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[sam-rothstein]

Dirty Harry (1971) // Sudden Impact (1983)

[marcmarcmomarc]

If Kevin let his family get involved in his battle plan:

BB gun/hedge trimmers - Kevin

Ice on the front stairs - Peter

Ice on the outside stairs to the basement - Kate

Hot iron on the laundry chute - Rod

Tar and nail on the basement stairs - Linnie

Searing-hot electric barbecue starter on the front doorknob - Sondra

Blowtorch on the back door - Jeff

Plastic wrap with caulking glue on the dining room doorway - Megan

Feathers in front of the fan - Fuller and Brooke

Christmas ornaments by the back window - Frank

Micromachines at the foot of the stairs - Leslie

Paint cans on the stairs - Buzz

Tripping wire on the stair rail - Tracy

[all-action-all-picture]

"Go ahead. Make my day".

Sudden Impact movie novelisation by Joseph C. Stinson. UK printing from 1984. Harry uses a new gun (for him) in this movie - the .44 Magnum Automatic or Auto Mag. A very distinctive looking gun which had a complicated history. Harry returned to using a Model 29 in the next movie.

Smith...Wesson...and me".

[eastwood2022]

1983 - Clint Eastwood (Harry Callahan) dans LE RETOUR DE L'INSPECTEUR HARRY de Clint Eastwood / 1983 - Clint Eastwood (Harry Callahan) in SUDDEN IMPACT by Clint Eastwood

Pour voir la vidéo : L'essentiel sur SUDDEN IMPACT de Clint Eastwood présenté par Fabrice Calzettoni. / To see the video : The Essentiel on SUDDEN IMPACT by Fabrice Calzettoni

Chaîne : L’ESSENTIEL SUR LE CINÉMA

L’essentiel sur Clint Eastwood

Texte : Fabrice Calzettoni © sgdl 2023

Fabrice Calzettoni est responsable de la médiation culturelle à l'Institut Lumière et au Festival Lumière, Lyon. Il est animateur des ciné-conférences.

[brandnulife]

Enemies of Michael Myers

Alive

Allyson Nelson

Billy Hill

Danny Strode

Frank Hawkins

Freddie Harris

John Tate

Kara Strode

Laurie Strode

Lindsey Wallace

Molly Cartwell

Ronnie Jones

Sara Moyer

Sondra Dickerson

Steven Lloyd

The town of Haddonfield, IL

Deceased

Cameron Elam

Corey Cunningham

Jamie Lloyd

Judith Myers

Karen Nelson

Leigh Brackett

Lonnie Elam

Marion Chambers

Rachel Carruthers

Samuel Loomis

Terence Wynn & the Cult of Thorn

Tommy Doyle

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Home Alone (1990, Chris Columbus)

28/12/2023

Home Alone is a 1990 film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus.

Home Alone premiered in Chicago on November 10, 1990 and was released in U.S. theaters on November 16. The film grossed $476.7 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing live-action comedy until the release of The Hangover Part II (2011), and made child actor Macaulay Culkin a celebrity. Furthermore, it was the second highest-grossing film of 1990, behind Ghost. It was nominated for two Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Best Actor in a Motion Picture for Culkin. A sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, was released in 1992.

Chicago, Illinois. The McCallister family, made up of the spouses Peter and Kate and their children Buzz, Jeff, Megan, Linnie and Kevin (the youngest, but often resented and ridiculed by everyone), is about to leave for Paris to spend the Christmas holidays from Peter's brother Rob, married to Georgette and father of Steffan and twins. The evening before departure they are joined by Frank, another brother of Peter, who lives in Ohio with his wife Leslie and their children Tracy, Sondra, Brooke and Fuller. Heather and Rob, Rob's children who remained in the United States, who want to reunite with their families for the Christmas holidays, will also leave with them. During the family dinner before departure, Kevin has a brief scuffle with his older brother Buzz, guilty of having eaten all his cheese pizza that he had ordered. That same night, a powerful gust of wind causes a tree branch to break and fall onto electricity wires, deactivating the alarm clocks and causing a blackout.

In the confusion created to arrive at the airport in time, no one notices the absence of Kevin, still asleep in the attic, who is later mistaken by his cousin Heather for a neighbor child who has come to say goodbye to the family. Taking advantage of the absence of his family, the child decides to let off steam, doing everything he had always been forbidden to do: jumping on his parents' bed, eating junk food, rummaging through Buzz's things and watching gangster films.

