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Cress Review

Cress is, by far, my favorite book in The Lunar Chronicles series. Following the events of Scarlet, Cinder and Thorne are back on the run in the Rampion but now they’ve got Scarlet and Wolf on board. With the end goal of taking down Queen Levana, the crew looks to Cress for help; the hacker that Cinder met over netscreen in the first book who warned her that Prince Kai was in danger.  Cress is all-for supporting Cinder over Levana, but in order to do so she needs to be rescued from her satellite-slash-Rapunzel-tower. The Rampion crew, however, is not the best at their job, and so their straightforward plan to grab Cress and skidaddle doesn’t play out as it should. Thus, the rest of the book follows the crew’s separation and attempts to get back on track. 

It’s when we see all the characters come together, and then promptly get split apart. My favorite part about the split is that, without delving too deeply into spoilers, we get to see new dynamics of character interactions, and there are a lot of relationships to work with now that the cast list has gotten so much larger. The characters also start out frazzled and stressed, which I think adds depth to their interactions and conversations because they don’t have the mental capacity to be poised or on top of their emotions. This leads to hilarious conversations that we wouldn’t have otherwise gotten.

Cress by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles #3): ⭐ 10/10 ⭐

Review with spoilers below!

As mentioned earlier, we get different groups than we have had in the previous books. The main duos in Scarlet were Cinder-Thorne and Scarlet-Wolf. However, when Scarlet is kidnapped by Sybil and Thorne plummets to the earth with Cress, those strong relationships were broken up and instead newer, weaker relationships were given the chance to grow. Scarlet suffers in the Lunar palace but meets the enigmatic Princess Winter. Cinder is left lugging around an unconscious and injured Wolf, and has a new companion in the Lunar guard Jacin who Sybil left behind. Thorne is now blind, and his companion is a Lunar shell whose first encounter with the earth is being stranded in a desert and almost dying– not to mention the fact that she’d fallen in love with him before they’d even met. 

This all comes to a head when everyone meets back up in the Lunar-majority village in Africa, except they’ve once again been separated even further; Wolf has just regained consciousness and is desperately searching for Scarlet; Thorne, still blind, is trying to find Cress after she was kidnapped by human traffickers; Jacin was just wandering around, but he’s being perceived as a threat because no one in the scuffle except for Cinder knows that he’s (temporarily) on their side. 

This continues, of course. When they infiltrate Kai’s wedding, it is Cress and Wolf who are the couple, and it is funny to see meek Cress interacting with a grumpy Wolf. It’s hilarious to see Cinder and Jacin interact with one another because they both barely trust the other, and Jacin is not subtle about how little faith he has in his new buddies. Not to mention the communication error between Cinder and Jacin about his “I serve my princess” line. Which just makes their interactions so much more entertaining to read. Jacin also adds that next level of outside viewer that I love so much in this series, as it is clear that he does not hold the others in high esteem nor is he willing to get swept along in their belief that they can do anything they put their mind to. He is very much a pessimist, and it is funny and frustrating at the same time.  

All in all, Cress is definitely my favorite book in the series. I feel like we get to see a lot of action and comedy, and it comes at a good point in the series because the relationships and character personalities are pretty established, and we still have the entire next book for everything to go to shit and need to be serious. It’s sad that Scarlet and Wolf get given the short straw, but I feel as though the contents of the book would’ve gone much differently if the two were at full power, considering Scarlet has the blood-thirst and Wolf has the skills to carry out the murders. 

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So I’ve just finished the first book of Lockwood & Co and the most prominent thing I noticed, even from the first chapter, was the warmth in how Lucy saw Lockwood. At the start of the show, Lucy was shown to be somewhat indifferent (?) to him. But in the book, during their first meeting, her first thought when he smiled at her was how much it warmed and lit up that small interview room. Lockwood always presented himself as a cool, calm, collected, mysterious person. But for Lucy he was like the sun and trusted him to a point that his presence would be enough to keep the ghosts away in the dark. AND THEY’VE ONLY JUST MET

Here are some lines basically just describing Lockwood’s supposedly “radiant” self from Lucy’s POV

I read on my Kindle and enjoyed the first book so much i might get the physical copies🧡

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allow me a moment to be cheesy once more

i’m so proud of us for getting into the tumblr in review rankings for both tv shows and ships

we are literally just like lockwood and co- our tiny little fandom is now sitting in league w the big ones because of our hard work and determination. i love this fandom so much and im so so proud of all of our hard work

here’s to lucky number 77

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watched Face last night, can't stop thinking about it :')

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RAVENOUS- 1999 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Captain John, who is posted in the remote Sierra Nevada, finds himself in some rather crazy company. Soon, a stranger who has apparently barely made it alive relates tales of cannibalism and gore.

