#maxine reynolds

[allie-winter]

Maxie bullying men 🥰

[ancienttragedies]

Maxines fucking disabled parking permit 💀💀💀

[carmelasoprano]

CARRIE PRESTON as ARLENE FOWLER True Blood (2008-2014) · S01E06 · "Cold Ground"

[shadow-of-a-cloud]

the humor in Welcome to Wrexham is very entertaining

[hauntedrose555]

also some honourable mentions

[broadwaydivastournament]

MOVIE MUSICAL DIVAS TOURNAMENT: ROUND 2 MASTERPOST

There will be a total of 25 polls in this round, rolling out over the next five days. Check back here for a running list.

Ginger Rogers vs. Rita Hayworth Kay Thompson vs. Carol Burnett Bebe Daniels vs. Lupe Vélez Diana Ross vs. Shirley Jones Virginia O'Brien vs. Ann Miller

Deborah Kerr vs. Eleanor Parker Josephine Baker vs. Ruby Dee Jeanette MacDonald vs. Maxine Sullivan Vyjayanthimala vs. Barbra Streisand Catherine Deneuve vs. Susan Sarandon

Rosalind Russell vs. Ethel Merman Dorothy Dandridge vs. Moira Sherer Hermione Gingold vs. Pearl Bailey Lena Horne vs. Vera-Ellen Esther Williams vs. Lata Mangeshkar

Eartha Kitt vs. Ellen Greene Whoopi Goldberg vs. Julie Andrews Ethel Waters vs. Nancy Carroll Asha Bhosle vs. Helen Ann Reinking vs. Patricia Quinn

Dolly Parton vs. Whitney Houston Judy Garland vs. Debbie Reynolds Bea Arthur vs. Angela Lansbury Madeline Kahn vs. Bernadette Peters Chita Rivera vs. Rita Moreno

[blueopinions49]

Random E2 rant

So is it me or has there been a sudden influx in female characters getting typed as E2. Sure I do think that there are some characters that were mistyped.

Ex- Daenerys being typed as Sx1 being an Soc 2, Mistao Katsuragi typed as an Sx 7 being an Sx 2 and Maddy Perez being typed as an Sp7 being an Sx2. 

However is it me or is it getting a bit out of hand now? like maybe its me reaching here but isnt there like a bit of a weird undertone considering its only been female characters getting this treatment. This are the charcaters I've noticed 

Maxine Minx (3w4 so/sx) as 2w3 sx/so

Jennifer Check (3w2 sx/so maybe 8w7 sx/sp) as 2w3 sx/so

Asuka Langley (3w4 so/sx) as 2w3 sx/so

Regina George (3w2 so/sx) as 2w3 so/sx

Dani Clayton (7w6 so/sx) as 2w1 so/sx

Mileena (8w7 sx/so) as 2w3 sx/so

Carla Roson (6w5 sx/so) as 2w3 so/sx or 2w1 sx/so

Leia Organa (8w9 so/sp) as 2w1 so/sp 

Cersi Lannister (8w9 sp/sx) as 2w3 sp/sx 

Katherine Pierce (8w7 sp/sx) as 2w3 sx/sp 

Jill Roberts (3w2 so/sx) as 2w3 sx/so

Peach Sallinger (3w2 sx/so) as 2w3 sx/sp 

Shiv Roy (3w4 so/sp) as 2w3 so/sp 

Amy March (3w4 so/sp) as 2w3 sp/so

Esmeralda (8w7 so/sx) as 2w3 so/sx

Harley Quinn (7w6 sx/so) as 2w3 sx/so

Deandra Reynolds (3w4 so/sp) as 2w3 sx/so

Debbie Jelinsky (3w2 so/sx) as 2w3 sx/so

Lady D (3w2 sx/so) as 2w3 sx/so

Id love to hear your guy’s thoughts on this cuz its been a pattern I've noticed and it's definitely getting a bit out of hand now. I personally disagree with almost if not all of these typings; there are some others I've seen but are not as outragous as some of these.  

[bentuckett1997]

Happy 79th birthday to Loni Anderson (born August 5, 1945). Sheis an American actress who played receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982), which earned her three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Award nominations.

Anderson was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Klaydon Carl "Andy" Anderson, an environmental chemist, and Maxine Hazel (née Kallin), a model.

Her acting debut came with a bit part in the film Nevada Smith (1966), starring Steve McQueen

She auditioned for the role of Chrissy on the sitcom Three's Company. She did not win the role, but in 1978 guest-starred as Susan Walters on a season two episode, an appearance that brought her to the attention of the ABC network.

Anderson's most famous acting role came as the sultry receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982). She was offered the role when producers saw a poster of her in a red swimsuit—a pose similar to Farrah Fawcett's famous 1976 poster. Hugh Wilson, the sitcom's creator, later said Anderson got the role because her body resembled Jayne Mansfield's and because she possessed the innocent sexuality of Marilyn Monroe.

