#mia reviews

[sillyballoonmilkshake]

Ava: Who's Niko's biggest enemy?

Killian: It's Landon

Cecily: Probably Landon

Jeremy: Landon

Glyn: Definetly Landon

Annika: Landon

Landon: Me

Mia: Obviously Landon

Bran: Clara

[maxinefuckingminx]

Pearl (2022) + Letterboxd Reviews

[lawrussoauto]

im shaking the fall guy was so good. i am horrendously down bad for ryan gosling oh my fod

[trek-tracks]

You know, it’s a shame we got the Picard S3 we did and not a season-long Mamma Mia situation where Bev keeps belting out disco numbers with Troi and Guinan while Jack Crusher sends out wedding invitations to his three possible dads, Picard, Riker, and…I don’t know, Data or something

[elbiotipo]

Usamerican laptop reviews are like "this piece of shit machine is a cheap, common, dirt poor model useful only if you're a peasant who can't do better, I guess" and you look the price here in Argentina and it's what we would consider a top of the line computer with a price about five times a good salary

[pricelessreviews]

[angelzerokcal]

Não culpa da TPM que vc é uma porca descontrolada

Autocrítica

[eclecticfeverdream]

Now this review has reached its target audience. if we're talking about the Mamma Mia! And Knives out/Glass Onion venn diagram I'm right in the middle.

[mariiiadoarda]

Please, I'm a star !!🐊🎀🎞️

[emergefromthenoise]

Violent delights and violent ends – a tragic lovers' tale.

All the world's a stage... Indeed, so the whole theatre becomes exactly that: from the rooftop (a distant and isolated Mantua), to the backstage corridors and fire escapes standing in for meandering streets of Verona or foyer turning into Capulet's house's halls. Use it all. And at the same time focus on the word: darkness engulfing the stage where vulnerable characters bare their desires. Micro expressions on display as cameras follow the actors around. Lights. Camera. A story of love and hate. A tragedy weaved by fate. Timeless tale.

Some raised the alarm as the casting revealed Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as Juliet, claiming it wasn't true to Shakespeare's spirit. Well, I, for one, am glad that it wasn't. Not that I have anything against men in tights, but that would be a different play entirely. Also may I remind everyone we would be subjected to some pre-teen, prepubescent males with their falsetto trying to nail Juliet's voice timbre. And Nurse's too. But then we would have been deprived of seeing such brilliant performances from Francesca and Freema [Agyeman] which would be simply a travesty. And all in a name of staying true to the original text (may I add also well known fact – Shakespeare's not so secret and nice tendency to “borrow” from other's work thus him being not so original himself).

Even though my first reaction to Freema being cast as a Nurse was: she's too young! Because in my head this character is this elderly matron rather than witty and lively Nanny. But that's the beauty of theatre and interpretation: anything goes! And oh, boy how it worked!

Francesca's Juliet is so youthful, gentle, so full of passion. One's heart sinks seeing her heart's woes. Tom's Romeo has boyish charm, rage and love so bound together it boils. His Romeo is impulsive, emotional, he brings laughter and choked silence as one observes his character being played by fate. Let's not forget Juliet is the driving force. She's “yes” or “no”, black or white, ultimatum giving kind of girl. And Romeo? Well, he's both romantic (grand gestures much?) and... well, he's a fuckboy (how fast Rosalind is in his rearview mirror, huh?). But then he's Juliet's fuckboy and heaven is not on their side.

Maybe I'm a cynic when I look at this great romance and frown and childish overreactions and hyperboles. But these two [Francesca and Tom], they're so gentle and pure, so deep, that one quickly invests in their budding feelings and looks upon them with softness knowing too well what's glooming over. The tragic face of star crossed lovers.

But these two aren't the only ones shining bright on that stage. Mercutio always has been one of my favourite characters – flamboyant, fast with words and weapons, mad or is he? Harold Perrineau made such an impact with his Mercutio [in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo+Juliet], even though not on stage, there was no other version of this character for me. But I dare to say Joshua-Alexander Williams comes real close or maybe even matches the performance. Which is incredible considering it's his professional debut. Exuberant, cheeky sidekick, cursed... and cursing the feuding families. Seemingly insane with his flowery talk turns out to be the voice of reason and prophecy in the end.

The staging is stripped back, functional, raw in it's simplicity, but not dull. Focus is on the actors and the text. Blaring music and flashing lights prevent the audience from being too comfortable in their seat – it's a tragedy after all.

'Romeo and Juliet', a tale as old as overplayed. Yet, always attracting both actors ready to add their version to the pile and crowds eager to see lovers' tragic fate onstage (and/or on screen).

Shakespeare's plays always were the entertainment for the masses, even the tragedies have characters being bigger or smaller 'comic relief'. In 'Romeo and Juliet' it would be surely the Nurse, but thanks to Freema's brilliance this character is so much more than crazy old lady. The wit is her weapon of choice, true, but the emotions and layers that spill out thanks to Freema shine a new light on this character.

It takes a special kind of talent to breathe a new life into the text and a play as a whole (and the assemble did a marvellous job at it!), especially one so well-known, played so many times that people think they have seen it all. But Jamie Lloyd has carved a reputation for himself and his innovative and bold approach (and vivisection) is doing only favours to dusty classics. It is an unmissable event.

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William Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET.

Dir.: Jamie Lloyd

Cast: Tom Holland, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, Freema Agyeman, Michael Balogun, Tomiwa Edun, Mia Jerome, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Ray Sesay, Nima Taleghani, Joshua-Alexander Williams, Callum Heinrich, Kody Mortimer

In Duke of York's Theatre, London from 13 May to 3 August 2024

[Photo from Duke of York's Theatre]

[ankle-beez]

[sillyballoonmilkshake]

Nikolai: I wanna bury myself in Bran so bad right now.

Landon, appaled: I bed your finest pardon?

Levi, choking on water: YOU WHAT NOW?

Nikolai:

Nikolai: Did I say that out loud?

Bran, shaking his head: I'm not even surprised at this point

[datshitrandom]

Darren Criss | 2023 | Random

[strawbrryscone]

queens of fall🍁☕️🪓

[spectresuggests]

Only Lovers Left Alive is one of my favorite films of all time. When I saw it initially, I watched it with a group of people who absolutely hated it. We went out to eat after watching it in the theater and I found myself defending it so intensely. They argued that there wasn't a plot and that nothing really happens in the movie.

They weren't necessarily wrong. It's a film that runs on exquisite vibes, not a well developed plot line. It's a slice of life vampire story about the meaning of true love through eternity. The cast is to die for and the cinematography and soundtrack are delicious. I have nothing but love for it and I can't imagine feeling any other way.

[elbiotipo]

I just went to hbomberguy's channel to rewatch a classic (the one about antivaxxers) and saw that video about plagiarism drama was his most watched by millions of views and was thinking about that post that was like "video essayists have too much power over you people"