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franki-lew-yo · 3 years ago

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My list of best animated films I've seen via year of their release

My requirements for being on this list be that:

I have actually seen the movie

Think they're pretty good

I can only list the movies by incriments of 1, 2, 3, 5 or 10. No more, no less

They be at least 60 minutes long

A "*" in front of a title, that isn't just a single title per year, is my personal pick for objectively the best, which obviously gets really hard some years. A "**" after a movie's title is an inclination of it being one of my personal favorite movies.

All the titles in bold are a part of/soon to be a part of my 100+ Animated Movies to see before you Die list on IMDB.

1926 - The Adventures of Prince Achmed -

1937 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs -

1940 - Fantasia** - Pinocchio** -

1941 - Mr. Bug goes to Town - Dumbo -

1942 - Bambi** -

1947 - The Humpbacked Horse -

1949 - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad -

1950 - Cinderella -

1951 - Alice in Wonderland -

1953 - Peter Pan -

1955 - Lady and the Tramp -

1957 - The Snow Queen -

1959 - Sleeping Beauty -

1961 - One Hundred and One Dalmatians -

1962 - Gay Puree -

1967 - The Jungle Book -

1968 - Yellow Submarine -

1972 - Fritz the Cat -

1973 - Belladonna of Sadness - *Fantastic Planet - Heavy Traffic - Robin Hood - Charlotte's Web -

1975 - The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix -

1976 - Allegro non Troppo -

1977 - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh** - Wizards - The Mouse and his *Child - Dot and the Kangaroo - Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure

1978 - Watership Down -

1979 - Nutcracker Fantasy -

1980 - The King and the Mockingbird -

1981 - The Fox and the Hound - *Son of the White Mare - The Adventures of Unico - Heavy Metal - The Sea Prince and the Fire Child -

1982 - *The Secret of NIMH - The Last Unicorn - Plague Dogs -

1983 - *Barefoot Gen - Rock & Rule - Unico and the Island of Magic - Fire and Ice - Twice Upon a Time -

1984 - Nausicaa and the Valley of Wind -

1985 - *The Adventures of Mark Twain - The Care Bears Movie - Night on the Galactic Railroad -

1986 - *Castle in the Sky - When the Wind Blows - The Great Mouse Detective** - An American Tail - Transformers: The Movie -

1987 - The Brave Little Toaster**-

1988 - Akira* - Grave of the Fireflies - My Neighbor Totoro - The Land Before Time** - Alice -

1989 - Kiki’s Delivery Service - *The Little Mermaid - All Dogs go to Heaven -

1990 - The Rescuers Down Under -

1991 - Beauty and the Beast** -

1992 - The Tune - Aladdin - *Porco Rosso -

1993 - Ninja Scroll - *The Nightmare Before Christmas** - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

1994 - *The Lion King - Pom Poko - Felidae

1995 - Ghost in the Shell - *A Goofy Movie - Toy Story - Balto - Whisper of the Heart

1996 - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame - James and the Giant Peach** -

1997 - I married a Strange Person - *Princess Mononoke - Cats Don’t Dance - Annabelle's Wish - Perfect Blue -

1998 - Kirikou and the Sorceress - *The Prince of Egypt - Mulan** - Antz - A Bug's Life -

1999 - South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut - Toy Story 2 - Tarzan - *The Iron Giant - Fantasia 2000 -

2000 - Chicken Run** - *The Emperor’s New Groove - Rugrats in Paris - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust - Help! I'm a Fish -

2001 - *Spirited Away - Waking Life - Millennium Actress - Shrek - Monster's Inc.** - - - - - -

2002 - *Lilo & Stitch** - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmarron - Song of the Miraculous Hind - The Powerpuff Girls Movie - The Cat Returns -

2003 - Finding Nemo** - The Triplets of Belleville - *Tokyo Godfathers -

2004 - *The Incredibles - Hair High - Shrek 2 - Howl's Moving Castle - The Spongebob Squarepants Movie -

2005 - The Book of the Dead - Corpse Bride - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit -

2006 - The Girl who Leapt Through Time - *Paprika - Blood Tea and Red String - Happy Feet** - A Scanner Darkly - Aachi and Ssipak - Cars - Monster House - Flushed Away - Curious George -

2007 - *Persepolis - Ratatouille - Nocturna - One Night in City - The Three Robbers -

2008 - Waltz with Bashir - *Wall.E - 9.99$ - Kung Fu Panda - Sita Sings the Blues

2009 - Mary and Max** - *Up - Coraline** - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Summer Wars - Fantastic Mr. Fox - The Princess and the Frog - A Town Called Panic - Eleanor's Secret - My Dog Tulip -

2010 - *How to Train your Dragon - Toy Story 3 - A Cat in Paris - Chico and Rita - Tangled -

2011 - Rango** - The Rabbi’s Cat - *Arthur Christmas - Winnie the Pooh - The Painting -

2012 - It’s Such a Beautiful Day - Padak - *Ernest & Celestine - Moon Man - Wolf Children - Wreck-it Ralph - ParaNorman - Frankenweenie** - Hotel Transylvania - Pirates! Band of Misfits -

2013 - The Boy and the World - Frozen - *The Tale of Princess Kaguya - The Wind Rises - Anina -

2014 - *Song of the Sea - The Lego Movie - Big Hero 6 - The Prophet - -

2015 - Inside Out - Anomalisa - *The Boy and the Beast - April and the Extraordinary World - The Peanuts Movie - The Little Prince - Shaun the Sheep the Movie - Birdboy: The Forgotten Children - Long Way North - The Good Dinosaur -

2016 - Moana - My Life as a Zucchini - *Kubo and the Two Strings - Window Horses - The Red Turtle - Zootopia - In this Corner of the World - Big Fish and Begonia - The Girl without Hands - My Entire Highschool is Sinking Into the Sea -

2017 - *Coco - The Breadwinner - Loving Vincent - Have a Nice Day - The Big Bad Fox and Other Stories - - - - -

2018 - *Into the Spiderverse - The Wolf House - Ruben Brandt: Collector - Mirai - The Isle of Dogs - Penguin Highway - Another Day of Life - The Tower - Tito and the Birds - A Dog's Courage -

2019 - *Klaus - The Legend of Hei - Missing Link - Nezha - Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus - - - - -

2020 - Soul - *Wolfwalkers - Over the Moon - Mortal Kombat: Scorpion's Revenge - Little Vampire** -

2021 - Encanto - Flee - *Belle - Inu-Oh - Cryptozoo - Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - Mad God - The Mitchells vs the Machines - Scooby Doo: Straight Outta Nowhere - Luca -

2022 - *Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - Unicorn Wars - Turning Red - Entergalactic - - The Sea Beast - - - - -

2023 - Nimona - Suzume* - The Boy and the Heron - - -

2024 - ???

#franki's features #3d animation #2d animation #stop motion #animation lists

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opera-ghosts · 4 years ago

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Tempest, Marie (1864–1942) English actress who was hugely popular in both musical comedy and comic plays. Born Mary Susan Etherington on July 15, 1864, in London, England; died on October 14, 1942; educated at Midhurst and at a convent in Belgium; studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music, London; married Alfred E. Izard (divorced); married Cosmo Gordon-Lennox (an actor and playwright), in 1898 (died 1921); married William Graham Browne (an actor-director), in 1921 (died 1937); no children. Made London debut as Fiametta in Boccaccio (Comedy Theater, May 1885); appeared as Lady Blanche in The Fay o' Fire (Opéra Comique, 1885), in the title role in Erminie (Comedy Theater, 1885); took over the title role in Dorothy (Prince of Wales Theater, 1887); appeared as Kitty in The Red Hussar (Lyric Theater, 1889); made New York debut in the same role (Palmer's Theater, August 1889); toured U.S. and Canada with the J.C. Duff Opera Co. (1890–91); appeared as Adam in The Tyrolean (CasinoTheater, New York, 1891), O Mimosa San in The Geisha (Daly's Theater, London, 1896), in the title role in San Toy (Daly's Theater, 1899), as Nell Gwynn in English Nell (Prince of Wales Theater, 1900), in the title role in Peg Woffington (Prince of Wales Theater, 1901), as Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair (Prince of Wales Theater, 1901), as Kitty Silverton in The Marriage of Kitty (London and New York, 1903); toured America, Australia, and elsewhere (1914–22); appeared as Annabelle Leigh in Good Gracious, Annabelle (Duke of York's Theater, 1923), as Judith Bliss in Hay Fever (1925), as Angela Fane in The Cat's Cradle (Criterion Theater, 1926), in the title role in The First Mrs. Fraser (Haymarket Theater, 1929), as Fanny Cavendish in Theater Royal (Lyric Theater, 1934), as Georgia Leigh in Short Story (Queen's Theater, 1935), as Dora Randolph in Dear Octopus (Queen's Theater, 1938).The celebrated English actress Marie Tempest first graced the stage as a singer in operas and musical comedies before taking up serious acting, at which she was also immensely successful, at age 36. Tempest's phenomenal popularity lay not so much in her creative genius, but in her unique ability to bring much of her own personality and temperament to the characters she portrayed. "She seems to radiate the joy of living," wrote a reviewer for the London Times upon seeing her performance in The Cat's Cradle in April 1926, "to drive it home to us by her mere presence, by the inspiring notes of her voice, and by the depth of worldly experience and indulgence for our human foibles in her glance. Briefly she is a perpetual refreshment and source of pleasure; something for which the theater exists and by which it triumphantly justifies its existence."

Born in London in 1864, Tempest was educated at Midhurst and at a convent in Belgium until age 16, when she took up the study of music, first in Paris and then at London's Royal Academy of Music. While still a student, she made her singing debut at St. James's Hall, and from that time on was hooked on performing. Taking her stage name from her godmother, Lady Susan Vane-Tempest , she began her career singing in the provinces, and made her London debut in May 1885, in the role of Fiametta in the comic opera Boccaccio. Critics unanimously praised her voice but were somewhat divided on the subject of her acting.