Aside from her acting career, Anderson has become known for her colorful personal life, particularly her relationship with and marriage to actor Burt Reynolds

In the mid-to-late 1980s, Anderson was teamed with Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter in the television series Partners in Crime in 1984.

Though less frequent since the start of the 21st century, Anderson continues to act in television series, and played a lead role in the 2016–2020 web series My Sister is So Gay.

Anderson has been married four times. Her first three husbands were Bruce Hasselberg (1964–1966), Ross Bickell (1974–1981), and actor Burt Reynolds (1988–1994). On May 17, 2008, she married musician Bob Flick, one of the founding members of the folk band The Brothers Four. They had originally met at a movie premiere in Minneapolis in 1963

[buzzbuzzwhs]

I’m not the only one seeing 2023 Maxine Reynolds here, right? Like I’d presumed Max was queer, but huh. Apparently they’re non-binary. Good for them.

[vntagetee]

𐦍 ⸻ 𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓

#𝐯𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐓𝐄𝐄 ; 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐭. 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐯 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬, & 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚. 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 - 𝐨𝐧𝐞+ 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭. 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐰, 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐞, & 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚔𝚢𝚎. 𝘽𝙀𝙏𝘼 𝙀𝘿𝙄𝙏𝙊𝙍 𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙔 !!

⋕ GUIDELINES ⋕ MUSE LIST ⋕ WANTED PLOTS ⋕ WANTED OPPOSITES ⋕ STARTER CALLS ⋕ OPENS ⋕ MEME TAG ⋕ PINTEREST BOARDS

LOUDEST MUSES : marion crane, ruby bell, claudia, rachel dawes, chase meridian, maxine minx, barbara wilson, ella tremaine, allison reynolds, nancy downs, dana tan, jen lindley, chloe sullivan, sarah miller, eleanor henstridge, & lady marian.

BLOGROLL : oc multi / obx multi ... pinned post ©

[medium-observation]

OCTOBER RELEASE

Beetlejuice - First US National Tour

September 26, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Justin Collette (Beetlejuice), Nevada Riley (u/s Lydia Deetz), Megan McGinnis (Barbara Maitland), Abe Goldfarb (u/s Adam Maitland), Jesse Sharp (Charles Deetz), Kate Marilley (Delia Deetz), Danielle Marie Gonzalez (Miss Argentina), Matthew Michael Janisse (u/s Otho), Brian Vaughn (Maxie Dean), Kris Roberts (Maxine Dean/Juno), Jackera Davis (Girl Scout), Michael Biren, Juliane Godfrey, Jesse Jones, Kenway Hon Wai K. Kua, Katie Lombardo, Sean McManus, Lee N Price, Trevor Michael Schmidt

Notes:

Absolutely beautiful recording of Nevada Lydia, Abe Adam and Matthew Otho!! Some washout is seen in wideshots and such. Absolutely no obstruction. Overall a great capture of great understudies.

NFT Date: April 1, 2024

Screenshots: <https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAWh4Z>

Video is $20

Hamilton - Broadway

April 27, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Miguel Cervantes (Alexander Hamilton), Stephanie Jae Park (Eliza Hamilton), Marc delaCruz (s/b Aaron Burr), Jennie Harney-Fleming (Angelica Schuyler), Jimmie JJ Jeter (s/b George Washington), Kyle Scatliffe (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Ebrin R. Stanley (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Daniel Yearwood (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Julia Estrada (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Euan Morton (King George III), Trey Curtis (James Reynolds/Philip Schuyler/Doctor), Thayne Jasperson (Samuel Seabury), Preston Mui (George Eacker)

Notes:

Very nice capture of Marc as Burr and Jimmie as Washington. Some head obstruction at the very bottom of the screen in wideshots, but it never takes away. This cast is absolutely Incredible together, Miguel continues to shine as the best hamilton we've ever had, While Marc plays off him and the rest of the cast insanely well. The chemistry is off the charts in this video.

NFT Date: April 1, 2024

Screenshots: <https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjABPEv>

Video is $20

Videos can be purchased through me at

mediumobservationtrading@gmail.com

[brian-in-finance]

Apple TV+

Irish Film, TV Nominations 2023: ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Bad Sisters’ Lead With Most Nods

“The Banshees of Inisherin,” starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, led the nominations for the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) as the full list of nominees was unveiled on Monday night local time, picking up 11 nods in the film category.

“Bad Sisters” – Sharon Horgan’s Apple TV+ mystery series – led the pack in the drama category with 12 noms.