Meanwhile, Kevin discovers that the neighborhood where he lives has been targeted by Harry Lime and Marv Merchants, a couple of thieves who are taking advantage of the holiday period to raid homes, after the former, disguised as a policeman, pretends to an inspection and getting as much information as possible from the owners. The two criminals usually plug the drains and leave the taps open, causing flooding in the houses they rob as a sort of "signature", for which they are nicknamed "Wet Bandits". Meanwhile, after landing in Paris, Kate chooses to stay at the airport in the hope that a seat will open up on a flight so she can return to the United States immediately, while Peter goes to his brother Rob with the rest of his relatives to let their children rest. The days pass and Kevin begins to become familiar with the domestic environment: he goes shopping, does the laundry and also prepares the Christmas tree.

Meanwhile, om Christmas Eve, Harry and Marv finally realize that the boy is alone and want to break into the house that same evening, at 9:00 pm. In the meantime, Kate, having managed to leave, stops first in Dallas and then in Scranton, where, however, she is unable to find a seat on any flight to Chicago.

[ulkaralakbarova]

Sudden Impact

When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it’s up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Insp. Harry Callahan: Clint Eastwood Jennifer Spencer: Sondra Locke Chief Jannings: Pat Hingle Captain Briggs: Bradford Dillman Mick: Paul Drake Ray Parkins: Audrie Neenan Kruger: Jack…

[wikiuntamed]

On this day in Wikipedia: Friday, 3rd November

Welcome, Bienvenida, Välkommen, Benvenuta 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 3rd November through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

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3rd November 2018 🗓️ : Death - Sondra Locke Sondra Locke, American actress and director (b. 1944) "Sandra Louise Anderson (née Smith; May 28, 1944 – November 3, 2018), professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director. An alumna of Middle Tennessee State University, Locke broke into regional show business with assorted posts at the Nashville-based radio station WSM-AM,..."

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3rd November 1973 🗓️ : Event - Mariner program Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet. "The Mariner program was conducted by the American space agency NASA to explore other planets. Between 1962 and late 1973, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) designed and built 10 robotic interplanetary probes named Mariner to explore the inner Solar System - visiting the planets Venus, Mars and..."

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3rd November 1817 🗓️ : Event - Bank of Montreal The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal. "The Bank of Montreal (BMO (pronounced ); French: Banque de Montréal) is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company. The bank was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1817 as Montreal Bank, making it Canada's oldest bank. Its head office is in Montreal and its operational..."

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3rd November 🗓️ : Holiday - Christian feast day: Clydog "Clydog (also known as Clydawg, Clodock, Clitaucus, Cleodicus, Cladocus) was a sixth-century Welsh king of Ergyng who became a saint. His feast day is traditionally held on 3 November but is also celebrated on 19 August.In imagery, Clydog is represented as a king holding a sword and a lily...."

[adamwatchesmovies]

Dirty Harry 4: Sudden Impact (1983)

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to look up which Dirty Harry is which. None have been as spectacular as the first, but this fourth entry - Sudden Impact is quite strong. It's a vast improvement over The Enforcer thanks to a great villain and a different take on Detective Harry Callahan’s approach to police justice.

In San Francisco, artist Jennifer Spencer (Sondra Locke) murders one of the men who raped her and her sister years ago. Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) is investigating the crime. Considering his unorthodox approach to justice, will the officer and serial killer see eye-to-eye?

There’s a lot of good stuff here and the only thing that stops this sequel from being on the same level as the first is a few action movie moments. In Sudden Impact, when a bad guy gets it, they have to be annihilated in a spectacularly absurd fashion. These scenes stick out as overly movie-like compared to the rest of the film, which is largely grounded in reality. You wonder how Harry will handle Jennifer once he learns the truth. They have a lot in common and unlike the antagonists from Magnum Force, she isn’t taking things too far – if that is possible when we are talking about murder. As an audience member, you don’t know whom to cheer for. You can’t go around shooting people in the face, but if anyone’s got just cause, it’s her.

As Jennifer tracks down her targets one by one, we find that they're surprisingly well-defined. In most films, a rapist is just a rapist. If they have other personality traits, they might also love kicking puppies or be raging homophobes. Basically, they’re inhuman monsters who have managed to pass off as regular people. Here, it isn’t that simple – at least not in every case. Whether you like to think so or not, even criminals are human beings. Sudden Impact makes us consider the need for due process and trials. It makes you wonder what Callahan will do when he puts all the clues together.

