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anthony-sharma · 3 years

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I posted 6,792 times in 2021

64 posts created (1%)

6728 posts reblogged (99%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 105.1 posts.

I added 5,509 tags in 2021

#movies - 1355 posts

#criminal minds - 908 posts

#loki series - 530 posts

#the walking dead - 510 posts

#loki laufeyson - 395 posts

#1x01 - 365 posts

#1x05 - 364 posts

#the falcon and the winter soldier - 364 posts

#1x03 - 364 posts

#1x02 - 354 posts

Longest Tag: 134 characters

#but a friend of mine told my future employer that he would vouch for me for anything and was super prepared for the position and so on

My Top Posts in 2021

Thanks for the tag @reidingmelodies!!

nine pics from my camera roll that bring peace

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thank you for the tag @madswonders !!

fun ask game!!!

10 fav characters (in no particular order):

bucky barnes (mcu universe)

spencer reid (criminal minds)

matt casey (chicago fire)

sylvie brett (chicago fire)

randall pearson (this is us)

beth pearson (this is us)

finnick odair (the hunger games saga)

penelope garcia (criminal minds)

sam wilson (mcu universe)

luke alvez (criminal minds)

nickname: marce

zodiac: i don't really believe in zodiac signs, but i know i'm a pisces

height: 5’9"

hogwarts house: hufflepuff, with ravenclaw being a close second

last thing i googled: new amsterdam

song stuck in my head: an wunder by wincent weiss

followers: 984

amount i sleep: 5 or 6 hours

lucky number: i don't think i have one, but 7, i guess?

dream job: to work in the UN or an international organization

wearing: an old t-shirt and sleeping pants

favorite songs: i think it usually changes, but right now i would say movement by hozier and an wunder by wincent weiss

favorite instrument: drums or piano

random fact about me: my two "serious" crushes have been people who do not live in the same country as me nor are they even from my same nationality

favorite authors: this is like choosing my favorite children, i can't do that!!

fav animal noise: the sound of a rain storm

aesthetic: rain falling, reading a book by a window seat, with a steaming mug of hot chocolate, kimda like that

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5 notes • Posted 2021-05-06 06:05:30 GMT

hi!!! top 5 criminal minds characters and why?

Hii!

Spencer Reid (because i just think he's adorable and he's an avid reader like i am and we both have a nack for investigating and knowing about random things)

Penelope Garcia (because she's a ray of sunshine and the loveliest people ever, she makes everyone feel good)

Emily Prentiss (because she's a badass and i admire that she has lived in several countries and knows multiple languages)

Aaron Hotchner (i admire that he's always so fair and just and always sticks to the rules. even though he might sometimes seem like he has a stick up his ass, i really don't mind that since i kinda am like that too)

David Rossi (he just seems to have the best advice and seems like he knows more than he lets on)

Uuugh there were other characters that I wanted to include (like Derek and Alex haha) but I'm supposed to only include 5, so there it is 😁

Thanks for asking!

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Fic Rec List - Two-Part Stories and Multi-chapter Stories

For some two-part stories and multi-chapter stories recommendations, please find below my personal favorites so far!

Headcanons and blurbs

One-shots

Criminal Minds

Two-Part Stories

@brywrites

Window Seat, part II and part II

The Opposite of Loneliness, part II and part 2

@chaosology

somebody else, part II and part II

@zhuzhubii

you hate your soulmate and you (no longer) hate your soulmate

@reidamancy

too late and too soon

@reidscanehand

Line of Fire, part 1 and part 2

The Revelation of a Feeling, part I and part II

Twenty Thousand Words Per Minute, part I and part II

I Would Never Fall and Unless It’s You I Fall Into

@homoose

Lighthouse and The First of Many

@mggpleasedontlookhere

liar liar, part 1 and part 2

@reidyoulikeabook

Invisible String and What Are the Chances?

@maddieinwonder

The Seventh and The Eighth

@reidingmelodies

His God-Given Solace, part I and part II

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34 notes • Posted 2021-02-25 06:19:30 GMT

Fic Rec List - One-shots

For some one-shot recommendations, please find below my personal favorites so far!

Headcanons and blurbs

Two-part stories and multi-chapter stories

Criminal Minds

One-shots

@dontkissthewriter

Read between the Lines

Art and Other Misconceptions

@spacedikut

lockdown lovers

starstruck

words that wound

everything happens for a reason

dating, but not dating

fun fun arcade

exchanging gifts

the first i love you

the blessing of a blizzard

how to ask a girl out

my all

caught on tape

@idmakeitbehave

Revelations in Reverse

The Constant

Lecture Hall Distraction

Movie Theater Rejects

Prank War Bystander

First Impressions

Without Words

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twdmusicboxmystery · 3 years

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FTWD 6x08: First Analysis

Okay, let’s talk about this episode. 1) It SUCKED. 2) It also SUCKED. Anyone want to take a stab at what I’ll list for #3?

Why? Character death.

I’ll put all spoilers beneath the READ MORE. If this makes you at all worried about Beth’s return, read what I’ve written below. It will make you feel better.

***As always, spoilers abound for 6x08 below. Don’t read until you’ve watched!***

Okay, so I’m sure you already figured this out, but John is probably my favorite character currently on FEAR, so I’m super-bummed that they decided to kill him off. And I totally didn’t see it coming. The screeners talked about something big happening in Fear, but I didn’t think it would be this. Yeah. SUCKS.

But let’s discuss, shall we?

Because there was and still is a lot of Beth symbolism around John, I know that’s going to unsettle people. I don’t want this to come across as me being worried in any way, but I’ve already gotten quite a few Asks and messages, so clearly others in the fandom are worried that because John dies here, it might mean Beth really did die, too.

Let me assure you, there’s nothing further from the truth.

I’d like you to keep the following 6 points:

1. It’s all about the attitude of the character in that moment. (A.k.a. the symbolism can change.)

2. His death will spur on the current storyline and affect other characters.

3. There is plenty of precedent for killing off true love couples. Unfortunately.

4. This was a replay of Grady.

5. John does not = Beth in this season. Morgan does.

6. Major clarity on the Door symbol, and that’s freaking huge!

It’s all about the character’s attitude in the moment.

This is something I’ve addressed before when looking at the dialogue various characters have before their deaths. In most cases, they accept their deaths or become negative in some way. And that’s not to say that they all want to die or try to commit suicide. For example, Dale. He didn’t want to die and he wasn’t suicidal. But before his death, he said he no longer wanted to live in a world where they killed Randal. That’s basically, through symbolic dialogue, announcing his own death.

Another good example is Glenn. There was tons of Beth symbolism and even a lot of her dialogue around Glenn in S6, just before his death fake out. Now, clearly he didn’t want to die in 7x01, and he didn’t really say anything to that effect. But the point is, the hopeful, Beth symbols around him wasn’t present in 6x16/7x01 as it was in 6x03. So, the symbolism around a character can change if their attitude has changed and their heading toward their own death.

Do you see what I mean? While there has been lots of Beth symbolism around John and June in the past, in this episode and even a few previous to this, he became very hopeless and dark. You could say he parallels to S2 Beth who also tried to commit suicide. Not to S4/S5 Beth who was hopeful and determined to live.

Throughout the episode, Morgan gives John tons of chances to change his mind, and he refuses.

One more example and I’ll move on. Heath and Tara.

I’ll admit this symbolism is a little confusing, and I had to think through it several times to square it in my head. In 7x06, Tara fell off a bridge into a river, and washed up in a new community. She lived. Here, John falls off a bridge into a river and washes up in front of his own cabin. But he dies.

We’ve always attributed the Tara symbolism to Beth, yet John died here. But Tara DID live, so which is it?

Again, it just depends on the attitude. Before Tara went off the bridge, we saw her being positive and hopeful, while Heath was being super negative and hopeless. Tara lived. She found herself in captivity, but eventually escaped and made it home. Heath didn’t die in that case, but disappeared into the CRM. The point is, something bad happened to him because he was being negative and hopeless. And to this day, he’s never made it home. See what I mean? So, it’s all about where the character’s head is at. Unfortunately, John had given up.

And the other confusing thing is that he seems to get his hope back right at the end. The last thing we see him say is “It’s not too late.” But I think the idea is that it’s just too little too late at that point. If you follow the sequence of events back, it’s clear that if he hadn’t gone back to the cabin and tried to kill himself, he wouldn’t have been on that bridge and Lizzie—I mean Dakota—wouldn’t have killed him. So his death was the result of his own actions.

His death will spur on the current storyline and affect other characters.

This is something the showrunners really emphasize on TTD. And I won’t say I’m a fan of it, but we do have a precedent for it in the show. Glenn’s death kicked off AOW. Jesus’s death happened at the start of the Whisper War. The death of the pike victims spurred Carol to let Negan out to kill Alpha. So, while I wish they’d used someone other than John for this (cuz I heart him), this is something we’ve seen in other story lines before.

Will it happen with Beth? Well, I don’t think Beth will die at the beginning of the CRM war, if that’s what anyone is thinking. But I think someone will. I’ll talk more about this below, but for now, know that there probably will be a sacrifice of some kind. I actually kind of wonder if it will be Eugene. Only because of the Sampson template. I’ve said before that I think, like Sampson, he might do something to save TF, kill their enemies, and give them a fighting chance. But that remains to be seen, of course.

There’s even a line in this episode where John says, “this river has a way of bringing people back to life.” Clearly, that doesn’t apply to him. But I think it applies to the rest of his group who will “come alive” and finally fight off Virginia’s evil yoke.

There is plenty of precedent for killing off true love couples. Unfortunately.

Another reason I know this makes people nervous is because this is a true love couple with major symbolic ties to Bethyl. I get it. But actually, we’ve seen similar things with lots of other Bethyl proxy couples.

The one that first comes to mind is Sasha and Abraham. They had TONS of Bethyl parallels. They did get together and get some time together, though not much. Then Abe was killed off, and Sasha followed him a season later.

There’s also David and Betsy from S6. Admittedly, there were SUPER minor characters, but still.

The other big one is Glaggie. I’m not saying there were tons of Bethyl parallels there, except in the fact that they’re both soulmate couples and both have death fake outs. But the point is, TWD hasn’t exactly shied away from killing off soulmate couples.

So what does that mean for Beth and Daryl?

I’m really not trying to scare or depress anyone. I’m not saying they’re going to kill off either Beth or Daryl after she returns. My point is that pointing at John and June as a soulmate couple and trying to extend this death to Beth and Daryl doesn’t really work. This is just another beloved character fatality, and TWD has given us a LOT of those.

So might they kill Beth or Daryl down the line? I mean, anything’s possible, but I really doubt it. I’ve said this before, but they wouldn’t do all this epic foreshadowing just to pull a Morales, or make them “just another” tragic couple.

Plus, it’s Daryl. His romance was always meant to be epic and I really think they’ll both be standing at the end of the series (including the spinoff) whenever that is. So, it’s not something I worry about.

This was a replay of Grady.

