#Andrew Horton

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"Not that it matters, but I was thinking we should get a bite to eat sometime." Y/N said. He was watching Brandon build a fence all shirtless and sweaty. Their parents had been friends for years, and Y/N always had a crush on Brandon, but he was with Ruby. Now, he was single. Not that Y/N would ever assume that Brandon was anything less than straight.

Brandon pounded a wooden stake into the ground and narrowed his eyes at Y/N. "A bite to eat, eh? What like a date?"

"What? No. Not a date. Who said anything about a date? I mean, I certainly didn't." Y/N rambles.

Brandon chuckled. "Too bad it wouldn't be a date. I was actually looking forward to it." He winks.

"Really?"

"Really."

[mariocki]

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 (BBC, 2023)

"Well, I've given you my opinion. I stand flat-footed upon the ground and there I must remain. The world is big enough for us; no ghosts need apply."

[boysappetit]

Andrew Horton

[helmstone]

Lot No 249 — introducing a Christmas ghost story

Lot No 249 — introducing a Christmas ghost story

The BBC has interviews with the cast / creators of Christmas ghost story Lot No 249. It’s another Mark Gatiss adaptation, this time an Arthur Conan Doyle tale. 1881. Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different young academics: Abercrombie Smith, a model of Victorian manhood, clean of limb and sound of mind; Monkhouse Lee, a delicate and unworldly student from Siam; and the strange and…

[realjediverse]

Slotherhouse Movie Review!

Slotherhouse is a 2023 horror-comedy film about a sloth that terrorizes a sorority house. The film is directed by Matthew Goodhue and written by Bradley Fowler. The film stars Lisa Ambalavanar as Emily Young, a senior who wants to be elected as her sorority’s president. She adopts a sloth, thinking it can become the new mascot and help her win, until a string of fatalities implicate the sloth as…

[willstafford]

ABBAsolutely Fabulous

THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO The REP, Birmingham, Thursday 23rd February 2023 It’s 2015.  When a Grindr hook-up between two middle-aged men turns out to be a surprise reunion between former schoolfriends, a chain of events is triggered that leads to the formation of a gender-swapped ABBA tribute act.  Like it does.  Ian Hallard’s wonderful script, full of barbed wit and brittle emotions beneath the…

[moviesandmania]

SLOTHERHOUSE (2023) Creature feature comedy horror

‘Don’t rush, die slow’ Slotherhouse is a 2023 American comedy horror film about sorority sisters being terrorised by their house mascot, a deadly sloth. Directed by Matthew Goodhue from a screenplay by Bradley Fowler based on a storyline written with Cady Lanigan. The movie stars Lisa Ambalavanar, Sydney Craven, Olivia Rouyre, Bianca Beckles-Rose, Andrew Horton, Sutter Nolan, Grace Patterson,…

[nerds-yearbook]

The Flash (2014 - 2023) series ran for 184 episodes and 9 seasons. The series finale aired on May 24, 2023. The episode also concluded what had become known as CW's "Arrowverse" that included Arrow (2012 - 2020), The Flash, Supergirl (2015 - 2021), Legends of Tomorrow (2016 - 2022), Black Lightening (2018 - 2021), Batwoman (2019 - 2022) and the web shows Vixens (2015 - 2016) and Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2017 - 2018). The episode ran into production problems when Grant Gustin (The Flash/Barry Allen) was diagnosed with Covid. The finale saw the Flash having to try to save his timeline as he was up against the Negative Speed Force represented by Cobalt Blue (Rick Cosnett), Reverse Flash (Tom Cavanagh), Zoom (Teddy Sears), Savitar (Tobin Bell), and Godspeed (Karan Oberoi). Cecile Horton (Danielle Nicoket) took on the moniker Virtue and a new costume. Nora was born after the world was saved. Barry Allen decided to share the speedforce with Avery Ho (PiperCurda) , Max Mercury (Trevor Carroll), and Jess Chambers (Hana Destiny Higgins). ("A New World Part 4", The Flash, TV Event)

[cinesludge]

Movie #6 of 2023: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Extended Edition

Gandalf: [to Grima] “Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I did not pass through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm.”

