#eliza lynch

[fuckyeahcostumedramas]

Maria Doyle Kennedy as Eliza Lynch in Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay (Documentary Film, 2013).

[exanimateisacomic]

Levi had a “good demon” chart. Every time he does a chore, behaves, or helps out around the house he gets a gold star on his chart. 3 stars gets him an hour out of his room, 5 stars gets him a the whole night out of his room, and 10 stars lets him go out of the house for the night (with limited supervision from either Luis or Eliza).

The chart was originally for Reuben, but they stopped when he got older..

[texaschainsawmascara]

nothing hurts anymore I feel kinda free

Hayley Williams, Ain’t It Fun by Paramore / Emily Blunt, Sunshine Cleaning / Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower / 78violet, Hothouse / Fiona Apple, Never Is a Promise / ELIZA, ALONE & UNAFRAID / Amanda Seyfried, Twin Peaks: The Return / Juno Temple & Kay Panabaker, Little Birds

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The 21st to 30th actresses with the best legs ever in my opinion (Megan Fox, Sigourney Weaver, Eliza Coupe, Viola Davis, Christine Baranski, Evanna Lynch, Marilyn Monroe Hannah Waddingham, Zoe Perry and Emily Osment)

I did it like that because the site only allows me to use maximum 10 pictures in a post

[icouldtasteyourhair]

I finally took some time to watch The Weirdest Fucking Movie I’ve Ever Seen™ aka Eliza’s Horoscope just for 15 minutes of Richard Manuel.

[describe-things]

When we talk about the gaze of the camera, the language is still so binary — male gaze, female gaze. What, to you, is the trans or non-binary gaze?

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I think that there are languages that have been built and that are being built that I'm hopeful are going to continue to be articulated as uniquely trans. A lot of those languages are not the classical languages of trans cinema — or "trans cinema," which again was made mostly by cis people. The classic idea of being sad and longingly gazing into a mirror and being like, "I've known from birth that I was supposed to be a girl, even though I have a penis," these are narratives that were created by Hollywood, and created by men in Hollywood. And a lot of trans people adopt these narratives when they're trying to get their meds, but it's such an oversimplification for most of us. What transness and especially a pre-transition dysphoria actually feels like, to me at least, is much more internal and intangible. The language that I use to try to talk about it is language that I'm borrowing from the surrealism of David Lynch — the dreamlike nature of his films — or the body horror of David Cronenberg.

After I had made my first film, I read a book of trans film theory called Shimmering Images, by the author Eliza Steinbock, and it was an entire book of theory about how trans people are drawn to the liminality of the shimmer, because it expresses something of our liminal experience of identity and existence in the world. I was really struck by this, because my first film, which I had made before I had even found this book, is so deeply obsessed with the haze of low-resolution online shimmer. So, I think that the short answer to the question would be that we're still building this language and this gaze, but it won't come out in an external way. Because transness is so deeply an internal wrongness and then slow correction.

Jane Schoenbrun on Gender, Genre and 'I Saw the TV Glow'

[mattmurdocksthighs]

MY OCs GENDERSWAPPED (shows)

fivel stewart as amelia thompson booboo stewart as emery thompson

elizabeth olsen as astraea collins robert pattinson as asher collins

diana silvers as celia rhodes conan gray as cillian rhodes

adelaide kane as juliet shepherd luke newton as julien shepherd

sarah gadon as lady dove harrison osterfield as lord dante

rose williams as astryn stark harry gilby as aston stark

lucy hale + mark mckenna as riley morris

leighton meester as bianca stirling ross lynch as brandon stirling

nick robinson as bradley stirling katherine langford as brenna stirling

mila kunis as marin quinn hayden christensen as martin quinn

jessica alba as tara winchester tyler hoechlin as tate scott

brenton thwaites as lucas callahan ashley benson as lucia callahan

alycia debnam-carey as celeste lucas cody christian as cristian lucas

cobie smulders as eliza moore ashton kutcher as elijah moore

stephen amell as wyatt moore brie larson as willa moore

natalia dyer as olivia cohen charlie heaton as oliver cohen

holland roden as mila carson sean berdy as miles carson

madelyn cline as rosalind lahey rudy pankow as ross lahey

boyd holbrook as alexander madden rachel mcadams as alexandria madden

rudy pankow as theo barnett madelyn cline as thea barnett

katie douglas as felicity allen matt lintz as finley allen

[filmaticbby]