Mind blowing. Only heard about this film for the first time last week and unsure how it's flown under the radar this long. An excellent cast bring together a bloody and bizarre tale of cannabilism against the backdrop of the old west. Twists and turns. A completely unhinged soundtrack. A fantastic rivalry between Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle leading upto a really fun fight at the end. This film knows how silly it is, plays into it and that makes the whole film a really enjoyable experience. Brilliant.

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OCTOBER HORROR MOVIES 2024 (DVD EDITION) #20 28 WEEKS LATER

The original 28 Days Later was one of those shocks that no one saw coming. Directed by Danny Boyle (known at the time mostly for pitch black comedies like Trainspotting) on a tiny budget and starring a bunch of nobodies like Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston and Cillian Murphy, it was a huge surprise hit in 2002 that almost singlehandedly revived the the cinematic zombie genre. For a good decade and a half previous to this, the horror film industry had been all in on vampires. Zombies were old, stale and slow; but Boyle gave the world something it hadn't seen before: fast-moving, screaming, virus-created zombies. OK, sure, George Romero himself already did that back in the '70s with The Crazies, but hardly anyone remembers that movie, and Danny Boyle is a really great director who brought a ton of seriousness, style, and substance to the story and put zombie horror back on everyone's minds.

And that's why the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead happened (complete with fast-moving, screaming zombies), which launched the movie career of Zack Snyder, which culminated in a series of dreary DC universe movies that the most obnoxious bros on the internet screamed about until the production company caved and actually gave them the mythical "Snyder Cut" of a dumb, bad, and bloated movie, that only made it more dumb, bad and bloated, but also signaled to all the toxic fanboys in the world that you can actually bully a multi-billion dollar film company into doing anything you want as long as you pour enough righteous anger into the internet, which is why almost every piece of legacy media is now covered in a goopy dribble of fan service that continues to drown out any actual merit or originality that might be left in it. Yes, that's all ultimately Danny Boyle's fault.

But, hey, at least 28 Days Later was really good. So, here's the obligatory sequel to the surprise hit, not even directed by Danny Boyle, and it's probably a mess, right?

Surprise! It's also good! Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, in his first English language film, so faithfully recreates the look and feel of the original film (from the washed out color grading, to the handheld camera work, to the frenetic editing, to all of the quiet, tense moments that actually make the big action sequences feel overwhelming) that it's hard to believe that this isn't a bunch of footage that was shot at the same time as the original. However, it's not fan service. There's not a single character from the first movie here. We're just dropping back into the same world we previously saw and telling a new story in it. Now we've flashed forward in the Rage virus pandemic, when all of the original infected have died from starvation and exposure. People are beginning to trickle back into the devastated London, including a family whose mother supposedly died in the outbreak and whose father is desperately trying to forget how he ran away at the moment his wife needed him most.

Just as in original movie, the director deliberately tried to cast actors who were not already household names. Of course, today you know names like Idris Elba and Jeremy Renner and maybe even Imogen Poots, but in 2007 Elba was just moving on from a decade of doing forgettable one-offs on TV shows, Renner had yet to have his breakout role in The Hurt Locker and Poots was an 18-year-old who had only been in one movie before. The biggest star at the time was probably Robert Carlyle, who had been in both The Full Monty and Trainspotting (and who, by the way, turned down the part in 28 Days Later that went to Christopher Eccleston).

Carlyle is great, both as the shame-filled father trying to put a life back together for his kids, and (once he is infected) as the raging murder monster stalking them in the streets. There's something very particular in the way he plays being one of the infected, as if he still has some flicker of recognition of his family, even if he can't control what he's doing. Imogen Poots is fine, being still basically a child actor. Idris Elba is in a totally forgettable role, cast mainly because he looks good in a military uniform and can speak with a decent American accent. And Jeremy Renner is, as always, a Jeremy Renner type. His role in this movie--a disillusioned US sniper who refuses to shoot uninfected civilians and goes AWOL to protect them--basically serves as his audition for The Hurt Locker.