[braineyboxd]

Letterboxd List: Classic Films on YouTube (pt. 2)

I’m back with another selection of classic films on YouTube recently added to my Letterboxd list. You can read a little more about the list here or check it out for yourself here. I hope you find it helpful when picking a classic to watch for movie night. 🎥

Angel (1937) - Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas, Edward Everett Horton, dir. Ernst Lubitsch

Lady in a Jam (1942) - Irene Dunne, Patrick Knowles, Ralph Bellamy, dir. Gregory La Cava

State Fair (1945) - Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, dir. Walter Lang

Heaven Can Wait (1943) - Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, dir. Ernst Lubitsch

For more classic films on YouTube, check out my list on Letterboxd.

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From Out of Sight to Magic Mike: our writers pick their favourite Soderbergh films With the release of Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Guardian writers argue why their Steven Soderbergh pick is better than the restAt the age of 26, Soderbergh conquered Sundance, won the Palme D’Or at Cannes and changed the indie film business forever – not bad for a first try. Having a killer title like sex, lies and videotape certainly raised eyebrows, but Soderbergh’s debut not only delivered on its seductive promise, but seemed to understand where human relationships might be headed in a future where the camera can act as a diary, a mediator and a tool for eroticism. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/08/best-steven-soderbergh-movies-magic-mike

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[boysappetit]

Andrew Horton

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Intensely Independent: The Micro-Budget Films of Blake Eckard will be released on DVD on September 10 via Synapse Films. It includes two films: Bubba Moon Face and Coyotes Kill for Fun.

Bubba Moon Face is a 2011 dark drama made in five days. Written and directed by Eckard, it stars Tyler Messner, Joe Hammerstone, Misty Ballew, and Sylvia Geiger.

Coyotes Kill for Fun is a 2017 crime noir shot over the course of three years. Written and directed by Eckard, it stars Tyler Messner, Frank Mosley, Roxanne Rogers, and Arianne Martin.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Bubba Moon Face audio commentary

Interview with Coyotes Kill for Fun cinematographer Jon Jost

Liner notes booklet by film critic Andrew Wyatt

In Bubba Moon Face, a down-on-his-luck drifter named Horton Bucks (Tyler Messner) faces an impossible situation: caring for his brother’s newborn baby in a uniquely hostile environment. In Coyotes Kill for Fun, a backwoods babysitter helps a mother escape from her abusive boyfriend – only to have the boyfriend’s psychotic brother come back to town with violent intentions.

Pre-order Intensely Independent: The Micro-Budget Films of Blake Eckard.

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𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔡𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰 (𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔟𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰)

Princess Shireen Baratheon: Shireen Baratheon is a noblewoman of House Baratheon of Dragonstone, and is the daughter and only child of Lord Stannis Baratheon and Lady Selyse Florent. Greyscale has left half of her left cheek and most of her neck covered in cracked and flaking, grey and black stony skin. She has suffered from nightmares since infancy. Stannis's army and retinue travels from Dragonstone to the Wall to respond to the wildling threat. At the Wall, he leaves Shireen at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea with her mother, while his army marches to Castle Black. After her father's death, she remains in the North under The North care and request to be send to Dorne to her cousin, wanting to refute her father's claims about Myrcella. Canon. Song Era.