Sudden Impact also brings to us one of the series’ most enduring and memorable catchphrases: “Go ahead, make my day”. There are plenty of good action scenes, bad people get their satisfying comeuppance and it features the second-best villain of the series (actually I should say “antagonist”, not “villain”). It’s a solid entry. (On DVD, February 24, 2018)

[tatyana-dreaming]

just a little hair appreciation post for Il Trovatore (Met 2011) that’s some volume...some wave...some fluff

[itsblosseybitch]

Sondra Locke in Sudden Impact (1983)

[80smovies]

[mydailyvintagephotos]

Rip to the celebrities we lost in 2018 🌹🕊

[stuhde]

sunday: i meant to post this playlist weeks ago, so you could all have some soft indie study tunes to listen to while you’re studying for exams/midterms. as much as i love instrumental study music, sometimes you just want lyrics to listen to while studying. here’s a playlist to guide you through your work day before the next week begins 💫

(listen here)

patience - the lumineers // obvious bicycle - vampire weekend // all i want - kodaline // somebody else - the 1975 // meet me in the hallway - harry styles // from eden - hozier // angela - the lumineers // is there somebody who can watch you - the 1975 // all we ever knew - the head and the heart // featherstone - the paper kites // dirty paws - of monsters and men // like real people do - hozier  // miracle aligners - the shadow puppets // hannah hunt - vampire weekend // hey k - passion pit // the cave - mumford and sons // suck it and see - arctic monkeys // reign down - bombay bicycle club // rivers and road - the head and the heart // ophelia - the lumineers // cherry wine (live) - hozier // from the dining table - harry styles

cleopatra - the lumineers // medicine - the 1975 // i think ur a contra - vampire weekend // monsoon - hippo campus // devil like me - rainbow kitten surprise // another story - the head and the heart // paint - the paper kits // sleep on the floor - the lumineers // please be naked - the 1975 // bloom (bonus track) - the paper kites // no guarantees (stinson beach ed.) - the head and the heart // goodnight chicago - rainbow kitten surpise  // someone new - hozier // down in the valley - the head and the heart // to build a home - the cinematic orchestra // down in the valley - the head and the heart // polite company - rainbow kitten surprise // rhythm and blues - the head and the heart // stuck on puzzle - alex turner // work song - hozier // fallingforyou - the 1975 // this must be the place (naïve melody) - the lumineers // winter song - the head and the heart // woodland - the paper kites // baby i’m yours - arctic monrkeys // chateau - angus & julia stone // sedona - houndmouth // fire and fear - the head and the heart // tell me how - paramore // for sondra (it means the world to me) - passion pit // sincerity is scary - the 1975 // days on a wire - case // signs of light - the head and the heart // inside your mind - they 1975  // cowards - raleigh ritchie // wake me - bleachers // run - hozier // all well that ends well - rainbow kitten surprise // mine - the 1975 // on the way home - the paper kites // the ultracheese - arctic monkeys // mountain sound - of monsters and men // surrounded by heads and bodies - the 1975 // don’t forget me - the head and the heart // hey, ma - bon iver // arms - the paper kites // two weeks - grizzly bear // the only thing - sufjfan stevens // south - hippo campus // amsterdam - gregory alan isakov // backstroke - dizzy // loving is easy - rex orange county // rainbow - kacey musgraves // jesus christ 2005 god bless america  - the 1975 // i <3 u - boy pablo // frail state of mind - they 1975  // RABi - bon iver // disappear - beabadoobee // say my name (spotify cover) - hozier // cig - baby fuzZ // be my mistake - the 1975 // crush - day wave // fine line - harry styles // i couldn’t be more in love - the 1975 // corduroy dreams - rex orange county // naeem - bon iver // don’t worry - the 1975 // nowadays - boy pablo // bloodlines - cape francis // halloween - pheobe bridgers // eugene - arlo parks // over the moon - the marías

[sundove88]

Home Alone (Sundove88’s Version) Casting

When bratty 8-year-old Phil Bia acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother Iben Bia makes him sleep in the attic. After the Bias mistakenly leave for the airport without Phil, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con aliens plan to rob the Bia residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.

After snarky youth Phil Bia loses track of his father at the airport, he mistakenly gets on a plane headed for New York City -- while the rest of the Bias fly to Florida. Now alone in the Big Apple, Phil cons his way into a room at the Plaza Hotel and begins his usual antics. But when Phil discovers that the Sticky Aliens are on the loose, he struggles to stop them from robbing an elderly man's toy store just before Christmas.