Coming off the back of a stellar year for Irish film and television, the nominations include a number of familiar names and titles, including Paul Mescal, who has been nominated for best lead actor in a film for “Aftersun” and best supporting actor in a film for “God’s Creatures” while Farrell is also competing in both categories, both for his star turn in “Banshees” and his supporting role as Penguin in “The Batman.”

“Conversations with Friends” has also scored noms in multiple categories while Aoife McArdle is up for best drama director for Apple TV+ series “Severance.” Sinead O’Connor doc “Nothing Compares” is up for best feature documentary.

The IFTAs are set to take place at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre on May 7. They will be broadcast on local network RTÉ.

FILM CATEGORIES

Best Film

“Aisha”

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“God’s Creatures”

“Lakelands”

“Róise & Frank”

“The Wonder”

Director – Film

“Aisha” – Frank Berry

“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Martin McDonagh

“It Is In Us All” – Antonia Campbell Hughes

“Joyride” – Emer Reynolds

“Let the Wrong One In” – Conor McMahon

“Róise & Frank” – Rachael Moriarty & Peter Murphy

Script – Film

“Aisha” – Frank Berry

“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Martin McDonagh

“God’s Creatures” – Shane Crowley

“Joyride” – Ailbhe Keogan

“Let the Wrong One In” – Conor McMahon

“Róise & Frank” – Rachael Moriarty, Peter Murphy

Lead Actor – Film

Colin Farrell – “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Daryl McCormack – “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”

Éanna Hardwicke – “Lakelands”

Liam Neeson – “Marlowe”

Ollie West – “The Sparrow”

Paul Mescal – “Aftersun”

Lead Actress – Film

Alisha Weir – “Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical”

Bríd Ní Neachtain – “Róise & Frank”

Danielle Galligan – “Lakelands”

Kelly Gough – “Tarrac”

Seána Kerslake – “Ballywalter”

Zara Devlin – “Ann”

Supporting Actor – Film

Andrew Scott – “Catherine Called Birdy”

Barry Keoghan – “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Colin Farrell – “The Batman”

Paul Mescal – “God’s Creatures”

Pierce Brosnan – “Black Adam”

Supporting Actress – Film

Aisling Franciosi – “God’s Creatures”

Eileen Walsh – “Ann”

Elaine Cassidy – “The Wonder”

Jessie Buckley – “Women Talking”

Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Kíla Lord Cassidy – “The Wonder”

DRAMA

Best Drama

“Bad Sisters”

“Conversations with Friends”

“Derry Girls: The Agreement (Extended Special)”

“Smother”

“The Dry”

“Vikings: Valhalla”

Director – Drama

“Bad Sisters” – Dearbhla Walsh

“Conversations with Friends” – Lenny Abrahamson

“Maxine” – Laura Way

“Severance” – Aoife McArdle

“Smother” – Dathaí Keane

“The Dry” – Paddy Breathnach

Script – Drama

“Bad Sisters” – Sharon Horgan

“Conversations with Friends” – Mark O’Halloran

“Derry Girls: The Agreement (Extended Special)” – Lisa McGee

“Smother” – Kate O’Riordan

“The Dry” – Nancy Harris

“Top Boy” – Ronan Bennett

Lead Actor – Drama

Aidan Turner – “The Suspect”

Conleth Hill – “Holding”

Jason O’Mara – “Smother”

Kerr Logan – “North Sea Connection”

Stephen Rea – “The English”

Vinnie McCabe – “The Noble Call”

Lead Actress – Drama

Alison Oliver – “Conversations with Friends”

Caitriona Balfe – “Outlander”

Dervla Kirwan – “Smother”

Roisin Gallagher – “The Dry”

Sharon Horgan – “Bad Sisters”

Siobhan McSweeney – “Holding”

Starz

Supporting Actor – Drama

Brian Gleeson – “Bad Sisters”

Ciarán Hinds – “The Dry”

Daryl McCormack – “Bad Sisters”

Michael Smiley – “Bad Sisters”

Moe Dunford – “The Dry”

Tommy Tiernan – “Conversations with Friends”

Supporting Actress – Drama

Anne-Marie Duff – “Bad Sisters”

Brenda Fricker – “Holding”

Eva Birthistle – “Bad Sisters”

Eve Hewson – “Bad Sisters”

Genevieve O’Reilly – “Andor”

Sarah Greene – “Bad Sisters”

OTHER AWARD CATEGORIES

Feature Documentary

“The Artist & The Wall of Death”

“The Ghost of Richard Harris”

“How To Tell A Secret”

“Million Dollar Pigeons”

“North Circular”

“Nothing Compares”

Live-Action Short Film

“An Irish Goodbye”

“Call Me Mommy”

“Don’t Go Where I Can’t Find You”

“Lamb”

“Wednesday’s Child”

“You’re Not Home”

Animated Short Film

“Candlelight”

“Dagda’s Harp”

“Red Rabbit”

