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derek_klena: Heart full of gratitude for this bloody creative thrill seeking group of artists. ‘Twas a privilege to creep, and creep again, as your friendly neighborhood sociopath Wes. So many thanks to @writerras , @lindsaycbring and the @prettylittleliars team for having me along for the haunted hay ride through Millwood. And @chandlerlkinney , you are a light and a pleasure to share any room with. You lead the orpheum with poise, humility and pitch fork wielding badassery ❤️ first 📸: @maiareficco 🔥#plloriginalsin

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Una temporada calurosamente mortal… “Pretty Little Liars: Escuela De Verano”

Después de los desgarradores eventos de “Pretty Little Liars: Un Nuevo Pecado”, nuestras pequeñas lindas mentirosas enfrentan un destino peor que la muerte, la escuela de verano. Sin embargo, Millwood High no es lo único que se interpone en su camino este verano, ya que además tendrán que lidiar con nuevos trabajos, nuevos intereses amorosos y un nuevo villano, que puede o no tener una conexión con A.

Estreno: 9 de mayo de 2024 en Max.

La segunda temporada cuenta con las actuaciones de Bailee Madison, Maia Reficco, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles, Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Jordan Gonzalez, Ava Capri, Noah Alexander Gerry, Antonio Cipriano, Alex Aiono, Elias Kacavas, entre otros.

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Gael Mantzoukas played by Noah Alexander Gerry

Nikolai Peele played by Antonio Cipriano

Zeke Marchant played by Owen Warner

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succession finale thoughts

rewatching already because i need to write this down while i'm still on that finale high

the immediate problem of the episode is stewy making drama. i love himmm

why would "golden parachute" frank even be in the consideration to vote 'no' for the deal??? we're grasping at straws here oh i feel for tellis despite his soulless blond self

NICKY BEE FIRE IT UP ONE LAST TIME ... god im gonna miss this theme song 🥺

when shiv said that tom is easy to manipulate while mattson is looking at the political cartoon of them. what a blunder

shiv calling her mom an associate in front of mattson slkflskgls

"are there any positives about the nightmare we've shared?" "yeah you've fallen in love finally. fallen in love with our scheduling opportunities." goddddd im so obsessed...yessss they're so awfulllllll like so true jesse make this show also a story of their marriage noah baumbach whomst????

sorry to be so kenstewpilled but the white button down, sleeves rolled up and this line???? delectable. i must speak my truth here like how could stewy not vote 'no'?

new jess.....good for you Jess you escaped this sinking ship

i gasped seeing kendall's sunglasses this episode. that has to be japanese made. nowhere else in the world make such stylish sunglasses. gorgeous pair

greg makes 200k? per month OR year????? answer me. answer meeeeee

love the Lawrence name drop! like we miss u king

the entire lukas and tom dinner scene is sooooo

tom confessing all he he built was sand and he's paranoid to keep what he has. mattson knowing he's hungry but wants to know if he's willing to betray shiv

THEN lukas immediately belittling shiv : she was pushy, she wasn't as vital as i thought she'd be, i'm SUCH a big man i know everything, she's fuckable and she wants me too

and TOM eats it????? so mattson chooses him !!!!

ugh i dont want shiv she has a lot of ideas and i want to fuck her ugh fucking disgusting ubermensch i hope jeryd doesn't win ohio and waystar royco gojogo get FCC up in their ass

alexander skarsgard's line read and acting choices r amazing tho

me to my sister: why haven't any of them used a live translator to check what the swedes are talking about? (greg in the final episode uses one) OK FINALLYYYY

shiv screaming from another room is hilarious

logan promised kendall ceo when he was seven.......the crown prince.....if dad didn't need me i don't know what i would be for.....

shiv and roman bonding at the beach after election night. when they're doing impressions of kendall and knowing sarah and kieran are each other's fave scene partners....this scene was the one that hit me that i'm watching the FINALE finale

meal fit for a king scene....when i watched this scene i was all smiles but underneath the DREADDD knowing they might be showing this because it may be the final time the scenes are happy together. oh honey. we got a big storm coming.

not shiv saying all that to willa and connor not getting slovenia in the end....the terror

the iphone video dinner scene? cheesy as fuckkkkk im sorry that was sentimental as shit and maybe a tad unnecessary. i did cry tho i did...

"IT'S FUCKING TOM." the fight in the bathroom??? mattson rallying his crew???? the convoy to hq??? with THE MUSICCCCC???? FUCKKKK UGH HOT UGH!!!! GO OFF NICHOLAS!!!!

loveeee roman's all black outfit. so chic! (he's still mourning 🙃)

and we cheered. if anything else, us gay stewy truthers won succession

(also noticed that in the above pic - the only picture of the kids on logan's table is shiv. forshadowing? maybe, maybe not but lol)

the final 20 minutes of the finale *screaming into a pillow*

like roman immediately spiralling upon seeing gerri. doubting himself, questioning his autonomy, his worth. and did kendall....break roman's stitches on purpose. to like?? steady him somewhat??? good god. what the fuck.

shiv in this shot like...this is the closest to ultimate power she'll ever have and she's reveling in it. despite herself, she enjoys being kingmaker. that's why she went into politics

it's just. i wanna wrap my head around why shiv didn't vote 'no'. is it because she *has* seen the toxicity of protecting this company infect her brothers during election night? they should take the deal and get out? is it to freeze kendall and roman out of the company as they often had done to her? if i can't be ceo, then no one can? and mattson wants tom to be the ceo and i get to manipulate tom so i win this battle? i can keep my proximity of power by virtue of being a woman that my brothers would never have? is that it? does this make sense?

(but we all know mattson is keeping tom because he's a yes man. he won't have any real power in the waystar royco gojogo so like *sad kazoo noise*)

kendall lying about the manslaughter not being real. the real thing they've bonded over??? just because it may not make him ceo??? jelly-spined move

shiv laughing kendall going 'i'm the eldest boy' and walking away going "fucking child". lmaooo deserved

i wonder if roman saying all that abt sophie & iverson is a way to distract kendall from shiv, maybe even a little spite to get back at him for supposedly lying abt the manslaughter

roman going "we're nothing." yeah...yeah....you are.....

(but they have 195 per share....so)

kendall clicking the elevator to floor zero. cinema.

the one guy entering the elevator with kendall. has he been oblivious abt what just went down? if it were me, i'd wait for the next one

tom being ceo slgjklskglskglsklhgsfglskg

him keeping gerri and karolina this is a win for the glass ceiling shatterers /jk

and tom keeping greg? will he needs someone to bully since mattson&mencken is gonna use him as a punching bag in turn lol

yes the tiger! he destroyed his cage! yes YES the tiger is out!!!!

i truly can't believe that roman came out of this series unscathed (somewhat). like his breakthrough this episode? him realizing his self worth has been hinged on inheriting the company aka his father's love? time to go back to therapy

(also him drinking a martini because that's gerri's favorite drink. what a choice!)

and friends i was rubbing my hands with anticipation when tom approaches the car just hoping hopingggg shiv was in it and when it turns out she was??? i was chanting 'hand in unlovable hand' over and over and when tom offered his hand??? i was fully clapping it AND when shiv TOOK IT?? i was fully screamingggg

in all seriousness, what a bleak ending for shiv. relegating herself as the wife of ceo. just like her mother. the power dynamics of the man she think is beneath her is now her husband and the father of her child and in the company position she coveted all her life. she can never win...she willing stay in the tarpit....shiv my tragic girlfailure i love youuu

when kendall shows up in the park in a tweed coat i was like 'oooo i hope colin is behind him' and when they pan to show he is?????? i was cheering. the micheal corleonification of kendall roy

head under water.....aaaahhhh ambigious kendeath my beloved <3

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15 casts of Pretty Little Liars (2022-); Oldest to youngest ——