I’ll go into this more tomorrow in my Details post, but there are specific things here that make it clear to me that this is something of a replay of Grady. For today, just look at it this way: we have someone falling off a bridge (Daryl and Carol did so in 5x06) and someone being shot (John and Beth). Walkers are also involved in a big way. The difference is that John dies while we think Beth lived. And we can be confident in that because, as I explained above, her attitude was exactly the opposite of John’s.

John does not = Beth in this season. Morgan does.

Keep in mind that, as I said above, John because S2 Beth here. He sort of retrogressed into hopelessness, and that’s why he died.

If anyone is a Beth proxy in this season of Fear, it’s Morgan. He’s sort of “come back from the dead,” reinvented himself, is searching for his lost love (Grace) who happens to be pregnant (child/baby symbolism) and in this episode, John even calls him a ghost.

I’m just saying.

Major clarity on the Door symbol, and that’s freaking huge!

Okay, this is the big one for me, and about the only real silver lining of this episode. This is something we’ve been stumped over for a LONG time. Specifically, since they were filming S5.

Review: while filming the lost ‘white cabin’ scenes we know Emily was in for S5, and which we still haven’t seen yet, Steven Yeun posted this.

It’s a picture from inside that white cabin, and he captioned it with, “Open the door!” but then deleted it. We never understood exactly what that meant. I think most people assumed it was a tease about what might be or what might have happened in that cabin.

But this episode with John is called “The Door.”

They have this whole theme in the episode about how John wants to close himself in his cabin and commit suicide. So, closing the door = death. Opening the door = life.

My fellow theorists and I have been talking a lot about the cabin symbol as a tomb, since 10x18. We think Leah’s entire cabin represents a tomb. Which not only shows that she might be dead/a hallucination, but it represents Daryl being emotionally dead. Closing himself off to the living and indulging things that aren’t even real.

We’ve seen other examples of this theme as well. In S4, Carol and Ty tried to stay in the little cabin, rather than moving forward to find the others, and it resulted in death (Lizzie killing Mica).

Also in S4, Sasha tried to stop rather than pushing forward. It probably would have resulted in her death. Thankfully, she came around, and that led to her not only living, but reuniting with Tyreese.

@wdway also pointed out that we just recently saw Lucille this. She entombed herself in the basement, shutting the door and leaving a note. And while she was dying of cancer anyway, she didn’t wait for cancer to kill her. She took her own life. So she entombed herself and chose death.

John wanted to do the same thing in this episode. He didn’t get a chance to, but as I discussed above, that’s why he died.

But do you see why this is so significant. Steven posting the cabin with the “open the door!” caption is his way of showing that something about the cabin in how Beth lived.

Opening the door = life.

So while I kind of hated this episode and am super bummed about John, it does shed some light on a lot of the symbolism.

Tomorrow, I’ll talk more about the episode details.

Thoughts?

#beth greene #beth greene lives #beth is alive #beth is coming #td theory #td theories #team delusional #team defiance #beth is almost here #bethyl

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imagine-organization-xiii · 5 years

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Organization Members Book Preferences

Suggested by: Anon. I’m such a bibliophile so I kind of went all out on this one. Hope you enjoy!

All or most of these books can be found on Thriftbooks.com for about $4.00 or less, *hint, hint.* It’s also a good place to look for college textbooks, too, if anyone needs that.

Xemnas

Favorite Fiction Book: 1984 by George Orwell

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Favorite Book Quote: “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your own strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire

Favorite Genre: Biographical Novels, Dystopian novels, Plays, Historical Fiction, Satires

Xigbar

Favorite Fiction Book: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War by Paul Scharre

Favorite Book Quote: “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” - William Shakespeare, The Tempest

Favorite Genre: Thrillers and Mysteries

Xaldin

Favorite Fiction Book: The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting by Bob Ross

Favorite Book Quote: “In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.” - Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer

Favorite Genre: Mysteries and Westerns

Vexen

Favorite Fiction Book: The Odyssey by Homer

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations that Changed the World by Ian Stewart

Favorite Book Quote: “I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.” - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

Favorite Genre: Anything to do with science and pseudoscience

Lexaeus

Favorite Fiction Book: A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon

Favorite Book Quote: “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” - William Shakespeare, As You Like It

Favorite Genre: Poetry and Haiku, and Westerns

Zexion

Favorite Fiction Book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla by Nikola Tesla

Favorite Book Quote: “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” - Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

Favorite Genre: Will read a little bit of everything. It really depends on what he’s in the mood for.

Saix

Favorite Fiction Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

Favorite Book Quote: “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest of stars.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Favorite Genre: Self-Help Books, Biographical Novels

Axel

Favorite Fiction Book: Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto

Favorite Book Quote: “To die will be an awfully big adventure.” - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Favorite Genre: Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy

Demyx

Favorite Fiction Book: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond by John Powell

Favorite Book Quote: “Not all those who wander are lost.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the RIng

Favorite Genre: Comedy, Action and Adventure, Mystery

Luxord

Favorite Fiction Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

Favorite Book Quote: “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” - William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

Favorite Genre: Classic British Lit, Plays and Poetry - things like Shakespeare and Poe - and Historical Fiction

Marluxia

Favorite Fiction Book: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: The Healing Herbs: The Ultimate Guide to the Curative Power of Nature’s Medicines by Michael Castleman

Favorite Book Quote: “Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” - John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

Favorite Genre: Likes anything that has to do with gardening. Likes Romance and bodice rippers

Larxene

Favorite Fiction Book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or How to Be a Complete Bitch by Pamela Stephenson

Favorite Book Quote: “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” - Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

Favorite Genre: Anything that focuses on powerful women, usually action or mystery.

Roxas

Favorite Fiction Book: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King

Favorite Book Quote: “It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.” - Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

Favorite Genre: Fantasy and Adventure

Xion

Favorite Fiction Book: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Favorite Non-Fiction Book: The Girl’s Guide to Being a Boss (Without Being a Bitch): Valuable Lessons, Smart Suggestions, and True Stories for Succeeding as the Chick-in-Charge by Caitlin Friedman

Favorite Book Quote: “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” - C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

Favorite Genre: Fantasy and Young Adult Fiction

#organization xiii #organization xiii headcanons #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts headcanons

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blow-ur-mind · 7 years

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Season 2 Episode 9

I wasn’t keen on Kate being pregnant, but I did not want to see her have a miscarriage although I guessed that TPTB would go there. As much as Toby annoys me more often than not, he was good this episode and he was right in what he said to Kate. He should get to process his emotions. I doubt you can go look around in the “UPS” warehouse though, but it was nice that he didn’t want her to see the baby bath and gave it away.

That shower curtain and rod should have stayed in the trash, they really need a new one. Kate was kinda a jerk to Rebecca in the flashbacks. I know she’s a teen and they’ve always had their issues, but still. That was gross to clean the dog’s pee on the couch. That moment when Rebecca shows up in the present and Kate just falls into her arms and cries was great and really touching. I loved them bonding in this episode. I don’t know if that comment she made about Randall was just a joke though. We know Kevin had a problem with the attention Randall got and maybe Kate did too even though there hasn’t been any sign of that, but OTOH Randall/Kate barely speak so who knows.

So Kate’s middle name is Emily and Randall’s is Kenneth, and Kevin’s wasn’t mentioned or maybe he doesn’t have one.

Next weeks is Randall’s episode, and I’m not sure I’m liking where this Deja story is going. I do not want to see some custody battle over Deja. I really hope Jack isn’t going to say something bad about Randall maybe wanting to go to an HBCU.

#this is us #this is us NBC #this is us spoilers #spoilers

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theseventhhex · 5 years

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Empath Interview

Empath

Photo by Alysse Gafkjen

Empath goes far beyond the sound of birds faintly chirping. They’re a band that writes songs like communing with nature, bringing all their fuzzed and tripped out idiosyncrasies into harmony. Empath began in 2016 when Garrett Koloski, Emily "Jem" Shanahan, and Catherine Elicson moved into a house in West Philadelphia together, with Randall Coon joining shortly after. Even with the simple vision to shred, there’s a natural sensitivity in the way Empath communicates. Between the contrast of Elicson’s lush, almost delicate vocals, Koloski’s boisterous drumming, and the half-harmonious wash of guitar and Shanahan and Coon’s synths, Empath equips us with a healthy dose of emotional repose… We talk to the band about timeline restraints, touring downtime and desert island records…

TSH: Were there specific primary experiences you drew upon for your album ‘Active Listening: Night on Earth?

Empath: We wanted to create something immersive and other-worldly yet accessible and filled with memorable hooks. There were times in the van together where we listened to a lot Tegan and Sara or Fleetwood Mac and the melodies and perfect pop songwriting just felt overwhelming at times. When certain parts of songs hit, it just makes you want to cry. For us, a good pop melody can be a vehicle of transcendence, so a lot of inspiration is drawn from those experiences. Similarly, noise can also feel transcendent. The idea of layered sounds that aren’t really graspable on first listen and take you through a sonic journey were also driving forces behind the record.

TSH: How many voice memos did you have to choose from and tamper with?

Empath: When the songs are in their bedroom phase it’s all kind of recorded in voice memos. And then every evolution of the song requires more voice memo-ing. But beyond the songs themselves, there are a lot of field recording type noises that ended up on the record too. Some were in voice memos and some on a Zoom recorder. Total voice memos for this record = 60 with titles such as “Pasta recording” and “Rowing with Keyngs”.

TSH: How would you describe the band’s jamming sessions when new music is coming together?

Empath: Catherine brings a riff down into the basement, and that’s when Garrett and Catherine figure out the tempo, vibe and how freaky we wanna get it. Once us two, jam it out / loosely structure it (which usually doesn’t take that much time, we’re quick), then Randall and Jem add their keyboard parts and at that point it’s usually nothing like the original riff that Catherine came up with in her bedroom.

TSH: What were the most challenging features in bringing together this record?

Empath: Timeline! We tried to bust it out pretty quick. We started writing it mid-summer 2018 then we recorded it in 5 days in mid -November 2018. Then mixed and mastered it by early February. It was a very expedited process because we were all sick of working for meagre wages. We yearned to achieve something more than serving rich kids and yuppies lattes and pizza. We still have to do that but there are more things to look forward to now… It was also quite difficult to find a recording space since we had no funding. Then Walter Schreifels came to the rescue, and we ended up renting his beautiful home in upstate New York for cheap and set up everything there.

TSH: Do you embrace the notion of having spontaneity and trial and error when you formulate new songs?

Empath: I think some of my favourite parts about writing songs are meshing two things that don’t typically fit together. I like making somewhat pop formulations but making them as heavy as possible, or as fast as we can make it. Being sloppy and tasteful is fun. Always trying to fit as many things together with little space.

TSH: What is your song ‘Pure Intent’ in relation to?

Empath: Waking up and remembering all your thoughts and feelings, then getting out of bed.

TSH: Also, how many iterations of the track ‘Heaven’ did you have before settling on the final version?