“Soft Tissue”

CRAFT CATEGORIES

Cinematography

“Conversations with Friends” – Suzie Lavelle

“How To Tell A Secret” – Eleanor Bowman

“It Is In Us All” – Piers McGrail

“The Dry” – Cathal Watters

“Vikings: Valhalla” – Peter Robertson

Costume Design

“Aisha” – Kathy Strachan

“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh

“Disenchanted” – Joan Bergin

“Enola Holmes 2” – Consolata Boyle

“Vikings: Valhalla” – Susan O’Connor Cave

Production Design

“Aisha” – Tamara Conboy

“Bad Sisters” – Mark Geraghty

“Mr. Malcolm’s List” – Ray Ball

“Róise & Frank” – Padraig O’Neill

“Vikings: Valhalla” – Tom Conroy

Hair & Make-Up

“Aisha” – Dumebi Anozie, Liz Byrne

“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Orla Carroll, Lynn Johnston, Dan Martin

“Mr. Malcolm’s List” – Eileen Buggy, Sharon Doyle

“The Wonder” – Lorri Ann King, Morna Ferguson

“Vikings: Valhalla” – Joe Whelan, Tom McInerney

Sound

“Aisha”

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“Conversations with Friends”

“The Sparrow”

“The Wonder”

Original Music

“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” – Stephen Rennicks

“Lakelands” – Daithí

“Nothing Compares” – Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley

“Róise & Frank” – Colm Mac Con Iomaire

“The Dry” – Sarah Lynch

Editing

“Aisha” – Colin Campbell

“Elvis” – Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa

“Death on the Nile” – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle

“Nocebo” – Tony Cranstoun

“Nothing Compares” – Mick Mahon

VFX

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“Marlowe”

“Stranger Things”

“The Woman King”

Best International Film

“Aftersun”

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“Elvis”

“Tár”

“The Fabelmans”

“Top Gun: Maverick”

Best International Actor

Albrecht Schuch – “All Quiet On The Western Front”

Austin Butler – “Elvis”

Cosmo Jarvis – “It Is In Us All”

Felix Kammerer – “All Quiet On The Western Front”

Josh O’Connor – “Aisha”

Tom Cruise – “Top Gun: Maverick”

Best International Actress

Cate Blanchett – “Tár”

Emily Watson – “God’s Creatures”

Florence Pugh – “The Wonder”

Letitia Wright – “Aisha”

Michelle Williams – “The Fabelmans”

Viola Davis – “The Woman King”

Variety

Starz

Remember the ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️th IFTA nomination?

[hiddenpxpercuts]

Here is my Starter call for After the Event!!!

Victor Salazar: He/Him | 21 | Love, Victor

Starters Owed: …..

Quincy ‘Q’ Shabazian : He/Him | 19 | XO, Kitty

Starters Owed: …..

Lady Agatha Danbury: She/Her | 21 | Queen Charlotte/Bridgerton

Starters Owed: …..

Olivia Valdovinos: She/Her | 21 | Rise of the Pink Ladies 

Starters Owed: …..

Michael Monroe: He/Him | 22 | Until Dawn

Starters Owed: …..

Bob Belcher: He/Him | 45 | Bob’s Burgers 

Starters Owed: …..

Dot Warner: She/Her | 25 | Animaniacs 

Starters Owed: …….

Blair Waldorf: She/Her | 23 | Gossip Girl 

Starters Owed: …..

Eponine Thenardier: She/Her | 25 | Les Mis

Starters Owed: …..

Jim Hopper: He/Him | 45 | Stranger Things

Starters Owed: …..

Princess Tiana : She/Her | 25 | Princess and the Frog (Disney)

Starters Owed: …..

Mercutio: He/Him | 27 | Romeo and Juliet 

Starters Owed: …..

Lestat De Lioncourt: He/Him | 200+ | Interview with a Vampire

Starters Owed: …..

Mickey Milkovich: He/Him | 28 | Shameless

Starters Owed: …..

David Rose: He/Him | 35 | Schitt’s Creek

Starters Owed: …..

Lillian Deville: She/Her | 22 | Rugrats 

Starters Owed: …..

Chishiya Shuntaro: He/Him | 21 | Alice in Borderland 

Starters Owed: …..

Ricky Bowen: He/Him | 19 | HSMTMTS

Starters Owed: …..

Penelope Featherington: She/Her | 21 | Bridgerton

Starters Owed: …..

Gabriel Boutin: He/Him | 25 | Half Bad

Starters Owed: …..

Simon Eriksson: He/Him | 21 | Young Royals

Starters Owed: …..

Heather Chandler: She/Her | 23 | Heathers

Starters Owed: …..

Maria Vasquez: She/Her | 25 | Wst Side Story 

Starters Owed: …..