Aries: Tarantino, F. F. Coppola, Andrea Arnold, Eric Rohmer, Edgar Wright, Ruben Östlund, Josh Safdie, David Lean, Andrei Tarkovsky, Michael Haneke, Martin McDonagh

Taurus: Wes Anderson, Orson Welles, Sofia Coppola, Lars von Trier, Terry Zwigoff, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, John Waters, Frank Capra

Gemini: Fassbinder, Hideaki Anno, Makhmalbaf, Agnès Varda, Alex Garland, Clint Eastwood, Yorgos Lanthimos, Aaron Sorkin, Ken Loach, Alexander Sokurov, Giuseppe Tornatore

Cancer: Abbas Kiarostami, Wong Kar-wai, P. T. Anderson, Mike White, Ari Aster, Ingmar Bergman, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Paul Verhoeven, Robert Eggers, Béla Tarr, Mel Brooks, Ken Russell, Sidney Lumet, Kinji Fukasaku

Leo: Alfred Hitchcock, Greta Gerwig, Alain Robbe-grillet, Kubrick, Wes Craven, Taika Waititi, Luca Guadagnino, Christopher Nolan, Polanski, Sam Mendes, Richard Linklater, Nicolas Roeg, James Cameron, Pablo Larraín, M. Night Shyamalan, Iñárritu, Gus Van Sant, Peter Weir, Wim Wenders, Maurice Pialat

Virgo: Tom Ford, Joe Wright, Paul Feig, Dario Argento, David Fincher, Brian De Palma, Baz Luhrmann, Tim Burton, Friedkin, Takashe Miike, Noah Baumbach, Werner Herzog, Elia Kazan, E. Coen

Libra: Julie Dash, Almodóvar, Jacques Tati, Ang Lee, Michelangelo Antonioni, Ti West, Walerian Borowczyk, Nicolas Winding Refn, Satoshi Kon, Kenneth Lonergan, Michael Powell, Jacques Tati, Steve McQueen, Denis Villeneuve

Scorpio: Mike Nichols, Barry Jenkins, Charlie Kaufman, Céline Sciamma, Tsai Ming-liang, Jean Rollin, Scorsese, Louis Malle, Luchino Visconti, François Ozon, Julia Ducournau

Sagittarius: Sion Sono, Cassavetes, Raj Kapoor, Steven Spielberg, Eliza Hittman, Terrence Malick, Ozu, Alfonso Cuarón, Gregg Araki, Larry Charles, Judd Apatow, Kathryn Bigelow, Lenny Abrahamson, J. Coen, Jean Luc Godard, Diane Kurys, Ridley Scott, Lynne Ramsay, Woody Allen, Fritz Lang

Capricorn: Larry Clark, David Lynch, Harmony Korine, Damien Chazelle, David Lowery, Mary Harron, Sergio Leone, Todd Haynes, Pedro Costa, Gaspar, Noe, Fellini, Joseph Losey, Miyazaki, John Carpenter, Steven Soderbergh, Michael Curtiz, John Singleton, Vertov

Aquarius: Jim Jarmusch, John Hughes, Darren Aronofsky, Jodorowski, Michael Mann, Derek Cianfrance, Alex Payne, Truffau, Eisenstein, Tone Hooper

Pisces: Pasolini, Sean Baker, Paul Schrader, Bernardo Bertolucci, Benny Safdie, Jacques Rivette, Bunuel, Luc Besson, David Cronenberg, Spike Lee, Rob Reiner, Mike Mills, Sebastián Lelio, Jordan Peele, Ron Howard, Robert Altman

[droughtofapathy]

The Gilded Age's Broadway Divas: Peggy Scott (Denée Benton)

The stylish and erudite Peggy Scott is the bridge between the whites of New York and the oft-overlooked Black elite. Her story is often separate from the vapid society scandals our other ladies are deeply entrenched in. While they sip tea and bicker about opera boxes, Peggy hides from a lynch mob in a barn and kisses a real-life historical figure with a wife and child at home. Great.

Denée Benton made her Broadway debut in my personal favorite show, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, one of Tumblr's personal favorites as well, apparently. In it, she played the young ingenue, Natasha Rostova, marking a significant victory for young Black women who never get to play romantic leads, especially in traditionally white stories. She then went on to join the Natasha-Eliza pipeline and took on the role of Eliza Schuyler in Hamilton, a character originated by Philippa Soo, who had previously played Natasha in the first few off-Broadway productions of Comet. Full circle. Adding to the pipeline, Shoba Narayan who was an ensemble member and Natasha understudy also went on to star as Eliza in one of the touring companies of Hamilton.