(August 11, 1995): Jordan Gonzalez as Ash Romero

(November 10, 1995): Ava Capri as Jennifer “Jen” Fox

(February 16, 1996): Alex Aiono as Shawn Nobles

(April 25, 1996): Zaria Simone aka Zaria as Faran Bryant

(April 30, 1997): Brian Altemus as Tyler Marchand

(May 14, 1997): Noah Alexander Gerry as Christian

(November 3, 1997): Carson Rowland as Chip Langsberry

(December 11, 1997): Ben Cook as Henry Nelson

(October 12, 1999): Elias Kacavas as Greg Mantzoukas

(October 15, 1999): Bailee Madison as Imogen Adams

(November 26, 1999): Mallory Bechtel as Kelly Beasley/Karen Beasley

(May 13, 2000): Antonio Cipriano as Johnny

(July 13, 2000): Malia Pyles as Minnie “Mouse” Honrada

(July 14, 2000): Maia Reficco as Noa Olivar

(August 3, 2000): Chandler Kinney as Tabitha “Tabby” Haworthe

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A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Jack Cunningham: Ben Affleck Dan: Al Madrigal Beth: Michaela Watkins Angela: Janina Gavankar Doc: Glynn Turman Marcus Parrish: Melvin Gregg Brandon Durrett: Brandon Wilson Kenny Dawes: Will Ropp Sam Garcia: Fernando Luis Vega Chubbs Hendricks: Charles Lott, Jr. Bobby Freeze: Ben Irving Devon Childress: da’Vinchi Father Edward Devine: John Aylward Russ: T.K. Carter Diane: Rachael Carpani Kurt: Todd Stashwick Anne: Nancy Linehan Charles Gerry Norris: Dan Lauria Sal: Chris Bruno Coach Lombardo: Matthew Glave Matty (Bartender): Jeremy Ratchford Susan Norris: Jayne Taini Father Mark Whelan: Jeremy Radin Ryan: Nico David Sarah: Emelia Golfieri Sarah: Layla Golfieri Miguel: Sal Velez Jr. Sofia: Yeniffer Behrens Sully – Ref #2: Eric Tate Doctor: Christine Horn Construction Worker #1: Josh Latzer Construction Worker #2: Manny Streetz David: Justice Alan Liquor Store Owner: Jay Abdo Lead Referee: Joshua Hubbard Burly Man: James P. Harkins Employee: Mike G. Betty: April Adams Haley: Chieko Hidaka Student: Bronwen O’Connor Student: Charlotte Evelyn Williams Student: Kayla Diaz Trinity Coach: Doc Jacobs Gale: Marlene Forte Ken: Shay Roundtree Pat: Chad Mountain Summit Coach: Sandy Fletcher Opposing Coach: Noah Ballou Female Friend – Nancy: Cynthia Rose Hall Referee: Calvin Barber Fish Scale Operator: Dino Lauro Bishop Bench Player: Roman Mathis Bishop Bench Player: Herbert Morales Bishop Bench Player: Mateo Ortiz Bishop Bench Player: Tyler O’Malley Ethan (uncredited): Tom Archdeacon Basketball Player 7 (uncredited): Brian Nuesi Denise (uncredited): Edelyn Okano Cheerleader (uncredited): Carly Schneider Mike Ball Boy (uncredited): Caleb Thomas Eric (uncredited): Hayes MacArthur Basketball Player: Alexander Tassopoulos Birthday Party Guest (uncredited): Mason Blomberg Film Crew: Producer: Gavin O’Connor Producer: Jennifer Todd Producer: Gordon Gray Sound Mixer: Steven A. Morrow Producer: Ravi D. Mehta Set Decoration Buyer: Ellen Dorros Boom Operator: Craig Dollinger Utility Sound: Bryan Mendoza Art Direction: Bradley Rubin Costume Design: Cindy Evans Director of Photography: Eduard Grau Editor: David Rosenbloom Executive Producer: Brad Ingelsby Executive Producer: Mark Ciardi Unit Production Manager: Bob Dohrmann Executive Producer: Kevin McCormick Executive Producer: Aaron L. Gilbert Executive Producer: Jason Cloth Executive Producer: Kaitlyn Taaffe Cronholm Executive Producer: Madison Ainley Production Design: Keith P. Cunningham Casting: Wendy O’Brien Co-Producer: Brittany Hapner Original Music Composer: Rob Simonsen Music Supervisor: Gabe Hilfer Unit Production Manager: Victor Ho Second Assistant Director: Kevin Lum First Assistant Director: Jamie Marshall Visual Effects Supervisor: Bruce Jones Set Decoration: Douglas A. Mowat Set Designer: Paul Sonski Assistant Art Director: Linia Marie Hardy Assistant Art Director: Brittany Bradford Graphic Designer: Stephanie Charbonneau Graphic Designer: Andrew Campbell Art Department Coordinator: Michael LaCorte Leadman: Fred Haft Set Decoration Buyer: Jane Madden Stunt Coordinator: Tom McComas Stunts: Oliver Keller Stunts: Courtney Farnsworth Stunts: Allan Graf Stunts: Craigory Glen Hunter Stunts: Lauren Shaw Stunts: B R Lamar Stunts: David Rowden II Property Master: J.P. Jones Assistant Property Master: Rick Chavez Script Supervisor: Steve Gehrke “A” Camera Operator: Peter Rosenfeld Still Photographer: Richard Foreman Jr. “B” Camera Operator: Michael Merriman First Assistant “A” Camera: Stephen MacDougall Second Assistant “A” Camera: Jordan Pellegrini First Assistant “B” Camera: Jesse Cain Second Assistant “B” Camera: Seth A. Peschansky Digital Imaging Technician: Jesse Tyler Music Editor: Curt Sobel Assistant Editor: Anna Rottke First Assistant Editor: Joe Rosenbloom Soun...

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[multiverseofmiracleshq]

TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS MIRACLES DAYS ONE & TWO ( BODY SWITCH ): back  again by popular demand it’s a day of body changing. just like always, you’ll have all the memories of your host body. once again we’ve given everyone a new, unique pairing, and like last year we’ve entered open characters into the mix and some swaps aren’t reciprocal. below you’ll find each character listed and the fc used. the arrow will indicate whose body they are in, and that does not mean that person is in theirs. let us know if you have any questions, otherwise, welcome to the whacky world of waking up as someone else.