Like 28 Days, 28 Weeks is working on a couple different levels. On a broad level, of course, it's a study in how humanity reacts to overwhelming tragedy; but on the individual level, it's about some survivors of the tragedy having to come to terms with the fact that they did not rise heroically to the challenge that it brought. Also, if you were a functional, cognizant adult in the 2000s, it's not hard to see the intense critique of the US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the film, a UN coalition force (which mainly seems to be made up of US troops) is occupying the now destroyed Britain and taking a stab at nation building in an overly-confident, almost arrogant way; and when things go wrong, they just start dropping bombs. Does any of that sound familiar? It's hard to watch as the military brass in the film panics and orders their soldiers to just start firing at everyone, infected and non-infected alike, and not think about how badly America bungled its two most recent wars in real life.

The only mark against 28 Weeks Later is that it couldn't just come out of nowhere with a surprise punch like 28 Days Later did. It had expectations, and even though it met those expectations, it's hard to top a true classic. So, stay tuned for when 28 Years Later comes out next year! May it once again meet expectations.

THINGS I LEARNED FROM THE DVD EXTRAS

-It's actually a little bit untrue to say that Danny Boyle didn't direct. While he did decline the director's chair here because of his previous commitment to direct Sunshine, he was on set A LOT to advise Fresnadillo. So much so that he ended up taking over the 2nd unit and directing it until he got so into his work that he seriously injured his shoulder. From what I saw in the special features, this wasn't some ego-driven thing on the part of Boyle. The guy just really fucking loves his job.

-Rather than casting regular extras, the production hired a small army of trained dancers, acrobats, and mimes to play the infected and treated scenes with them more like choreography than mere blocking. They are WAY into it. Some members of the regular cast talk about how genuinely terrifying they were on set.

-In his interviews, Jeremy Renner acts like an adorably enthusiastic dope who is absolutely blown away by everything about making a film. While watching him talk, I actually thought, "Aw, how cute, this 22-year-old kid just got to do his first big movie!" But then I looked up his bio, and, nope, Renner was 36 when this was made and had been acting in movies since 1995. Maybe Jeremy Renner just IS an adorably enthusiastic dope.

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VERY EXPLICIT DETAILS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF MY FEELINGS AFTER FINISHING "THE EMPTY GRAVE"

I tabbed 5 pages: blue for 347, red for 354, green for 385, orange for 415 and yellow for the very last one

i. Lockwood tells Lucy about the blue sapphire necklace his dad got for his mum as a "symbol of his undying devotion".

I was listening to Radiohead for most of the book, and this scene in particular was very dear to me because "Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi" is almost most definitely Lockwood's song. Like. Everybody leaves when they get the chance to, but Lucy won't. Lucy is back here and he's with him and they're standing side by side and he nearly can't get the words out of his mouth that's gone incredibly dry but somehow he's telling her about the necklace in his palm and his mind is racing while thinking about how pretty it'd look against her supple skin. He's almost about to give it to her, his mouth is open but the words die in his throat because Kipps is leaning over the doorway and telling them that Winkman is here and now he might die and she might never really know about his feelings for her but it's okay, because she'll live. He'll make sure she'll live.

ii. "But, if anything, I had my eye on someone else."

"Good God, you don't mean George?"

"You must know there are other possibilities in this world."

Sweet, darling girl Holly and her unrecruited wlw crush. Sweet, darling Holly who was squealing on the inside whenever she caught a glance of Lucy, her glowing skin and twinkling eyes and bright hair. Sweet, darling girl Holly who couldn't help the mean words that sometimes spilled from her lips because God forbid anyone realised what actually might hide under those longing glances.

iii. Lucy and her pet Skully but Skully is being TAKEN AWAY and they're having an angsty goodbye.

I'm pretty sure I actually cried during this scene. As much as she hates to admit it, she's so fond of Skull and his company and she's so used to his vile, unannounced jokes and comments that when he's being taken away from her, her heart literally stops, even though she isn't in the living world anymore. We only realise what we have until we've lost it, and this quote fits here perfectly. Sure, she hates him and his comments are unneeded and he never helps her, but they can't just take him away, can they?

iv. "Marissa came by?" Lockwood asked. "Was she alone?"