Before and after shooting season two of The Gilded Age, Denée returned to the stage to star as Cinderella in the Encores! Into the Woods production last spring. More on that later.

#1: "No One Else," Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (2016)

Now, when I call classical sopranos a dying breed, I am not saying they no longer exist. Denée Benton is one of the few young sopranos in the theatre, and we all dearly hope she continues to grace our stages rather than transfer to the lucrative world of film and television as so many do. Denée's singing voice in this is just exquisite. I saw it four times on Broadway, and I'd have seen it god only knows how many more if it hadn't closed.

Great Comet was a critical success in its off-Broadway life. Based on a 72-page slice of War and Peace, it follows Natasha Rostova as she navigates young love and all the scandal that entails. It is a beautiful production no matter where you see it. Whether it was in the tent in the Meatpacking District, or the gorgeously renovated Imperial Theatre. Unfortunately, it was an expensive endeavor that did not pan out financially for producers. Broadway was just a little too big. But it has since had a robust regional and international life, spawning productions in Brazil, Japan, and across the U.S.

On-screen mother Audra McDonald (Dorothy Scott) sang this song in April of 2015, several months before Denée would take over the role of Natasha. Like mother, like daughter. Audra's rendition has since been taken off youtube, and I am bereft. But I can link you to an audio HERE.

#2: "On the Steps of the Palace," Encores! Into the Woods (2022)

Concluding their 2022 season, NYCC launched a wildly successful production of Into the Woods, one of Sondheim's most beloved works. Here, Denée plays Cinderella and we all know and love that story. Broadway itself has had at least four Cinderella stories, and I'd argue this one is the best adaptation. But the competition is...not fierce. (With condolences to Bad Cinderella's Grace McLean, fellow Comet cast member.)

The Encores! production then transferred to Broadway in July of 2022, but by then Denée was filming Gilded Age and did not transfer with it. So of course, who came in to replace her? Philippa Soo. And, when the show's original cast move on and the new cast came in, Denée Benton was back in the saddle as Cinderella again. Isn't theatre a wonderful thing?

The above is just a brief clip of Denée during Encores! If you want a full bootleg, let me know.

#3 "Maybe This Time," 11th Annual "Living For Today" Fundraiser (2018)

Showcasing her range, as more than just a lyrical soprano, Denée took part in a night of Kander and Ebb music to benefit the Gilana's Fund alongside other Broadway actors like Betsy Wolfe, Lesli Margherita, and Bebe Neuwirth, my beloved.

This song is, of course, from the classic Cabaret, now returning to Broadway this spring in a reimagined production from the West End. Bebe Neuwirth to star as Fraulein Schneider. It's all connected.

And once again, Audra McDonald has also sung this song. And it's as marvelous as you think.

Someone please mount a production of Light in the Piazza where it's a dual cast situation. On A days, give me Ruthie Ann Miles and Anna Zavelson for Asian!Piazza, and on B days give me Audra and Denée for Black!Piazza.

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[bearterritory]

Bears Post 9 Wins On Cal Winter Invite Day 1

BERKELEY – The California women's tennis team posted nine wins on the first day of the Cal Winter Invitational on Friday, including Lan Mi and Tiziana-Marie Schomburg winning three times apiece and the 36th-ranked Katja Wiersholm defeating USC's 42nd-ranked Naomi Cheong.   Wiersholm, a junior, bested Cheong, 6-4, 7-5, at the Hellman Tennis Complex. Freshman Mao Mushika collected a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(6), result over USC's 66th-ranked Grace Piper, and senior Valentina Ivanov defeated another nationally ranked Trojan, USC's 83rd-ranked Eryn Cayetano, 6-3, 6-3. Berta Passola Folch, a sophomore, notched a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Cal Poly's Melissa LaMette.   Mi and Schomburg combined to win twice in doubles Friday morning. First they beat San Francisco's Hana Gamracy and former Bear Erin Richardson, 6-3, and then they topped USF's Azaria Hayes and Alicia Yue, 6-3. The two Bears each won in singles in the afternoon, with Mi, a junior, beating Cal Poly's Delanie Dunkle, 6-0, 6-4, and Schomburg, a freshman, defeating the Mustangs' Peyton Dunkle, 7-6(8), 6-2.   The Cal duo of Cami Brown and Makenna Thiel beat San Francisco's Qianer Qiu and Julia Visaya, 6-4.   2024 Cal Winter Invitational Hellman Tennis Complex in Berkeley, Calif. Channing Tennis Courts