In February 1887, after leading roles in The Fay o' Fire, Erminie, and La Béarnaise, Tempest took over the title role in Dorothy from Marion Hood . She played the role for two years, then won great acclaim as Kitty Carroll in The Red Hussar. Tempest made her American debut in that same role, opening at New York's Palmer Theater on August 5, 1889, to the delight of the critics. "It was a success and from the last notes of the song, Marie Tempest was received into the affections of New York theatergoers," wrote one. "After that the opera seemed to be a secondary consideration and the other players were but foils. Tempest only could fill the stage." The actress then toured the United States and Canada with the J.C. Duff Opera Company, taking roles in several well-known operas, including Arline in The Bohemian Girl, the title role in Mignon, and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance. In October 1891, she returned to New York, where she was in constant demand for the next three years.

Back in London in 1895, Tempest began a five-year engagement at Daly's Theater, then under the management of George Edwardes. Now considered the queen of musical comedy, she was treated like royalty by Edwardes who insisted that she use the royal entrance rather than the stage door, and saw to it that a carriage waited

for her each evening after the show. Tempest also became the first actress to have her clothes designed by couturiers rather than theatrical designers. In 1898, she met and married actor and playwright Cosmo Gordon-Lennox, who also treated her like royalty, indulging her passion for shopping and redecorating. He introduced her to the world of literature and other intellectual pursuits. (Gordon-Lennox was Tempest's second husband; during her Royal Academy days, she had married and divorced Alfred Izard.)

In 1899, Tempest had a falling out with Edwardes over some long trousers he wanted her to wear for the title role in San Toy. She considered them tasteless and cut them into shorts before her first entrance, infuriating Edwardes and destroying their professional relationship. Not only did Tempest walk away from Daly's over the incident, but she turned her back on musical comedy as well. In August 1900, she entered the second phase of her career, opening as Nell Gwynn in English Nell, a play directed by Dion Boucicault, who also helped Tempest make the transition to straight plays. (She was serious about learning her craft, frequently spending an entire morning rehearsing simple stage business, like answering a phone or pouring a cup of tea.) Boucicault also directed Tempest in the title role in Peg Woffington , and as Becky Sharp in an adaptation of Vanity Fair (both 1901). In 1902, also under Boucicault's direction, she played Kitty Silverton in The Marriage of Kitty, which her husband had adapted from the French. The play, a huge success, marked the beginning of Tempest's eight-year relationship with producer Charles Frohman and remained in her repertoire for the next 30 years.

While Tempest was perfecting her acting technique and gaining a new reputation as a talented comedian, her marriage to Gordon-Lennox collapsed. In 1908, she met William Graham Browne, an aristocrat and actor six years her junior; their relationship is described by Eric Johns as the first deep friendship of her life. Their professional and personal association lasted 29 years, until Browne's death in 1937, although they did not marry until after Gordon-Lennox's death in 1921. Browne directed many of Tempest's productions, and encouraged her to further improve her acting. He also served as troubleshooter. "She was far from easy to work with," writes Johns, "and part of Willie's mission in life was to pour oil over troubled waters and keep the troupe together and in a reasonably happy frame of mind."

In September 1913, Tempest began a stint as manager of the Playhouse Theater in London, where she opened in the title role in Mary Goes First. With the outbreak of war in Europe, however, she soon went into debt. To keep afloat, she and Browne set off on a world tour which began in Toronto in October 1914, and over the course of the next eight years took them to New York, Chicago, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, the Straits Settlements, China, Japan, the Philippines, and through the United States. Tempest returned to London's Duke of York's Theater in 1923, playing the role of Annabelle Leigh in Good Gracious, Annabelle, which had been warmly received on tour. The London audience, however, hated the play and hissed and booed their disapproval. "How long I stood there, leaning against the wings I do not know," she told her biographer Hector Bolitho. "Dimly I remember clapping my hands over my ears, trying to shut out that cruel noise. Able to bear it no longer, I rushed to my dressing room and closed the door behind me … after thirty-seven years as a trouper I had been booed for the first time and in London." Tempest also said that something in her died that night and that afterwards she never felt quite the same about her "dear public." To improve her frame of mind, she revived The Marriage of Kitty, and ran nearly a year in it.

It was not until her role as Judith Bliss in Noel Coward's Hay Fever (1925), a role written with her in mind, that Tempest had her next unqualified hit. "The most delightful thing of the evening was to see Miss Marie Tempest coming into her own again with a part which gave every scope for her really distinguished sense of comedy and her admirable technique," wrote the critic for Punch. She "moved the house to a storm of spontaneous applause by the exquisite singing of a little chanson d'amour, and it was in perfect voice—not a note strained or even thin." Hay Fever ran for 337 performances and was followed by The Cat's Cradle (1926), another solid hit for the actress.

Tempest continued to perform throughout the 1930s, celebrating her jubilee on May 28, 1935, with a special benefit performance at the Drury Lane Theater. She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1937, which was also the year she lost Willie, a shattering blow from which she never fully recovered. Her last appearance on the London stage was as Dora Randolph in Dodie Smith 's Dear Octopus, a successful venture that ran for 373 performances. Glen Byam Shaw, who directed the 67-year-old actress in the play, was awed by her genius for stage business, particularly in a scene in which she was listening to her daughter's problems while setting the table for dinner. "As she listened she made table napkins into the shape of water lilies, but fitted each deft movement to the text, thus pointing the daughter's lines in the most apposite manner. It won a round of applause every night."

Tempest was rehearsing for another role, under the direction of Henry Kendall, when it became clear that she was unable to learn her lines and had to be let go. She took the news bravely, although her eyes were filled with tears as she awaited the taxi to take her home. She died within six weeks, on October 14, 1942. Noel Coward had once paid fitting tribute to Tempest: "When she steps on to a stage a certain magic occurs, and this magic is in itself unexplainable and belongs only to the very great."

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astrte · 4 years ago

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Caesar Salad

What's the meaning of the phrase 'Caesar Salad'?

The name of a salad typically consisting of cos lettuce, garlic, croutons and anchovies, dressed with olive oil, lemon juice and parmesan cheese.

What's the origin of the phrase 'Caesar Salad'?

'Caesar Salad' doesn't really qualify to be on this list of phrases as it isn't a phrase as such, merely the name of a dish. It's worth including however, if only to clarify its origin, which is often misrepresented.

The salad, despite the Mediterranean nature of its ingredients, is nothing to do with Caesar. Well, that's not quite true. I should say that it has nothing to do with any Roman emperor named Julius, Augustus or the like. It is widely reported that the dish was invented in the 1920s by the American restauranteur Caesar Cardini, although this is disputed by some of Cardini's family and others. Cardini's brother Alex is prominent amongst the rival claims. He says he, an ex-pilot of WWI, invented the dish and called it 'Aviator's Salad' and that the 'Caesar Salad' name was taken from 'Caesar's', which was the name of the restaurant it was first served in.

What isn't disputed is that Caesar Cardini, either by virtue of his name or of the name of his restaurant, is the Caesar that the dish is now widely believed to be named for.

The earliest known reference to the foodstuff in print is in the American columnist Dorothy Kilgallen's Voice of Broadway column in The News-Herald, August 1946:

The big food rage in Hollywood - the Caesar salad - will be introduced to New Yorkers by Gilmore's Steak House. It's an intricate concoction that takes ages to prepare and contains (zowie!) lots of garlic, raw or slightly coddled eggs, croutons, romaine, anchovies, parmeasan cheese, olive oil, vinegar and plenty of black pepper.

Here's a list of some other dishes that were named after people:

Battenberg cake – named after one of the Battenberg family. The family gave up their German titles during World War I to become Mountbatten.

Béchamel sauce - the Marquis de Béchamel, steward to Louis XIV.

Beef Stroganoff - the Russian nobleman Count Stroganov.

Beef Wellington - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

Nacho - Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Anaya, Mexican chef.

Frangipane - the 16th-century Italian Marquis Muzio Frangipani.

Garibaldi biscuits - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot.

Earl Grey tea - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, British Prime Minister.

Pavlova -Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina.

Pizza Margherita - Queen Margherita of Savoy, who was presented with this pizza in the colours of the Italian flag.

Peach Melba/Melba toast - Dame Nellie Melba, Australian soprano.

Sandwiches - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.

Victoria Sponge - Queen Victoria.

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anamandabynes · 7 years ago

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1. Before Colin Firth was convinced to take on the role of Daphne’s father, Hugh Grant was considered.

DENNIE GORDON: “I wanted to cast Colin Firth as the father, which entailed taking a trip to London to have lunch with, or have tea with him, at the Langham, a fantastic hotel...to convince him to play the father. We had talked to Hugh Grant at one point, but Hugh Grant said ‘Are you crazy? I’m not old enough to have a teenage daughter,’ which we all thought was hilarious. But, we really wanted Colin…we all had massive crushes on him as Mr. Darcy and just knew he’d be fantastic in the role.”

“He wasn’t so comfortable about the genre initially, but we just kept talking and I finally won him over because I said, ‘Look, it has to be somebody of your stature and has to be somebody who has the gravitas and the dignity and yet the kind of innate charm and morality that Henry has to have, that’s you, Colin, we have to have that.’ So, we finally won him over. And he was really, really fun to work with.”

“I remember when we finally screened the movie, Colin came up to me and said, ‘Well, Dennie, you’re a very clever girl,’”

“I don’t need to hear any more praise than that. I’m good. I can live forever now.”