Lord Edric Dayne: Edric Dayne, also known as Ned, is the Lord of Starfall and the head of House Dayne. His father, Gwayne Dayne is the elder brother of Ser Arthur, Lady Ashara, and Lady Allyria Dayne. Edric serves as the squire of Beric Dondarrion, Lord of Blackhaven. Edric's mother did not have enough milk for him when he was born, so he was nursed by Wylla, a servant at Starfall. At some point, Edric was told that Wylla was the mother of Jon Snow, the bastard of Lord Eddard Stark. Edric attempts to befriend a wary Arya during the brotherhood's travels, and her friend Gendry is scornful of their interactions. Ned tells Arya more about his family, and he is surprised that her father never spoke of Edric's aunt Ashara committing suicide over her broken heart. Ned hesitantly tells Arya that his aunt Allyria told him that Ashara and Eddard fell in love at the tourney at Harrenhal. Edric is back in Dorne. Canon. Song Era.

Edric Storm: Edric Storm is the bastard son of King Robert I Baratheon and Delena Florent. Edric is a sturdily attractive youth, with jet-black hair and deep blue eyes. He resembles his father, King Robert I, and has the characteristic hair, eyes, jaw, and cheekbones of House Baratheon. Edric also has the large ears common to House Florent. Edric was conceived by King Robert I Baratheon and Delena on the wedding night of Lord Stannis Baratheon to Selyse Florent, Delena's cousin, in the couple's wedding bed. Stannis saw this as an insult to his honor, so he sent Edric to Storm's End to foster with the boy's other uncle, Renly Baratheon. As Delena was a noblewoman, Edric was acknowledged by his father. Edric sails across the narrow sea past the Stepstones to Essos on the Mad Prendos with Andrew and other protectors. He is hiding in Lys. Canon. Song Era.

Mya Stone: Mya Stone is a young woman serving House Royce of the Gates of the Moon. She is the eldest of King Robert I Baratheon's bastards. Mya serves as a guide on the treacherous rocky climb from the Vale to the Eyrie, leading trains of mules, such as Whitey. She also transports foodstuffs from the foot of the Giant's Lance to the Eyrie. Mya is somewhat openly known to be the bastard daughter of the king, although she was not acknowledged by her father. She has vague memories of him, as a big strong man tossing her in the air and catching her. Myranda Royce reveals to "Alayne Stone" that Mya lost her virginity to Mychel. Mya still hoped for marriage, till the newly-knighted Mychel was ordered by his father, Lord Horton Redfort, to marry Ysilla Royce, daughter of Lord Yohn Royce of Runestone. Canon. Song Era.

Gendry Baratheon: Gendry is a blacksmith apprentice for Master Tobho Mott in King's Landing. He does not know he is a bastard son of King Robert I Baratheon until later when captured by Melisandre and the truth is revealed, his blood used in a ritual. Gendry looks like a young Renly Baratheon, albeit with a squarer jaw, bushier brows, and tangled hair. He has since been legitimized and inherited all titles held by his father before Robert became king, and appointed the new Warden of the South. Gendry is not the eldest of the bastards and by all means, he supports his "sister" Myrcella for lady of Storm's End but he also reclaims his sibligns as his own, rebuilding House Baratheon under a new sigil, changing the colors to the inverted ones, considering the house is now mostly bastards. Canon. Song Era.

Joy Hill: She is the bastard daughter of Gerion Lannister. According to her cousin Jaime, Joy is a sweet child, but a lonely one since her father Gerion disappeared. As part of the pact between Lord Tywin Lannister and Lord Walder Frey concerning the betrayal of Robb Stark in the Red Wedding, Joy is to wed a natural son of Walder from House Frey once she is older. After the siege of Riverrun, Lady Sybell Spicer mentions to Ser Jaime Lannister that his late father, Tywin, had promised a bride from Casterly Rock for her eldest son, Ser Raynald Westerling. Because Sybell mentions "joy", Jaime thinks Tywin intended for Joy Hill to marry Raynald. Sybell is angered at the idea of her son marrying a bastard. Joy would prefer the handsom Raynald as a husband. Eventually, Joy is send to Dorne alongside Myrcella new sworn sword so she would become less gloom and safety. Canon. Song Era.