Chad Meeks-Martin: He/Him | 19 | Scream 

Starters Owed: …..

Ginny Weasley: She/Her | 21 | Harry Potter

Starters Owed: …..

Blaine Anderson: He/Him | 22 | Glee

Starters Owed: …..

Katherine Pierce: She/Her | 500+ | TVD

Starters Owed: …..

Yuuri Katsuki: He/Him | 21 | Yuri! On Ice 

Starters Owed: …..

Josie Saltzman: She/They | 18 | TVD/Legacies

Starters Owed: …..

Simon Spier: He/Him | 19 | Love, Simon 

Starters Owed: …..

Nick Nelson: He/Him | 18 | Heartstopper 

Starters Owed: …..

Emily Fitch: She/Her | 19 | Skins UK 

Starters Owed: …..

Dean Winchester: He/Him | 38 | Supernatural 

Starters Owed: …..

Matthew Murdock: He/Him | 35 | Marvel 

Starters Owed: …..

Maxine Baker: She/Her | 19 | Ginny and Georgia 

Starters Owed: …..

Marco Del Rossi: He/Him | 21 | Degrassi 

Starters Owed: …..

Harry Hook: He/Him | 23 | Descendants  

Starters Owed: …..

T.J Kippen: He/Him | 21 | Andi Mack 

Starters Owed: …..

Wade Wilson: He/Him | 40 | Ryan Reynolds 

Starters Owed: …..

Max Mayfield: He/Him | 23 | Stranger Things 

Starters Owed: …..

Reggie Peters: He/Him | 19 | Jeremy Shada 

Starters Owed: …..

Richie Tozier: He/Him | 24 | Alberto Rosende 

Starters Owed: …..

Tyler Kennedy Strand: He/Him | 28 | 911 Lone Star

Starters Owed: …..

Evan Buckley: He/Him | 28 | 911 

Starters Owed: …..

Patrick Blanco: He/Him | 19 | Elite 

Starters Owed: …..

Alexander Lightwood: He/Him | 28 | Shadowhunters 

Starters Owed: …..

Marina Nunier Osuna: She/Her | 19 | Elite 

Starters Owed: …..

Madison Miller: She/Her | 19 | XO, KITTY

Starters Owed: …..

Ralph Zaney: He/Him | 31 | Wreck it Ralph

Starters Owed: …..

Willian Truman: He/Him | 31 | Will and Grace 

Starters Owed: …..

Enid Sinclair: She/Her | 19 | Wednesday 

Starters Owed: …...

Ambrose Spellman: He/Him | 75+| CAOS

Starters Owed: …..

[mommasaystoread]

🏍️ 𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 🏍️ Found family is one of my favorite romance tropes, and the Reynolds Restorations crew is a perfect example of found family. I've loved each couple in the series as well as the way the characters have grown through each book. I think Chase may very well be the "family member" who has grown the most. He is just the sweetest, and I'm so glad he finally got his turn at love. He and Hannah have crazy good chemistry, and they're both so darned lovable that you can't help but root for them - even when one or the other is being difficult. They're roommates, so we get a bit of forced proximity, which is as fun as it is frustrating with these two. As I mentioned, this is part of a series, but it can be read as a standalone. That said, I'd still recommend reading from the beginning because once you've met any of these characters, you're gonna want to know more about them. Regardless of trope or even reading order, this whole series is just one more reason I can't get enough of Melanie Moreland and her characters that are like old friends I can visit from time to time. What can make an already five star read even better? Stellar narration, which we always get from John Lane and Maxine Mitchell. From the mutual, while secret, attraction to the vulnerability of these characters to steamy goodness, it all comes through in the performance by Lane and Mitchell. Whether you read the book or listen to it (or both), you can't go wrong with Under the Radar. Amazon #Kindle Unlimited https://geni.us/UnderTheRadar

Also available Audiobook & Paperback 🏍️ ABOUT THE BOOK One of the Donner boys. Troublemakers.

That was the reputation that followed Chase his whole life. Until he grew up and realized he could do better. Be better.

But that choice cost him. His freedom, his family, his chance at love.

By making amends, he found a different path. A new set of friends. A new family.

Life was good. He thought he’d finally found everything he needed.

Then she answered his ad.

Now the roommate he needs is the woman he wants.

Desperately.

How long can he keep his feelings under the radar?

Or is Hannah Gallagher the one to help him break free of his past once and for all?

