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Many cases featured on this blog were finally resolved during 2022. I've created a two-part list of these cases - the above link contains part one. Links to the full case write-ups are provided. Stay tuned for part 2!

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“I’m a very needy person and I am deeply, deeply insecure.”

The White Lotus, season 1 (2021).

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LOVE, SIMON 2018

You are still you, Simon. You are still the same son who I love to tease and who your father depends on for just about everything. And you're the same brother who always complements his sister on her food, even when it sucks. You get to exhale now, Simon. You get to be more you than you have been in... in a very long time. You deserve everything you want.

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Wish (2023)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Wish has scenes of a bright light whizzing around, similar to the effect of pointing a laser pointer and waving it around rapidly. Some magic effects may cause mild strobes.

There are some sweeping and spinning shots. A late scene takes place at extreme heights.

Flashing Lights: 4/10. Motion Sickness: 3/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: Early in the film, a passenger on a boat is visibly nauseous, and heaves, but nothing comes out.

Image ID: a promotional poster for Wish

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THE WHITE LOTUS (2021-) 1.01 (Arrivals)

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Wish Trailer

Rosas, known as the Kingdom of Wishes, is a fantastical land off the Iberian Peninsula. People travel to the Rosas to give their wishes to the magical king who promises to grant their desires...someday. Ahsa is an idealist who “makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe—the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico—to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.” (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Wish stars the voice talents of Ariana DeBose (Asha), Chris Pine (King Magnifico), Alan Tudyk (Valentino the  goat), Angelique Cabral (Queen Amaya), Victor Garber (Sabino), Natasha Rothwell (Sakina), Jennifer Kumiyama (Dahlia), Evan Peters (Simon), Harvey Guillén (Gabo), Ramy Youssef (Safi), Niko Vargas (Hal), Della Saba (Bazeema), and Jon Rudnitsky (Dario). Chris Buck and Fawn Verrasunthorn are directing from a screenplay by Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore. The film features original songs by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice and a score by Dave Metzger.

Disney’s Wish releases to theaters on November 22, 2023.

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Disney is back with a movie to celebrate 100 years of the studio’s existence! Is this another Disney classic for us to fall in love with? Is it everything we love about Disney? Or will you be wishing to watch something else? Check out our review to find out!

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The White Lotus (Season 1)

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2023

The White Lotus (Season 1, 2021, USA)

Director & Writer: Mike White

Mini-review:

There's something so weirdly entertaining about watching all these rich white people being nasty and toxic. It's certainly an uncomfortable experience, but I honestly enjoyed every second of it. I love how biting the writing is and how it mocks rich people as often as it can. Hell, it even finds time to criticize the type of rich people that pretend to be all "woke" because it gives them a good reputation and/or credibility, even though we all know that, deep down, they don't really give a shit about any of it. And, of course, you can't talk about The White Lotus without mentioning the acting. What. A. Cast. They all nailed their roles to the smallest details, and even those I was unsure about before starting surprised me with knockout performances. Last but not least, I must give a shoutout to the score and the cinematographuy, cause they give the whole thing an extremely unsettling vibe that truly propels the show to the next level from a sensorial point of view (and they're gorgeous too). I've heard the second one is even better, so I'll be looking forward to that.

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What I’m watching (2022 Edition) | The White Lotus - Season 1 (2021)

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Time 26-Nov-2023 10:40 Day Sunday Where Cineworld - Rushden Lakes Screen 7 Seat H13 Price £3.23

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Disney's 'Wish' Wednesdays Continues With Affirmation Song "I'm A Star"

The songs of Disney animated musicals have quite a range. There’s the “I Want” Song, the villain song, the welcome song, and the romantic song just to name more than a few. And every once in a while there comes a song that affirms that you, yes you, can be a star. And so, the studio has debuted “I’m a Star” as a part of their weekly release series, Wish Wednesdays. Continue reading Untitled

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Bienvenidos a… “The White Lotus”

La miniserie creada, escrita y dirigida por Mike White, sigue las vacaciones de distintos huéspedes de un hotel en el transcurso de una semana mientras descansan y se revitalizan en el paraíso.

Pero con el paso de cada día, una complejidad oscura emerge entre estos viajeros, los alegres empleados del hotel y el idílico escenario.

Estreno: 11 de julio de 2021 en HBO Max.

La serie cuenta con las actuaciones de Murray Bartlett, Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Alexandra Daddario, Fred Hechinger, Jake Lacy, Brittany O’Grady, Natasha Rothwell, Sydney Sweeney y Steve Zahn.