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‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 Behind the Scenes: How Fashion Defines Each Character (PHOTOS)

by Kelli Boyle

Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey (2011-2016) [mod note: on PBS in the US], set that upstairs-downstairs series at a palatial British estate on the eve of World War I. He moved his newest costume drama Stateside to the streets of New York City. Set in the late 1800s, The Gilded Age, which has its second-season premiere on Sunday, October 29 on HBO (streaming on Max), pits the new money of railroad barons against the old money of New York society. The powerful fight for control of the city and use their wealth to measure social success. And dressing for success was its own full-time occupation.

When researching women’s fashion in 1800s New York, the show’s costume designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone saw one thing clearly: “Their life was a catwalk. There was this enormous excitement” when the ladies trekked the bustling, dusty streets of Manhattan. Her job was to recreate that excitement for contemporary viewers of The Gilded Age.

Fashion as a Sign of Status

Who’s doing all this promenading? Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) arrived in NYC with no money and was taken in by her aunts Ada (Cynthia Nixon) and Agnes (Christine Baranski), both living off an inheritance. Then the newly affluent Russells—headed by railroad baron George (Morgan Spector) and wife Bertha (Carrie Coon), who is determined to break into polite society—moved in across the street.

Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon) and Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) head to church on Easter morning in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 premiere. Niece Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) follows close behind (Credit: Barbara Nitke/HBO)

The frill thrills continue in Season 2, especially in a pivotal garden party scene (pictured below) that TV Insider observed being filmed in September 2022 at New York’s lavish Old Westbury Gardens estate. (Westbury House was previously home to an heir of the Phipps family, real-life Gilded Age figures whose patriarch made his fortune alongside Andrew Carnegie at his steel company.) On set was Fellowes, whose smart black suit and tie were the only dark hues around.

Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga), George Russell (Morgan Spector), and Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) step out for Easter mass in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 premiere (Credit: Barbara Nitke/HBO)

Historically Accurate Costumes

It’s a testament to the wardrobe department that the stunning colors of the sprawling grounds nearly pale in comparison to the vibrancy of the women’s period garb. Despite the sepia-toned images in history books, Walicka-Maimone says, those bright tints are decidedly historically accurate. She has a library of more than 35,000 reference images to prove it.

“It’s shocking to our modern eye to see the explosion of color from that period,” she said. Production designer Bob Shaw (who won an Emmy for his work on Gilded Age) was present to share his creative process, which, just as Walicka-Maimone described of her own work, is “deeply steeped in history.”

Nicole Brydon Bloom joins the cast for Season 2, pictured here at the garden party with Blake Ritson’s Oscar van Rhijn (Credit: Barbara Nitke/HBO)

He does note that, when deciding between “what is correct and what feels correct,” the latter always wins. Creative liberties are taken to “build [character] histories into the costumes,” Walicka-Maimone added.

A Garden Party to Remember

Take Brit newcomers Dashiell Montgomery (David Furr) and his daughter, Frances (Matilda Lawler), for example. Nephew by marriage to Baranski’s Agnes, Dashiell requires more “toned-down” attire suitable for social outings, which contrasts with Season 1’s primarily business and formal menswear.

Aurora Fane (Kelli O’Hara) and husband Charles Fane (Ward Horton) attend the garden party in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 (Credit: Barbara Nitke/HBO)

Dashiell must escort Frances through society in his late wife’s absence. One consideration for Walicka-Maimone: “This is a girl who doesn’t have a mother, so there’s probably extra care from all the other family members in [dressing her],” she said.

Meanwhile, Marian, who Jacobson said is “shining this season and sees herself in [younger] Frances,” will be more open to a strategic marriage. Marian’s “not necessarily cynical” after being jilted by Tom Raikes (Thomas Cocquerel) in last season’s finale, the actress continued, but the heartbreak gives her a “spice and edge.”

Don’t count out the possibility of a romance with Larry Russell (Harry Richardson), son of the railroad titan, which was teased last year. Jacobson shared: “They will definitely continue to deepen their friendship.” Old money and new money unite!