Empath: Just the one on ‘Crystal Reality’ and the one on ‘Night on Earth!’ We thought the song deserved a higher quality recording with Randall’s parts added.

TSH: Do you feel touring is all about the little pleasures, bearing in mind the limited time you have to sight-see and take in of various landscapes, cultures etc.?

Empath: We always try to have some fun extracurricular activities when time allows. We’re going to SUR restaurant in Los Angeles for Cathy’s birthday this upcoming tour and NOTHING could be more exciting. In the past we’ve made time for Glacier and Zion national parks, which were both mind-blowing. The best aspects of touring are the never ending sleepovers with your best friends.

TSH: What features of West Philadelphia does the band love most?

Empath: Clark Park, our houses, friends, beautiful cherry blossoms in the spring, stinky ornamental pear trees, so much Ethiopian food, staying inside during rush week and the free pickings when the students leave, they literally throw everything away.

TSH: What’s pleased you most about Empath’s progression to date?

Empath: The opportunity to focus more of our time on creating art rather than clocking in to work.

TSH: What are your downtime essentials when you’re not involved with music?

Empath: Cathy loves reading, cooking, walking while listening to podcasts, drinking coffee, putting outfits on and watching Real Housewives or Vanderpump Rules. For Garrett it’s all about always staying busy and always being on the hunt for cool old music and sounds. Randall likes spending time in his garden and a soldering station, as well as hiking and hunting for mushrooms. Finally, Jem likes going to the park, going to happy hour, watching rom coms, day dreaming, eating cheese boards, late night hangs on her porch and pondering nature.

TSH: How did your previous band name Insane Clown Puss come to be?

Empath: It just popped in to our genius minds one day. Then when we ran into some copyright issues we had to think fast and came up with Empath by combing Catherine and Jem’s names. Whoop whoop!

TSH: What does it mean to you to express yourself through music?

Empath: Applying everything you’re inspired by to creating a listening experience for yourself and other people.

TSH: What are your top 5 desert island records?

Empath: Garrett: Antichrist Superstar… Catherine - I See a Darkness by Bonnie Prince Billy… Randall - Replicas by Tubeway Army… Jem: Paul Simon- Rhythm of the Saints… And as a collective we’ll go for Tegan and Sara - the Con!

Empath - “Soft Shape”

Active Listening: Night on Earth

#Interview #Empath

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marvelfanlife · 7 years

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Winter Soldier AU Character List

Here is the character list for who’s who in this AU. I like to thank @emilyfuckingprentiss for helping me out with the characters!

A/N: I wont be swapping any of these of characters around but if you like me to add some more description to the characters then let me know!

***Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters or any of the organisations. ***

Main Characters

Jennifer ‘JJ’ Jareau as Captain America/Steve Rogers: JJ a women from the forties and fought in WW2 was given the super soldier serum and became the first super soldier as she wanted to help in the front lines like many other soldiers but was rejected because she was considered too weak and small. She lost all the people she loved and cared for including her best friend Y/N who she grew up with when they first met in the playground at school soon started to have feelings for before Y/N was suspected to have died, which left the women heartbroken by her the loss of the women she loved. JJ crashed her plane into the artic to stop the mass weapons from exploding and killing many innocent people and is presumed dead only to be found later in the present day frozen alive and is one of the members of the avengers. She is seen as the American Hero.

Y/N Y/L/N as Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier: A women from the forties who also fought in WW2, unlike her friend who was rejected she was enlisted into the army before her friend but once her friend was enlisted into the army and became known as Captain America fought alongside with her and the howling commandos. She to also falls in love with JJ. During a fight on a train against a hydra soldier Y/N falls to her presumed death, only to be picked up by hydra and is tortured and given the super soldier serum and brainwashed and turned into an assassin called the Winter Soldier and is also frozen in time and is only unfrozen when needed.

Derek Morgan as Sam Wilson/The Falcon: Derek Morgan is an ex-pararescueman who worked in the military. He runs a counselling session for military soldiers who suffer from PTSD. He lost his best friend and partner who was also a pararescueman. His father worked in military and was unfortunately killed in the line of duty. Wanting to be like his father who he saw as a hero and carry on his legacy he enlisted himself into the army after college. He meets JJ whilst out during his run and becomes good friends with her he usually competes against her to see if he can beat her.

Emily Prentiss as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow: originally worked for the CIA as one of the best agents in the agency she left after meeting agent Stephen Walker also known as Hawkeye to other agents from SHEILD and joined SHEILD after he convinced her to join him and became good friends with him much to the dislike of director hotchner who insisted that she return to the CIA but soon grew to liking her and having her in the agency. She can speak multiple languages and her interrogation techniques are the best in the agency as well as her excellent fighting skills in the field made her be of use to avengers and was asked to join the initiative. She soon falls in love with Fiona Duncan. She is also a member of the avengers. She is the one of the directors most trusted agent.

Fiona Duncan as Agent Sharon Carter/Agent 13: A brilliant agent, who is not only incredibly smart but has great skills in the field and is one of the directors most trusted agent, who goes undercover, under the director’ s order to look after JJ and see if she fits in with the present day and isn't in any danger, until her cover is blown when something happens. She also falls in love with Emily Prentiss.

Aaron Hotchner as Nick Fury Director of SHIELD: A single father to his son Jack, his wife was killed by an enemy agent, George Foyet the Reaper an assassin who targeted men and women of all ages, whom he was tracking down, he blames himself for her death. He is the Director of SHIELD and is was the one who called for the avengers initiative to happen when Randall Garner invaded earth and caused the Battle of New York. During the Battle of New York Elle Greenway was killed by Randall Garner and he blames himself for her death. Many agents are scared of his intense glare which is nicknamed the Directors Glare

Penelope Garcia as Agent Maria Hill: A genius hacker and Director Hotchner’s right hand man, she is also another agent that he trusts. She may not know how to fight but she is a valuable agent and is important to SHIELD even if there are people who don't agree but those who don't agree get the famous directors glare thrown at them.

David Rossi as Alexander Pierce: The main villain in this AU he is the senior leader of SHIELD and a member of the World Security Council and is a good friend of Director Hotchner, he later turns out to be working for hydra and is the leader of the hydra cell within SHIELD, he is also the Winter Soldier's handler.

Luke Alvez as Brock Rumlow: The leader of the STRIKE team and later turns out be Hydra. He joined Hydra after being discharged from the army and killed several people which led him to be chased by the FBI only for Rossi to recruit him into Hydra after seeing his skills and also got him into SHIELD and made him leader of STRIKE. He is Rossi’s right hand man.

Spencer Reid as Jack Rollins: A member of the STRIKE who turns out to be hydra. Reid was recruited into Hydra for his incredible IQ and was later put into shield to go undercover along with Luke. He is also Rossi’s right hand man.

Minor Characters (will only make a small appearance):

Stephen Walker as Clint Barton/Hawkeye: An excellent marksman he met Emily whilst out on a mission and convinced her to join shield. He has a family which only the avengers, Garcia and Director Hotchner know about. he is a member of the avengers and is one of the directors most trusted agents.

Elle Greenway as Phil Coulson: She was apparently killed in the Battle of New York and was the reason as to why the avengers teamed up.

Clyde Easter as Jasper Sitwell: A SHIELD agent who turns out to be a hydra mole

Askari as Anrim Zola: He worked for Hydra in the forties but was later put into a computer so hydra could keep him.

Mateo Cruz as a member of the World Security Council

Erin Strauss as a member of the World Security Council

Senator Cramer as a member of the World Security Council

Alex Blake as a member of the World Security Council

SHIELD: The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division is a special law enforcement and counter-terrorism agency which is destroyed after the rise of Hydra

Hydra: is a terrorist organisation which was formed in WW2, after its fall in WW2 it grew inside of SHIELD for seventy years. JJ fought against Hydra during the war before her presumed death.

STRIKE: The Special Tactical Response for International Key Emergencies, is SHIELD’s counter-terrorism tactical unit and is later to be discovered full of undercover hydra agents.

World Security Council: is a international council who’s main function is to oversee what SHIELD does.

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Art Review: At Frieze New York, Islands of Daring

Getting into this year’s Frieze Art Fair on Randalls Island will cost you $57, plus the round trip on the ferry. But that’s nothing compared to what it cost nearly 200 galleries to exhibit there. And so dealers have made the reasonable decision to bring a little of everything that sells — which may account for the conservative vibe. That said, there are many islands of daring, including special sections focused on solo presentations, small galleries, the influential gallery JAM and virtual reality. We sampled them all — along with the mainland fairs that are part of Frieze Week. Our art critics Martha Schwendener and Will Heinrich pick a handful of the best booths under Frieze New York’s big tent.

Booth C2

Bridget Donahue and LC Queisser

One of the strongest single-artist booths is a joint presentation by Bridget Donahue Gallery and LC Queisser, who represent the artist Lisa Alvarado in New York and the Republic of Georgia, respectively. Ms. Alvarado made her acrylic-on-canvas pieces, each painted with a thrilling zigzag pattern, as backdrops for performances by the Natural Information Society, in which she plays the harmonium. If the fair’s not too loud, you’ll be able to hear the band’s hypnotic music, too. WILL HEINRICH

Two exceptional but very different displays are on view in the fair’s midsection. At Casey Kaplan gallery, Matthew Ronay’s carved wooden sculptures, pieced together into abstract, evocative organic configurations in various coral hues, are placed on plinths and feel like an oasis amid the fair’s chaos. (Mr. Ronay also has an exhibition on view at Kaplan’s Chelsea location.) Martine Gutierrez continues her rampage as the Indigenous Woman, a transgender alternative-fashionista at Ryan Lee. In photographs and faux-fashion spreads, Ms. Gutierrez combines traditional Mayan and Guatemalan garments and fabrics with fantastic and futuristic accessories and makeup to conjure new, fluid forms of being. MARTHA SCHWENDENER

Booths F6, F12 and F14

Company, Bank and Very Small Fires

The Frame section of Frieze, devoted to galleries 10 years or younger, is particularly good this year. Befitting the ethos of the emerging artists they represent, the booths are platforms for performance or installations, with linoleum or AstroTurf covering the floors. The New York gallery Company is hung with paintings by Jonathan Lyndon Chase that feature roughly drawn figures or graffiti, as well as crude sculptures of a toilet seat or a dollar sign. Yanyan Huang treats the booth at Bank, a Shanghai gallery, as an “immersive portal” (according to a handout) in which traditional ink drawings merge with digital applications. Nearby, Diedrick Brackens’s colorful tapestries at the Los Angeles gallery Various Small Fires join traditional materials with references to figures like African-American cowboys. SCHWENDENER

The Tehran gallery Dastan (appearing here as Dastan’s Basement) has hung more than 50 portraits by the artist and architect Bijan Saffari. A member of the royal family who left Iran for Paris after his country’s 1979 revolution, Mr. Saffari was also gay, which made his position doubly precarious. The portraits are rather simple and conservative, drawn in graphite and colored pencil. And yet they are sensitive and closely observed, and they gain by their group presentation, appearing like a narrative of his circle of friends in the ’70s and ’80s. There is an elegiac tone to these drawings; the artist died days before the current edition of Frieze opened. SCHWENDENER