2. It was one of the first films to shoot in Morocco and paved the way for future productions in England.

DENNIE GORDON: “Every time I turn on like ‘Downton Abbey’ or ‘The Crown,’ I’m seeing these locations that we were the first to use. Daphne’s ball is at Lancaster House, which they’re using all the time for Buckingham Palace for ‘The Crown,’ but when we were using it, we were one of the first film crews allowed to shoot there.”

3. Alexis Bledel and Jessica Simpson wanted the lead role that ultimately went to Bynes.

DENNIE GORDON: “There were lots of wonderful teen girls who wanted to play this part and I met them all... like Alexis Bledel and Jessica Simpson. Everybody who was in that age group at that time thought it was a really juicy part and wanted to play the role. But Amanda had starred on a television series here in the States, and she was a very up-and-coming young talent. And it was really fun to kind of capture her when she herself was exactly that age and when she herself was exactly going through the things that Daphne’s going through. Even though Amanda had a presence on television, she was not very traveled and she just was a worker and hadn’t really seen the world” because it allowed her to have this “innocence” to her that could easily be captured on film. When she goes to London, when she meets her father, when she suddenly sees all these things, she’s truly floored and truly amazed.”

4. The movie originally went through two working titles, including American Girl, and London Calling.

5. Bynes portrayed Daphne differently from how Gordon and the producers envisioned her playing the character.

DENNIE GORDON: “It was interesting because once we started shooting, we imagined her being, because she was a physical comedian, we imagined that she would be playing the role much broader and she did something very interesting that had us all a little scared initially because she was very small in her emotion and her eyes and kind of restrained at first and we were really wondering, like, ‘Is she getting it? Is she doing it?’”

“Oh, I think we all thought she'd be a little bit more goofy and slightly larger than life, but she was very inward with it and small and it wasn't what we all thought, but it ended up being so truthful and so interesting.”

“I think she arrived with a very clear idea on who this young woman was and a very clear idea of how she wanted to play her, and I think what was interesting was it wasn’t exactly what the producers and I had in mind, but we ended up being so delighted by it.”

“She had very carefully thought through this woman’s journey and she felt that at the beginning, there was something missing in this girl’s life and that she was going to play her sort of down and unfulfilled and unhappy but that she was deeply brave, and she wasn’t going to open up and become that girl that we knew from Nickelodeon until she landed at that place where she said, ‘I know who I am.’”

6. Kelly Preston was a late addition as Daphne’s mother, Libby.

DENNIE GORDON: “Kelly came in later. We had a lot of ideas for her and Kelly was sort of a late, breaking idea and we were so thrilled. I think we may have already started filming. I think we thought that maybe, the producers thought that maybe we’d find somebody in London who could play American or who was American and in the end, we just thought, ‘Kelly’s so great, she’s so classically American, she’s such a great beauty, she’s lovely.’ And we thought that the chemistry between her and Colin would be so great… She came in late in the game and fit right in and was just such a great part of the team.”

7. Oliver James beat out Henry Cavill and other U.K. actors with his charm and singing skills for the role of Ian, Bynes’ love interest.

DENNIE GORDON: “When [Oliver James] came in, he just knocked our socks off. He just was so boyishly good-looking and it’s so funny, I’ve seen all the other actors who’ve grown up around him… Henry Cavill was one of the guys who came in and he’s done extremely well. There were a lot of really fabulous, young U.K. men coming in to read for that part, but Oliver was just so charismatic and had such a beautiful singing voice that we just, that was sort of key for us that he could sing. And Oliver was just, I mean, why was this guy not a big pop star?”

“The authenticity of having a young face like that who can actually sing was so important to us that I don’t know what we would’ve done if we hadn’t found Oliver.”

8. Bynes’ and James’ chemistry lent its hand to the filming of a great kiss scene.

DENNIE GORDON: “Amanda really loved him, I think. When they kissed for that first time in the boat, I think it might’ve been one of her very first [on-screen] kisses, so it was like, ‘Wow, we’re really capturing something.’”

9. Some of the movie’s greatest lines were improv from the actors.

DENNIE GORDON: “[Dame Eileen Atkins] was a brilliant writer herself and so she was always taking the dialogue and plus-ing it up and making it hysterically funny, adding lines like, ‘No hugs, dear, we’re British. We only show affection for dogs and horses.’ That was pure Eileen. I don’t even remember what the original line was, but, of course, Eileen made everything she said more brilliant and better.”

BONUS: What does Gordon imagine the characters are up to, 15 years later?

DENNIE GORDON: “Well, I imagine that Daphne’s married and has children and Henry’s a grandfather. Henry and Libby lived happily ever after. Jocelyn, the grandmother, is probably no longer with us, sadly. Glynnis is on welfare. Yeah, we last saw Alistair as a tour guide. They’re just scraping along, the rats that they are… I am sure that Henry and Libby and Daphne and hopefully [Ian] are living happily ever after.”

#amanda bynes #What a Girl Wants

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thatsnotcanonpodcasts · 6 years ago

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Millicent Patrick, Mad Max & PS5

This episode we have an amazing guest re-joining us, the fantastic Shaun from Comics2Movies and XCT. So you know straight up it is going to be a great show! Also the DJ is on fire this week and makes us laugh till we cry. We begin with a look at an upcoming book release that is the biography of Milicent Patrick, the lady who designed the creature from the Black Lagoon. She has an amazing story that is sure to inspire many of us. It also looks at the harassment she faced and the ongoing issues in Hollywood today. Also discussed is the reaction of various law enforcement agencies in response to undesirable behaviours such as cyber-bullying. The topic is the 40th anniversary of Mad Max! That’s right the original movie that created a legend is 40 years old. There was a party in Victoria to celebrate with fans even coming from America. Of course this means we have to discuss the amazing films in the Mad Max franchise (even the recent Fury Road – which is suggested is not Mad Max, but you decide and let us know). Also this is when the DJ makes us laugh till we cry, listen out for it, believe me, it is amazingly funny. Next up is the Professor with some information about the PS5 and VR. Things are getting better with improved technology on the VR/AR front with arcades opening up around the place, but what is happening in the home? We then have the regular shoutouts, birthdays, and remembrances. Concluding with a chat about what Shaun is up to in terms of new projects to look forward to, so if you are planning on going to any of the comic conventions you will have to stop by and say G’Day, and check out what he has on offer. Particularly with his new graphic novels, so go along and check out his website and be amazed by the wondrous collection of artwork in the various comic books and graphic novels available for purchase alongside the extensive offering of various memorabilia there. So grab yourself a cup of tea and strap in for our latest instalment of Nerds Amalgamated.

EPISODE NOTES:

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

- https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781335937803

- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34993030-the-lady-from-the-black-lagoon

- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1335937803/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=bustle-13212013-20&linkId=4eb67e222b74ad35b9b57f4e9dda23c0&language=en_US

Mad Max turns 40

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-03/mad-max-40th-anniversary/10775336

- https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5450660/mad-max-anniversary-event-ditches-clunes-location/

PS5 VR/AR - https://gamingbolt.com/sony-knows-vr-ar-is-the-future-ps5-will-support-it-says-dev

Games Currently playing

Buck, Professor & DJ – Apex Legends - https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends

Shaun – Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi_Knight:_Jedi_Academy

Other topics Discussed

Millicent Patrick’s biography

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milicent_Patrick

Black Fury aka Miss Fury character bio

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Fury_(comics)

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-05/miss-fury-the-most-famous-superhero-youve-never-heard-of/10777988

Cyberbullying in American and Australia

- America - https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/23/us/florida-cyberstalking-charges-girl-suicide/index.html

- Australia - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-10/dolly-everett-nt-suicide-cyber-bullying-campaign-launched/9317056

MAD MAX Fan Magazine – Silver City on Kickstarter

- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/467328161/mad-max-fan-magazine-silver-city

Mad Max Franchise

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max_(franchise)

George Miller wants to make more Mad Max movies

- http://collider.com/george-miller-new-mad-max-movies/

Amount of dialogue in Mad Max Fury Road

- https://www.reddit.com/r/MadMax/comments/4eveny/full_dialogue_for_fury_road/

Quentin Tarantino praises Mad Max Fury Road

- https://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/quentin-tarantino-says-mad-max-fury-road-was-the-best-movie-he-saw-in-2015-95821/

Playstation 5 will be backwards compatible

- https://gamerant.com/ps5-backward-compatible/

Playstation Eyetoy

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EyeToy

Wonder Boy (video game)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Boy_(video_game)

Ghouls and Ghosts (video game)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghouls_%27n_Ghosts

Hungry Hungry Hippos the movie poster

- http://i.imgur.com/dU5gS.jpg

Fortnite & PubG are banned in China

- https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/650828/fortnite-pubg-could-banned-china/

Kate Miller-Hidke (Australian singer-songwriter and actress)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Miller-Heidke

Shoutouts

24 Feb 2019 - Congrats to all the Oscars 2019 winners

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91st_Academy_Awards

- https://cometoverhollywood.com/2016/02/05/hollywood-capers-stolen-academy-awards/

26 Feb 1935 - RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt - https://www.wired.com/2008/02/dayintech-0226/

29 Feb 1504 - Crafty Columbus plays a Leap Year Trick, many people born on February 29th curse their luck, but it can also bring luck and benefits as explorer Christopher Columbus demonstrated over 400 years ago. - https://www.onthisday.com/articles/crafty-columbus-plays-a-leap-year-trick

Rememberances

21 Feb 2019 – Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are On the Town (1949) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), both of which starred Gene Kelly who co-directed. His other films include Royal Wedding (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Funny Face (1957), Indiscreet (1958), and Charade (1963). He died of heart failure at 94 in New York City - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Donen

21 Feb 2019 – Peter Halsten Thorkelson or Peter Tork, was an American musician, composer and actor, best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist of the Monkees. He died from complications of a rare cancer known as adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare, slow-growing form of head and neck cancer at 77 in Mansfield, Connecticut - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tork