abigail brand →   jean-paul beaubier ( fc: matthew daddario ) alex summers →  tabitha smith ( fc: hailee steinfeld ) america chavez →  xandra neramani ( fc: kaylee bryant ) amka aliyak → nadia van dyne ( fc: zoey deutch ) betsy braddock → alex summers ( fc: oliver jackson cohen ) billy kaplan → teddy altman ( fc: cody christian ) bobby drake →  jimmy hudson ( fc: liam hemsworth ) bobby drake (older) → older hank mccoy ( fc: karl urban ) bucky barnes → yelena belova ( fc: florence pugh ) bucky barnes (616) → veronica eden ( fc: victoria pedretti ) carol danvers → sam wilson ( fc: anthony mackie ) charles xavier → moira mactaggart ( fc: thandie newton ) clint barton → kate bishop ( fc: camila mendes ) crystalia amaquelin → pietro maximoff ( fc: aaron taylor-johnson ) daken → jeanne-marie beaubier ( fc: phoebe tonkin ) danielle moonstar → rahne sinclair ( fc: sophie skelton ) drax → peter quill ( fc: derek theler ) emma frost → kate pryde ( fc: zoe kravitz ) erik lehnsherr → charles xavier ( fc: idris elba ) felicia hardy → michelle jones ( fc: zendaya ) gamora → mantis ( fc: pom klementieff ) gerry drew → jessica drew ( fc: inbar lavi ) gwenpool → v special body. can’t participate.  gwen stacy → peter parker ( fc: tom holland ) gwen stacy (65) → miles morales ( fc: jordan fisher ) illyana rasputin → older scott summers ( fc: matt bomer ) hank mccoy → bobby drake ( fc: dylan o’brien ) hank mccoy (older) → betsy braddock ( fc: jodie comer ) james rogers → tommy shepherd ( fc: gregg sulkin ) jean grey → hank mccoy ( taron egertonn ) jean grey (older) → logan howlett ( hugh jackman ) jean-paul beaubier → abigail brand ( fc: crystal reed ) jeanne-marie beaubier → daken ( fc: charles melton ) jessica drew → clint barton ( fc: chris pine ) jimmy hudson → laura kinney ( fc: lulu antariksa ) julian keller → lana baumgarter ( fc: danielle rose russell ) kamala khan → scott summers ( fc: steven r mcqueen ) kate bishop → america chavez ( fc: lindsey morgan ) kate pryde → emma frost ( fc: margot robbie ) lana baumgartner → lori baumgartner ( fc: anne hathaway ) laura kinney → julian keller ( fc: noah centineo ) loki laufayson → rosalind solomon ( fc: ana de armas ) lorna dane → rogue ( fc: eiza gonzalez ) michelle jones → gwen stacy ( fc: olivia holt ) miles morales → 65 gwen stacy ( fc: jenny boyd ) moira mactaggert → her body is taken, but moira is nowhere to be found. nadia van dyne → amka aliyak ( fc: anna lambe ) natasha romanoff → bucky barnes ( fc: sebastian stan ) nathan summers → esme cuckoo ( fc: skyler samuels ) peter parker → tony stark ( fc: robert downey jr ) peter quill → gamora ( fc: zoe saldana ) pietro maximoff → crystalia amaquelin ( fc: holland roden ) rahne sinclair → danielle moonstar ( fc: devery jacobs ) remy lebeau → lorna dane ( fc: paulina singer ) ripley ryan → carol danvers ( fc: rebecca rittenhouse ) rogue → remy lebeau ( fc: jack falahee ) rosalind solomon → thor odinson ( fc: chris hemsworth ) sam alexander → tiana toomes ( fc: brittany o’grady ) sam wilson → steve rogers ( fc: chris evans ) scott summers → illyana rasputin ( fc: kristine froseth ) scott summers (older) → older jean grey ( fc: rachel mcadams ) stepford, esme → quentin quire ( fc: dane dehaan ) stephen strange → wanda maximoff ( fc: elizabeth olsen ) steve rogers → natasha romanoff ( fc: scarlet johansson ) susan storm → stephen strange ( fc: benedict cumberbatch ) tabitha smith → nathan summers ( fc: thomas doherty ) theodore altman → billy kaplan ( fc: nick robinson ) thor odinson → rocket raccoon ( fc: raccoon ) tiana toomes → sam alexander ( fc: alberto rosende ) tommy shepherd → james rogers ( fc: dominic sherwood ) tony stark → teenaged morgan stark ( fc: katherine langford ) valkyrie → loki laufayson ( fc: tom hiddleston ) veronica eden → felicia hardy ( fc: emeraude toubia ) wanda maximoff → erik lehnsherr ( fc: giancarlo esposito ) xandra neramani → cal’syee neramani ( fc: kate siegel ) yelena belova → 616 bucky barnes ( fc: richard madden )

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Total Drama (United States of America VAs)

sdfhkdjlsak anon you’ve submitted this post 4 times now!!!! but i just noticed you have goofy’s va for ezekiel and i’m fucking screaming, that’s very good actually

anonymous:

anonymous:

Was thinking up a potential alternate universe cast for the Total Drama series (if the series had been done for famous celebrities in United States of America instead of Toronto, Canada). Here’s what I came up with. CAST: —————————– Total Drama Series —————————–     •    Chris McLean: Ben Stiller     •    Chef Hatchet: Idris Elba Total Drama Island/Action/World Tour     •    Alejandro: Antonio Banderas     •    Beth: Anne Hathaway     •    Blaineley: Octavia Spencer     •    Bridgette: Tori Kelly     •    Cody: Nathan Lane     •    Courtney: Mae Whitman     •    DJ: Tracy Morgan     •    Duncan: Joseph Gordon-Levitt     •    Eva: Jane Lynch     •    Ezekiel: Bill Farmer     •    Geoff: Cam Clarke     •    Gwen: Carla Gugino     •    Harold: Nicolas Cage     •    Heather: Reese Witherspoon     •    Izzy: Emma Stone     •    Justin: George Lopez     •    Katie: Mindy Kaling     •    LeShawna: Jada Pinkett Smith     •    Lindsay: Anna Kendrick     •    Noah: Jason Bateman     •    Owen: Zach Galifianakis     •    Sadie: Lisa Kudrow     •    Sierra: Amy Poehler     •    Trent: Bruno Campos     •    Tyler: Michael J. Fox Total Drama Revenge of the Island     •    Anne Maria: Loretta Devine     •    Brick: Simon Pegg     •    Cameron: Max Casella     •    Dakota: Jenny Slate     •    Dawn: Diamond White     •    Jo: Bonnie Hunt     •    Lightning: Chris Rock     •    Mike: John Leguizamo     •    Sam: Jason Alexander     •    Scott: Alan Tudyk     •    Staci: Melissa McCarthy     •    Zoey: Kristen Bell Total Drama Pahkitew Island     •    Amy/Samey: Ginnifer Goodwin     •    Beardo (speaking): David Oyelowo     •    Dave: Steve Carrell     •    Ella: Ariel Winter     •    Jasmine: Lupita Nyong'o     •    Leonard: Shawn Michael Howard     •    Max: Steve Buscemi     •    Rodney: John Goodman     •    Scarlett: Drew Barrymore     •    Shawn: Channing Tatum     •    Sky: Leslie Mann     •    Sugar: Sally Field     •    Topher: Nate Torrence —————————– Total Drama Ridonculous Race —————————– CAST:     •    Don: Louis C.K.     •    Brody: Dylan Minnette     •    Carrie: Kristen Wigg     •    Chet: Josh Peck     •    Crimson: Scarlett Johannson     •    Devin: Matthew Broderick     •    Dwayne: Wallace Shawn     •    Ellody: Zendaya     •    Emma: Bella Thorne     •    Ennui: Liam Neeson     •    Gerry: Tim Carry     •    Jacques: Jim Parsons     •    Jay: Scott Menville     •    Jen: Kaitlin Olson     •    Junior: Neel Sethi     •    Josee: Allison Janney     •    Kelly: Jessie J     •    Kitty: Kerris Dorsey     •    Laurie: Alyssa Milano     •    Lorenzo: Drake Bell     •    MacArthur: Lake Bell     •    Mary: Maia Mitchell     •    Miles: Cheryl Hines     •    Mickey: Jesse Eisenberg     •    Pete: Billy Connolly     •    Rock: Eric Idle     •    Ryan: Tom Lister Jr.     •    Sanders: Wanda Sykes     •    Stephanie: Alfre Woodard     •    Spud: Barry Bostwick     •    Tammy: Russi Taylor     •    Taylor: Sarah Silverman     •    Tom: Raymond Perri Any comments or suggestions are welcome! The original cast is funny and fantastic, but if the series had been done in America I think these VAs would’ve done equally well.