Booths B36 and F9

David Lewis and Antoine Ertaskiran

In a fair dominated by painting, David Lewis of the Lower East Side and Montreal’s Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, making its Frieze debut, stand out with presentations that could pass for gallery shows. Four cool acrylics by New York painter Charles Mayton, at Lewis, feature schematic eyes and hands in jazzy mash-ups of shelves, bars and circles. Jane Corrigan’s large wet-on-wet paintings of women on the go, at Ertaskiran, are exquisite brown and yellow collisions of impatience and poise. HEINRICH

Booths A11, B32, C7 and D1

Foxy Production, Simone Subal, Rachel Uffner and Galerie Lelong

Several New York galleries have mounted outstanding painting displays in which artists bend the medium in a variety of ways. At Foxy Production, Srijon Chowdhury, Gina Beavers and Sascha Braunig offer reinventions of Gothic romanticism, surrealism, Op or Pop Art. Simone Subal is showing the work of Emily Mae Smith, whose paintings are slick and whip-smart updates and appropriations of posters from the ’70s and ’80s. Maryam Hoseini works both on and off the wall at Rachel Uffner, but combines abstracted Persian imagery or techniques with contemporary painting. Sarah Cain’s take on painting at Galerie Lelong offers candy colors, cutouts and a floor flooded and stained with pigment. They remind you of paintings’ origins — in childhood — and suggest a kind of joyful, delirious regression. SCHWENDENER

Booths S4, S10 and S11

Galerist, Galeri Nev and Pi Artworks

The fair’s outstanding Spotlight section, curated by Laura Hoptman of the Drawing Center, is dedicated to “significant work by overlooked figures.” They include Yüksel Arslan, a Turkish painter born in 1933 who moved to Paris at the invitation of André Breton and died in 2017. His “Arture 439, Sans Titre, l’Homme,” from 1992, in a joint presentation by Turkish galleries Galerist and Galeri Nev, is a gloriously strange gallimaufry of interspecies sex acts and quotations from the artist’s scientific reading, drawn with homemade colors. Susan Hefuna makes ink drawings inspired by the intricate wooden screens of her Cairo childhood. The examples presented by Pi Artworks of London and Istanbul are done on overlapping sheets of tracing paper fastened with rice glue. The multitude of tones and textures create a fascinating tension between clarity and ambiguity — the drawings are like letters of a foreign language glimpsed in a dream. HEINRICH

The Diálogos section of Frieze includes solo presentations of Latin American art, organized by Patrick Charpenel and Susanna V. Temkin of New York’s El Museo del Barrio. I was particularly taken with Mariela Scafati’s hybrids of paintings and sculpture at the Buenos Aires gallery Isla Flotante. Ms. Scafati takes wooden bars where canvas is stretched and treats them like bones, joining the parts together in puppetlike configurations, sometimes bound or “wearing” a jacket or a pair of pants. SCHWENDENER

Booths B9, B10 and B20

lokal_30, Koenig & Clinton and Kate Werble

A vibrant knot of color and form awaits you at the intersection of New York’s Koenig & Clinton and Kate Werble galleries and Warsaw’s lokal_30. From Poland come three painters exemplifying postwar and contemporary Surrealism, among them the young Ewa Juszkiewicz, who repaints classic portraits of women, but hides their faces with cloth, ears of corn or a backward French braid. They evoke feminism, dream logic and implicit violence. Tony Marsh’s over-the-top ceramic vessels, encrusted in what look like shards of glaze, meet the eye-bending optical paintings of Anoka Faruqee & David Driscoll at Koenig & Clinton. Marilyn Lerner makes delicately complicated oil-on-wood abstractions at Kate Werble; don’t miss the unlabeled low tables by Christopher Chiappa, also in Werble’s booth. HEINRICH

There’s something magical about William T. Williams’s early 1970s “Diamond in a Box” paintings, hard-edged geometric patterns in blazing colors. The subtle misdirection of those patterns, and the complicated rhythm of the colors, mean you could look at them forever. Michael Rosenfeld presents a dozen never-before-shown acrylic-on-paper works from the same period. In these, a wiggly meander snakes in and out of concentric circles filled with vibrant brush strokes — they’re like Bauhaus takes on the Aztec calendar. HEINRICH

Booth F18

PM8

Spanish gallery PM8 presents 80 black-and-white photographs by the Lithuanian photographer Gintautas Trimakas, shot in the mid-90s and hung in three long rows. The piece shows 80 women with their heads and legs cropped out. Though the backgrounds range from white to nearly black, and the clothing and body types are all over the map, the typological presentation wears away these differences and leaves the figures all looking more or less interchangeable. It’s a deeply cynical take on both the consumerist Western freedoms available to Lithuanians after their 1990 independence and on the fate of all human bodies — the women aren’t so much living people as corpses in waiting. HEINRICH

V.I.P.s have access to the Deutsche Bank Wealth Management Lounge at Frieze New York. But nearly everyone can benefit from PPOW’s display of paintings by Steve Keene, which are on sale for $15 to $50. Mr. Keene was heavily influenced by indie rock bands in the early 1990s — his friends in Pavement, Silver Jews and the Dave Matthews Band — and the idea of selling quick, sketchily rendered paintings like cassette tapes. Using a stage in PPOW’s booth as a pop-up studio, he will produce hundreds of paintings on thin plywood panels — they are part endurance performance, part public art stunt. The vibe feels like one in a record store during an album release party. SCHWENDENER

Frieze New York

Through May 5 at Randalls Island Park; frieze.com. Tickets are limited and only available online.

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@beatingheart-bride

"I say to just go with your heart," Randall smiled, as he pulled up a chair in front of the changing rooms, very eager to what Emily picked out as her wedding dress: He knew there were plenty of superstitions surrounding the bad luck that came with the groom seeing the bride in her dress before the wedding day proper, but honestly, he wasn't thinking too hard about that now. He'd had his fill of bad luck in his past life; in this new one, he felt there could only be good things from here on out.

Of course, he knew his advice wasn't exactly the most helpful he could give, but to tell the truth, he had faith in her ability to find the perfect gown. This would be her own dress-not an heirloom passed down from grandmother to mother to daughter, meant to be worn out of duty, but one she herself chose-just as she chose her own husband, so too would she choose her own dress, and no one would impede her.

"We've got a lot of variety, so you certainly have plenty of options," he chuckled, as he took his seat. Hopefully not too many, he thought, as he made himself comfortable, excited to see what she chose-no matter what she chose, of course, he would love and find her beautiful in it; what was most important to him was that she was happy with her choice, and would look back on it fondly.

#((y'know funnily enough i have long had the idea of an alternate take on the original 'child's play'))#((in which damballa isn't looking for someone to cause mayhem and shed blood in their name))#((and instead gives chucky a chance to become human again...IF he plays nice with andy))#((and keeps this lonely boy company-if he can make andy happy by being his friend))#((damballa will cut chucky some slack and return him to a human form; but if not; he'll be stuck as a doll forever!))#((mind you i had this idea before season 3 rolled around and we actually got to meet damballa))#((but i digress! the idea of chucky continuing to butt heads with damballa is an interesting one))#((especially because it really does seem like; yeah; damballa wasn't much of a threat!))#((it was a big part of season 3; that whole 'terminal christianity' thing; and now chucky's back to doll form))#((and happy about it; now that he's seemingly bested the heroes and has run off with tiffany again!))#((so honestly it'd be interesting to explore that further; and have to the two be clashing for much longer than they did!))#outofhatboxes #beatingheart-bride #V:Dark Shadows

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thisislizheather · 6 years

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January Jewels

Forgive the lateness of this post! Here are the highlights from January.

Still using the Origins GinZing Eye Cream and I think it’s working, so I’ll keep at it. It doesn’t leave those red circles under my eyes (that other eye creams have done to me) when I’m using it either, which is a huge plus.

I can’t remember if I’ve ever mentioned how good this ArtNaturals shampoo & conditioner is for hair growth. I’ve been using it for a few months and it obviously takes a bit to start working, but it definitely does. I’ve also tried their Himalayan salt scrub, which is also pretty great.

Again, I’m not sure I’ve ever mentioned it, but I’ve been in love with this perfect tinted moisturizer from AmorePacific for about a year now. I know that it’s too expensive, but I really try to make it last at least a year to make it worth it.

Nobody told me how good orzo is! I may have told Nathan it’s a kind of rice so that we can continue to eat it regularly?

I watched about three or four episodes of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo since every person on the planet did as well, and I think I’m good and don’t need to watch more. Although I did see this one Buzzfeed post about actually helpful insights from her whole deal.

Did you know that if you have an iPhone, you can literally shake it to undo typing? Layla just taught me that, so great.

I tried the burger at Beebe’s and it was good! Especially if you’re in the mood for something quick & tasty.

Read & loved Busy Philipp’s new book.

Sampled some of the donuts at Dough and… oh man. Too doughy! I know, don’t kill me. And there were barely any poppy seeds on a supposed “lemon poppy seed donut.” Go home!

I’ve been using Kiehl’s Buttermask For Lips for a few weeks and even though it’s pretty decent, I think the Laneige Lip Mask is a slightly better product in terms of how soft it makes your lips in the morning.

Finally ate at Emily in the West Village. Didn’t realize they took over the old Blue Ribbon location, it’s such a beautifully small spot. The food was fantastic, it’s still unclear to me what exactly a Detroit-style pizza is, but it’s lovely and weird and so good. The burger was great too, just definitely not worth $27, that’s insanity for meat on a bun, I’m sorry.

Oh! I tried this awful salmon recipe off of Half Baked Harvest, which usually has amazing recipes. I kind of like that that woman isn’t perfect now.

Had the best hot chocolate of the season so far at Boro Hotel.

My friend Dave Merheje has a stand-up special on Netflix that is crazy good and he’s the best and you have to watch it.

So I’m all caught up on This Is Us and man. It’s a lot. When William told Randall, “Take me to meet your father” and he starts talking to Jack at the tree? I haven’t cried that much at a scene since Tom Hanks lost Wilson. Good christ. I think one of the best parts about this show is that it covers all the years of a life of someone and I feel like no show has tried to do that, it’s so crazy good at times.

Tell me you’ve seen the Futurama episode Jurassic Bark about Fry’s dog. I wept.

I’ve been hearing about Xi’an Famous Foods forever, so I made it over there and ate the spicy lamb cumin noodles, which was huge and really good, definitely enough for two people. It was super spicy and the lamb was incredible.

Finally tried Smith & Cult nail polishes and they last a pretty decent amount of time. In love with the colours Stockholm Syndrome & Doe My Dear.

Also in love with Cara Cara oranges. Find them. Eat them. Love them.

There’s this wicked new pizza place in my neighborhood, Massa’s, which definitely has a hint of what is so good about Patsy’s in the city.