25 Feb 2019 - Maeghan Albach, American voice actress known for her extensive work with English dubbing. The actress worked with Funimation Entertainment for 13 years and brought her voice to dozens of titles. Most notably series such as Evangelion: 1.0 You Are Not Alone, One Piece, Fairy Tail, Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, A Certain Magical Index, Princess Jellyfish, and many more. Died on 22 Jan 2019 with no known causes of death - https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/02/25/fullmetal-alchemist-attack-on-titan-actress-maeghan-albach-death/

2 Mar 2019 – Katherine Helmond, American film, theater, and television actress and director. Over her five decades of television acting, she was known for her starring role as feisty mother Mona Robinson on Who's the Boss? (1984–1992). She also voiced Lizzie in the three Cars films by Disney/Pixar. She died of February 23, 2019, from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 89 in Los Angeles, California

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Helmond

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-02/whos-the-boss-actress-katherine-helmond-dies-in-los-angeles/10864718

Birthdays

26 Feb 1802 – Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hugo is one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris), 1831. Born in Besançon,Doubs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_hugo

26 Feb 1908 – Tex Avery, American animator,director, cartoonist and voice actor, known for producing and directing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation. His most significant work was for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, where he was crucial in the creation and evolution of famous animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck,Porky Pig,Elmer Fudd,Droopy,Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior, and Chilly Willy. Born in Taylor, Texas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Avery

28 Feb 1901 – Linus Pauling, American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, educator, and husband of American human rights activist Ava Helen Pauling. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology. In his later years he promoted nuclear disarmament, as well as orthomolecular medicine, megavitamin therapy, and dietary supplements. For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. For his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of four individuals to have won more than one Nobel Prize (the others being Marie Curie,John Bardeen and Frederick Sanger). Of these, he is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes, and one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being Marie Curie. Born in Portland, Oregon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling

Events of Interest

26 Feb 1616 – Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair#Inquisition_and_first_judgement,_1616

26 Feb 1952 - Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Great Britain has developed its own atomic bomb - https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/02/26/us/ap-history.html

26 Feb 1949 – Lucky Lady II, a B-50 Superfortress begins the non-stop flight around the world from Carswell Air Force base in Fort Worth, Texas - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lucky-lady-ii-begins-nonstop-global-flight

29 Feb 1940 - Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st African American woman to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in "Gone with the Wind". The first Academy Award won by an African American entertainer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_McDaniel#1940_Academy_Awards

Special message from Shaun about his upcoming works such as XCT: Breakout & Terralympus

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- http://www.comics2movies.com.au/shop/terralympus-vol-1-graphic-novel/

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Artist – Goblins from Mars

Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)

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714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald while his wife Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom. 755 – An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China. 1431 – Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. 1497 – Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal. 1575 – An earthquake with an estimated of 8.5Mw strikes Valdivia, Chile. 1598 – Seven-Year War: Battle of Noryang: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory. 1653 – English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. 1689 – Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights. 1761 – Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg. 1773 – American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act. 1811 – The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri. 1826 – Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. 1838 – Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[1] 1843 – The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date. 1850 – The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand. 1863 – American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee. 1880 – Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire. 1883 – Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel. 1901 – Beatrix Potter privately publishes The Tale of Peter Rabbit. It goes on to sell over 45 million copies worldwide. 1903 – Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests. 1907 – The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world. 1912 – First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli. 1914 – World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. 1918 – Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919. 1920 – The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. 1922 – President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw. 1930 – Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana. 1937 – Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again. 1938 – Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother. 1941 – World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak. 1941 – World War II: The Japanese super-battleship IJN Yamato is commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy and transfers the title of Flagship from IJN Nagato. 1942 – The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz. 1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. 1947 – William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor. 1950 – Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight in support of communist North Korea. 1960 – A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground. 1965 – Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966. 1968 – Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain. 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India. 1971 – The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day. 1978 – Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression. 1979 – Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States. 1985 – Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family. 1989 – Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. 1989 – U.S. Appeals Court Judge Robert Smith Vance is assassinated by a mail bomb sent by Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. 1991 – Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union. 2000 – The December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado, an F4 tornado, kills 11 and injures over 125 others in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Damages from the tornado totaled $35 million. Sixteen other tornadoes also touched down, with an additional fatality occurring in Geneva. 2013 – A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured. 2014 – Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attacked an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 145 people, mostly schoolchildren.

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Flying circadian from London’s Heathrow Airport to Bangkok and alee to Taipei, EVA Air cartage are advised to the airline’s top-tier “Royal Laurel Class” business chic acquaintance aboard these Boeing 777-300ER jets.

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Positioned as a rung aloft “Premium Laurel” business chic on EVA Air’s Brisbane flights, the London-Bangkok-Taipei avenue offers the accepted aggregate of fully-flat beds with absolute (and uninterrupted) alley admission at the pointy end, as Australian Business Traveller reviews from a contempo journey.

At London Heathrow, EVA Air directs cartage to the Air Canada lounge by default, alms bartender service, barista-made coffee and cafe dining afore the atramentous EVA Air departure.

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However, as EVA Air is a Star Alliance member, you’re additionally chargeless to appointment the Lufthansa Business Lounge, United Club and the Singapore Airlines SilverKris business chic lounge, all amid in the aforementioned terminal, so booty your pick.

As this flight transits through Bangkok, your business chic boarding canyon unlocks the committed EVA Air lounge at Bangkok Airport during the 90-minute pit stop, a avant-garde amplitude with clandestine battery suites, a ambit of both Western and Asian aliment at the buffet, and for the candied tooth, Magnum ice chrism in the freezer:

AusBT review: EVA Air business chic lounge, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport

Again, EVA Air’s Star Alliance associates additionally provides the advantage of application the Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge and the different Thai Airways business chic lounges here, but with a alteration time of aloof 90 account amid touchdown and take-off, I kept to the EVA Air lounge this time, which wasn’t far from the abandonment gate.

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Unlike the Airbus A330s EVA Air uses on its Brisbane-Taipei flights which action business chic seats in a 2-2-2 layout, those aboard the airline’s Boeing 777 jets appear in a abundant added adorable 1-2-1 configuration:

As a reminder, the abracadabra words to attending for back booking your EVA Air flight are “Royal Laurel Class”, which is the airline’s branding for its best business chic experience, as against to “Premium Laurel Class”, which is cipher for the airline’s 2-2-2 seat.

As you’d expect, the aberration amid the two is cogent – actuality on the Boeing 777, there’s added bend allowance and accumulator amplitude for your gear…

… with anniversary bench transforming into a two-metre fully-flat bed, which I put to acceptable use on the brief adventure from London:

Although the bench appears absolutely ‘open’ from the aisle, back you’re seated, the captivated architecture of the surrounding carapace provides a reasonable faculty of privacy…

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… while the ascendancy console allows you to jump to a few pre-set positions, while additionally tweaking any aspect of the bench to get the activity aloof right. However, accustomed the akin of customisation that’s accessible here, missing is a anamnesis action to save and acknowledgment to your perfectly-crafted atom if you accept to move the bench throughout the flight.

The console adjacent houses about aggregate else, including your adjustable account light, headphone plug, all-embracing AC ability outlet, inflight ball alien control, USB charging anchorage and inputs for announcement the achievement from your laptop on the inflight ball awning – admitting older-style RCA and S-Video connectors as against to the avant-garde accepted of HDMI/DVI.

There’s a baby accumulator alcove up actuality as well, complemented by two added cupboards bottomward by your knees…

… and a abstracted abstract abridged on the aisle-side of your seat:

Directly in advanced of you sits a two-stage floor. The lower akin proves a accessible bottom blow back you’re sitting upright, while the college akin is better-used back reclining, and afterwards serves as the end of your fully-flat bed.

There’s additionally a shelf to your ancillary which is a accessible abode to pop your laptop back dining or while it’s charging, but back activity to bed, you ability adopt to defended it abroad in case of any turbulence:

Finally, the armrest on your seat’s aisle-side is adjustable in height, whether you accession it completely…

… accumulate it collapsed to accommodate a little added bend allowance back in bed mode, or annihilation in between.

If EVA Air’s Royal Laurel business chic bench looks accustomed to you, that’s because it’s a customised adaptation of the accepted Zodiac Cirrus bench as additionally aureate by Air France, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Vietnam Airlines and others, which abounding would attention at a aerial standard.

Following the accepted pre-departure drinks, refreshments are offered afterwards abandonment from London to Bangkok.

Having spotted Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2006 on the card – a Champagne that added airlines would alone serve in aboriginal class, accustomed its authority and amount tag ($250/bottle in Australia) – that was an accessible choice, abutting by a foie gras macaron and a cauliflower acerb busy with caviar:

Next up, different aliment with adulate and balsamic vinaigrette, alongside an appetiser of smoked avoid breast with seared cockle and yoghurt mousse.

The berth was aphotic as others were sleeping, so here’s a afterpiece look:

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Following this is a capital advance from the options below:

I was in the affection for beef and autonomous for the truffle sauce, commutual with a bottle of concentrated red (Château Haut Condissas 2011, Médoc, Bordeaux), which was nice and tender:

I skipped dessert, but if I’d capital to indulge, the afterward options were available:

Instead, the aggregation offered a simple Godiva amber as a good-night bite, and I went beeline to sleep:

Although the aboriginal leg of this flight from London to Bangkok runs brief and alone takes about 11 hours – which agency there’s time for one acceptable meal, a solid eight-hour blow and not abundant abroad – the afterward dishes are additionally accessible to adjustment throughout the night if you’re still hungry:

Closer to landing in Thailand, a refresher account is offered, starting with a wake-up alcohol (mixed allotment and bake-apple juice, orange juice, angel juice, amazon juice, coffee, or tea), and a aboriginal advance as below:

Then, the afterward dishes are accessible as mains:

Knowing that I’d accept time to eat in EVA Air’s Bangkok lounge during the alteration and additionally aboard the alee Bangkok-Taipei leg of the adventure anon thereafter, I kept my eyeshade on and slept until abutting to landing to maximise my rest.