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CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOL 9

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The New York Rangers have just four picks in this year's NHL Entry Draft. The Rangers’ highest pick this year is in the second round at No. 63 and is the only pick the Rangers have through the first three rounds. The draft was held in Montreal following a two-year absence because of the pandemic. The Rangers also have a fourth-round pick (#111), which was initially a Winnipeg Jets’ pick but made its way to New York via the Vegas Golden Knights as part of the Brett Howden trade. The Rangers also have pick No. 159 in the fifth round and lastly at number 191 in the sixth round. The Rangers lost their 2022 first-round pick due to the conditions of the trade for Andrew Copp, whom President/GM Chris Drury acquired from the Jets at this year’s trade deadline in exchange for three draft picks and prospect Morgan Barron. The three draft picks were two conditional second-rounders and a 2023 fifth-round selection. The 2022 second-round pick the Rangers sent to Winnipeg became a first-round (number 30) since they reached the conference final, and Copp played in at least half of their playoff games. SECOND PICK For the other conditional second-round pick, the Jets had the option of taking the Blues’ original 2022 pick or the Rangers' in 2023. Instead, Winnipeg decided on this year’s second-rounder (number 55), which the Rangers acquired from St. Louis as part of the Pavel Buchnevich trade that also brought in the recently re-signed Sammy Blais. The Rangers' first selection in the second round (59th overall) was Adam Sykora, no relation to former NHL’er Petr. The young Slovak center showed a lot of little things in all departments, and the Rangers hope he grows into his body. Last week he was the first overall selection by the Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) in the CHL Import Draft. The second pick in the third round (97th overall) of the draft, the Rangers selected LW Byrce McConnell-Barker. He's a solid 6’1 and 195-pounds with Sault Ste Marie (OHL) and had 23 goals in 68 games in the first season. FOURTH ROUND In the fourth round (111th overall), a center Noah Laba from Lincoln (USHL), a Colgate (ECACHL) commit next year, had 15 goals, 24 assists, and 39 points in 50 games. In the fifth round (159th overall), the Rangers selected a defenseman, Victor Mancini. He didn’t take the usual route. He's 6’3, 215-pounds, and was at the University of Nebraska-Omaha (NCHC). Laba played junior in Sweden for Frolunda HC and was named the team captain in his last season. His father, Bob, was all over the hockey map here and in Europe, from Michigan Tech as a head coach for four years as an assistant at Lake Superior State and Ferris State. He helped develop the fledgling hockey program nationally in South Africa. FIFTH ROUND In the fifth round (161st overall), they took Russian Maxim Barbashav, the younger brother of St. Louis Blue Ivan Barbashav from Moncton (QMJHL). At 6’1, 185-pounds, he has good size, and his first year's numbers include 15 goals and 42 points in 59 games. He was taken as the last pick of the round. The last Rangers pick has a familiar last name, defenseman Zakary Karpa. the son of former Bridgeport Sound Tiger, Hartford Wolf Pack, and Ranger David Karpa from Harvard (ECACHL). Karpa was taken in the sixth round (191st overall). In 33 games in his freshmen year, he had six goals and 12 points. He has a twin brother Jakob. None of these picks will be in Hartford/New York for some time. GEORGIEV FINALLY DEPARTS After five seasons, the Rangers finally traded goalie Alexander Georgiev. The former Wolf Pack was sent to the Stanley Cup champion, the Colorado Avalanche. Georgiev heads west for a third and fifth-draft pick and a third-round selection next year. The strategy increases their draft picks from four to six for Friday’s draft, rounds two through seven. The move came just hours before a CBA imposed the deadline of giving him a qualifying offer of $2.65M. He last played in Hartford for eleven games for the Pack in 2018-19. NHL DRAFT CONTINUED Nick Malik, the goalie son ex-Hartford Whaler, Ranger, Beast of New Haven, and Springfield Falcon, Marek Malik, was taken by Tampa Bay in the fifth round. David Spacek, the son of former Beast of New Haven's Jaroslav Spacek, was called by Minnesota in the fifth round. Landon Sim of London (OHL), the son ex-Sound Tiger Jon Sim, was taken in the sixth round. The youngest son of a former Whaler and the new scout with the Philadelphia Flyers, Sami Kapanen, Konsta Kapanen, was NOT selected. IN MEMORIAM Life intrudes at the worst times. On the eve of the draft, a sad development as former Whaler, a San Jose scout and skills development coach for their AHL team, Bryan Marchment, died suddenly in Montreal at the Sheraton Hotel next door to the Bell Centre at age 53. His son Mason is a member of the Florida Panthers. He also leaves behind his wife Kim, and daughter, Logan. Marchment played for nine NHL teams and was known as an abrasive player in his day, compiling over 2,307 PIM in 926 games and had a long-running feud with Mark Messier and Mike Gartner. QMJHL DRAFT The last of the amateur drafts took place on Monday and Tuesday before the NHL Draft by the QMJHL. The US portion of the league draft took place Tuesday after the main draft saw six members from Connecticut of the 36 players selected. The first one, taken second overall in the US portion, was Lucas St. Louis, the youngest son of current Montreal head coach, Hockey Hall of Famer, and former Ranger, Marty St. Louis. St. Louis, the youngest son of the former Ranger, is regarded as a very talented player from the Greenwich-based Brunswick School and was taken by the Victoriaville Tigres. The following selection was 13th in Stamford’s Matej Teply from the Selects Academy at South Kent Prep by the Acadie-Bathhurst Titan. CT CHIEFS U15 STUD TAKEN Then 17th overall, from Westport, was the Charlottetown (PEI) Islanders took Aryx Siefker of the CT Chiefs U-15 squad (AYHL). He is a Winchendon Prep School (MAPREP) commit next year. Then the following three selections came back-to-back. Taken 22nd was Ryan Lucarelli, from the New Milford-basedthe Val D’Or Foreurs took Canterbury Prep Saints teams. Then Spencer Morrow (Darien), one of the four hockey-playing nephews and nieces of former Whaler and Springfield Indians player Scott Morrow, was selected by the Chicoutimi Sagueneens. Older brother Scott (a Carolina NHL draftee) is at UMASS, and younger sister Sydney is heading to Ohio State (Big 10) in the fall. The youngest Sophie keeps the family tradition alive by playing with the Shattuck’s St Mary’s Sabres (MNPREP). The last Connecticut player was Blake Burke of Trumbull, who went 24th to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. MORE DRAFT NEWS The first round of the general regional draft featuring selections from the Canadian territories of Quebec in the Canadian provinces that comprise the Maritimes of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland/Labrador area. Tomas Lavoie, a defenseman, was taken first overall by the Cape Breton (NS) Eagles. He is no relation to former New Haven Senator Domenic Lavoie. Four US players were selected in the first round. First went Bill Zannon, who was taken sixth by the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies from Northwood Prep (NYPREP). Owen Phillips was taken by his hometown Halifax Mooseheads from the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U-15 (T1EHL) in Pennsylvania. Then Williams Shields of Nova Scotia was taken by Cape Breton at number 11, From upstate NY near Rochester, Bishop Kearney HS (NYPREP). Then the next pick from the Selects Academy program at RI’s Mt. Charles Academy program was Sacha Boisvert by Chicoutimi. The first of four taken from the team. In the later rounds Tyler Wood, a PEI native was drafted from the Selects Academy program at South Kent Prep in the sixth round and 96th overall by Rouyn-Noranda. WOLF PACK 2022-23 Twenty-six players are either under a contract to return on their current contracts for the 2022-23 edition of the Wolf Pack. Even though the team needs an overhaul, there are few roster spots. A particularly vexing issue that has plagued them the past few years is the surplus of defensemen. Zac Jones and Matt Robertson are back under the second year of their contracts for another year. Also, Zach Guittari (Loomis Chaffee) returns on a one-year AHL deal for the Rhode Island native. Another is Nils Lundkvist, who has two years to RFA status and had a less than stellar first year in NY and Hartford, both players are from Sweden. Others who played secondary roles are Brandon Scanlin, Zach Berzolla and Hunter Skinner. Louka Henault was added to the mix. The newcomer just signed from Windsor (OHL). They also just added last year’s training camp invitee among the last cuts Blake Hillman, who split last year with Toledo (ECHL) and s spell with Grand Rapids and most of the second half with Providence to an AHL contract. A question is Jarred Tinordi, a year away from UFA status will he be back reprising the mentor role after being traded at last season’s trade deadline? Up front will see the most significant number of new players. BRODZINSKI BROTHERS Captain Jonny Brodzinski is likely to start the year in Hart City as well as his younger sibling Easton on a new one-year AHL deal. Expected newcomers are Will Cullye (Windsor-OHL), Ryder Korczak (Moose Jaw-WHL), Brennan Othmann (Flint-OHL), and Matt Rempe (Seattle-WHL). From Europe draftee Karl Henrickson, free agent signees Gustav Rydahl (Farjestad BK) and Carl Berglund (who was given a training camp invite), all are from Sweden. Returning on one-year AHL deals are; Tanner Fritz, Alex Whelan and Cristiano Di Giacinto, the last two players were walk-on’s the last two seasons. Patrick Khordorenko comes back on the last year of his contract, and Bobby Trivigno from UMASS will have an entire season to marinate Add one more name to the list, Ryan Lohin, who split last year between Charlotte and Allen (ECHL). Gone is forward Anthony Greco, off to Frölunda HC (Sweden-SHL, whoo was a Group 6 UFA. On the bubble as Group 6 (have reached age 25 and not playing enough NHL games under the CBA) is Kris Merkley and Maxim Letunov (UCONN-HE) both were acquired at the trade deadline. Likely neither will be back. RONNING Reports are that Ronning may sign with the hometown Canucks and be sent to Abbottsford (AHL) nearby. The other returning question marks are forward Lauri Pajuniemi, who has one year left before RFA status and had a rocky relationship with the team in the second half while being injury-riddled. Likely gone are underperforming Justin Richards, Mike O’Leary, and fill-in James Sanchez. Three players who had minor roles have gone to three different teams in Slovakia Abbott Girduckis (HC Presov), Liam Pecararo (HC Slovan Bratislava), and defenseman Hamden’s Mike Lee (HC Nove Zamsky). In goal, expect a whole new cast of characters. Already under contract on a three-year ELC coming in Dylan Garand (Kamloops-WHL) and Olof Lindbom (Kristianstads IK Sweden-Allsvenskan) and a new veteran goalie will more than likely be acquired to shepherd them the. through their pro baptism. Likely to be gone will be Keith Kinkaid, Adam Huska (UCONN-HE), and Tyler Wall. LUKE MARTIN On Friday, defenseman Luke Martin was signed. He played a half-dozen games last year with Colorado (AHL) and most of the year with Utah (ECHL) and earned all ECHL Rookie team status. He has an interesting connection to current and past Wolf Pack and Rangers. He played under the stewardship of current Wolf Pack GM Ryan Martin at the US National Development program. Among his teammates then and is a new teammate are Patrick Khordorenko and current Rangers Adam Fox and Ryan Lindgren were USNDTP teammates. He follows a long line of Michigan hockey players to suit up in Hartford from Chris Summers, Chris Brown, Steven Kampfer, Al Montoya and Director of Player Development, Jed Ortmeyer. His older brother Kenny is retired from hockey by nine years was a four-year player and senior captain at Yale. MORE CHANGES Coming in at goal under a three-year ELC deal is Dylan Grand (Kamloops (WHL) and Olof Lindbom, with a two-year ELC from Kristianstads IK (Sweden-Allsvenskan). Add to the training camp net menagerie now is Parker Gaghan who spent part of the year with Florida (ECHL) who went to the Kelly Cup final in a backup role and some time with Milwaukee. Then CT's own Charlie Leddy of Fairfield who spent one year at Avon Old Farms (CTPREP) from the US National Developmental Team (USHL) and played for the US WJC Team was taken by the Devils in the fourth round. He is BC (HE) bound in the fall. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