Obviously I watched both Fyre Festival documentaries because none of us are individuals in this age and while the Hulu one was good for showing the terrible-ness of the financial specifics, and the Netflix one was good for showing the bigger picture of what a scumbag he is and the specifics of people who were screwed over - BOTH really were the same fucking movie. Dick guy. Dick advertising company. Dicks all ‘round.

I’ve been watching this 100 Baby Sims Challenge (a new one comes out each week roughly) and they’re so addictive to watch. I don’t even feel the urge to play, it’s weirdly enjoyable just to watch.

Watched the Ted Bundy tapes and after seeing the whole “series” on Netflix, I’m officially on board with the death penalty. I used to be against it more or less, but definitely on board with it now. Another thing? I can’t watch these types of series anymore. Not because they’re too horrific to think about or because they’re such awful crimes (they are, both of those things), but it’s infuriating to watch these pieces that treat these vile human beings with such dignity, who are thoughtfully studied and analyzed while each victim simply has a name, a photo and how she was brutally murdered… and that’s it. It’s demoralizing to everyone who suffered as a result of those crimes and disgusting that these despicable men are treated as celebrities with any kind of rights. It’s sick.

Tried Cadbury’s Royal Dark Chocolate and I swear it doesn’t even taste like dark chocolate, it’s so good. It’s like what all other dark chocolate WISHES it tasted like.

Went to Tavern On The Green in Central Park for the first time! This place will forever remind me of Ghostbusters, it’s amazing that it’s even still around. The service was great, the light inside the place is so bright and lovely, the food was fairly average, but I am glad I went.

Finally ate at The Dutch (somewhere I’ve wanted to try for years) and it was perfect. Look, I have a soft spot for steak tartare and their wagyu one was phenomenal. Even the jalapeño cornbread with whipped butter that comes before the food was amazing. Although bad cornbread is hard to find. The kale Caesar wasn’t anything to write home about, but that’s okay. The service was stellar and the hostess even said, “Goodbye Ms. Heather!” on my way out, which I loved. I will definitely be back here.

I made two new recipes from Chrissy Teigen’s second cookbook: the salted maple granola and the cheesy spicy breakfast hash. Both were crazy good! Some notes: ignore the microwave instruction on the hash. And lessen the granola ingredient amounts unless you want to be eating this granola for a year (it also tastes amazing unbaked).

I returned to Augustine inside The Beekman for Restaurant Week for lunch and even though it was day 1 of having the flu, the food (that I ended up taking home) was delicious. A decent steak tartare and a roast chicken that would put all others to shame.

I was in Starbucks on my laptop recently and since I forgot my headphones, I had to listen to the Hamilton soundtrack that they had on for at least an hour. Aaaaannnndddd I feel like you know where I’m going with this. Hamilton sounds like it fucking suuuuhuuuucks. I promise I’m not just hating for the sake of hating something successful. It actually sucked hard. I can’t imagine sitting through the actual performance, good god the patience you’d have to have.

Read The War of Art upon Nathan’s insistence.

So excited for the Big Mouth Valentine’s special next week.

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Lots more detail for you thanks to kerrycec03. Taken directly from the forum

Cold Open: stairs, all 4 guys carrying take-out, Leonard asks Raj how things are going with the girl he is dating and Raj says he ended it with her, when asked why he says because she didn’t want to see him anymore. Sheldon says some people are not destined for a mate like Newton who was a virgin till death, Raj says he is not a virgin. The guys express sorrow to Raj who says “I’m fine” to which Sheldon continues on. Howard says what Raj means is he is clearlt not fine. And Sheldon says if people mean the opposite of what they say, then Howard could be wrong. The guys walk in and the girls are there (yea all 7 scene) and they ask what the guys are talking about. Sheldon goes into it and Raj says again “I’m fine which means I don’t want to talk about it”. Sheldon is frustrated because he wishes it was easier to know what people are really feeling without words. Howard tells him there is a trial experiment going on for a human emotions detector. At first Sheldon is leary but everyone thinks it would be great. Meanwhile Raj says maybe he should ask his ex-girlfriends what went wrong, get them all together. Everyone agrees thats a bad idea. Next scene: comic book store, Raj asks Leonard what he plans to do with Sheldon’s old room…he says game room. Sheldon tells Leonard he wanted a game room but Amy said no. Howard comes over and excitingly tells Sheldon he got a hold of the machine for him. Next scene: 4A (pink coffee maker now there and liquor bottles on top of fridge) penny is on her tablet and Leonard comes out from the bedroom says he measured his new game room and his dream tv will fit (if he removes boards OR that is so big he can see it from work). Penny asks him to hold off aa Randall might come stay with them. Leonard asks why and Penny says her Dad wants her to help get him an interview at her company. Leonard asks won’t they mind an ex-convict drug dealer and Penny says Pharmaceuticals is just a fancy word for drugs anyway. Leonard is clearly miffed so Penny asks him how long would he be staying, Penny says few days, more, who knows. She asks Leonard if he has a problem, he lies and says no, they hug and peck and Leonard says Randall will enjoy carrying his drugs in a brief case better than a balloon in his rectum (this was re-written a few of Leonards like and 2nd-3rd takes had the sitting hug as 1st didn’t..to me they softened it up) Next scene (playback) Howard/Bernadette kitchen with Raj. Bernadette asks Raj if he really thinks its a good idea to contact all the ex’s together, it will crush him, (meanwhile Raj has already begun plan the event). It was a quick scene. Next scene: Sheldon’s office (Sheldon, Amy, Howard). They are beginning to try the emotion detector machine that monitors the persons lines and expressions and such and an app on Sheldons phone determines the basic emotions by a smiley face system. Howard jokes it can determine if Amy wants to think about her choices (impling dating Sheldon—eyes roll). Amy has a laptop and begins looking a pics and the machine will pick up her emotion and Sheldon will go by that. First he says “happy” and Amy excitingly says yes cause its a pic of puppys, Sheldon sorta agrees but not with their tiny pointy teeth. Next pic he says sad and Amy says softly yes its a picture of her Grandma to which Sheldon says makes sense you probably miss her and you worry about getting her turkey neck. Amy’s emotion change and Sheldon says “oh wait now you are angry”. Back to 4A, Leonard at kitchen island, Penny walks out and asks Leonard to help look at her brother’s resume. Leonard makes a crack about Randall’s prison career. In walks Shamy and Sheldon is holding the detector saying “If you’re happy and you know it no need to clap your hands, I’ll know it”. Shamy walks to the Island and Leonard says he is happy for Sheldon and Sheldon says he knows its true because his phone shows a happy smiley. Amy sees the resume and asks Penny whats she is doing, Penny tells her and Sheldon says Leonard is angry about it. Leonard denies but sheldon’s machine keeps picking up angry faces. Penny asks Leonard and he finally says “fine, I am angry, how could you not ask me if its ok to have your drug dealer ex-con brother stay with us”. penny now gets defensive saying she didn’t think she would have to check with him since its her brother. Sheldon’s machine shows them both as angry. Lenny make a few jabs like Penny defends that Randall wouldn’t live with them forever, he would eventually get his own place. Leonard says when has he ever lived alone, Penny says he has, Leonard says where aside from a place with a nearby metal toliet (implying prison), Penny says that still countd. Amy tells Sheldon to stop and he points the machine at her and he says “then stop enjoying this too” (implying they are both enjoying this). Then Penny says to Leonard consider this payback for making her live with Sheldon (2 versions, one Sheldon says she was lucky to live with him, 2nd is he let her share his honeynut cheerios to which Penny snaps back that she was invoiced for those). Sheldon is offended and Amy pats Sheldons back and says they should go, Shamy proceeds to leave and Sheldon says can he storm off and Amy says it looses its impact if they discuss it, so he says instead he’ll give them the finger (which is an angry thumbs down), Amy gives a half one and stop. They exit. Next: Raj’s apartment (Lucy, Claire, Emily and deaf Emily, Howard & Raj). Ladies are seated around the coffee table. Raj explains he gathered them all together to find out what went wrong in there relationships. He explains that Howard is there to translate for Emily and take notes. Deaf Emily signs and Howard says I agree this is crazy. Raj then says its confusing there are two Emilys so he said emily Sweeny is red-head emily (but deaf Emily is also a red head), 2nd take called deaf Emily “Emily Jr”. She signs angrily and Howard says “hey you dates him”. Raj suggests they go around the room introducing themselves and why they broke up. First up is Lucy. She admits she has severe social anxiety and Raj kept pushing her into uncomfortable situations to which Howard says “like this one” and she shakes her head yes and sinks into her seat. Raj tells him to right he has personal boundary issues and Howard says/writes Shmuck. Deaf Emily says he was too dictated by what his parents said and Emily Sweeny agreed saying he was a mamas boy. Raj tells Howard to write good son. Then its Claire who said he was too needy, and then said he was too into his look with shaping eyebrows and Raj’s cuts her off. Then its Emily Sweeny. She says she is uncomfortable saying it in front of Howard. Raj says he doesn’t mind so she begins to say “well when we were in bed” and Raj says “leave”. (Done a few different ways). Clearly Raj is getting upset so Lucy says “there is something good about dating Raj”. Raj jumps in and says “thank you and yes I’ll go out with you again”. Lucy says “no, I mean I learned what not to do in a relationship for my next one”. All the women agree and Emily Sweeny starts talking about her new man Gary and Howard asks for his spelling. Raj cuts him off and asks them all if they moved on to better relationships and they all agree (and Claire says a little before actually). Howard steps in to defend the deflated Raj. He says he is proud that he is putting himself out there and trying to fix it, both sorta one arm hug and Emily Sweeny says “I’m actually surprised you two (howard/raj) never got together. Howard says "like you ladies I had to ho through this to find Bernadette” and Raj weirdly agrees. Next scene (playback) 4B. We see Amy at the island mixing a salad calling Sheldon out for dinner saying she made beefloaf not meatloaf as she knows how much he hates non-describe meals. He doesn’t come out so she walks into the bedroom and we see Sheldon cuddled sorta diagonal with a pillow. Amy asks whats wrong and he is disappointed because he really thought he was getting better at reading peoples emotions and she says he has, look at all the times he knows when she is upset to which he says she’s sorta a downer and he quickly apologized for that. Amy climbs over behind him and says they all have challenges like you and says “although probably cause of my dad” to which she takes off her glasses and says without these all I see is a blurry blob. She rubs his arm and tells him to stop using the machine, then lingerly kisses his cheek and says she loves him to which he turns and say “I Agree with that, I love you too. Can you put your glasses back on you look like a weirdo”. Next scene (4B door). Lenny knocks, Sheldon answers and Lenny says they owe him an apology and Sheldon says I forgive you for taking my suitcase when I wasn’t home. Leonard says not that, but for yelling at him because he was in the middle of their fight. And Leonard says also the suitcase to which Sheldon said he had to throw it out as a sock was in there. Sheldon asks are they ok now and Lenny says yes, Penny said she will tell her Dad its just not a good time to which Leonard rubs her back and says “he won’t get mad at his little girl” to which immediately Penny says he won’t because it was Leonard’s idea, Leonard says “you’re going throw me under the bus?” And Penny says “I’m gonna throw you so fast I’ll break windows”. Sheldon says “wait are you getting angry again” and they look snarky back and he shouts “yes I can read emotions I don’t need the machine, and slams the door”. Tag: whole gang at 4A eating and Sheldon is still a little bummed about reading emotions, so Amy (or Raj) says pregnant women have a great insight into that. Leonard says “but they can’t get Sheldon pregnant” so Sheldon asks Bernadette what he is thinking and she says “you think you are better than us, we are all be beneath you”. He is shocked and tells Howard to keep having babies. Ok I am exhausted so probably typos and errors. Will try to review later. BTS: everyone very chatty. Jim was Jim with pacing so no toe hangup. Kaley said at railing “not sure what you’ve all heard but I for one want this to keep going. Never heard her word it that way. Mayim kept making like clawing motions toward Jim and others. All messed up except Melissa and Mayim. While filled studio, there were still some seats so my guess everyone got in of standbys.