"Hey, Lucy asks the questions around here," the youth said. "You can't just barge in and take over like you're the leader or something? Where's your respect?"

Bonus - Skull telling the Clapham Butcher Boy to "find his own human"

I GIGGLED SO LOUD. He's so emotionally dependent on her. Find your own goddamn human, fish face!! That's right!! He's my favourite character. Nothing intellectual to talk about here, it just made me smile really big.

v. She hung the symbol of Lockwood's father's undying devotion to his mother around. Her. Neck. Cause. Locky. Gave. It. To. Her.

CAN YOU HEAR MY SCREAMS AND SOBS? Oh my God, where do I even start? During the entirety of those 5 books, they've always ran and someone's been hunting them down and Penelope was always breathing over their shoulder but not anymore. They'll still take on dangerous jobs and get into little quarrels with Barnes but now Kipps and Flo are also part of their little 35 Portland Row agency. They'll still be in danger every day because that's just what their job requires but it's different because Lucy's got that little gemstone around her neck and it might not mean anything to simple onlookers but all the love and light that's ever been gathered in it is now shining upon her. It's casting a little golden halo around her head and it's all okay because even when death is looking them in the eye, they'll look at each other and nod and everything will be okay.

This is it! Thank you for reading my little rambles. I don't know how I'll ever recover, because 35 Portland Row will eternally be etched to my heart. As my favourite singer once sung, there'll always be a chamber in my heart dedicated to those three and all their little hooligan friends and the shenanigans they got into.

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Notebook Reviews: PLUNKETT & MACLEANE

Jake Scott – 1999 Plunkett & Macleane is an energetic – but hugely disappointing historical buddy movie starring Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Liv Tyler. It sounds like a great idea, but the mix of the modern day and the 18th Century just doesn’t work. There are flashes of good cinema but most of it misses the mark. At the end of the day, Plunkett & Macleane is a bold idea that fails in…

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TV Show Review: Lockwood & Co.

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In a world plagued by ghosts, three teens band together as paranormal investigators, risking what little they have to unravel a diabolical conspiracy.

Source: Netflix (2023)

This TV Show Deserved More

Yes, I was aware of the show's cancellation before I watched Lockwood & Co. but what I did not expect was how much I wanted this TV show to be treated right. I have watched enough TV shows to be quite numb when it is cancelled despite the interesting cliffhanger cancelled shows left their audience with. However, upon finishing Lockwood & Co., that emptiness is going nowhere. I know I can always read the books (which I have set my mind to do) but it is not enough.

This was a pretty good supernatural/fantasy family-esque TV show. Sure, Lockwood & Co. did not gain the same traction that shows like The Umbrella Academy or Wednesday received but that does not mean this show is not on the same level as the rest. If only this TV show was given the same marketing opportunities as some other heavily promoted Netflix TV shows, we probably would have given Lockwood & Co. the statistics Netflix needed for a season renewal.

I am not going to deny, episode 1 was boring but definitely essential because afterwards, the show picked up its rhythm and it flowed so smoothly and truth to be told, Lockwood & Co. became quite addictive. The storytelling was a good balance of producing substantial information while still keeping the mystery mysterious. And this show had a good amount of action scenes I thought I would not get when I was just into episode 1. The only thing lacking in Lockwood & Co. was humour but despite its dark themes, this TV show is still considered quite lighthearted so the lack of comedy was fine for me.

I know whatever I say is not going to change the fact that Lockwood & Co. does not have a second season. However, do not forgo this show just because it was cancelled. The 8 episodes we got are worthy.

Rating: ★★★★☆

P.S.: (Ironically) This is the agnostic me praying that the books will give me some form of closure, even if it is just a tiny bit.

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"Mothers" -- William Gaddis

“Mothers” by William Gaddis When Ralph Waldo Emerson informed—or rather, perhaps, warned us—that we are what our mothers made us, we might dismiss it as received opinion and let it go at that, like the broken clock which is right twice a day, like the self-evident answer contained in Freud’s oft-quoted query “What do women want?” when, as nature’s handmaid, she must want what nature wants which…

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Cinder Review

I was in a Barnes and Noble recently and happened upon the revamped Lunar Chronicles covers. I’ve read this series a couple times through, and I own the ebook for Cinder. However, the newest covers are so well done that I couldn’t resist buying a physical copy of the first book. 