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Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees Announced

ICYMI: The Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced last week, with Eliza Hittman’s drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always leading with seven nominations. For the first time in Spirit Awards history, five new TV award categories were announced: Best New Scripted Series, Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series, Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series, Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series and Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series.

Winners, who are selected by Film Independent Members, will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Thursday, April 22. The awards ceremony is also changing this year from a live daytime event on a Saturday afternoon to prime time on  Thursday, broadcast live exclusively on IFC at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT.

FILM CATEGORIES

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)

First Cow Producers: Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Producers: Todd Black, Denzel Washington, Dany Wolf

Minari Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh

Never Rarely Sometimes Always Producers: Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski

Nomadland Producers: Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to director and producer)

I Carry You With Me Director/Producer: Heidi Ewing Producers: Edher Campos, Mynette Louie, Gabriela Maire

The Forty-Year-Old Version Director/Producer: Radha Blank Producers: Inuka Bacote-Capiga, Jordan Fudge, Rishi Rajani, Jennifer Semler, Lena Waithe

Miss Juneteenth Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples Producers: Toby Halbrooks, Tim Headington, Jeanie Igoe, James M. Johnston, Theresa Steele Page, Neil Creque Williams

Nine Days Director: Edson Oda Producers: Jason Michael Berman, Mette-Marie Kongsved, Matthew Lindner, Laura Tunstall, Datari Turner

Sound of Metal Director: Darius Marder Producers: Bill Benz, Kathy Benz, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – Given to the best feature made for under $500,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)

The Killing of Two Lovers Writer/Director/Producer: Robert Machoian Producers: Scott Christopherson, Clayne Crawford

La Leyenda Negra Writer/Director: Patricia Vidal Delgado Producers: Alicia Herder, Marcel Perez

Lingua Franca Writer/Director/Producer: Isabel Sandoval Producers: Darlene Catly Malimas, Jhett Tolentino, Carlo Velayo

Residue Writer/Director: Merawi Gerima

Saint Frances Director/Producer: Alex Thompson Writer: Kelly O’Sullivan Producers: James Choi, Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Eddie Linker, Raphael Nash, Roger Welp

BEST DIRECTOR

Lee Isaac Chung Minari

Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman

Eliza Hittman Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Kelly Reichardt First Cow

Chloé Zhao Nomadland

BEST SCREENPLAY

Lee Isaac Chung Minari

Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman

Eliza Hittman Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Mike Makowsky Bad Education

Alice Wu The Half of It

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Kitty Green The Assistant

Noah Hutton Lapsis

Channing Godfrey Peoples Miss Juneteenth

Andy Siara Palm Springs

James Sweeney Straight Up

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jay Keitel She Dies Tomorrow

Shabier Kirchner Bull

Michael Latham The Assistant

Hélène Louvart Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Joshua James Richards Nomadland

BEST EDITING

Andy Canny The Invisible Man

Scott Cummings Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Merawi Gerima Residue

Enat Sidi I Carry You With Me

Chloé Zhao Nomadland

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Nicole Beharie Miss Juneteenth

Viola Davis Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Sidney Flanigan Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Julia Garner The Assistant

Frances McDormand Nomadland

Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman

BEST MALE LEAD

Riz Ahmed Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Adarsh Gourav The White Tiger

Rob Morgan Bull

Steven Yeun Minari

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Alexis Chikaeze Miss Juneteenth

Yeri Han Minari

Valerie Mahaffey French Exit

Talia Ryder Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Yuh-jung Youn Minari

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Colman Domingo Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Orion Lee First Cow

Paul Raci Sound of Metal

Glynn Turman Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Benedict Wong Nine Days

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast

One Night in Miami… Director: Regina King Casting Director: Kimberly R. Hardin Ensemble Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr.

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)

Collective Director/Producer: Alexander Nanau Producers: Hanka Kastelicová, Bernard Michaux, Bianca Oana

Crip Camp Directors/Producers: Jim LeBrecht, Nicole Newnham Producer: Sara Bolder

Dick Johnson is Dead Director/Producer: Kirsten Johnson Producers: Katy Chevigny, Marilyn Ness

The Mole Agent Director: Maite Alberdi Producer: Marcela Santibáñez

Time Director/Producer: Garrett Bradley Producers: Lauren Domino, Kellen Quinn

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)

Bacurau Brazil Directors: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho

The Disciple India Director: Chaitanya Tamhane

Night of the Kings Ivory Coast Director: Philippe Lacôte

Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Hungary Director: Lili Horvát

Quo Vadis, Aida? Bosnia and Herzegovina Director: Jasmila Žbanić

PRODUCERS AWARD – The Producers Award, now in its 24th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.

Kara Durrett

Lucas Joaquin

Gerry Kim

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 27th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.

David Midell Director of The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Ekwa Msangi Director of Farewell Amor

Annie Silverstein Director of Bull

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 26th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.