[frcshkills]

movie muses ;

kat stratford. 10 things i hate about you. (post-movie) nineteen years old. journalism student. pansexual. fc ; julia stiles

president barbie. barbie. thirty-five years old. potus of barbieland. asexual. fc ; issa rae

weird barbie. barbie. thirty-eight years old. unemployed. asexual. fc ; kate mckinnon

barbara wilson aka batgirl. dc comics. twenty years old. vigilante. pansexual. fc ; alicia silverstone

dr. chase meridian. dc comics. thirty-two years old. criminal psychologist. heterosexual. fc ; suki waterhouse + nicole kidman

rachel dawes. dc comics. age is verse dependent. corporate attorney. heterosexual. fc ; daisy edgar jones + keri russell

selina kyle aka catwoman. dc comics. (reeves' batman canon + post-movie) thirty-two years old. vigilante. bisexual. fc ; zoe kravitz

allison reynolds. the breakfast club. (post-movie) twenty-one years old. college student & retail slave. bisexual. fc ; jenna ortega

claire standish. the breakfast club. (post-movie) twenty-one years old. aspiring model. heterosexual. fc ; sophie turner

kate tunney. the covenant. nineteen years old. college student. bisexual. fc ; jessica lucas

sarah wenham. the covenant. nineteen years old. college student. heterosexual. fc ; laura ramsey

nancy downs. the craft. (post-movie) twenty-one years old. tattoo artist & witch. lesbian. fc ; fairuza balk + sophie thatcher

shelly webster. the crow. (very canon divergent) twenty-five years old. waitress & starving artist. pansexual. fc ; angelina jolie

belle french. disney. (includes modern!verse) twenty-five years old. librarian. heterosexual. fc ; emmy rossum

ella tremaine. disney. (includes modern!verse) twenty-two years old. social services. heterosexual. fc ; lily james

snow white. disney. twenty-five years old. princess. bisexual. fc ; camila mendes

ursula. disney. forty-five years old. villain. asexual. fc ; melissa mccarthy

alice chambers. don't worry darling. twenty-six years old. surgeon. heterosexual. fc ; florence pugh

john tate strode. halloween h20. (post-movie) forty years old. college professor. heterosexual. fc ; josh hartnett

dani dennison. hocus pocus. (post-movie) thirty years old. ya author. bisexual. fc ; holliday grainger

julie james. i know what you did last summer. verse dependent. heterosexual. fc ; leighton meester

pepper potts. marvel comics. thirty-five years old. administrative assistant. heterosexual. fc ; sarah snook

pearl douglas. pearl. age is verse dependent. housewife. pansexual. fc ; mia goth

cassie thomas. promising young woman. thirty years old. barista + vigilante. bisexual. fc ; carey mulligan

tatum riley. scream. eighteen years old. high school student. heterosexual. fc ; rose mcgowan + billie lourd

the lady / felicia. strange darling. thirty years old. serial killer. bisexual. fc ; willa fitzgerald

april o'neil. teenage mutant ninja turtles. twenty-eight years old. reporter. heterosexual. fc ; emma stone

rose dewitt-bukater. titanic. twenty-three years old. socialite. heterosexual. fc ; kate winslet

maxine minx. x + maxxxine. twenty-two years old. porn actress. pansexual. fc ; mia goth

[studyinspectrum]

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie, Published 1969, Adapted into a movie "A Haunting in Venice" directed by Kenneth Branagh in 2023

Ah Halloween, it's probably my favorite holiday. I could wax poetic over how much I enjoy this holiday. i love the atmosphere, the colors, classic monsters, costumes, and just the general decorum. it's a pretty popular holiday, having roots in history and ceremony from over 2000 years ago. the history of Halloween is pretty interesting to read up on if you've never done so before.

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie is… a novel. its a difficult book to recommend due to its subject matter and the construction of the story is not as well put together in my opinion of some of the other Poirot novels. i mostly want to talk about the film adaptation in this review, which is a bit more accessible and likely people's first introduction to the story at all.

A Haunting in Venice, directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Kenneth Branagh is the third in his movie adaptation series of the Poirot novels. there are significant changes that are made to the plot of the book for the movie adaptation unlike the previous two adaptations in the series that are for the most part faithful adaptations of the print media. its for that reason i want to talk about the movie rather than the book, but i will go into detail about how they differ later on.

The content warnings for A Haunting in Venice are as follows: child abuse, child death, murder

the summary

in 1947, following the events of the previous film, Poirot is retired in Venice, but also quite depressed. people come to his door asking him to solve cases but he turns them away or refuses to hear them out.

the one person he accepts into his home is Ariadne Oliver, a mystery novelist and his friend. she invites him to a Halloween party and séance intending for him to prove that the medium is a fraud.

the party and séance is being hosted by Rowena Drake in a palazzo said to be haunted by the orphaned children that had died there. Rowena is asking the medium, Joyce Reynolds, to contact the spirit of her deceased daughter Alicia. Alicia committed suicide after her fiancé, Maxime Gerard broke off their engagement. the other guests of the séance are the housekeeper Olga Seminoff, the Drake family doctor Leslie Ferrier and his son Leopold, and Joyce's assistant Desdemona Holland. Maxine shows up right before the séance as well. the rest of the party's guests all leave before the seance.

during the séance, Poirot tries to reveal some of Joyce's tricks and even uncovers her hidden assistant and Desdemona's half brother, Nicholas, hiding in the chimmney. Joyce does seem to contact Alicia's spirit and speaks in her voice, stating that someone attending the seance murdered her.