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New from Kevin Wozniak on Kevflix: What’s Streaming This Month? – September

Here are my picks for the movies coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Criterion Channel, and HBOMax in September. This month offers up many unique choices, from original films to Hollywood classics.

NETFLIX

Full list of everything coming to Netflix in September can be found here.

THE BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY (Robert Zemeckis, 1984/1989/1990)

A trilogy that is full of life, fun, and originality.

THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME (Antonio Campo, 2020)

An all-star cast of Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Riley Keough, Sebastian Stan, Mia Wasikowska, Bill Skarsgård, and Jason Clarke lead Antonio Campos’ thriller about corruption and brutality in a postwar backwoods town.

GREASE (Randal Kleiser, 1978)

A musical classic.

I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (Charlie Kaufman, 2020)

The latest directorial effort from the great Charlie Kaufman looks like a haunting mind-bender.

MAGIC MIKE (Steven Soderbergh, 2012)

One of Steven Soderbergh’s best features a scene-stealing performance from Matthew McConaughey.

NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE (Joel Gallen, 2001)

This comedy satire of teen romcoms is still hilarious and has aged quite well.

RATCHED (Evan Romansky, Ryan Murphy, 2020)

I don’t usually post about shows on here, but a prequel series looking at One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest villain Nurse Ratched starring Sarah Paulson in the titular role sounds too good to ignore.

THE SOCIAL DILEMMA (Jeff Orlowski, 2020)

I heard good buzz about this documentary out of Sundance 2020, as it looks at the power of social media and the effect it can have on the world

WILDLIFE (Paul Dano, 2018)

Paul Dano’s directorial debut is a quiet and powerful look at a crumbling family in the 1950’s.

PRIME VIDEO

Full list of everything coming to Prime Video in September can be found here.

THE BIRDCAGE (Mike Nichols, 1996)

Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are marvelous in this Mike Nichols comedy.

CASINO ROYALE (Martin Campbell, 2006)

The film that introduced Daniel Craig into the Bond franchise is also the best Bond film ever made.

GEMINI MAN (Ang Lee, 2019)

Will Smith plays an assassin who is being hunted by a clone of his younger self in Ang Lee’s technical marvel.

THE GRADUATE (Mike Nichols, 1967)

One of the greatest films ever made.

JUDY (Rupert Goold, 2019)

Renee Zellweger won her second Oscar for pitch-perfect portrayal of Hollywood icon Judy Garland.

KRAMER VS KRAMER (Robert Benton, 1979)

This Best Picture family drama features stellar work from Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep.

PATRIOT’S DAY (Peter Berg, 2016)

Peter Berg’s harrowing account of the Boston Marathon bombing.

HULU

Full list of everything coming to Hulu in September can be found here.

ANY GIVEN SUNDAY (Oliver Stone, 1999)

Olive Stone’s aggressive, chaotic look at professional football.

BABYTEETH (Shannon Murphy, 2020)

An emotional relationship drama with Ben Mendolsohn and Essie Davis giving two of my favorite performances of 2020.

HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE/HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE GUANTANAMO BAY (Danny Leiner, 2004/Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, 2008)

Two-thirds of a classic stoner trilogy.

HOOSIERS (David Anspaugh, 1986)

One of the greatest sports movies ever made.

THE LAST BOY SCOUT (Tony Scott, 1991)

It’s directed by Tony Scott, written by Shane Black, and stars Bruce Willis. We could call this the “90’s Trifecta”.

PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (Tim Burton, 1985)

Tim Burton’s debut film is utterly insane, yet absolutely brilliant

PRISONERS (Denis Villeneuve, 2013)

Denis Villeneuve’s best film to date is a dark, disturbing crime thriller featuring incredible work from Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and cinematographer Roger Deakins.

THE TERMINATOR (James Cameron, 1984)

One of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008/Chris Weitz, 2009/David Slade, 2010/Bill Condon, 2011/Bill Condon, 2012)

I’ve only seen one of these (I think New Moon?), but want to give them a whirl at some point. Maybe now is the time?

DISNEY+

Full list of everything coming to Disney+ in September can be found here.

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (Gurinder Chadha, 2003)

A rousing, inspiring indie sports film.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (Marc Forster, 2018)

A somber, sweet look at Winnie the Pooh and the 100 Acre Woods gang.

D2: THE MIGHT DUCKS/D3 (Sam Weisman, 1994/Robert Lieberman, 1996)

D2 is the best of the trilogy, but D3 is pretty good and bit underrated.

MULAN (Niki Caro, 2020)

You have to pay $30 to see this one, but I have a feeling Disney’s latest live-action feature is going to be worth is.

NEVER BEEN KISSED (Raja Gosnell, 1999)

A classic 90’s rom-com featuring a delightful Drew Barrymore.

THE WOLVERINE (James Mangold, 2013)

One of the best X-Men films and the BEST Wolverine movie (hot take).

CRITERION CHANNEL

Full list of everything coming to Criterion Channel in September can be found here.

*The Criterion Channel does things a little differently than every other streaming service. The Criterion Channel, a wonderful streaming service that focuses on independent, foreign, and under-appreciates movies, doesn’t just throw a bunch of random movies to stream. They get more creative by having categories like “DOUBLE FEATURES” or “FILMS FROM…”, giving us curated lists of films that somehow blend together or feature a specific artist.*

BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater, 2014)

Richard Linklater’s ambitious twelve-year project is one of the finest film accomplishments of the last decade.

THE LOVELESS (Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery, 1981)

Kathryn Bigelow’s debut is one I have been dying to see and one I am going to check out as soon as it is available.

THE COMPLETE FILMS OF AGNES VARDA

Agnes Varda was a true artist and Criterion has put all of her work into one comprehensive collection which features all of her feature length films as well as her short films.

SATURDAY MATINEE

DUCK SOUP (Leo McCarey, 1933)

My favorite Marx Brothers film and one of the greatest comedies ever made.

SATURDAY MATINEE

CHARLOTTE’S WEB (Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto, 1973)

A beautiful animated film based on the classic book.

THREE BY ROBERT GREENE

Three provocative films from a master documentarian.

Actress (2014)

Kate Plays Christine (2016)

Bisbee ’17 (2018)

DIRECTED BY ALBERT BROOKS

Albert Brooks is one of the greatest comedic minds we’ve ever had. This block of films looks at his genius behind the camera.

Real Life (1979)

Modern Romance (1981)

Lost in America (1985)

Defending Your Life (1991)

Mother (1996)

DOUBLE FEATURE: TEARS OF THE CLOWN

LENNY (Bob Fosse, 1974)

JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING (Richard Pryor, 1986)

Two unflinching films delve into the self-destructive dark sides of a pair of comedy legends. Lenny features Dustin Hoffman in a jagged portrait of Lenny Bruce. In Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling, Richard Pryor draws on his own personal demons in the only narrative feature written and directed by the comedy legend.

BY THE BOOK

A slew of films based on legendary books, from Great Expectations to The Hours and many, many more.

The Count of Monte Cristo (Rowland V. Lee, 1934)

The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, 1935)

La bête humaine (Jean Renoir, 1938)

Of Mice and Men (Lewis Milestone, 1939)

Great Expectations (David Lean, 1946)

The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)

Anna Karenina (Julien Duvivier, 1948)

Oliver Twist (David Lean, 1948)

The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949)

The Passionate Friends (David Lean, 1949)

The Idiot (Akira Kurosawa, 1951)

The Life of Oharu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1952)

Robinson Crusoe (Luis Buñuel, 1954)

Senso (Luchino Visconti, 1954)

Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)

Aparajito (Satyajit Ray, 1956)

The Burmese Harp (Kon Ichikawa, 1956)

Apur Sansar (Satyajit Ray, 1959)

The Cloud-Capped Star (Ritwik Ghatak, 1960)

Purple Noon (René Clément, 1960)

Zazie dans le métro (Louis Malle, 1960)

Divorce Italian Style (Pietro Germi, 1961)

Lord of the Flies (Peter Brook, 1963)

Tom Jones (Tony Richardson, 1963)

Charulata (Satyajit Ray, 1964)

Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)

Closely Watched Trains (Jirí Menzel, 1966)

War and Peace (Sergei Bondarchuk, 1966)

Memories of Underdevelopment (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1968)

The Angel Levine (Ján Kadár, 1970)

Dodes’ka-den (Akira Kurosawa, 1970)

The Phantom Tollbooth (Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, and Dave Monahan, 1970)

The Little Prince (Stanley Donen, 1974)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)

The American Friend (Wim Wenders, 1977)

The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

The Getting Of Wisdom (Bruce Beresford, 1977)

Empire of Passion (Nagisa Oshima, 1978)

Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)

My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, 1979)

Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)

The Tin Drum (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979)

Wise Blood (John Huston, 1979)

You Are Not I (Sara Driver, 1981)

Under the Volcano (John Huston, 1984)

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader, 1985)

My Life as a Dog (Lasse Hallström, 1985)

Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1986)

An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

The Comfort of Strangers (Paul Schrader, 1990)

Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1990)

The Handmaid’s Tale (Volker Schlöndorff, 1990)

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (Peter Kosminsky, 1992)

The Castle (Michael Haneke, 1997)

The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan, 1997)

The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, 2001)

The Hours (Stephen Daldry, 2002)

Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone, 2008)

Almayer’s Folly (Chantal Akerman, 2011)

45 Years (Andrew Haigh, 2015)

Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)

Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

HBOMAX

Full list of everything coming to HBOMax in August can be found here.

CLERKS (Kevin Smith, 1994)

Kevin Smith’s indie sensation is a masterclass in microbudget cinema.

THE CONVERSATION (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

In-between The Godfather and The Godfather II, Francis Ford Coppola made this Palme d’Or winning thriller about a surveillance expert (a brilliant Gene Hackman) who has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (David Fincher, 2008)

David Fincher’s gorgeous film about a man who ages backwards.

DOG DAY AFTERNOON (Sidney Lumet, 1975)

Sidney Lumet’s best film features masterful work from Al Pacino and John Cazzalle.