Cecilia Aldarondo Director of Landfall

Elegance Bratton Director of Pier Kids

Elizabeth Lo Director of Stray

TELEVISON CATEGORIES

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children Executive Producers: Jeff Dupre, Joshua Bennett, Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff, John Legend, Mike Jackson, Ty Stiklorius

City So Real Produced by: Zak Piper, Steve James Executive Producers: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Alex Kotlowitz, Gordon Quinn, Betsy Steinberg, Jolene Pinder

Immigration Nation Executive Producers: Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz, Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Brandon Hill, Christian Thompson Co-Executive Producers: Andrey Alistratov, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg, Lauren Haber

Love Fraud Executive Producers: Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing, Amy Goodman Kass, Vinnie Malhotra, Jihan Robinson, Michael Bloom, Maria Zuckerman

We’re Here Creators/Executive Producers: Stephen Warren, Johnnie Ingram Executive Producers: Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Peter LoGreco Co-Executive Producers: Erin Haglund, Sabrina Mar

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

I May Destroy You Creator/Executive Producer: Michaela Coel Executive Producers: Phil Clarke, Roberto Troni

Little America Executive Producers: Lee Eisenberg, Joshuah Bearman, Joshua Davis, Arthur Spector, Alan Yang, Siân Heder, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon

Small Axe Executive Producers: Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner, Steve McQueen

A Teacher Creator/Executive Producer: Hannah Fidell Executive Producers: Michael Costigan, Kate Mara, Louise Shore, Jason Bateman, Danny Brocklehurst Co-Executive Producer: Daniel Pipski

Unorthodox Creator/Executive Producer: Anna Winger Creator: Alexa Karolinski Executive Producer: Henning Kamm

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Elle Fanning The Great

Shira Haas Unorthodox

Abby McEnany Work in Progress

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Never Have I Ever

Jordan Kristine Seamón We Are Who We Are

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Adam Ali Little America

Nicco Annan P-Valley

Conphidance Little America

Amit Rahav Unorthodox

Harold Torres ZeroZeroZero

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

I May Destroy You Ensemble Cast: Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Weruche Opia, Stephen Wight

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My Year In Movies

This isn’t the way I wanted to do this, but a baby has taken over the office and I don’t have much time to sit at my computer, so here’s my list of movies I watched last year. Bold indicates a strong recommendation.

1. The Man From Nowhere (2010) -- Lee Jewon-beom (S. Korea) 2. Immortals (2011) -- Tarsem Singh (USA) 3. Killer Joe (2011) -- William Friedkin (USA) 4. World's Greatest Dad (2009) -- Bobcat Goldthwait (USA) 5. Fanny Hill (1983) -- Gerry O'Hara (UK) 6. I Vitelloni (1953) -- Frederico Fellini (Italy) 7. Inspector Clouseau (1968) -- Bud Yorkin (USA) 8. Bone Tomahawk (2015) -- S. Craig Zahler (USA) 9. Crank: High Voltage (2009) -- Neveldine and Taylor (USA) 10. Love Exposure (2008) -- Shion Sono (Japan) 11. Topkapi (1964) -- Jules Dassin (USA) 12. La Bete Humaine (1938) -- Jean Renoir (France) 13. Harakiri (1962) -- Masaki Kobayashi (Japan) 14. Stir Crazy (1980) -- Sidney Poitier (USA) 15. Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008) -- Jean-Francois Richet (France) 16. Fright Night (1985) -- Tom Holland (USA) -- 35mm in theater, rewatch 17. The Driver (1978) -- Walter Hill (USA) 18. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) -- George Clooney (USA) 19. 50/50 (2011) -- Jonathan Levine (USA) 20. The Revenant (2015) -- Alejandro G. Inarritu (USA) -- in theater 21. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) -- Hayao Miyazaki (Japan) 22. Broken Arrow (1950) -- Delmer Daves (USA) 23. The Untouchables (1987) -- Brian de Palma (USA) 24. The Key (1983) -- Tinto Brass (Italy) 25. The Big Short (2015) -- Adam McKay (USA) -- in theater 26. The Interview (2014) -- Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen (USA) 27. Storytelling (2001) -- Todd Solondz 28. Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) -- Brian de Palma (USA) 29. Black Sea (2014) -- Kevin Macdonald (UK/US) 30. The Witch (2015) -- Robert Eggers (US) -- in theater 31. The Rum Diary (2011) -- Bruce Robinson (USA) 32. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) -- John Badham (USA) 33. The Palm Beach Story (1942) -- Preston Sturges (USA) 34. Shaun the Sheep (2015) -- Mark Burton and Richard Starzak (UK) 35. The Five Obstructions (2003) -- Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier 36. Quay des Orfevres (1947) -- Henri-Georges Clouzot (France) 37. Hail, Caeser! (2016) -- Coen Bros (US) -- in theater 38. Valley Girl (1983) -- Martha Coolidge (US) 39. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989) -- Pedro Almodovar (Spain) 40. Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015) -- Michael Showalter (US) -- in theater 41. To Live and Die In L.A. (1985) -- William Friedkin (US) 42. In Cold Blood (1967) -- Richard Brooks (US) 43. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (1996) -- Terry Jones (UK) 44. The Deep (1977) -- Peter Yates (US) 45. The Muppet Movie (1979) -- James Frawley (US/UK) -- rewatch 46. Monkey Business (1952) -- Howard Hawks (US) 47. Casablanca (1942) -- Michael Curtiz (US) -- rewatch 48. The Disorderly Orderly (1964) -- Frank Tashlin (US) 49. Destry Rides Again (1939) -- George Marshall (US) 50. Green Fish (1997) -- Lee Chang-dong (S. Korea) 51. Bernie (2011) -- Richard Linklater (US) 52. Easy A (2010) -- Will Gluck (US) 53. The Overnight (2015) -- Patrick Brice (US) 54. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) -- Dan Trachtenberg (US) -- in theater 55. Breaking the Waves (1996) -- Lars von Trier (various) 56. Cheap Thrills (2013) -- E.L. Katz (US) 57. Green Room (2016) -- Jeremy Saulnier (US) -- in theater 58. Indiscreet (1958) -- Stanley Donen (US) 59. Conan the Destroyer (1984) -- Richard Fleischer (US) 60. Faust (1926) -- F.W. Murnau (Ger) 61. Belladonna of Sadness (1973) -- Elichi Yamamoto (Japan) -- in theater 62. The Lobster (2015) -- Yorgos Lanthimos (Various) -- in theater 63. The Willies (1990) -- Brian Peck (US) 64. Sympathy for the Devil (2015) -- Neil Edwards (various) -- in theater 65. The Conjuring 2 (2016) -- James Wan (US) -- in theater 66. The Martian (2015) -- Ridley Scott (US) 67. I Love You, Phillip Morris (2009) -- Glenn Ficarra, John Requa (US) 68. Dancer in the Dark (2000) -- Lars von Trier (various) 69. Tickled (2016) -- David Farrier, Dylan Reeve (NZ) -- in theater 70. Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978) -- Robert Butler (US) 71. De Palma (2015) -- Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow (US) -- in theater 72. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) -- Frank Oz (US) 73. Drive Angry (2011) -- Patrick Lussier (US) 74. Death Race 2000 (1975) -- Paul Bartel (US) -- 16mm in theater, rewatch 75. The Endless Summer (1966) -- Bruce Brown (US) 76. Barbarella (1968) -- Roger Vadim (Fr/It) 77. Bugsy Malone (1976) -- Alan Parker (UK) 78. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) -- Taika Waititi (NZ) -- in theater 79. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) -- Christopher McQuarrie (US) 80. The Invitation (2015) -- Karyn Kusama (US) 81. The Comedian (1957) -- John Frankenheimer (US) 82. Man Up (2015) -- Ben Palmer (UK) 83. Open Season: Scared Silly (2015) -- David Feiss (US) 84. The Good DInosaur (2015) --  Peter Sohn (US) 85. Burying the Ex (2014) -- Joe Dante (US) 86. Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960) -- Cyril Frankel (UK) 87. These Are the Damned (1962) -- Joseph Losey (UK) 88. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) -- Werner Herzog (US) -- in theater 89. Mission to Mars (2000) -- Brian de Palma (US) 90. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) -- Travis Knight (US) -- in theater 91. Hell or High Water (2016) -- David Mackenzie (US) -- in theater 92. Russian Ark (2002) -- Alexander Sokurov (RUS) -- didn't finish, too dull 93. Cache (2005) -- Michael Haneke (various) 94. Kull The Conqueror (1997) -- John Nocolella (US) 95. The Witch (2015) -- Robert Eggers (US) -- rewatch 96. River of No Return (1954) -- Otto Preminger (US) 97. Carnal Knowledge (1971) -- Mike Nichols (US) 98. The Final Girls (2015) -- Todd Strauss-Schulson (US) 99. Jamaica Inn (1939) -- Alfred Hitchcock (UK) 100. All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) -- Jonathan Levine (US) 101. Creep (2014) -- Patrick Brice (US) 102. Killer Nun (1979) -- Giulio Berruti (It) 103. Alone in the Dark (1982) -- Jack Sholder (US) 104. Two Evil Eyes (1990) -- George Romero, Dario Argento (US, It) 105. Darling (2015) -- Mickey Keating (US) 106. The Bay (2012) -- Barry Levinson (US) 107. Phantasm: Ravager (2016) -- David Hartman (US) -- in theater 108. We Are Still Here (2015) -- Ted Geoghegan (US) 109. Final Girl (2015) -- Tyler Shields (US) 110. The Nude Vampire (1970) -- Jean Rollin (Fr) 111. Shock (1977) -- Mario Bava (It) 112. The Perfect Host (2010) -- Nick Tomnay (US) 113. Diary of a Madman (1963) -- Reginald Le Borg (US) 114. The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) -- Terence Fisher (UK) 115. Zoombies (2016) -- Glenn R. Miller (US) 116. Bedlam (1946) -- Mark Robson (US) 117. Isle of the Dead (1945) -- Mark Robson (US) 118. Brain Damage (1988) -- Frank Henelotter (US) 119. Bound to Vengeance (2015) -- J.M. Craviato (US) 120. Stoker (2013) -- Park Chan-wook (US) 121. Fright Night (2011) -- Craig Gillespie (US) 122. Beneath (2013) -- Larry Fessenden (US) 123. She-Wolf of London (1946) -- Jean Yarbrough (US) 124. Werewolf of London (1935) -- Stuart Walker 125. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) -- Eugene Lourie (US) 126. Shutter Island (2010) -- Martin Scorcese (US) 127. Witchboard (1986) -- Kevin Tenney (US) 128. A Bucket of Blood (1959) -- Roger Corman (US) 129. Cannibal Ferox (1981) -- Umberto Lenzi (It) 130. Bloody Mama (1970) -- Roger Corman (US) 131. Goosebumps (2015) -- Rob Letterman (US) 132. The Killing Car (1993) -- Jean Rollin (Fr) 133. The Handmaiden (2016) -- Park Chan-wook (Kor) -- in theater 134. The Most Dangerous Game (1932) -- Irving Pichel and Ernest B. Shoedsack (US) 135. Night Creatures (1962) -- Peter Graham Scott (UK) 136. Moonlight (2016) -- Barry Jenkins (US) -- in theater 137. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) -- Freddie Frances (UK) 138. Arrival (2016) -- Denis Villeneuve (US) -- in theater 139. Bride of Re-Animator (1989) -- Brian Yuzna (US) 140. Ghostbusters (2016) -- Paul Feig (US) 141. From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) -- Jeff Burr (US) 142. I, Madman (1989) -- Tibor Takacs (US)