Cinder is a fairytale retelling in a futuristic world. It follows Linh Cinder, a teenage cyborg who is the the best mechanic in New Beijing, but you wouldn’t know it based on the way her stepmother treats her. Cinder finds herself drawn into royal politics and intrigue when tasked with fixing one of the royal androids, and spends much of the book grappling with questions of identity, especially as her cyborg status is a point of contention even in this futuristic society.

I flew through this book. Cinder is one of the books that I hold in high esteem in my memory, but which I don’t reread as often as I do some of my other favorites. I’m glad that I chose to do now because I’d forgotten just how fun this book is. This book is an easy but captivating read, perfect for readers aged teen and up, and its status as a Young Adult book should not deter older readers from picking it up!  

Cinder by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles #1): ⭐ 10/10 ⭐

Spoilers Below!

I first read this book years ago, so my review now is based mainly on my experience of rereading it and knowing everything that is set to happen not only in this book but also in the rest of the Lunar Chronicles. That being said, I believe that the ability to reread a book and be just as engaged as you were the first time is the sign of a strongly written book. I’m not just here for the plot, of which I know most of the ins and outs. The characters that Meyer has created and shaped are a crucial factor keeping me from putting this book down.

Cinder is a charming protagonist, even if she wouldn’t agree with that description. She spends most of the book agonizing over her cyborg identity, and later the knowledge that she is Lunar. Her run-ins with Kai are constantly overshadowed by the fact that she is cyborg and he doesn’t know– there are many scenes in which she is aware of just how quickly he could discover her secret. And then later, Dr. Erland drops the bombshell of the century on her when he reveals that she is Lunar (which is nothing compared to the Princess Selene secret he’ll leave her with at the very end of the book), and Cinder is left grasping the fact that she is now an outcast in two ways. Not only is she held at arms length from the rest of society for her metal parts, but she is also a Lunar, a group hated by most on Earth– in fact, it’s illegal for her to be on Earth. The first of many laws she will break in this series, and she didn’t even have a choice in the matter!

The side characters are no less interesting than our protagonist, which further strengthens this book. Iko is the charming android whose faulty personality chip has provided Cinder with one of her only friends and, after Peony’s illness and death, her only confidante. At times, Iko even acts more like a teenage girl than Cinder does. Peony is another interesting side character as she breaks the original Cinderella myth by being kind to Cinder and one of her other close ties (Pearl, on the other hand, fully acts out the traditional role of evil stepsister). Peony’s illness does an exceptional job driving the plot forward, especially as it keeps Cinder to both Kai and Dr. Erland. Kai too is a fun character, and we see the struggle that he has in taking such a high-stakes role of responsibility at such a young age. His interactions with Cinder contrast sharply with his struggles with the Lunars, as the former plays out as a love story he may have been able to pursue had he not been shoved so quickly into the role of Emperor. It is also highly ironic that Kai likes Cinder because she feels normal, when in reality Cinder is anything but normal. 

Another interesting part of Peony’s involvement in the plot is the way she is mourned for more of the book than she is an active character. Even while she is alive, the second she catches letumosis her remaining family members are resigned to her death– in fact, this is a big factor driving Adri and Cinder further apart. Following Cinder’s perspective we know she finds out that she is Lunar and may be able to help find a cure by helping Dr. Erland. Adri, on the other hand, believes that Cinder was sent away from the research labs and then ignored most of the mourning she and Pearl were doing for Peony. I know that Adri always saw the worst in Cinder anyway, and I don’t mean for this to be an argument as to why Adri’s actions were reasonable– they weren’t. However, this leads into one of the areas of interest with not only Cinder but with the rest of the series– at times, we see hints of what the rest of the world sees Cinder & co doing. Adri believes Cinder isn’t mourning Peony, and while Cinder is in jail at the end of the book we get some more snippets of what the media is making up to explain her role in everything. I wish that we got to see more of this outsider view, especially considering the enormous secret of Princess Selene that drives many of Cinder’s actions in the following books.  

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'The Full Monty' (2023) Series Review

#TheFullMonty Series Review: "It is twenty-six years later, and the series on Disney Plus does not have the same effect as the film did two decades ago. was a well-rounded film that addressed the economic disadvantages."