As a rule, I never eat aliment aloof because “it’s there”, so while I’d accept accepted those options if I’d been alive and hungry, I was absolutely blessed communicable up on some much-needed sleep.

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Skipping advanced to the 3.5-hour Bangkok-Taipei journey, sparkling wine is served afore abandonment – for the Veuve 2006, you’ll accept to delay until you’re in the sky:

That’s followed by nibbles afterwards abandonment and addition annular of drinks, so I took the adventitious to analyze EVA Air’s cocktail card (also accessible on the London-Bangkok leg), sampling the signature Evergreen Special which blends a auspicious mix of allotment liqueur, vodka and sprite…

… and yes, that’s an aircraft-themed stirrer at the top!

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With a 5:10pm abandonment in Bangkok and a 9:45pm accession in Taipei, the meal on this leg is dinner, starting with broiled avoid with amazon pesto, and a smoked apricot cycle with mango in alacrity dill mayonnaise, which were both ablaze and fresh:

For the capital course, a best between:

Although the craven was tempting, I went for the prawns accompanied by the noodles and veges. The prawns and noodles were delicious, although the vegetables actuality were absolutely bland:

If you’re still peckish, there’s cheese, bake-apple and a clammy credibility block to follow, but as you’ve apparently guessed, I skipped ambrosia – but did adore addition bottle of the Veuve.

On the best brief leg from London, pyjamas and slippers are provided…

… forth with a Georg Jensen advantage pouch. Although you accept to bright aegis screening during the Bangkok transit, I artlessly placed the absolute kit into an X-ray tray at the checkpoint, rather than fishing through and amid the liquids, and had no problems.

Various items are additionally provided in the business lavatories on both sectors:

An inflight ball awning sits in advanced of you, but charge be bound and stowed at an bend for abandonment and landing:

The arrangement responds to touch, or you can use the alien ascendancy for navigation…

… with a array of movies and TV shows available, and of course, the ‘moving map’, which I consistently acquisition provides an absorbing accomplishments back alive on a laptop:

Cabin aggregation were affable and kept my glasses topped up, responding bound to any alarm alarm requests at added times, kept the berth at a adequate temperature (as there are no alone air vents), and fabricated acceptable use of the Boeing 777’s Starry Night affection back cartage were sleeping:

However, if I’d been built-in at 8D or 8G with the aflame art assignment anon in front, I wouldn’t accept accepted that spotlight actual on, so ablaze sleepers, accede sitting elsewhere.

All things considered, EVA Air offers a adequate business chic bench with acceptable meals, service, amenities and accomplished Champagne, although the check of this flight is accepting to alteration Bangkok amid Taipei and London, as is additionally the case on EVA Air routes from Taipei to Amsterdam and Vienna.

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Given EVA Air’s better adversary China Airlines now runs ceaseless flights from Taipei to London, admitting into Gatwick instead of Heathrow and additionally not a circadian account as EVA offers, it’ll be absorbing to see whether this antagonism prompts EVA to axe its Thai abode in favour of ceaseless flights of its own.

Chris Chamberlin travelled to London as a bedfellow of Star Alliance and EVA Air.

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RIFF 2018: Welcome to Sodom, Over the Limit, Daughter’s Table

If there’s any lesson I plan on gleaning from my time in Iceland, it is to stop hurrying and allow life to move at a slower pace. So laid-back was the waitress at Reykjavík’s Lebowski Bar that I had to chase her down in order to pay my bill. It wasn’t that she was busy, it was that she just didn’t seem all that interested in money. A quartet of Icelandic friends passed the time by quoting “Good Burger” at their table, while Mike Judge’s “Idiocracy” played on a large screen nearby. I had never seen Judge’s 2006 dystopian satire before, and though the volume was off, I found the film’s opening moments to be laugh-out-loud funny and unnervingly prescient, even in their subtitled form. Its slapstick portrayal of a “garbage avalanche” foreshadowed the actual one that killed 17 people in Mozambique a mere decade later, and its hellish imagery isn’t all that far removed from the apocalyptic scenery on display in Christian Krönes and Florian Weigensamer’s Austrian documentary, “Welcome to Sodom.”

Ranking high among the most visually arresting achievements at the 2018 Reykjavík International Film Festival, this impeccably lensed picture takes an unflinching look at the place where our laptops and smartphones will likely end up—a sprawling waste dump in Ghana populated by 6,000 men, women and children. Strewn throughout the rubble are familiar items that had once been commonplace in American homes, such as bulky computer monitors. The sheer wastefulness of our quickly outdated machines currently cluttering a site previously comprised of untouched swampland is enough to make one’s blood boil. By creating technology built to not last but be replaced by newer, more expensive models, we have left a toxic heap of debris for people in impoverished corners of the world to clean up. Cinematographer Christian Kermer opens the picture with a 360 degree panoramic view of the vile landscape, stretching as far as the eye can see. The low hum of the brooding score is so evocative of Paul Schrader’s ode to impending environmental catastrophe, “First Reformed,” that I half-expected to see Ethan Hawke’s tormented priest floating above the mountains of discarded tires. Anonymous inhabitants speak in voice-overs juxtaposed against the footage, each providing an eye-opening perspective on how mankind manages to survive in an environment plagued with disease (at one point, a group of guys perform cathartic dance moves that cause spirals of ash to soar from the ground).

As a fiery preacher spews homophobic rhetoric, a man privately reflects on how his identity as a gay man derailed his chances for a successful career, despite being at the top of his class in medical school. With Ghana’s president voicing his desire to behead homosexuals, this scholar-turned-outcast has resigned himself to a life of self-imposed alienation. For him, the dump is a “temporary safe house” where he won’t be able to run the risk of having anyone get to know him on an intimate level. A more extroverted subject makes his living from breaking down broken appliances so that he can gather their basic properties—copper, iron, zinc—ripe for sale. He admits that the location is good for business despite being bad for humanity. The most haunting narration comes from a child who recalls how mankind’s disrespect of the land has left the gods angry—or, according to Werner Herzog, “monumentally indifferent.” As its last third grows increasingly repetitious, it’s clear “Welcome to Sodom” could’ve worked equally well as a short film. It’s not on the same level as the best documentaries screening at the festival—including Bing Liu’s “Minding the Gap,” Roger Michell’s “Tea with the Dames,” Alexandria Bombach’s “On Her Shoulders” and Mila Turajlic’s Lux Prize nominee, “The Other Side of Everything”—yet there is considerable worth in its extended length. Like the chameleon that haunts the hypnotic title sequence, the film takes its time, moving slowly enough to let us fully absorb the details of our world that we’d normally choose to overlook.

“There’s no such thing as a healthy professional athlete!” claims gymnast-turned-coach Amina Zaripova, spouting one of the numerous quotable if morally questionable lines in Polish director Marta Prus’ documentary, “Over the Limit.” Examining the relentless emotional and psychological abuse endured by Margarita “Rita” Mamun, the celebrated Russian Olympian in individual rhythmic gymnastics, this film causes one to question if her success occurred as a result of—or in spite of—her coaches’ bullying tactics. No tangible evidence is offered as to whether head coach Irina Viner’s mean-spirited demeanor punctuated by four-letter words had any discernible impact on Mamun’s performance, apart from elevating her stress level through the roof. This may be in part because Prus has little interest in the actual gymnastics, providing only fragmentary glances at the routines while keeping Mamun’s pivotal triumph at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics entirely offscreen. The director’s focus is kept primarily on the 20-year-old subject’s pained expression as she is alternately called a “silly cow” and “brave girl,” depending on how much her effort impresses the coaches. Never mincing her words for the camera, Viner approaches her job like a drill sergeant, believing that athletes cannot be truly built up unless they are broken down. Just as I began likening her in my mind to Parker Posey and Michael Hitchcock’s unstable couple in “Best in Show,” Viner exclaimed, “She’s not wound up! We need to train her like a dog.”

If anything, Mamun appears all-too frenzied in her early routines, lacking the slinky self-assurance of her peer and rival, Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva, whose joy is palpable as she dances to Jessica Rabbit’s crooning rendition of “Why Don’t You Do Right?” Viner is correct in assessing that Mamun’s greatest obstacle stems from her mental state, but doesn’t seem to realize that her own schoolyard putdowns have only further damaged the athlete’s confidence. There are shades of the obsessive theatre director from “Madeline’s Madeline” in how Viner violates the young woman’s personal struggles by contorting them into her artistry. Taking advantage of the cancer diagnosis that has hospitalized Mamun’s father—whom we see the gymnast chatting with on a heartrending phone call—Viner orders her to channel the grief prompted by her “dying dad” into the performance. When Zaripova attempts to show affection for Mamun, she is immediately chastised by Viner. In an ideal world, the notion of an entire country’s well-being hinging on the medals it gains in an Olympic contest would be immediately expunged. The undue pressure it places on athletes like Mamun is criminal, and if there’s anything worth cheering about in this picture, it is the athlete’s heroic composure amidst adversity. After hearing one-too-many disparaging expletives from Viner, streamed into the practice room via a monitor, Mamun tosses her ribbon on the ground and walks out of the gym, much to the protestations of her coach. It’s in that moment, more than any other, where she appears primed to win the gold.