THE INVISIBLE MAN (Leigh Whannel, 2020)

Elisabeth Moss gives one of the best performances of 2020 in Leigh Whannel’s chilling remake of the Universal classic.

JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)

Oliver Stone’s brilliant account of the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the conspiracy behind it.

JUST MERCY (Destin Daniel Cretton, 2019)

An inspiring film with excellent performances from Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx.

MIDNIGHT RUN (Martin Brest, 1988)

This crime-buddy-road movie is an absolute blast and features one of Robert De Niro’s most underrated performances.

POINT BREAK (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

Kathryn Bigelow’s surfing-cop thriller is one of the best action movies of the 90’s.

SNAKES ON A PLANE (David R. Ellis, 2006)

An iconic B-movie featuring a truly great Samuel L. Jackson performance.

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No Beach For You

The Beach House is streaming on Shudder.

We’re in a period of change. Six months ago, most of us didn’t think we’d be where we are now. Six months from now, the smart money says that life will be just as unpredictable. Is it because of the pandemic? Partially, yet there’s more to it than that. After decades of neglect, people are rising up against systemic racism. Our economy is in flux. Our President is a driver of change, though not in the way he thinks or wants.

The way we view movies is changing, as well. I don’t just mean the continued closure of theaters and the improbable resurrection of drive-ins. In the old days, you expected bickering and unfunny jokes throughout the majority of a rom-com before the couple abruptly declared their love for each other. You expected a cop on the edge to lose his wife/best friend/second cousin twice removed and swear bloody vengeance against legions of goons.

Horror movies had the worst expectations of all. You expected a nubile young woman to be stalked by either a silent maniac or a cackling loon. There would be plentiful blood, no brains, and bargain-basement production values. To put it bluntly, it sucked to be a horror fan. Things change, though.

21st-century horror taps into our anxieties toward the unknown, and it does so with intelligence and sophistication. You’ll still see the occasional dopey slasher film, and you’ll also see gems such as The Babadook, which showed the ambivalence of parenthood, and The Witch, which brought a hoary folk tale to alarming life. The debut feature of writer/director Jeffrey A. Brown is The Beach House. It’s clever, unsettling, and the introduction of a major new voice in American horror.

Some things can’t be fixed, though it’s not for lack of trying. Emily (Liana Liberato) and Randall (Noah Le Gros) don’t know their relationship is over, not consciously, anyway. She’s on her way up as a bright college student with an eye toward an astrobiology major. He’s on his way down as a college dropout with vague statements about finding himself and learning what life is all about.*

Their relationship is on life support, strained by a lack of communication and some world-class selfishness on the part of Randall. In the grand tradition of clueless men, Randall thinks he can repair the damage with a grandiose gesture. His father has money and owns a beach house. Considering it’s the off-season, they’ll have the place all to themselves.

Only not really! Emily discovers pill bottles in the bathroom cabinet and groceries in the fridge. Either a) they’re being stalked by an extremely homey homicidal maniac or b) there’s been a miscommunication. It’s B, and we’re introduced to Jane (Maryann Nagel) and Mitch (Jake Weber). They’re friends of Randall’s father, and they were under the impression that they would have the place all to themselves.

For Emily, this is not ideal, as we can surmise she wanted the solitude to either repair her relationship or end it. We can also surmise that Randall has a way of bullshitting people to avoid conflict. That’s a real big bummer since a strange fog rolls in from offshore and the water supply seems to be contaminated. The two couples are alone, frightened, and have no idea what’s coming for them.

Director Jeffrey A. Brown was originally a location scout, and he’s more aware than most that the right place can make all the difference when making a film. His budget was…well, let’s go with modest. He didn’t let that stop him, and by utilizing the locations available along with tight cinematography and gnarly practical effects, he’s made a film that never feels cheap. Running at a hair under 90 minutes, Brown utilizes his time efficiently. We get to know our protagonists, get a whiff of the threat, and then we’re off to the races. Some people will say that Brown’s next film deserves a real budget. Maybe, but I wonder how much he really needs it.

Brown is the screenwriter, and he’s said, “I wanted to take what I felt was missing from horror movies and inject that into the script and production plan. My concerns about the onset of an environmental apocalypse provided a vehicle for the horror, while an interest in evolutionary science became the microbial fuel of the story.” He’s 90 percent of the way there, and the script does fine work showing us who the characters are, the details of the couples’ relationships, and how despite the generational differences, they’re more alike than they might think. The horror aspects are a slow burn. Once things get going, the good news is that the escalation feels organic. The story begins with a feeling of foreboding, that something is off somewhere. The (slightly) bad news is that once things get going, the question of Emily and Randall’s relationship is sidelined for a pure focus on survival. And while I understand that reality would likely play out like this, there are too many moments where characters scream each other’s names.

The cast does professional work, but the film rests firmly on the shoulders of Liana Liberato as Emily. I thoroughly enjoy films with characters like this. Emily isn’t a hardened badass or a barely-hanging-on trauma survivor. She’s a normal person; one who’s intelligent and resourceful. Liberato’s performance always feels honest and natural, even when she’s running in fear or dealing with a serious problem involving her foot.

The Beach House is not your average horror movie…or maybe it is. The film was made in 2019, and while Jeffrey A. Brown couldn’t have known what 2020 would bring, his debut would presciently tackle themes of isolation, paranoia, and environmental upheaval. Horror has moved beyond creature features and slashers. It’s a genre with something to say, and we ignore its messages at our peril.

*Spoiler alert – most likely a job involving fries and a nametag.

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Noticias de series de la semana: Anuncios de repartazos y series nuevas

Renovaciones

HBO ha renovado The Righteous Gemstones por una segunda temporada

OWN ha renovado Queen Sugar por una quinta temporada

Comedy Central ha renovado South Park por una vigesimocuarta, vigesimoquinta y vigesimosexta temporada

Noticias cortas

La serie de Awkwafina en Comedy Central se titulará Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.

La comedia de Mindy Kaling para Netflix se titulará Never Have I Ever.

Incorporaciones y fichajes

Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act, Ghost) y Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies, True Blood) serán Mother Abigail y el malvado Randall Flagg en The Stand, la adaptación de la novela de Stephen King. Se unen también Jovan Adepo (When They See Us, The Leftovers), Owen Teague (It, Bloodline), Brad William Henke (Orange Is the New Black, Sneaky Pete) y Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me, Graceland), que serán Larry Underwood, un joven músico; Harold Lauder, alguien que buscará supervivientes junto a Frannie (Odessa Young); Tom Cullen, un compañero de viaje de Nick (Henry Zaga) discapacitado tras un accidente cuando era niño: y Cobb, un militar que debe supervisar a Stu (James Marsden).

Liv Tyler (The Lord of the Rings, The Leftovers) protagonizará 9-1-1: Lone Star junto a Rob Lowe. Será Michelle Blake, jefa de paramédicos.

Amanda Peet (Brockmire, Studio 60) y Christian Slater (Mr. Robot, Heathers) protagonizarán la segunda temporada de la antología que comenzó con Dirty John. Esta vez en USA Network, nos traerán la historia de Betty Broderick, una mujer de California que en 1989 asesinó a su marido y a su amante. Escrita por Alexandra Cunningham (Dirty John, Desperate Housewives).

Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who, Victoria), Billy Howle (MotherFatherSon, Glue) y Ellie Bamber (Les Misérables, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms) protagonizarán The Serpent (BBC One) junto a Tahar Rahim. Serán Marie-Andrée Leclerc, cómplice de Sobhraj; y Herman y Angela Knippenberg.

Dermot Mulroney (Shameless, My Best Friend's Wedding), Anthony Welsh (Fleabag, Pure), Severine Howell-Meri, Cherelle Skeete (Ordinary Lies) y Gianna Kiehl se unen a la segunda temporada de Hanna.

Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones, Fortitude), Adam Hugill (1917), Jo Eaton-Kent (Don't Forget the Driver), Marama Corlette (Blood Drive), Lara Rossi (Crossing Lines) y Sam Adewunmi (The Last Tree) protagonizarán The Watch, adaptación de Discworld. Serán Sam Vimes, Constable Carrot, Constable Cheery, Corporal Angua, Lady Sybil Ramkin y Carcer Dun.

Richardo Chavira (Desperate Housewives) y Gabriel Chavarria (The Purge) serán el padre y el hermano de Selena en Selena: The Series.

Se le ha ofrecido a Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect, Ender's Game) protagonizar Hawkeye. Sería Kate Bishop, nueva Ojo de Halcón y miembro de los Young Avengers.

Melissa George (The Slap, The Good Wife) será recurrente en The Eddy, la serie de Damien Chazelle para Netflix, interpretando a Alison Jenkins, la sofisticada exmujer de Elliot (André Holland) y madre de Julie (Amandla Stenberg).

Jennifer Esposito (The Affair, Mistresses) será recurrente en Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens como una profesora de arte. Ming-Na Wen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Street Fighter) participará como invitada interpretando a la bohemia y espiritual tía de Nora.

Jason Ritter (Parenthood, Another Period) participará en varios episodios de la segunda temporada de A Million Little Things interpretando a alguien relacionado con Patricia (Melora Hardin).

Scoot McNairy (Halt and Catch Fire, True Detective), Zoe Chao (Strangers), Sasha Compere (Miracle Workers) y Peter Vack (The Bold Type, Mozart in the Jungle) se unen como regulares a la primera temporada de Love Life. Serán Bradley, dueño del museo para el que trabaja Darby (Anna Kendrick); Sara, mejor amiga de Darby; Mallory, compañera de habitación de Darby; y Jim, novio de Sara.

Hope Davis (Wayward Pines, American Crime) se une como regular a Your Honor. Será Gina, la esposa de Tommy (Michael Stuhlbarg). Lilli Kay (Chambers) será recurrente como Fia, la hija de Tommy y Gina.

Cicely Tyson (How to Get Away with Murder, The Help) será Miss Luma Lee Langston, una legendaria estrella del teatro y el cine, en Cherish the Day.

Ritu Arya (Humans, The Good Karma Hospital), Yusuf Gatewood (The Originals, Good Omens) y Marin Ireland (Sneaky Pete, Homeland) se unen a la segunda temporada de The Umbrella Academy. Serán Lila, un camaleón con un retorcido sentido del humor; Raymond, devoto marido y líder nato; y Sissy, una madre de Texas que se casó joven por las razones equivocadas.

Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us) participará como invitada en la sexta y última temporada de How to Get Away with Murder. No se conocen detalles.

Rachel Naomi Wilson (Rise, The Good Wife) será Mia, amiga de Victor (Michael Cimino), en Love, Simon.

Craig T. Nelson (Parenthood, Coach) será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Young Sheldon como Dale Ballard, entrenador de béisbol.

Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black), Glynn Turman (House of Lies, The Wire), Corey Hendrix (The Chi) y Matthew Elam se unen a la cuarta temporada de Fargo.