Poirot privately confronts Joyce about the validity of her abilities and the results of the séance, but she refuses to yield on any of her tricks and gives him a mask and robe to wear and enjoy what remains of the Halloween party. she says they will never meet again.

Poirot dons the costume and while his back is turned, is nearly drowned in the apple bobbing bin as someone holds his head in. he can't recover to see his assailant and doesn't get much time to worry about that as Joyce is discovered to have fallen from an upper balcony and impaled on a statue. even if she was a fraud, she sure was right that she and Poirot would never see each other again.

the other guests have already since departed and the storm bearing down on the palazzo, Poirot forbids anyone from leaving as only the remaining guests could have killed Joyce and he intends to find out who it was.

during Poirot's investigation he keeps believing he sees the spirit of a young girl and hears her humming a tune. Leopold claims to have been hearing the same thing.

Poirot uncovers that Leslie is in love with Rowena but deeply traumatized by his time at war, Joyce's assistants were stealing money from her with the intent of traveling to America, and Maxime broke off the engagement because it did not seem like Rowena approved of him.

what else is uncovered from the situation is that Ariadne conspired with Poirot's bodyguard Vitale, who was a policeman on Alicia's case when she had died the year before, and Joyce by giving her details on the case and information needed to do the séance. Ariadne had hoped that Poirot's actions in debunking Joyce would help inspire her new mystery novel.

The group explore the basement after hearing a noise and find the bodies of the children that were locked in the palazzo all those years ago. Leslie almost kills Maxime during a panic attack and they lock him in the music room so he can calm down, with Poirot having the only key. Leslie is later found stabbed in the back and dead.

Poirot reveals that the true culprit behind it all was Rowena. She refused to let Alicia leave her and marry Maxime, so she ripped up her rooftop garden and planted flowers with toxic nectar that became more potent in honey form. Rowena begun poisoning Alicia with mad honey in order to care for her ill and hallucinating child. this honey is also what was giving Poirot his own hallucinations of the ghost girl during the course of the movie. Olga had unwittingly gave Alicia a fatal dose when making her tea with honey one night and Rowena staged Alicia's suicide for fear of it being found out what she had been doing to her daughter if a toxicology report was ever made known. Rowena started receiving blackmail threats and used the séance to draw in Joyce, whom she suspected might be the blackmailer. she also suspected Leslie, so when he was isolated she called the music room telephone and threatened Leopold's life if Leslie did not commit suicide.

Rowena attempts to escape via the roof and Poirot gives chase. Rowena and Poirot see the ghastly image of Alicia. it drags Rowena off the roof so she falls into the canal where she drowns under the torrential rain and waves.

the next day, Poirot forgives Ariadne for tricking him and also reveals that he knows that Leopold was Rowena's actual blackmailer. Leopold is a smart kid and he noticed the poisoning symptoms that Leslie was unable to and realized the circumstances mirrored and opera that Rowena had been famous for performing. Leopold will live with the Seminoffs and provide money to the Hollands so that they can start over in America.

Poirot returns home, people literally asleep waiting at his door, wanting him to take on their cases. despite it all, he is invigorated to solve mysteries again and invites them in so that they can tell him what troubles them.

inevitable comparisons to the book

so. after writing this summary i'm realizing how very different the book is to the movie. the book does not pose the events of the mystery as so grandiose as a séance, nor does it take place in Venice.

the murder victim is still Joyce Reynolds at a Halloween party, however she is a 13 year old girl. Ariadne Oliver was in attendance at that party and asks Poirot to help solve her murder. Joyce was drowned in the apple bobbing bucket, similar to how Poirot was almost murdered in the movie.

in fact, Leslie (who is a shady lawyer's clerk), Leopold (who is Joyce's brother), and Olga (who is Rowena's Aunt's au pair) are all found stabbed or murdered by some kind of assailant in the book. Desmond Holland is just the name of one of the teenagers that attended the party. none of the other character's names appear in the book.

the reason that book Joyce was murdered is that she claimed that she had witnessed a murder in order to impress those around her, but Joyce was known to lie, and had actually stolen the story of another girl named Miranda who did not attend the party. Rowena figured out that the murder that Joyce had "witnessed" was that of Olga, who had "disappeared" but Rowena and her lover had disposed of her body in a well after Rowena's aunt threatened to disown Rowena and leave all of her money to Olga. Rowena drowned Joyce after luring her to the library, then pretended to drop a vase of flowers in surprise to hide the water splashes on her dress. Rowena's lover killed Leslie to cover up their trail as they had him create a fake will to throw into question if the aunt's updated will where Olga was the only benefactor was forged. Leopold was murdered because he had figured it out and was trying to blackmail Rowena.