The coveted Golden Egg prize is awarded to the best short film at Reykjavík’s film festival, and I’ve been fortunate enough to view three of the worthy contenders. Tomas Leach’s intriguingly titled “Alba: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future,” is also about a young athlete—in this case, an aspiring dancer—though its style is more in line with “Welcome to Sodom,” allowing the recorded voice of its subject to anchor its assemblage of near-wordless footage. At age 16, the titular girl is already facing the perils of pushing her body to the limit, keeping up with her classes at Spain’s Corella Dance Academy despite a conspicuous pain in her legs. There are no tidy solutions to any of Alba’s lingering questions, as she ponders whether life is simply testing her to see how much she can take. Leach’s vignette recalls how the closure we seek in adulthood never existed in our youth, which was often consumed with a sense of discomfort as our future hung preciously in the air. Another highlight is Hakan Ünal’s Turkish submission, “Crack in the Wall,” a chillingly bleak look at a night-shift janitor’s futile pursuit of spiritual repentance. Wracked with guilt after awakening from an erotic dream, the man bathes himself as the camera stares down at him in stark judgment. Though the film initially seems to be a portrait of sexual repression, a final twist—deftly conveyed by the recurring image of red fingernails—affirms that a much darker sin has been committed.

Easily my favorite short I’ve seen in Reykjavík also happens to be the festival’s unlikeliest crowd-pleaser. South Korean director Heui Son’s 18-minute gem, “Daughter’s Table,” follows three adult sisters as they rush to their mother’s side after receiving news of her ill health. While together, they find themselves falling prone to the same sibling rivalry that characterized their upbringing. This premise would be compelling enough if handled as a straightforward drama, yet Son’s picture takes the form of an exuberant musical comedy, with the sisters breaking into song as they vie for their mother’s approval. The childlike spirit of the piece is appropriate, considering how nothing brings out a grown-up’s inner kid quite like visiting a former home marked by lines on the wall that had previously measured one’s pint-sized height. A trio of girls portraying the younger versions of the sisters are each represented by a bright color that corresponds with their teddy bears spotted in the background. The bouncy music and pleasingly unpolished choreography make this film a complete delight, carrying traces of the poignance perhaps best expressed during the finale of Isao Takahata’s masterpiece, “Only Yesterday.” How Son goes about resolving the mother’s storyline as she's surrounded by her children is an indelible example of pure cinema. Rather than treat difficult subject matter with the heavy hand of a morose dirge, Son crafts a celebration of life, encouraging us to savor the time we share with loved ones, as well as the memories destined to last for generations.

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Keira Knightly. Colette

Movies To Be Excited About This Fall, 2018

By Ross

I love going to the movies, I really do, but the frontmezzjunkies theatre train has really taken me on a wild ride these past few years far away from the movie theaters, but I hope as the fall approaches, I will find my way back to the movies, especially after discovering my new favorite movie theatre in Brooklyn, The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at City Point. Not only do they respect the film, have great parallel themed pre-shows, with very strict noise and phone rules, they also serve me beer and cocktails directly to my comfy seat throughout the film! It’s the best place ever, and I hope to see all the following films there, if I can, or else I’ll just have to watch curled up on my couch streaming them into my living room. Here’s a list of the ones that caught my eye when going through the EW.com fall preview list (click on the film title for a preview):

Now I must admit a lot of these films are not blockbuster material, and many are female centric, which might say a lot about me, I guess, but who could not be intrigued by these two female star-heavy productions: Lizzie starring the glorious Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart. It’s twisted and seductive, with two strongly constructed female leads, so when the axe falls, I hope I’m watching (Directed by Craig William Macneill; Release Date: 9.14),. Then there is the finely corseted Colette with the stunning Keira Knightly in the lead. Many say she is giving the performance of her career, and from the clip it appears they might be right. Co-starring the magnificent Fiona Shaw and the handsome Dominic West, the sumptuous story is a must-see on my list (Directed by Wash Westmoreland; Release Date: 9.21). Both are centered around amazingly interesting characters and each sound like they have been given a specific viewpoint that could really produce something very special.

Robert Redford. The Old Man & The Gun

One can’t deny the legacy that Robert Redford has created around himself, his work, and his independent film festival, so to hear that The Old Man & The Gun will be his final acting project makes it especially inviting. Add the phenomenal Sissy Spacek and the talented Casey Affleck, who rocked my world with his performance in “Manchester by the Sea”, into the mixture, and we have a film that will definitely draw me to the cinema late September as if held at gun-point (Directed by David Lowery; Release Date: 9.28). It seems sweet and intimate, and Spacek is such a talented natural beauty, partnered with the Sundance Kid, that watching them converse has got to be pure heaven. Another one that intrigues, but I am doubtful whether I will actually be able to sit down in a movie theatre to see it, is the frighteningly creepy, The Nun, starring the young and so familiar looking, Taissa Farmiga, sister of The Conjuring film’s star, Vera (Directed by Corin Hardy; Release Date: 9.7). I can’t imagine gathering up the courage, as scary films, well, just plain scare me, tremendously and uncomfortably. I think it has something to do with why I love film and theatre so much. When done well, they have the extreme ability to enter my heart and soul, and make me feel whatever they want to, easily and fully. To invite in the feeling of being terrified, is just that, terrifying, and why would one want to do that to oneself? As I found watching the preview almost too much for my senses. Suspense is a different thing, though. I can handle a twisty spine-tingling adventure, but one that sets out to frighten and startle is just that. In spades. So I’ll probably pass, even though I was hypnotized by the clip.

Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Joan Plowright, Dame Eileen Atkins, Dame Judi Dench.

More to my speed are these two documentary films: Hal, a film about the legendary filmmaker, Hal Ashby, who balked at convention and won when he created the classic film “Harold and Maude” (Release Date: 9.7), so “if you want to sing out, sing out“. The 1971 film was a surprisingly epic exploration of death, aging, and embracing the life we have, and even though I saw the film decades ago starring the phenomenal Ruth Gordon (Golden Globe nominee), it still resonates and inspires, so to learn a bit more about the maker is just too irresistible. Secondly, there is a delicate little documentary film about a group of legendary ladies gathering for tea and conversation, called Tea With the Dames. And to no one’s surprise, it brings together Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright to do just that, drink tea and chat, and who doesn’t want to be invited to that table? (Release Date: 9.21).

Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga. A Star is Born

One of the more compelling big starry pictures being released is the remake of A Star is Born, with first time director Bradley Cooper reinventing the classic Hollywood tale, and this one I can’t wait to attend. The clip shows an impressive and surprising musical turn by the handsome and talented Cooper (Broadway’s The Elephant Man), playing the troubled singer, battling his own fame and addiction. His singing and performance feels beautiful, simple, and excitingly well sung, stripping away his movie star sparkle in order to find new life in the role, and in the young lady talent he discovers. Donning the ingenue cap that Janet Gaynor (1937), Judy Garland (1954), and Barbra Streisand (1976) all once did too much acclaim, Lady Gaga attempts to show us she is more than the ‘monster’ and ‘American Horror Story‘ adored celebrity and star that we have grown fond of, and from what is being said of the two, they might have created something that is forever “Evergreen” and worthy of our movie dollars. (Release Date: 10.5)

Colin Morgan, Rupert Everett. The Happy Prince

There are a few titles coming up this fall that feel almost theatrical and stage-worthy, or at least feel inspired by the stage. The first being, The Happy Prince which was written and directed by its star, the fantastic Rupert Everett who I had the pleasure of seeing play the fascinating Oscar Wilde once before in The Judas Kiss. This time around, the film explores the same Wilde man but begins during the final years of the writer’s exile and imprisonment for “gross indecency”. “Love is everything” to Wilde, and he pays the price that one shouldn’t ever have to. Emily Watson and Colin Firth co-star alongside the lovely Colin Morgan as the man centered in Wilde’s eye. (Release Date: 10.10). Peterloo is yet another film coming from the mesmerizing Mike Leigh that seems important and worthy of our attention. It’s a gorgeous looking period piece about the 1819 massacre that left a dozen protesters dead at the hands of the British government. If it lives up to the master who wrote and directed the film, and is anything as gripping as the preview, it’s a battle that should not be missed (Release Date: 11.9).

Chris Hemsworth. Bad Times at the El Royale,.

Starring the Tony winning Cynthia Erivo (Broadway’s The Color Purple) and the incredible Jon Hamm, Bad Times at the El Royale, along with co-star Jeff Bridges and Chris Hemsworth checks in to a ’60’s motel that straddles the California and Nevada state line. With The Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard as head check-in man orchestrating it all, and the cast of cinematic pros arriving one by one, the premise is sure to be an exciting and strange stay at the El Royale for all of us, that is if the preview is any indication. It seems destined to thrill with its unconventional and twisty crime thriller structure, but the chance to hear Erivo sing, well, just about anything, is definitely worth the cost of a movie ticket, and then some (Directed by Drew Goddard; Release Date: 10.12). Beautiful Boy saunters into the field looking like quite the heart-breaking tale of a young man in trouble. He is played distraughtly by the talented Timothée Chalamet (“Call Me By Your Name“), driving fast into a collision with his father, played by Steve Carell doing all that he can to save him from himself. The clip suggests an anguished ride, hopefully to salvation, but it most definitely will bring tears to my eyes, I’m guessing, and I can’t wait (Directed by Felix van Groeningen; Release Date: 10.12). In the less intimate style of story telling, there is a period piece starring the amazing Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy. First Man takes a realistic, almost documentary-style glimpse at the men (and women) who all played a role in the expedition to the Moon by NASA (Directed by Damien Chazelle; Release Date: 10.12). Not exactly my kind of picture, to be honest, unless is manages to be something more than a history lesson layered with an overly glorified public relations piece about the Apollo 11 project.