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Wendy Eisenberg — Viewfinder (American Dreams)

The experimental guitarist and songwriter Wendy Eisenberg has been everywhere for the last couple of years, popping up in Bill Orcutt’s Four Guitars ensemble and shredding in the post-hardcore Editrix, flirting with twang in the company of Mari Maurice and Ryan Sawyer and expanding the range of the electric axe with Christian Wolff and Morton Feldman. There is nothing wrong with Eisenberg’s work ethic, their courage to explore new territory or their ears, but apparently, their eyesight has long been a problem. Viewfinder convenes a team of young but very capable New York City improvisers to enact a cycle of songs about Eisenberg’s recent decision to undergo laser surgery.

Of the nine compositions, six are jazz-flavored art songs, prominently featuring voice and narrative, while the remaining three are largely instrumental. The 25-minute-long “Afterimage,” recorded live and about a year after the rest of the tracks, comes the closest to straight instrumental jazz. A slinkly Latin cadence pulses under acoustic upright bass (Carmen Q. Rothwell, but just for this cut) and fiery piano (Andrew Links). It is quite wonderful—the trumpet solo five minutes in (Chris Williams) reminds me a good bit of Jaime Branch’s work with Fly or Die—but, except for the title, wholly untethered to Eisenberg’s theme of seeing and not seeing.

Not so, the opening salvo “Lasik” which describes the artist’s ordeal in some detail. “Sent home to rest, I stayed awake, and watched my eyes grow stronger,” Eisenberg croons in her soft, off-kilter soprano, as the guitar builds staccato tension and a trombone blares ominously (that’s Zekereyya el-Magharbel who adds a really nice flavor to this and other tracks). The track shifts midway into an antic, jittery cadence, as a piano natters nervously in the upper registers. The music is full of half-steps and unexpected sequences; it fragments and stutters and blurs. And then Eisenberg closes with a verse that seems like a thesis statement, singing, “If this wasn’t true, it would be the most heavy-handed metaphor, but yes, I changed my eyesight, and yes, my eyes are blurry, I am surprised that healing takes forever, but changing isn’t healing.”

Other cuts pick up the concept to one degree or another, though never again as directly as in “Lasik.” “Set a Course” is sung a capella at first, then embellished with bass, drums and piano. It pushes past the known, but braver and more visceral as it goes. It’s as if Eisenberg is gaining confidence with her ability to see. The two-parter, “Viewfinder” juxtaposes the clarity of trumpet and high wordless vocals with murkier dissonance. The lyrics, too, concern what can be made out (and what can’t) in eerie couplets shadowed by trumpet tones. “Threaten me by telling me how you see the way I’m living,” sings Eisenberg, poking at the limits of even 20/20 vision.

Still with all due respect to Eisenberg and her new sharper sight, Viewfinder works because of the way it sounds, at times bright and harsh as neon, at others soft and ambiguous and elusive. You may not be able to discern exactly what it means, but the colors are bright, the edges sharp and the turns often surprising. We knew before that Eisenberg was a massive, multi-faceted talent, and now we know they’re capable of pulling off a concept album about eye surgery. Not everybody could.

Jennifer Kelly

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THE WHITE LOTUS 2021

You have to treat these people like sensitive children.

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Title: Wish

Rating: PG

Director: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn

Cast: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Natasha Rothwell, Jennifer Kumiyama, Harvey Guillén, Niko Vargas, Evan Peters, Ramy Youssef, Jon Rudnitsky, Della Saba, Keone Young, Lucas Sigler, Holland Watkins, Woody Buck, Efé

Release year: 2023

Genres: fantasy, adventure, family

Blurb: Sharp-witted idealist Asha makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force: a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe - the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico - to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

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Resolved in 2022: Complete list

Here’s a complete list of the cases featured on this blog that were resolved in 2022. The links contain the full case write-ups. Shorter summaries of the cases can be found in part 1 and part 2.

The cases (listed by date in which the crime/case occurred - recent to oldest):

The murder of Jennifer Rothwell (2019)

The murder of Kaytlynn Cargill (2017)

The Sherri Papini abduction hoax (2016)

The murder of Anjelica ‘AJ’ Hadsell (2015)

The disappearance and murder of Megan Nichols (2014)

The disappearance and presumed murder of Morgan Martin (2012)

The disappearance and murder of Brittanee Drexel (2009)

The murder of Brittany Zimmermann (2008)

The murders of Amina & Sarah Said (2008)