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The Weekend Warrior Home Edition 4/7/20 – ENDINGS BEGINNINGS, ABE and More (Sorry. No MY SPY.)

Boooooo … this week would have been when the Tribeca Film Festival was supposed to start, but I barely had a chance to go through the movies that were gonna play there when COVID-19 hit, and it was quickly cancelled. Apparently, they’re doing some sort of online festival this week, but apparently, they decided to wait until Friday afternoon to tell press who had already applied that they needed to reapply by Monday morning. If you didn’t receive or see this important Email, and I didn’t, then you were basically fucked in terms of covering the festival. That being said, this will be only the second time in 17 years that I didn’t cover Tribeca, and since they won’t even respond to Emails trying to fix this, I guess that means we’re done here. 

This was also the week when, at one point, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour was supposed to open but I saw it last week via screener and liked it more than the first movie. I tweeted about it here:

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Of course, STX’s My Spy was gonna open this weekend after many delays and that now will be streaming on Amazon instead, so that’s just the way things seem to be going. Who knows when any of us will have any sort of box office to report on, especially with AMC filing for bankruptcy and possibly not making it until studios decide to release movies theatrically again? (The earliest possibility seems to be July at this point.)

This week’s Featured Movie is Drake Doremus’ new film ENDINGS, BEGINNINGS (Samuel Goldwyn), starring Shailene Woodley, who is quite fantastic as Daphne, a thirty-something L.A. woman – and honestly, having interviewed Woodley for Alexander Payne’s The Descendants, I have just as hard a time fathoming that she’s even closer to her 30s as I did believing 34-year-old Alexandra Daddario as someone in her 20s in last week’s We Summon the Darkness. Regardless, Daphne is trying to get over a heartbreaking break-up with a man who was also her boss, and she quickly gets into relationships with two men, Jack and Frank, played by Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan, who also happen to be friends, creating a tough love triangle.

The fact that Doremus opened this film with the Cocteau Twins was a good sign, and I do have to say that the music throughout the film is fantastic, but really, it’s more about Woodley and the fact that Doremus is returning to a more improvised style of filmmaking ala his earlier film, Like Crazy, which was one of my favorites. I do think that Woodley’s talent elevates her performance well above her male co-stars, who at times, frankly, I couldn’t keep track of which was which. (Dornan’s Irish accent gave it away most of the time.) But I liked how Doremus explores one woman trying to make decisions about her life and relationships, showing how hard it is to do that sometimes.

Endings, Beginnings is on Digital on Friday and then On Demand starting May 1. I honestly don’t know the difference between the two. I probably should figure it out, huh?

Another movie I quite enjoyed that’s on Demand and Digital this Friday is Brazilian documentarian Fernando Grostein Andrade’s first narrative feature, the family comedy ABE (Blue Fox Entertainment), starring Noah Schnapp (from Stranger Things), Seu Jorge, Mark Margolis and Dagmara Dominczyck. Schnapp plays 12-year-old Abe, a Brooklyn ‘tween and a diehard foodie with his own blog and desires to be a chef. His main goal in the year leading up to his Bar Mitzvah is to cook the perfect meal to bring his half-Jewish and half-Palestinian family together in harmony. He gets some helping learning the ropes from Seu Jorge as a Brazilian food cart chef who takes under his wing, but Abe has his work cut out for him as his grandparents and other relatives can never agree on anything.

Listen, this is a pretty simple premise but that helps make Andrade’s film so much easier to enjoy.  I feel that this is a movie that probably would have done quite well on the film festival circuit (when there was one) since it’s a crowd-pleasing film that gives a very different look into the Israel-Palestine conflict from a Brazilian outsider, as well as in the guise of a warm non-confrontational coming-of-age film that should appeal greatly to foodies. I actually liked Schnapp in this role, mainly because he’s surrounded by such solid actors, including one of my personal faves, Mark Margolis, as his Israeli grandfather. Abe is the type of movie that may have gone completely overlooked in any other environment but actually keeps your attention through its warmth and pleasing storytelling that can bring those going through these hard times a smile or two. It’s not exactly reinventing the wheel or redefining “cinema” but it’s a good film to watch with the family you may now be cooped up with. (Probably for kids around Abe’s age so 11 and up?)

Next up is That Evening Sun director Scott Teems’ THE QUARRY (Lionsgate), a thriller based on Damon Galgut’s novel, starring Shea Whigham as a drifter who kills a travelling preacher and takes his place in a smalltown while being under suspicion of the police chief, played by Michael Shannon. The movie also stars Oscar nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno, and with those three alone, I really wanted to like this movie, but it was really dull and never really got me interested in any of the characters, which is especially a shame since Whigham is such a good actor, but this movie just didn’t do anything for me… at all.