Timothée Chalamet. Beautiful Boy

I’m more interested in The Guilty, the Danish filmmaker’s tense feature debut centering on the adrenaline rising experience of an emergency-call dispatch operator who must find the way to save a kidnapped woman from certain death (Directed by Gustav Möller; Release Date: 10.19). It seems crisp and solidly unromantic in a way that Hollywood rarely is, strongly compelling in its coolness. Or maybe the interesting movie of the fall will be the modern noir film starring Anne Hathaway (Public’s Grounded) and Matthew McConaughey, Serenity. It seems that there might be little of that in this captivating tale of a fishing-boat captain being seductively convinced by his ex-wife to feed her current husband, played by the sexy and scary Jason Clarke, to the sharks. Will he bite, or will he be bitten in the process? It’s hard to guess, and if the style and the story mesh, then I’m biting (Release Date: 10.19). If that’s not your cup of moody tea, there is also a Ben Foster-led drama, with the actor, who was pretty Stella-tastic in St. Ann’s Streetcar Named Desire, starring in the double-crossing Galveston. The dark film is centered on a violent and dangerous hitman who rescues a young woman, played by the enigmatic Elle Fanning, who had been held captive (Release Date: 10.19). It might just be the thrill of the fall, if it’s a dark violent road you want to travel down.

Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury. Bohemian Rhapsody

For me, the real film of the fall is all about Queen. Not director Steve McQueen, who has made the compelling and fun looking Widows, starring the amazing Viola Davis, the powerful Michelle Rodriguez, and Tony winner, Cynthia Erivo (Broadway’s The Color Purple). A capper tale that looks to be so much more than just a heist (Release Date: 11.16). Nor is it, McQueen, the biographical documentary about the life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen (Directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui; Release Date: 8.20). The film I most desperately want to see is the film about the one and only, Queen, Freddie Mercury. And his electric rise to fame. His story is being told in Bohemian Rhapsody, starring the well cast Rami Malek (‘Mr. Robot‘) as the genius himself. This is the movie that I didn’t know I wanted to see until I heard about it a few weeks ago. That song, and that band had a dramatic and powerful impact on my life. Queen was the first big stadium concert I ever saw, sometime back in the 1980’s at the CNE Exhibition in Toronto, Canada. I also fondly remember meeting and sitting next to him one hot summer’s night in Ibiza, Spain telling him that story after being introduced to the legend by Elton John. He was most gracious and charming, celebrating, what turned out to be, his last big birthday gathering, and I’m still honored that I had that moment. That being said, this band’s story just has to be as thrilling a ride as it was for these gentlemen to skyrocket to stardom, and I. CAN. NOT. WAIT (Directed by Bryan Singer; Release Date: 11.2).

Boy Erased

On a more current and dramatically important framework, centered around a similar theme that was just recently explored in “The Miseducation of Cameron Post“, Boy Erased arrives. Starring the compelling Lucas Hedges (MCC’s Yen, “Manchester by the Sea“) the film chronicles a young man coming out hard against the tightly held ideals of his parents, played by Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe who try to “strike this demon down“. The story, based on the true tale of a son sent to a Christian gay conversion therapy camp by his religious parents seems to be as strongly captivating as the timely “Miseducation..” was, but possibly more family focused as we watch the tattered family cut the ties that bind, only to witness the strength and power of motherhood. It should be disturbing stuff, and my hopes optimistically ride high on the shoulders of director, Joel Edgerton (“Bloodlock“) to make this tale as strong and assuringly real as this boy’s tale deserves, rather than creating something too rose-colored and sappy. This topic needs a harsh light shined upon it with a relentless vigor, especially with what is happening in the real world today (Release Date: 11.2). Hedges(“Lady Bird“) is also starring in the powerful Ben is Back with the pretty woman, Julia Roberts this time as his concerned mother. A Christmas story, somewhat, about drug addiction, recovery, and hope, penned by Peter Hedges, father of the star, and author of “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” and “About a Boy“. With a tough-love spewing graveyard scene, this potent film will most likely pack a punch, highlighting the struggle of personal shame and the upending power of maternal love – yes, that again. It seems to be the story of the fall (Directed by Peter Hedges; Release Date: 12.7).

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

Now that I am once again fully hooked on the Potter/Rowling universe, thanks to the miraculous play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child currently casting its magic spell on Broadway, I’m thrilled and excited for another trip to the world of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. And with the return of the wonderful Eddie Redmayne (“The Danish Girl“), and the addition of the talented Jude Law as Dumbledore and the ever and always fascinating Johnny Depp as Grindelwald, what else is there to do but fly as fast as your broomstick can get you to a movie palace that is showing the new installment. “I’m scared, Professor Dumbledore“, scared that it won’t live up to expectations, but without a doubt I will cross my fingers and wands as I can’t wait to be swept up again by Newt and his mischievous beasts, especially the adorable newborn Nifflers (Directed by David Yates; Release Date: 11.16). Aquaman, on the other hand, is one of the many larger than life installments coming out of the DC universe that doesn’t thrill or excite me. I’m not a big comic book/superhero film fan, and although it stars a very appealing Jason Momoa as the fantastical man of the Ocean, I doubt I’ll swim too quickly over to his deep blue sea, even with the addition of the handsome Patrick Wilson (Broadway’s Barefoot in the Park) as his brother and nemesis, King Orm, and the stellar Nicole Kidman adding yet another caring mother role to her growing list of cinematic mothers (‘Big Little Lies‘, “Lion“). But if it’s on a plane as I fly over the Atlantic, maybe I’ll take the dive and give it a try,. Time and tide will tell (Directed by James Wan; Release Date: 12.21).

Aquaman

There’s the strange-looking Suspiria, based on a 1970’s Dario Argento’s horror film starring Dakota Johnson, with the real draw, naturally, being the phenomenal Tilda Swinton playing the dance teacher Madame Blanc to Johnson’s dancer. The young ballerina travels from Ohio to attend a prestigious and unusual dance academy in Berlin only to find a great deal of avant-garde expressionistic movement, dreamed up by the film’s choreographer Damien Jalet. It is impressive and dementedly creepy, dripping in the feeling of blood and violent shenanigans at every knotted end. It looks like a terrifying and bizarre journey, one that I’m not so sure I’m going to take (Directed by Luca Guadagnino; Release Date: 11.2). Much like the new chapter for Lisbeth Salander, now played by Claire Foy from ‘The Crown‘. The jury is still out just how interested I am to return to this new Swedish territory that is based on David Lagercrantz’s 2015 novel,. This is the first book to be written since Larsson’s 2004 death, having Lisbeth resurface as The Girl in the Spider’s Web. Directed and re-harnessed by Fede Alvarez (“Don’t Breathe“), the heroine looks a bit different, but the Swedish Millennium series hacker stays true to her complicated twisted Dragon Tattoo’d soul even if she doesn’t register as stone cold as the previous one. But it might just be enough to get me back in the theater seat to witness her revenge upon all the men who deserve it.

Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie. Mary Queen of the Scots

The kind of women that I’m really interested in though are the two battling it out over the ruling of England and Scotland in Mary Queen of the Scots. The royals, Queen Elizabeth I, played by Margot Robbie (“I, Tonya“), and her cousin and rival, Mary Stuart, portrayed by the always fascinating Saoirse Ronan (“Lady Bird“) are given a revisionary slice of the monarchy to gallop into war with. The film looks gorgeous and just like the famed Friedrich Schiller’s, Mary Stuart (a powerful play that I hope is making its way to Broadway soon), director Rourke has fashioned a dynamic face-to-face confrontation between Mary and Elizabeth, a scenario that never actually happened, historically speaking. If the two ladies find true emotional complexity in their historic, and totally fabricated, confrontation, then I shall be very pleased (Directed by Josie Rourke; Release Date: 12.7). Another real-life female trailblazer, the incredible Ruth Bader Ginsburg, played by the sweet-faced Felicity Jones (“The Theory of Everything“) arrives on Christmas Day in Mimi Leder’s biopic On The Basis of Sex. with a lovely supporting turn by co-star, Armie Hammer (2ST’s Straight White Men). The script chronicles the early years and magnificent rise of RBG, showcasing the life and legacy of this fascinating U.S. Supreme Court Justice, played out with humor, grace, and humanity, the qualities that helped make this woman the fierce defender of truth that she truly is. Long Live the Queen RBG (Directed by Mimi Leder; Release Date 12.25).

Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali. Green Book

With an intriguing rear-view mirror vantage point, Viggo Mortensen (“Captain Fantastic“) plays a working-class Italian-American bouncer who gets hired to drive a wonderfully well-spoken and talented African-American pianist, portrayed by the glorious Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight“) on a performance tour through the 1960’s American South,. In the powerful Green Book, sure to elicit a strong emotional response, this seemingly beautifully created atmospheric piece is looking to drive the conversation forward about what it means to be an African-Americian in this country at that time, and in our present convoluted time (Directed by Peter Farrelly; Release Date: 11.21). Another one to watch out for, winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes, Shoplifters is a quietly touching drama about a family of thieves and a young girl that wanders into their clan. Legendary director, Hirokazu Kore-eda is determined to steal into your heart and present an thought-provoking alternative to what it means to be in a family of one’s own (Release Date: 11.23).

Matt Dillion. The House That Jack Built

One can’t even start to express the insane oddity of the compelling film by Lars von Trier that casts Matt Dillion as an unapologetic serial killer in The House That Jack Built, co-starring a perceptive Uma Thurman (Broadway’s A Parisian Woman) as a woman who should have followed her gut instinct. It’s loud, shocking, and bold, with a strong dynamic intensity. And although it gives the impression that it might be hard to watch and definitely not a feel-good kinda film, one would be as unwise as Uma’s character, to expect anything but exciting and heart-pounding from this iconic film master (Release Date: 12.28). Roma, one of the many great films to be making its debut at the New York Film Festival, seems to be another strong visually arresting piece from an exciting filmmaker. This one comes from the keen eye of Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity“), but unlike Lars, his black and white period piece is a simple and understated autobiographical exploration of his own middle-class family living and breathing in 1970’s Mexico City. Further up north, Andrew Garfield (Broadway’s Angels in America) stars as a confused doe-eyed neighbor in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake . Garfield looks perfect as he struggles against himself to find out what happened to that pretty girl who sparked fireworks that one starry night but was gone in the morning (Release Date: 12.7). It has a satisfying edge and feel as the film dives into a strangely symbolic mystery that boarders on erotic obsession.