By: Amanda Guarragi In 1997, The Full Monty was a film that flew under the radar. It was about these six unemployed steel workers who come together for a male striptease act. The film’s title was worked into their act as women went to cheer them on and demand “the full monty” (total nudity). Writer Simon Beaufoy and director Peter Cattaneo did not expect the reception they got as the film…

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LOCKLYLEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!! 😆💓💞💕💗💖😁😁🫶🫶🥰😊🤞🥹🥹👍👍 (ship 77 but im so happy that it’s on here at all!)

Ships

Unexpected connections happen in two places: the Ships list and Feeld—a dating app for the curious. On Feeld, finding like-minded people is as fulfilling as finding yourself. In celebration of ships, here are this year’s iconic connections.

Ineffable Husbands +17 Aziraphale & Crowley, Good Omens

Steddie Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson, Stranger Things

Destiel Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural

Byler -3 Will Byers & Mike Wheeler, Stranger Things

Wenclair Wednesday Addams & Enid Sinclair, Wednesday

Bowuigi Bowser & Luigi, the Super Mario Bros. franchise

Huntlow +7 Hunter & Willow Park, The Owl House

Avatrice Ava Silva & Beatrice, Warrior Nun

Hannigram +2 Hannibal Lecter & Will Graham, Hannibal

Buddie -4 Evan Buckley & Edmundo Diaz, 9-1-1

Vashwood Vash the Stampede & Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Trigun Stampede

Zelink +80 Zelda & Link, The Legend of Zelda

Lumity -6 Luz Noceda & Amity Blight, The Owl House

Ghostsoap Simon “Ghost” Riley & John “Soap” MacTavish, the Call of Duty franchise

Blackbonnet -11 Edward Teach/Blackbeard & Stede Bonnet, Our Flag Means Death

Wolfstar +8 Remus Lupin & Sirius Black, the Harry Potter universe

Merthur +12 Merlin & Arthur Pendragon, Merlin

Jegulus +25 James Potter & Regulus Black, the Harry Potter universe

Bumbleby +48 Yang Xiao Long & Blake Belladonna, RWBY

Bakudeku -4 Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Boku no Hero Academia

Dreamling -1 Dream of the Endless & Hob Gadling, The Sandman

Soukoku +60 Nakahara Chuuya & Dazai Osamu, Bungou Stray Dogs

Firstprince Alex Claremont-Diaz & Prince Henry of Wales, Red, White & Royal Blue

Wesper Wylan Van Eck & Jesper Fahey, the Grishaverse

Wangxian -8 Lan Wangji & Wei Wuxian, Mo Dao Zu Shi

Satosugu +23 Gojo Satoru & Geto Suguru, Jujutsu Kaisen

Imodna +8 Imogen Temult & Laudna, Critical Role

Kanej +44 Kaz Brekker & Inej Ghafa, the Grishaverse

Bubbline Princess Bubblegum & Marceline, Adventure Time

Ladynoir -17 Ladybug & Chat Noir, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Twiyor +6 Loid Forger & Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY

Loustat +43 Louis de Pointe du Lac & Lestat de Lioncourt, Interview with the Vampire

Zosan Roronoa Zoro & Vinsmoke Sanji, One Piece

Marichat -12 Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Chat Noir, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Serirei +65 Serizawa Katsuya & Reigen Arataka, Mob Psycho 100

Adrienette -21 Adrien Agreste & Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Chenford +24 Lucy Chen & Tim Bradford, The Rookie

Petrigrof Simon Petrikov & Betty Grof, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

Kavetham Kaveh & Alhaitham, Genshin Impact

Griddlehark +54 Gideon Nav & Harrowhark Nonagesimus, The Locked Tomb series

Raeda -13 Raine Whispers & Eda Clawthorne, The Owl House

Tomgreg -19 Tom Wambsgans & Greg Hirsch, Succession

Hanamusa Jessie & Delia Ketchum, the Pokémon franchise

Zolu Roronoa Zoro & Monkey D. Luffy, One Piece

Narumitsu -12 Phoenix Wright & Miles Edgeworth, Ace Attorney

Sonadow +23 Sonic & Shadow, Sonic the Hedgehog

Ineffable Bureaucracy Archangel Gabriel & Beelzebub, Good Omens

Spirk +9 Spock & James Kirk, Star Trek

Ballister x Ambrosius Ballister Boldheart & Ambrosius Goldenloin, Nimona

Nandermo -42 Nandor the Relentless & Guillermo de la Cruz, What We Do in the Shadows