Available now via VOD and on DVD/BluRay on April 28 is Tyler Cornack’s bizarre comedic (?) thriller BUTT BOY (Epic Pictures) -- co-written, directed and starring Cornack. To be honest, it’s the type of movie that is just too weird for its own good. I have to be honest that the movie’s title scared me, and if I read the actual premise beforehand, I might have been even more bothered about watching it then I was already just from the title. Okay, so Cornack plays Chip Gutchel, a married IT worker who becomes obsessed with anal probing after a proctology exam. A dog disappeared and then a baby but years later, a child disappears from Chip’s job, and the detective on the case (Tyler Rice), who is also being sponsored by Gutchel in AA, suspects that the missing child has gone up Gutchel’s … well, I don’t have to spell it out. This is one of those WHAT THE HOLY FUCK movies like The Greasy Strangler and Lemon that I immediately wondered (and apologies to the podcast of the same name) “How did this movie get made?!” While I felt the same way about the premise for the recent Swallow when I first learned about it, that movie was actually really good.  I knew as soon as it became obvious what was happening that I had absolutely zero need to watch a movie about a guy who is able to suck things up his own ass. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a competently-made genre film but as it became clearer and clearer where it was going, I was getting more and more queasy about the whole concept. So yeah, I wouldn’t recommend this to my worst enemy, and I’m guessing most people will feel the same but there’s a lot of boredom out there, so who knows?

Wow, that’s it? Four movies? Sheesh…

STREAMING AND CABLE

At this point, it almost seems silly to break this column down into sections ‘cause everything is gonna hit your computer and/or TV sets until theaters finally reopen. Note: I haven’t seen any of the movies or series below.

Streaming on FX on Hulu Wednesday (today!) is the new mini-series Mrs. America, starring Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly, “the sweetheart of the silent majority,” a woman who is fighting back against women like Gloria Steinem (played by Rose Byrne!) and others who were pushing for the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) in the 70’s. The amazing cast includes Margo Martindale, Uzo Aduba, Elizabeth Banks, Tracey Ullman, “sweetheart of FX” Sarah Paulson, Melanie Lynskey and yes, there is at least one man, played by John Slattery. The showrunner is Dahvi Waller from Mad Men, too, so this should be an entertaining watch, and I’m definitely on board.

Lots of stuff on Netflix this week but not necessarily anything that’s been on my radar, like the new docu-series, The Innocence Files, which is exec. produced and directed by a number of impressive filmmakers like Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney and Roger Ross Williams. Debuting on Wednesday (today!), it looks eight cases of wrongful conviction and what the Innocence Project has done to try to get their cases overturned. This is a subject that has really interested me, although I liked last year’s Brian Banks more than Just Mercy.  The Innocence Project is just such an amazing organization with what they’re doing to help those who can’t help themselves go up against the deeply injust criminal justice system, so this is definitely one I’ll be watching.

There are a few new features on Netflix on Friday, none of which I’ve seen but hopefully will be enticing viewing. The three new ones include the German film, Rising High, written and directed by Cüneyt Kaya, starring David Kross (not the comedian) as Viktor Stein and Gerry Falkand as Frederick Lau, two real estate moguls who get sucked into their wealth by defrauding the bank, losing sight of reality.

There’s also the French crime film, Earth and Blood (La Terre et Le Sange), from filmmaker Julien Leclerq about a sawmill owner named Saïd (Sami Bouajila) and his 18 year old daughter Sarah (Sofia Lesaffre) trying to sell his factory, not realizing that one of his apprentices hid cocaine in there, forcing father and daughter to face tough gangsters who want their drugs back.

Brazilian superstar Wagner Moura and Ana de Armas from Knives Out star in Greg Barker’s Sergio, a film about Sergio Viera de Mello, the UN diplomat who is ready to resign and spend time with his wife before he’s assigned to a mission in Baghdad just as the US invasion of 2003, and he’s crushed under a wall when a bomb blasts the UN headquarters.

Amazon Studios will be debuting Tayarisha Poe’s debut feature, SELAH AND THE SPADES, on Amazon Prime Video Friday. It takes place at Haldwell, an elite Pennsylvania board school run by five factions. It stars Lovie Simone as 17-year-old Selah Summer, who runs the most dominant group, the Spades, who caters to supply students with alcohol and pills. As tension builds between the factions, Selah’s right hand BFF Maxxie (Jharrel Jerome) has a new boyfriend, so Selah needs to find a new protégé.

Next week, more movies not in theaters!

By the way, if you read this week’s column and have bothered to read this far down, feel free to drop me some thoughts at Edward dot Douglas at Gmail dot Com or drop me a note or tweet on Twitter. I love hearing from readers … honest!

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There’s a lot going around about the Second Amendment.  Some on the left have been spreading a little rumor that it isn’t necessarily about protecting any right of the individual.  Some say it doesn’t hold water compared to the government’s ideas on ensuring public safety.

Let’s not forget that the Amendment, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” isn’t our only clue to determine what the founders thought of the right to bear arms. They’ve left behind plenty of writings which outline the purpose of the 2nd Amendment.

Here’s just a few quotes from buckeyefirearms.org:

“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined…” – George Washington, First Annual Address, to both House of Congress, January 8, 1790

“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” – Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776

“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787

“What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787

“The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” – Thomas Jefferson, Commonplace Book (quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria), 1774-1776

“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 19, 1785

“The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Cartwright, 5 June 1824

“On every occasion [of Constitutional interpretation] let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying [to force] what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, [instead let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, 12 June 1823

“I enclose you a list of the killed, wounded, and captives of the enemy from the commencement of hostilities at Lexington in April, 1775, until November, 1777, since which there has been no event of any consequence … I think that upon the whole it has been about one half the number lost by them, in some instances more, but in others less. This difference is ascribed to our superiority in taking aim when we fire; every soldier in our army having been intimate with his gun from his infancy.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Giovanni Fabbroni, June 8, 1778

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

“To disarm the people…[i]s the most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason, referencing advice given to the British Parliament by Pennsylvania governor Sir William Keith, The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adooption of the Federal Constitution, June 14, 1788

“I ask who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers.” – George Mason, Address to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 4, 1788

“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops.” – Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, October 10, 1787

“Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788

“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country.” – James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434, June 8, 1789

“…the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone…” – James Madison, Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” – William Pitt (the Younger), Speech in the House of Commons, November 18, 1783

“A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves…and include, according to the past and general usuage of the states, all men capable of bearing arms…  “To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.” – Richard Henry Lee, Federal Farmer No. 18, January 25, 1788

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined…. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun.” – Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1778

“This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty…. The right of self defense is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction.” – St. George Tucker, Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1803

“The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like law, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside. And while a single nation refuses to lay them down, it is proper that all should keep them up. Horrid mischief would ensue were one-half the world deprived of the use of them; for while avarice and ambition have a place in the heart of man, the weak will become a prey to the strong. The history of every age and nation establishes these truths, and facts need but little arguments when they prove themselves.” – Thomas Paine, “Thoughts on Defensive War” in Pennsylvania Magazine, July 1775

“The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.” – Samuel Adams, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788

“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them.” – Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833

“What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty …. Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.” – Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, I Annals of Congress 750, August 17, 1789

“For it is a truth, which the experience of ages has attested, that the people are always most in danger when the means of injuring their rights are in the possession of those of whom they entertain the least suspicion.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 25, December 21, 1787

“If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no resource left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government, and which against the usurpations of the national rulers, may be exerted with infinitely better prospect of success than against those of the rulers of an individual state. In a single state, if the persons intrusted with supreme power become usurpers, the different parcels, subdivisions, or districts of which it consists, having no distinct government in each, can take no regular measures for defense. The citizens must rush tumultuously to arms, without concert, without system, without resource; except in their courage and despair.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28

“[I]f circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28, January 10, 1788

“As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow citizens, the people are confirmed by the article in their right to keep and bear their private arms.” – Tench Coxe, Philadelphia Federal Gazette, June 18, 1789

Did the founders make themselves clear?  Let us know what you think and sound off in the comments below.