Emily Blunt. Mary Poppins Returns

But the one that is most exciting and terrifying to the young boy who lives forever inside this grown man, the one that fills him with wonder, nostalgia, but also nervous angst, is the much-hyped and discussed re-hiring of the most enigmatic nanny of them all. Mary Poppins Returns with Emily Blunt slipping into the proper turned-out shoes immortalized by the practically perfect Julie Andrews 54 years after she disappeared into the skies once her work was done. Lin-Manuel Miranda (Broadway’s Hamilton) is also on board, helping fill the slot that Dick Van Dyke dutifully did. But it’s really the next generation Banks family home that once again needs Mary’s wise magic and love. It’s the film of the holiday season that could inspire a new generation with intelligence, compassion, and joy. Or it might just depress us all if it turns out to be a sad disappointment. It’s a high bar to fly over, thanks to the dark P.L. Travers’ children’s books and the gloriousness of the 1964 Disney film, but here’s hoping it is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious or else director Rob Marshall (“Chicago“, Broadway’s Side Show) will have a lot to answer for (Release Date: 12.19).

Good luck to one and all, and I hope to see you at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema grabbing a pint or a cocktail, and silencing your cellphones for the feature presentation.

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A Pair of Westvleterens

Day #6 – Rochefort – Falmignoul – Dinant Number of Miles Cycled Today – 27.5 Number of Total Miles Cycled – 110.2 Number of Miles Traveled – 4,855

Brasserie Caracole and Vending Machines

Inside Brasserie Caracole

Adolphe Sax, the error-prone inventor of the saxophone and other musical instruments, was from Dinant. We headed there from Rochefort. Before our arrival to the fortified city that overlooks the Meuse River and is located only 14 miles from the French border, we made a detour. It lead us to the 18th century Brasserie Caracole in the town of Falmignoul. We parked our bikes across the street from the brewery and we strolled up to its entrance in the early afternoon sun. It was similar to many of the Belgian breweries we had encountered on this trip. From my American background, where buildings are new with modern architecture, the Belgian breweries in general had looked tired and worn out, as if they had been closed for decades. I ambled up to the green wooden door under the same bright green Brasserie Caracole sign. It was locked. It was 2:00 in the afternoon. Around the corner I found a young guy working hard unloading bags of yeast or flour, or some other integral beer ingredient, into a rotating sifter making clockwise revolutions. I asked in French if we could explore the interior of the brewery interestingly named after a snail. He graciously allowed us inside the hazy and venerable bar. This bar opened in 1765. Remnants of the wood fire oven, used to brew their classic beers like Nostradamus, floated inside the bar. Next to the dimly lit bar stood an original wooden beer barrel from 1766. I checked, there was any beer left in it.

A 1785 Brasserie Caracole Beer Barrel – Older than Scuba Steve

After a few Saxo beers under the trees by our bikes, we figured we should find more substance before finishing our ride into Dinant. We found the empty Moulin du Falmignoul café replete with warm baked goods of which we ordered our fair share of sandwiches, croissants, and pan au chocolat. Interestingly enough after lunch, we sauntered outside to find a bread vending machine. I’ve seen Coke machines and candy machines, but I’ve never seen, or even thought about the need for a bread vending machine. I can only assume the French have their own baguette vending machine. Honestly, I guess there wouldn’t be a bread vending machine if folks in Falmignoul didn’t need their warm bread at all times of day. “Zut alors Charles, this bread is 14 hours old! Get your ass to the café and get us a fresh loaf of bread!”

Inside Smokey Brasserie Caracole

It’s Westvleteren Time!

The sax museum honoring Adolphe Sax, Notre Dame de Dinant, not to be confused with that famous Parisian one, and the Citadelle de Dinant hovering over the town highlight any visit to Dinant. Yet as we strolled down Rue Grande, the main downtown thoroughfare, I noticed an unusual concentration of bottle shops. We passed A c’t’heure dînant and I curiously poked my head in while the rest of the group marched on. It was here that I slowly admired the present atmosphere and my current situation that I found myself along with a wide array of Belgian beers sitting against one wall, wine on the opposite, and tea on another. Considering the reason for this trip, my attention gravitated towards the beer. A steady flow of patrons continued in and out of the shop. I studied each bottle with the same discriminating detail an archeologist looking for the secret path to unearthed Egyptian antiquity, except I didn’t know what the hell I was trying to decipher. The shop finally cleared out and I approached the counter to explain my quest to a cheerful Guillaume. With unaltered gusto and pride, I described my expedition to bike across southern Belgium tasting the finest beers Belgium had to offer. His reaction differed. He was excited. I also explained how unfortunately our group wasn’t actually going to visit Westvleteren in western Belgium, home of the beloved Abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren, brewers of the Westvleteren 8, 10, and 12.

Belgium Beer at its Finest

He retorted in perfect English, a common skill among multilingual Europeans, “Oh, I just got some in today. It’s really hard to get, even for me here in Belgium. This beer has become one of the most sought after beers in Belgium. It has a cult following.”

For the next hour, we discussed Belgian beers, life in Dinant (this particular interaction had probably been his most exciting to date), the necessity to learn English and other languages, and living and traveling abroad. Finally, I broached the subject that had weighed on my mind since I entered the shop, is there any chance I could buy a bottle of Westy? Like a timid freshman asking out his senior crush to prom, I stammered, “You think that maybe, if you’re alright with it and your parents don’t mind, could I buy a bottle or two of your Westys?”

“Sure, I don’t have many to sell, as you know, the monks only allow people to buy two cases at a time every six months.”

Half expecting him to offer a maximum of two bottles at 25 euros a piece, “Sure, no problem! Whatever you’re willing to sell, I’ll buy them.”

“I’ll be back. I keep the really good stuff down here.” As he walked around back behind the white wall behind the counter hiding the stairs to his cellar.

Three minutes later, he exited with a cardboard box full of brown bottles without labels and just yellow and blue caps, a renowned sign of a Westy. The blue cap topped the Westy 8 and the Westy 12 had the yellow cap. Westy 10s were absent.

“Didn’t get any Westy 10s this time. So, what do you want?” He asked me happily.

Not really thinking he would sell me all of them in the cardboard box, I eagerly responded, “What are you willing to sell?”

“Anything in the box.”

I tried to be civil and hide my juvenile excitement at this moment. This was the stage where I ultimately acquired the Holy Grail of beers in its homeland. Practicalities briefly returned to my senses. “How much are you willing to sell them for?” Knowing full well that he could easily gauge me on the price. He had the upper hand. He knew I purchased a plane ticket and crossed the Atlantic Ocean to get this particular beer, and he was the first one who actually had it up to this point.

“9 euros a bottle.” Two days later I would find out that this would be a great price.

Huh?!?! That’s it? Trying to act cooler than I actually am, I calmly responded, “Hmmmm, sounds good to me. I’ll take three of the 8s and three of the 12s. I’ll try a few of these new ones as well. (For the author’s safety, the accurate number of bottles purchased has been changed to safeguard the state of his marriage. If my wife is still reading this, I only bought two bottles and savored each swig.)

I left A c’t’heure dînant an hour later with a silly grin on my face, my blue backpack strapped tight to my back, and two hands transporting a cardboard box full of highly coveted clattering brown Westvleteren glass bottles down along Rue Grande back to my IBIS hotel 15 blocks away. My arms burned, my wallet was a bit lighter, but I didn’t mind one bit.

Like a kid at Christmas time and without pause, I enthusiastically shared the story and my newfound spoils to the crew. With great care and respect, I opened the first bottle of Westy 8 like a bottle of 1999 Rene Engel Clos Vougeot (I dare you to look up the price of that bottle of wine). Like wine, Westvleteren is actually supposed to age. That might explain the fizzy, juvenile maturation and flavor of it, kind of like one of Pepper’s jokes. We followed the Westy 8 with the better acclaimed Westy 12. The Westy 12 had a fuller, more robust flavor. And just like that, I drank Westvleteren in Belgium. The remaining beer would travel back with me to the American midwest in the classiest of Igloo coolers and duct tape.

Unexpectedly, Dinant marked our sixth day of this adventure and my real introduction to Westy. Tomorrow consisted of, shocker, cycling to Chimay, home of the beer that indirectly championed this trip all the way back in Spain in 2000.

Previous Stop: Day #5 – Bastogne – Nassogne, France – Mochamps, Belgium – Rochefort

Next Stop: Day #7 – Dinant – Mariembourg – Fagnes – Chimay

A Pair of Westvleterens

Another Closeup with Westvleteren 12

Scuba Steve in front of Summer Home

Start of the Journey Outside Rochefort

Giving Pepper the Bird!

Route de la Bière – Yes Please!

Desolate Road of Houyet

How much Sax in Dinant? A lot

Inside Brasserie Caracole

L’Entrée de la Citadelle de Dinant

Meuse River Outside Hotel IBIS

Lone Silo

Rest Stop in Houyet

Cycling Dinant

A 1785 Brasserie Caracole Beer Barrel – Older than Scuba Steve

Inside Smokey Brasserie Caracole

Brasserie Caracole

Just Happy to have the Bird

Which way to Finnevaux?

Belgium Beer at its Finest

A Closeup with Westvleteren 8

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