#the lost king 2022

[burningvelvet]

the lost king (2022) may not be entirely historically accurate or the greatest film ever made, but it's still endearing, and it does provide representation for lonely, depressed, chronically-ill women who form parasocial relationships to cope & are really obsessed with historical figures most people don't care about. and for that i'm giving it a 8/10.

[marlocandeea]

raise your hand if you've been personally victimised by the ghost of a medieval king demanding a honourable burial

[freshmoviequotes]

The Lost King (2022)

[making-my-wey-down-town]

November prompt list challenge 2022, Day 10 - Fantasy

Here your Brave Knight Sun ⚔️ ☀️ and your Charming Prince Moon 👑 🌙 💞💗💖💘

I had so much fun (and a lot of daydreaming) while making this one asdfghasdfgh

Bruh they are just 🤌✨ (yes I’m falling for my own creations, leave me alone kkk)

[suimovies]

"The Lost King"

directed by Stephen Frears

[screenshothaven]

The Lost King (2022)

[camyfilms]

THE LOST KING 2022

You sure you want to join this group? You look quite normal.

[breathingwithnoheir]

boutta go see the new richard iii movie and ready to be back on my bullshit for another year yeehaw

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

oh my god i think i just had an epiphany

[rookie-critic]

Rookie-Critic's Film Review Weekend Wrap-Up - Week of 3/26-4/2/2023

This was a bit of a short week. I'm really winding down from my big run of pre-Oscars binge-watching, and have been enjoying the last couple weeks of casual theater outings and video games. This was an interesting and eclectic trio of indie films, though.

Rodeo (2022, dir. Lola Quivoron)

This was a character study that showed a lot of promise. A deeply flawed protagonist that you still wanted to succeed. A very interesting niche subculture as the main subject matter of the film in the form of a group of underground motorbike and ATV riders, and a gripping handheld-camera shooting style all showed so much promise for this French drama from last year. However, I was massively disappointed in the film's ending, which seemed to throw away all of it's potential for something wildly and unnecessarily abstract. It felt like we were coming up on a climax that was going to be a great payoff for all of the film's plot threads, only for the film to fizzle out within a matter of five minutes instead. Roll credits, go home, nothing to see here. It's not as egregious as something like Smile, which not only threw away it's character development, but actively shattered a very pro-healing-from-trauma message in the process. This is relatively harmless in comparison, and the rest of the film was quite good up to that point, so I'll just say that I didn't hate it.

Score: 6/10

Currently available for pre-order on Blu-ray & DVD through Music Box Films.

The Lost King (2022, dir. Stephen Frears)

This was a harmlessly good time. Sally Hawkins, as always, is an absolute delight and commands the screen with her every movement. She is convincing and demands that you empathize with her character Philippa Langley. I am aware that this film has a fair bit of controversy wrapped around it in how it handles fact vs. fiction in this true story. The film paints a very villainous picture of the University of Leicester, and there are claims that this portrayal is wildly hyperbolic and inaccurate. Granted, everyone I've seen complaining about the portrayal is either a graduate or an employee of the University of Leicester, but on the flip side Philippa Langley is an executive producer on this film. I'm choosing to believe the way the film portrays things as accurate. It is a little on the nose, and I'm sure they weren't as cartoonishly evil as the film conveys, but I can see academia treating a woman suffering from ME as horrendously as they do in this film, and I can't see a director as seasoned as Stephen Frears (whose directed movies like Philomena and High Fidelity) making a film that's blatantly propaganda. I enjoyed The Lost King, it maybe wasn't the best, but people interested in the history of it will surely find a lot to like here.

Score: 7/10

Currently Only in theaters.

A Good Person (2023, dir. Zach Braff)

This a very mediocre film that is saved by two spectacular performances. I've never seen either of Zach Braff's other films (I consider Garden State to be a pretty big blind spot in my viewing history), but man, just based off of this, I'm not super impressed in his ability as a writer/director. The dialogue in the film is packed with filler and faux-drama, and the whole thing just seemed so unforgivably on the nose that I just couldn't get behind the characters for most of the film. The movie is obsessively concerned with you sympathizing with both of its central characters that at two separate spots in the film they each say the actual line "I'm a good person." It's would be eye-roll inducing if Morgan Freeman and Florence Pugh weren't acting their asses off, and they do act their asses off. It might honestly be the best performance I've seen out of Pugh, and I'm so bummed that she delivers it in a film that is so undeserving of it. I'm being incredibly harsh on this, so I will point out that I didn't hate it, and if the script wasn't sabotaging the film so often, it would be great, even. Braff touches on a lot of important, timely topics here, and occasionally gets you to care about what he's saying. I'll even admit to falling for some of the emotional manipulation and tearing up a couple times. Would I watch it again? Absolutely not, but I'm positive there's an audience for this out there. Maybe you're one of them.