Miranda is almost murdered in the end as she was tricked by Rowena's lover for thinking she was special and had to die for the beauty of art of…. landscaping. her lover was a landscaper. and he was obsessed with making the perfect garden. and he was gonna steal all the money Rowena was going to inherit from her aunt in order to make it happen.

so it's all quite different, no? save for the names and some of the references to circumstances in the book, a lot of the content of the movie is all original.

there is the destruction of a garden and replanting in the name of murder in the movie, which could be tied to the motive of Rowena's lover but it's a minor connection i guess.

the book is… incredibly convoluted. looking at the wikipedia page there are 26 named characters with varying degrees of influence on the plot, but i really really cut down on the chaff of the story in that paragraph i have above that tries to explain why it all happened. it's messy and weird, and deals with a lot of child death that i'm not really into. i don't think there's any other Christie stories that are this heavy with the violence against children either.

if you want to see a more faithful adaptation of the book, the TV series with David Suchet as Poirot adapted the story and it was my first exposure to it, though i watched it so long ago that before reading the book all i had managed to remember about the story was that a kid died.

but as a movie, how is it?

i think it's pretty good actually. i'll be the first to admit i reallllly did not like Death on the Nile and i almost was going to write a review of that one after i had seen it in 2022 but it was hard to write it since it was so… i don't know how to describe it. uninspired? bad? produced during a worldwide pandemic and it shows?

the book Death on the Nile i think is a very fascinating story about the nature of love and money and influence, not one of my favorite Poirot stories, but certainly one that feels… stereotypically "grand" as to be major motion picture worthy, which is why i can only assume it was chosen as the second story to adapt. the movie also starts with trying to give Poirot a backstory as to why he has his mustache and by the end of the case it has left him so depressed the final shot of the film is of him with his mustache shaved off. oh by the way, if you didn't watch this one, Poirot has a facial scar that he got during the war and grew out his mustache in order to hide it. the mustache has a backstory now.

but i think Branagh realized that Death on the Nile was probably a bad way to leave his Poirot movie series and came up with a supernatural mystery horror-ish story in order to return Poirot to form. and i think that worked! i was engaged with the story, the movie felt tense and spooky in the appropriate moments and untangling how each of the suspects are related to the situation and the previous crime of Alicia's death is interesting!

i liked Leopold's character a lot and i was somewhat unsure of how it would develop over the course of the movie, where this boy is basically the caretaker of his own father and has a wealth of knowledge beyond his years.

i'm a self admitted horror movie disliker and this movie never reaches a level of tension and suspense that becomes unbearable for me when watching that genre since its always being viewed through the lense of an analytical detective. there are some pulls from the horror genre in how shots are framed and what occurs but there's nothing so terribly horrific to prevent someone from watching it that isn't into horror media.

if i had to rank the Branagh movies, Death on the Nile would be at the bottom, but im almost tempted to put A Haunting in Venice higher than Murder on the Orient Express just for the originality and atmosphere that Haunting provides. also Michelle Yeoh is in this movie and she fucking owns so that also drives up the quality in my opinion.

it makes me feel hopeful that if Branagh tries to make another Poirot film that it actually could be quite good if he goes a similar route that he took with a Haunting in Venice. it doesn't look like he has another one on the way just yet (at the time of writing he has a movie called "The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde" in production), but like i said i'm hopeful for more good for this series, much like how Poirot felt at the end of this movie.

conclusion

i thought it'd be fun to pull up some of the covers of the book versions of Hallowe'en party as there's been a couple of really interesting ones over the years.

i do actually like the reprinted cover for the movie, the third one on the second row. it mixes the mask that Joyce arrives in and gives to Poirot with a skull in a neat effect.

the one on the upper right is really fucking weird though, the closest i can tell is that it was a 1972 edition of the book and whoever did that cover sure was only told that it was a mystery that happened around halloween and then could go hogwild with whatever else they wanted. it is a really nice illustration otherwise but really not indicative of the internal material. some of the ways others have played with the themes of apples and pumpkins are pretty cool.

the fun thing about older mystery novels are the pulpy covers that have been created for some printings of the books. i always try to look for a copy of Hound of the Baskervilles while im out second hand book shopping in case i find a copy with a really interesting cover. the copy i have is pretty cool, but we can go weirder, pulpier, sexier, totally-tonally-dissonanter, we can go huge-ass-pumpkin-and-naked-woman-with-a-sheet-draped-over-her crazy with a cover. i know there's one out there. that's my white whale: a fucking weird cover of Hound of the Baskervilles.