Jonmartin -15 Jonathan Sims & Martin Blackwood, The Magnus Archives

Punkflower Hobie Brown & Miles Morales, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

AkiAngel Aki Hayakawa & the Angel Devil, Chainsaw Man

Ronance -49 Robin Buckley & Nancy Wheeler, Stranger Things

Superbat -11 Superman & Batman, the DC universe

Shuake Ren Amamiya/Joker & Goro Akechi, Persona 5

Geraskier -48 Geralt of Rivia & Jaskier, The Witcher

Hualian -18 Hua Cheng & Xie Lian, Tian Guan Ci Fu

Sulemio Suletta Mercury & Miorine Rembran, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

Sterek -5 Stiles Stilinski & Derek Hale, Teen Wolf

Gumlee Prince Gumball & Marshall Lee, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

Shadowpeach Sun Wukong & the Six-Eared Macaque, Lego Monkie Kid

Drarry -29 Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter, the Harry Potter universe

Wilmon Prince Wilhelm & Simon Eriksson, Young Royals

Harringrove -34 Steve Harrington & Billy Hargrove, Stranger Things

Kazurei Suwa Rei & Kurusu Kazuki, Buddy Daddies

Lestappen Charles Leclerc & Max Verstappen, Formula 1 drivers

Zukka -5 Zuko & Sokka, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Codywan +8 Commander Cody & Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Solangelo -23 Will Solace & Nico di Angelo, the Percy Jackson universe

Catradora Catra & Adora, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Shadowgast -4 Caleb Widogast & Essek Thelyss, Critical Role

Stucky -43 Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes, the Marvel universe

Tarlos -18 TK Strand & Carlos Reyes, 9-1-1: Lone Star

Johnlock +21 John Watson & Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock

Sasunaru -24 Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto, Naruto

Locklyle Anthony Lockwood & Lucy Carlyle, Lockwood & Co.

Lokius Loki Laufeyson & Mobius M. Mobius, the Marvel universe

Supercorp -67 Kara Danvers & Lena Luthor, Supergirl

Piltover’s Finest Caitlyn Kiramman & Vi, Arcane

Helnik Matthias Helvar & Nina Zenik, the Grishaverse

Prohibitedwish Scarab & Prismo, Adventure Time

Klance -12 Keith & Lance, Voltron: Legendary Defender

Reylo Rey & Kylo Ren, the Star Wars universe

Hanazawa Teruki & Kageyama Shigeo, Mob Psycho 100

Cockles -44 Misha Collins & Jensen Ackles, Actors

Percabeth -46 Percy Jackson & Annabeth Chase, the Percy Jackson universe

Astarion x Tav Astarion & Tav, Baldur’s Gate 3

Timkon Tim Drake & Conner Kent, Young Justice

Davekat Dave Strider & Karkat Vantas, Homestuck

Cynonari Cyno & Tighnari, Genshin Impact

Creek Craig Tucker & Tweek Tweak, South Park

Klapollo Apollo Justice & Klavier Gavin, Ace Attorney

Style Stan Marsh & Kyle Brovlofski, South Park

Korrasami -11 Korra & Asami Sato, The Legend of Korra

Bill x Frank Bill & Frank, The Last of Us

Nick x Charlie -51 Nick Nelson & Charlie Spring, Heartstopper

Dreamnotfound -50 Dreamwastaken & GeorgeNotFound, Streamers

Dinluke -33 Din Djarin & Luke Skywalker, the Star Wars universe

Rhaenicent Rhaenyra Targaryen & Alicent Hightower, House of the Dragon

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Heartfelt Journey: Angela's Ashes (1999)

Angela's Ashes (1999)

Synopsis- Based on the autobiography of Frank McCourt, the film follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. Director- Alan Parker Cast- Joe Breen , Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle Genre- Thriller | Drama Released- 1999 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Angela’s Ashes is a poignant cinematic adaptation of…

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REVIEW TOUR:

BRUTAL SECRETS (Night Governor Bratva 1) by Raven Carlyle at The Reading Cafe:

'Brutal Secrets is an intense, romantic suspense, mafia trope that is sure to keep its readers engaged and entertained.'