Score: 6/10

Currently only in theaters.

[mejomonster]

Ok the book My Best Friends Exorcism is so good, now I'm craving more stories like this

[the-kings-gambit]

OCtober #8: Separated

🔅 Not a worry 🔅

Wheatie, having a... moment 🤭 He can always be put back together!

🌫 Everyone is gone 🌫

Walder, holding the dying body of the last member of his troupe, his family, after everybody else has been taken away. And Wilkie, spending his last moments with his best friend, before the islands part ways again.

[kursed-curtain]

Whumptober 2022 | Day 25

Lost Voice | Duct Tape | “You better start talking.”

Horton sighed, "Another one. Lucy, please bring him in. Let me get the gel."

The servants quarters were open to anyone, but due to their status, the servants mostly had the place to themselves.

By now, it felt less like servants quarters and more like a refugee settlement. Dealing with higher-ups like Lord Riverty wasn't easy, and Graham had found that out the hard way - by experiencing Lord Riverty's antagonism first hand.

"Now then," Horton had just finished wrapping the bandages around Graham's cut - the one Riverty made. "You say your name is Conrad?"

Graham nodded, for Conrad was his undercover servant name.

Horton cleared his throat, "My apologies, you said your name is Conrad. He silenced you too, I assume." Graham nodded again. Horton pulled out a quill and a napkin. "Mind if you could write why?"

Graham scribbled something down, then handed the napkin back. "Oh, protecting Lucy?" Horton said, "Standing up to Lord Riverty... I wish I could have your courage. However, I do need to spare my voice."

Graham grinned, and he would laugh if he could. Lucy nodded gratefully.

[sariahgonzales626]

It was all just a nightmare....

[heliotrope-journey]

Good evening, vampire hunters.

Halloween is here! The line between the mortal world and the spiritual world has blurred enough for vengeful, mischievous spirits to cause trouble in the land of the living. Demonic entities from the underworld have especially decided to come out to play and seek out innocent younglings to join their peers in eternal torment.* One spirit known only by the citizens of Katherine’s Den as King Sarandon possessed an enormous pumpkin in a haunted Conifers Kingdom wood. The scattered bones and a cluster of pumpkin near a patch outside the forest were touched by the spirit’s energy, causing them to be assembled into the spirit’s minions using its telekinetic ability. They were then sent to raid a village close to Mt. Greylock for its pumpkins and was kidnapped the young Gelliewich when he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Fortunately, Frederick and Eforie noticed in the nick of them during their stay in the city of Amelie and followed them to Sarandon’s hiding spot. There, they were able to rescue , but they could not leave without . The spirit is immobile for now, but the longer he lingers in its host pumpkin, the more dark magic amplified by the All Hallows’ Eve air he absorbs. If Frederick, Eforie, and Gelliewich do not squash the pumpkin in time, he’ll become mobile and begin raiding Amelie next. Photo by Daniel Lincoln on Unsplash.

In a distant past, Michaela is having it easier, but it’s only the beginning of her journey. She incapacitated a vampire that would otherwise become a mortal girl’s lover in a romantic novel so the paranormal activity in Lion Head Mansion is nothing to her, but her eventual encounter with another visitor will change her life forever. It’s about time BlueSwan’s artwork will be featured in-game. Frames by Chubbo and KawaiiPixelArts have allowed her to get the spotlight she deserves. ^_^

A new installment in Treyton’s run-in with three solomonaris-in-training will be posted tomorrow along with a work-in-progress sketch of an urn found in the mansion. It turns out I’m better at illustrating pots than sculpting them. Trust me, I tried in community college. 😅

If you’re still out tonight, stay near a source of light and happy Halloween!!!

Sincerely,

WN

*Some abducted kids become demons themselves to help with the workload in The Inferno or serve Dracula. If they’re tasked to torture a loved one, it can count as eternal torment.

[musicalangel12]

NaNoWriMo 2022: What to Write?

NaNoWriMo 2022: What to Write?

We’re more than halfway through October and NaNoWriMo starts two weeks from tomorrow. Which means I need to get ready with my project for this year. And once again, I have a decision to make. So since the end of NaNoWriMo 2023, I was pretty sure this year’s project would be Book II of The Lost King. And a good part of me still wants to write that now. However, I thought I would’ve been further…