Joe Holt (Scandal, The Punisher) será recurrente en la tercera serie del universo The Walking Dead como Leo Bennett, un hombre de familia sólido y profesor respetado con un corazón generoso y un firme optimismo por el futuro.

Keesha Sharp (Lethal Weapon, American Crime Story) será recurrente en la sexta y última temporada de Empire como Paula Wick, una doctora compasiva y sensata.

Ashley Park (Tales of the City, Nightcap) protagonizará Emily in Paris junto a Lily Collins. Será Mindy Chen, una au pair que trata de convencer a Emily (Collins) de que París es genial.

Daniel Henney (Criminal Minds), Madeleine Madden (Picnic at Hanging Rock, Tidelands), Marcus Rutherford (Obey), Barney Harris (Clique, The Hollow Crown), Zoë Robins (Power Rangers Ninja Steel) y Josha Stradowski (Instinct, Spangas) serán al'Lan Mandragoran, Egwene Al'Vere, Perrin Aybara, Mat Cauthon, Nynaeve y Rand Al'Thor en The Wheel of Time.

Cassandra Jean Amell será recurrente en la segunda temporada de Roswell, New Mexico como Louise, una alienígena que busca refugio en 1947.

Tiffany Lonsdale (Ascension, Hail, Caesar!) se une como regular a la tercera temporada de Siren. Será Tia, una sirena extremadamente inteligente con un conocimiento muy evolucionado de la condición humana.

Abby Quinn (Black Mirror, After the Wedding) será Mabel, la hija de Paul (Paul Reiser) y Jamie (Helen Hunt) en Mad About You.

John Thomson (Cold Feet) y Bill Paterson (Fleabag, Outlander) se unen a la segunda temporada de Brassic.

Beau Garrett (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, The Good Doctor) será Cloud, la madre de Tully en los años 70, en Firefly Lane. Ali Skovbye (Breakthrough) y Roan Curtis (The Magicians) interpretarán a las versiones jóvenes de Tully (Katherine Heigl) y Kate (Sarah Chalke).

Mitch Silpa (Bridesmaids, Nobodies) y Lindsey Gort (The Carrie Diaries, Impastor) serán recurrentes en All Rise como Clayton Baker, ayudante del fiscal del distrito; y Amy Quinn, una abogada defensora privada.

Matt Murray (Eyewitness, 9JKL) será recurrente en la segunda temporada de In The Dark como Gene, un policía novato que es erróneamente relacionado con Murphy (Perry Mattfeld) y Jess (Brooke Markham).

Yasha Jackson (Ray Donovan) y Garrett Wareing (The Perfectionists) serán recurrentes en la segunda temporada de Manifest como Suzanne Martin, decana de la Universidad de Astoria y exnovia de Ben (Josh Dallas); y TJ Morrison, pasajero del vuelo 828 que está solo en el mundo.

Laura Bell Bundy (Anger Management, Hart of Dixie) será recurrente en Perfect Harmony como Kimmy, rival de Ginny (Anna Camp).

Bill Bellamy (Insecure) será Sweetness, un banquero que trata de hacerse amigo de Madam Walker (Octavia Spencer), en Madam CJ Walker.

Adam Pålsson (Bron/Broen) será el Young Wallander de Netflix. Le acompañarán Richard Dillane (The White Princess, Wolf Hall) y Leanne Best (Cold Feet, Carnival Row) interpretando al superintendente Hemberg y a Frida Rask.

El tenista John McEnroe narrará Never Have I Ever, la comedia de Mindy Kaling para Netflix.

Pósters

Nuevas series

HBO prepara un piloto del universo Game of Thrones que contará la historia de los Targaryen.

Emily Watson (Chernobyl, Apple Tree Yard) protagonizará el thriller Too Close en ITV. Será una psiquiatra a la que le asignan trabajar con una mujer acusada de un crimen atroz que dice no recordar nada de lo sucedido. Escrita por la actriz Clara Salaman y adaptada de su propia novela (2018), escrita bajo el seudónimo Natalie Daniels.

David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, Mr. Mercedes) y Jack Bender (Lost, Mr. Mercedes) adaptarán para la televisión The Institute, la novela de Stephen King (2019) en la que Luke Ellis, un chico con telequinesis, es forzado por una organización secreta que practica pruebas a jóvenes con dones sobrenaturales.

BBC One encargó A Suitable Boy, adaptación de la novela de Vikram Seth (1993) en la que Lata (Tanya Maniktala) estudia en la universidad en tiempos de cambio en la India (1951) y descubre el amor y a sí misma mientras su madre le busca un marido. Al mismo tiempo, el rebelde Maan (Ishaan Khattar; Beyond the Clouds, Dhadak) quiere disfrutar de la vida sin importar las consecuencias, aunque le pese a su padre político, y tal vez enamorarse de una cortesana (Tabu; Life of Pi, The Namesake) no sea la mejor idea. Escrita por Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones's Diary, House of Cards) y producida por Mira Nair (The Namesake). Seis episodios.

BBC Three y HBO Max encargaron seis episodios de Starstruck, comedia creada y protagonizada por Rose Matafeo que se centrará en una veinteañera de Londres con dos trabajos sin futuro que lidiará con las complicaciones de dormir accidentalmente con una estrella de cine.

Netflix adquiere Ginny & Georgia, drama sobre una quinceañera (Antonia Gentry) que se siente a veces más madura que su madre treintañera (Brianne Howey, The Passage, The Exorcist). Viven junto a su hermano Austin (Diesel La Torraca) en un pueblo de Nueva Inglaterra, donde Georgia quiere asentarse y dar a sus hijos una vida normal mientras su pasado no la encuentre. Con Jennifer Robertson (Schitt's Creek), Felix Mallard (Happy Together) y Sara Waisglass (Degrassi: Next Class) interpretando a los vecinos y Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights, Scorpion) y Raymond Ablack (Narcos, Shadowhunters) al alcalde y al dueño de un restaurante. Creada por Sarah Lampert y escrita por Debra J. Fisher (Being Mary Jane, Criminal Minds). Diez episodios.

HBO ha encargado seis episodios de Betty, comedia inspirada en la película Skate Kitchen (2018) que se centra en un grupo de chicas de Nueva York que practican skateboarding. Rachelle Vinberg, Nina Moran, Kabrina Adams, Dede Lovelace y Ajani Russell repetirán papeles. Creada, escrita y producida por Crystal Moselle (Skate Kitchen) y Lesley Arfin (Love). Dirigida por Moselle.

BBC Two ha adquirido Vienna Blood, drama criminal ambientado en Viena a principios del siglo XX y basado en las novelas de Frank Tallis. En él, un joven y brillante doctor (Matthew Beard; The Imitation Game, An Education), que estudia bajo la atención de Sigmund Freud, conoce a un detective austriaco (Jürgen Maurer, Parfum) y ofrece sus habilidades forenses para investigar un caso. Les acompañan Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones, Dublin Murders), Charlene McKenna (Ripper Street, Raw), Amelia Bullmore (Gentleman Jack, Scott & Bailey), Jessica De Gouw (Arrow, Underground) y Louise Von Finckh (Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten). Escrita por Steve Thompson (Sherlock). Tres episodios.

BBC One encarga Rogue Heroes, drama adaptación del libro de Ben Macintyre (2016) sobre la creación del Special Air Service, una nueva forma de combate en los desiertos del norte de África durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Creada por Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders). Seis episodios.

Channel 4 ha encargado seis episodios de Generation Z, comedia negra en la que un camión militar se estrella contra una residencia y una sustancia tóxica convierte a los ancianos en zombies a los que un grupo de adolescentes normales y corrientes deberá combatir. Creada por Ben Wheatley (The Wrong Door).

Netflix encarga Sex/Life, dramedia que explora qué ocurre cuando la vida y la libido colisionan. Escrita por Stacy Rukeyser (UnREAL, One Tree Hill) y basada en el libro '44 Chapters About 4 Men', de BB Easton (2016), se centra en un triángulo amoroso entre una mujer, su marido y su pasado, que le da un nuevo y excitante punto de vista al deseo y a la identidad femenina. Ocho episodios.

BBC Two encarga seis episodios de una comedia creada y protagonizada por la comediante Sara Pascoe, que no sabe por qué todo el mundo se empareja y tiene hijos y por eso comienza una misión para entenderlos. Ella trata de demostrar que el amor romántico no es más que química y condicionantes y no se merece nuestro respeto, y esto entra en conflicto con los preparativos de la boda de su hermana y con el embarazo de su mejor amiga.

Sky Atlantic encarga I Hate Suzie, drama en el que el teléfono de Suzie Pickles (Billie Piper; Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Penny Dreadful), una estrella en decadencia, es hackeado y todo el mundo ve una foto suya en una posición comprometedora y ahora sabe cómo es en realidad. Cada uno de los ocho episodios tratará una etapa -shock, negación, miedo, vergüenza, negociación, culpa, ira y aceptación- mientras su mánager y amiga Naomi trata de mantener en pie su vida, su carrera y su matrimonio. Creada por Piper y Lucy Prebble (Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Succession).

BBC One encarga cuatro episodios de Roadkill, thriller político en el que un carismático ministro conservador (Hugh Laurie; House M.D., The Night Manager) trata de conseguir sus propios objetivos caminando sin vergüenza o arrepentimiento entre la gloria y la catástrofe mientras sus enemigos hacen que su vida pública y privada se desmorone. Escrita por David Hare (The Hours, Collateral).

BBC One encarga When It Happens To You, drama sobre el aborto en Irlanda del Norte y la experiencia de las familias y sus seres queridos. Escrita por Gwyneth Hughes (Vanity Fair, Dark Angel).

Fechas

The Feed se estrena en Virgin el 16 de septiembre

First Wives Club llega a BET+ el 19 de septiembre

La novena temporada de Doc Martin se estrena en ITV el 25 de septiembre

Frayed se estrena en Sky One el 26 de septiembre

The Oval se estrena en BET el 9 de octubre

Sistas se estrena en BET el 9 de octubre

La segunda temporada de Baby llega a Netflix el 18 de octubre

Daybreak llega a Netflix el 24 de octubre

See se estrena en Apple TV+ el 1 de noviembre

His Dark Materials se estrena en BBC One el 3 de noviembre

La segunda temporada de Britannia llega a Sky Atlantic el 7 de noviembre

El estreno de la 10ª temporada de Shameless en Showtime se retrasa del 3 al 10 de noviembre

Dublin Murders se estrena en Starz el 10 de noviembre

La segunda temporada de Alta mar llega a Netflix el 22 de noviembre

Party of Five se estrena en Freeform el 8 de enero

Tráilers y promos

El Camino

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Watchmen

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Shameless - Temporada 10

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Castle Rock - Temporada 2

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See

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Dublin Murders

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How to Get Away with Murder - Temporada 6 y última

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The Walking Dead - Temporada 10

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Looking for Alaska

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Baby - Temporada 2

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The Good Doctor - Temporada 3

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Impulse - Temporada 2

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Modern Love

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Alta mar - Temporada 2

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