who is your favorite fictional witch?

🦇 Enjoying Agatha All Along on Disney? Check out these books featuring witches, covens, chaotic queers, & everything in between, perfect for fans of Agatha All Along! List below!

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✨ Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper 🌑 How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) - Marie Cardno 🌒 These Witches Don't Burn - Isabel Sterling 🌓 This Spells Disaster - Tori Martin 🌔 The Scapegracers - H. A. Clarke 🌕 Beetle & the Hollowbones - Aliza Layne 🌕 The Twice-Sold Soul - Katie Hallahan 🌖 In Charm's Way - Lana Harper 🌗 Brewed with Love - Shelly Page 🌘 Carry On - Rainbow Rowell 🌑 So This Is Ever After - F. T. Lukens ✨ Spells to Forget Us - Aislinn Brophy

✨ Basics of Spellcraft - L.C. Mawson 🌑 How To Succeed in Witchcraft - Aislinn Brophy 🌒 Sweet & Bitter Magic - Adrienne Tooley 🌓 The Midnight Girls - Alicia Jasinska 🌔 Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova 🌕 The Shattered Lands - Brenna Nation 🌕 Otherworldly - F. T. Lukens 🌖 Coven - Jennifer Dugan & Kit Seaton 🌗 The Dark Tide - Alicia Jasinska 🌘 Queen B - Juno Dawson 🌑 Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson ✨ Wild and Wicked Things - Francesca May

✨ Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas 🌑 The Last Sun - K. D. Edwards 🌒 The Jasmine Throne - Tasha Suri 🌓 The Sun and the Star - Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro 🌔 The Witch and His Crow - Ben Alderson 🌕 Lord of Eternal Night - Ben Alderson 🌕 The Crimson Crown - Heather Walter 🌖 Tonight, I Burn - Katharine J. Adams 🌗 Witches of Ash and Ruin - E. Latimer 🌘 The Severed Thread - Leslie Vedder 🌑 Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist - Ali K. Mulford and K. Elle Morrison ✨ Love and Other Wicked Things -Philline Harms

✨ Off With Their Heads - Zoe Hana Mikuta 🌑 Practical Rules for Cursed Witches - Kayla Cottingham 🌒 Two Broke Witches - Kate Starling 🌓 Bitterthorn - Kat Dunn 🌔 The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields 🌕 The Witch and the Vampire - Francesca Flores 🌕 Spell on Wheels - Kate Leth, Megan Levens, Marissa Louise 🌖 The Witchery - S. Isabelle 🌗 The Hummingbird Coven - Augusta Owens 🌘 Children of the Night - Cara Malone 🌑 The Hex Next Door - Lou Wilham ✨ Malice - Heather Walter

✨ Mortal Follies - Alexis Hall 🌑 The Balance of Fates - Raquel Raelynn 🌒 Edie in Between - Laura Sibson 🌓 Doughnuts and Doom - Balazs Lorinczi 🌔 A Spell for Heartsickness - Alistair Reeve 🌕 Evocation - S.T. Gibson 🌕 The Spells We Cast - Jason June 🌖 An Education in Malice - S. T. Gibson 🌗 Rise and Divine - Lana Harper 🌘 Not Good for Maidens - Tori Bovalino 🌑 A Dark and Starless Forest - Sarah Hollowell ✨ Netherford Hall - Natania Barron

✨ The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste 🌑 This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron 🌒 Over My Dead Body - Boo Sweeney 🌓 Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Melissa Bashardoust 🌔 The Bewitching Hour - Ashley Poston 🌕 Pushing Daisy - Isla Winter 🌕 Daughter of the Bone Forest - Jasmine Skye 🌖 Keep Your Witches Close - Colette Rivera 🌗 Mooncakes - Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu 🌘 Snapdragon - Kat Leyh 🌑 Runaways - Rainbow Rowell & Kris Anka ✨ Witchlings - Claribel A. Ortega

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Dinosauri (film)

Benvenuti o bentornati sul nostro blog. Nello scorso articolo siamo tornati nuovamente a parlare della settima arte e abbiamo deciso di parlare di un’opera leggera, di un blockbuster che aveva molti spunti interessanti ossia Bullet Train. Il film parla di Ladybug, un ex-killer a cui, dopo essersi preso una lunga pausa per riflettere meglio su se stesso, viene affidata una missione: recuperare una…

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JSA #2

Flash back to the events leading into the previous issue as the JSA investigates a break-in at the observatory of Ted Knight, the original Starman. How was the JSA separated, and where is the Tower of Fate? What caused the rift between Jade and Obsidian after the disappearance of their father, Green Lantern Alan Scott? And what is the Injustice Society of America plotting?

Writer: Jeff Lemire

Artist: Diego Olortegui

Colorist: Luis Guerrero

Letterer: Steve Wands

Cover A: Cully Hamner

Variant covers:

Cover B: Jeff Lemire (connecting card stock)

Cover C: Leandro Fernández (card stock)

Cover D: Sweeney Boo (1:25 card stock)

Cover E: Fico Ossio (All In virgin foil)

The preview for this issue is below the cut:

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Some previews of the DC comics in December 2024 (Part 1).

Action Comics #1078 Cover D David Nakayama Artist Spotlight Card Stock Variant

Batman / Superman: World's Finest #34 Cover D David Nakayama Artist Spotlight Card Stock Variant

Black Canary: Best of the Best #2 Cover B Lesley 'Leirix' Li Card Stock Variant

Absolute Batman #3 Cover E:Stevan Subic Card Stock Variant

Absolute Batman #3 Cover B Becky Cloonan Card Stock Variant

Absolute Superman #2 Cover A Regular Rafa Sandoval Cover

Absolute Wonder Woman #3 Cover A Regular Hayden Sherman Cover

Action Comics #1078 Cover B Sweeney Boo Card Stock Variant

Action Comics Vol 2 #1078 Cover A Regular Clayton Henry Cover

Action Comics Vol 2 #1079 Cover A Regular Clayton Henry Cover

Action Comics Vol 2 #1079 Cover C Variant Jason Shawn Alexander Card Stock Cover

Action Comics Vol 2 #1080 Cover A Regular Clayton Henry Cover

Action Comics Vol 2 #1080 Cover B Variant Mark Spears Card Stock Cover

Action Comics Vol 2 #1081 Cover B Variant Mark Spears Card Stock Cover

Action Comics Vol 2 #1081 Cover C Variant David Talaski Card Stock Cover

Action Comics #1081 Cover D: Fico Ossio Card Stock Variant

Batgirl Vol 6 #2 Cover A Regular David Talaski Cover

Batgirl #2 Cover B Jorge Jiménez Card Stock Variant

Batgirl #2 Cover C Skylar Patridge Card Stock Variant

Batman: Full Moon #3 Cover B Francesco Francavilla Card Stock Variant

Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #3 Cover B Jamie Hewlett Variant

Batman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #3 Cover C:Marguerite Sauvage Card Stock Variant

Batman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #4 Cover B Riccardo Federici Card Stock Variant

Batman / Superman: World's Finest #34 Cover B Yanick Paquette Card Stock Variant

Batman Superman Worlds Finest #34 Cover A Regular Dan Mora Cover

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #20 Cover B Aaron Bartling Variant

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #20 Cover C Tula Lotay Variant

Batman #157 Cover B Tony Harris Card Stock Variant

Batman #157 Cover C Tony S. Daniel Card Stock Variant

Birds of Prey #16 Cover B Serg Acuña Card Stock Variant