Phil Bia as Kevin McCallister (Balan Wonderworld)

Iben Bia as Kate McCallister (Balan Wonderworld)

John Bia as Peter McCallister (Balan Wonderworld)

Flynn Rider as Buzz McCallister (Tangled)

Cure Black as Megan McCallister (PreCure)

Cure White as Linnie McCallister (PreCure)

Bandana Dee as Jeff McCallister (Kirby)

Lila Bia as Herself/Kevin’s Baby Sister (Balan Wonderworld)

The Grim Creeper as Himself/Kevin’s Godfather (Balan Wonderworld)

Kamek as Frank McCallister (Mario)

Madame Broodal as Leslie McCallister (Mario)

Lucina as Tracy McCallister (Fire Emblem)

Corrin as Rod McCallister (Fire Emblem)

Pudding Cookie as Brook McCallister (Cookie Run)

Chestnut Cookie as Fuller McCallister (Cookie Run)

Mustache Girl as Sondra McCallister (A Hat in Time)

The Master of Masters as Rob McCallister (Kingdom Hearts)

Serenity as Georgette McCallister ( @artisticangel )

Shiny Luminous as Heather McCallister (PreCure)

Antonio, Mirabel, and Camilo Madrigal as Heather’s Siblings (Encanto)

Resetti as Gus Polinski (Animal Crossing)

Officer Earl as Officer Balzak (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs)

Bruce Stone as Marley (Balan Wonderworld)

Mara Stone and Neil Stone as themselves/Marley’s Wife and Son (Balan Wonderworld)

Zarbon as Marv (Dragon Ball Z)

Dodoria as Harry (Dragon Ball Z)

Gepetto as the Toy Store Owner (Pinocchio)

Lady Dimitrescu as The Pigeon Lady (Resident Evil Village)

[watching-pictures-move]

Movie Review | The World, the Flesh and the Devil (MacDougall, 1959)

This review contains spoilers.

When we first meet him, the miner played by Harry Belafonte seems to be having a bad day at work. You see, the mine's just caved in, and he can hardly get in touch with anybody topside. Realizing that nobody's going to come down and save him, he manages to dig himself out. At this point, he finds himself bewildered by the total absence of people anywhere he goes, although as he goes looking, the picture becomes clearer, with newspaper headlines and old radio broadcasts confirming that he missed the apocalypse as he was trapped underground. Eventually he makes his way to New York City, and these initial scenes provide the movie's most haunting passage, juxtaposing him with a sea of unattended cars on a bridge and other landmarks. The most poignant of these images has him framed against skyscrapers, suggesting that as a working class black man, he could only attain such heights once society has totally collapsed.

At this point it starts to come into focus that this is not merely a cautionary tale about nuclear weapons (the same year saw the release of the talkier but no less involving On The Beach, and the following decade produced one of my favourites in the genre, The War Game, the sometimes bitterly funny and mostly terrifying pseudocumentary that hits like a sledgehammer). Belafonte eventually starts accepting his new reality, finding ways to amuse himself like befriending two mannequins, one male, one female (he does not however give the female a fake mustache and the male lipstick, nor does he make them kiss; his intentions are more dignified). He even regales them with a song, perhaps as a commercial concession and acknowledgement of Belafonte's other talents. Boy, this nuclear apocalypse sure is grim, here's a tune from the "Banana Boat Song" guy to cheer us up.

He eventually tires of the male and tosses him out the window, which leads to the reveal that he's not alone. In fact, a young woman played by Inger Stevens has been stalking him the whole time. They become friends, but up to a point, as Belafonte is unable to accept her affection, and the movie slowly reveals how their internalized racism colours their relationship, no matter how much they desire to bridge the gap. Further complications are posed by the arrival of a sailor played by Mel Ferrer, who announces that he's not a racist but is beholden to patriarchal notions, feeling the need to compete for Stevens' heart, neither man paying much heed to what she actually wants. Eventually he forces an ultimatum, triggering a showdown between both men that has them hunting each other across the city.

There is arguably something quaint about a movie that chooses to tackle racism and misogyny without explicitly addressing structural issues, but I found the movie quite moving in how it depicts the depth to which the characters have had such ideas ingrained in them by society that they're unable to shed them even said society has collapsed. It helps that it provides three very engaging lead performances. It helps even more that the delivery is so cinematic, with striking B&W scope compositions lending the proceedings an austere beauty and heightening the tension of the climax. And if the movie's resolution, which has the characters walking off like I assume Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke and Lee Marvin do in Paint Your Wagon (which I haven't seen but am happy to make wild assumptions about), is a little hokey, I guess that's okay too. If Inger Stevens held our hands and looked deep into our eyes, I suspect many of us would be powerless to resist too.