 Singles No. 36 Katja Wiersholm (Cal) def. No. 42 Naomi Cheong (USC), 6-4, 7-5 No. 22 Emma Charney (USC) def. No. 17 Jessica Alsola (Cal), 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 No. 33 Snow Han (USC) def. No. 12 Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal), 7-5, 6-2 Valentina Ivanov (Cal) def. No. 83 Eryn Cayetano (USC), 6-3, 6-3 Mao Mushika (Cal) def. No. 66 Grace Piper (USC), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(6) Berta Passola Folch (Cal) def. Melissa LaMette (Cal Poly), 6-4, 6-3 Lan Mi (Cal) def. Delanie Dunkle (Cal Poly), 6-0, 6-4 Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal) def. Peyton Dunkle (Cal Poly), 7-6(8), 6-2 Hana Gamracy (USF) def. Olivia Rook (SMC), 7-6(3), 6-3 Makenna Koenig (USC) def. Julia Visaya (USF), 6-3, 6-0 Parker Fry (USC) def. Qianer Qiu (USF), 6-1, 6-0 Romane Mosse (Cal Poly) def. Tian Yu Dong (SMC), 6-4, 7-6 Alexandra Ozerets (Cal Poly) def. Cami Brown (Cal), 6-4, 7-5 Kennedy Buntrock (Cal Poly) def. Juliette Daries (SMC), 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 Stefanie Silva (SMC) def. Eliza Bates (Cal Poly), 6-3, 6-2 Sofia Daryaie (SMC) def. Sarah MacCallum (Cal Poly), 6-3, 6-3 Madison Weekley (SMC) def. Natalie Lynch (Cal Poly), 6-2, 6-0 Imogen Haddad (USC) def. Alicia Yue (USF), 6-2, 6-4 Azaria Hayes (USF) def. Jamie Pope (SMC), 6-3, 5-7, 6-0   Doubles No. 29 Grace Parker/Piper Fry (USC) def. No. 14 Mao Mushika/Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal), 6-3 Eryn Cayetano/Imogen Haddad (USC) def. Jessica Alsola/Valentina Ivanov (Cal), 6-4 Emma Charney/Naomi Cheong (USC) def. Berta Passola Folch/Katja Wiersholm (Cal), 6-4 Lan Mi/Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal) def. Hana Gamracy/Erin Richardson (USF), 6-3 Cami Brown/Makenna Thiel (Cal) def. Qianer Qiu/Julia Visaya (USF), 6-4 Lan Mi/Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal) def. Azaria Hayes/Alicia Yue (USF), 6-3 Iman Khan/Olivia Rook (SMC) def. Delanie Dunkle/Peyton Dunkle (Cal Poly), 6-4 Tian Yu Dong/Juliette Daries (SMC) def. Kennedy Buntrock/Melissa LaMette (Cal Poly), 7-6(4) Sofia Daryaie/Stefanie Silva (SMC) def. Eliza Bates/Romane Mosse (Cal Poly), 6-4 Natalie Lynch/Sarah MacCallum (Cal Poly) def. Jamie Pope/Madison Weekley (SMC), 6-2  

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𝚀𝚄𝙴𝚄𝙴. hi, hi ! i hope the day is treating y'all well - i'm taking a very wild guess that we're at our favorite restaurant right about now and then getting ready to head on home - but as promised, my scheduled post is coming to you LIVE to advertise some more of my personal most wanted characters ! this time i'm going to throw a couple wanted connections in there, too, and leave you with a link to our wc page in the source but without further adieu have you considered bringing : park sooyoung as gabrielle delacour, archie renaux as astoria greengrass' eldest sibling, lydia west as marcus flint's teammate, indira varma as septima vector, matthew good as arthur & ned weasley's sibling, pedro pascal as eliza fawley's husband, hannah waddingham as madam rosmerta, michiel huisman as mikaela & nikolai karkaroff's older brother, lakeith stanfield as lee jordan, florence pugh as damien graves' younger sibling, danny ramirez as andie macnair's most recent situationship, lashana lynch as gwenog jones, rachel weisz as ezekiel burke's ex wife, dichen lachman as rita skeeter, dylan arnold as zacharias smith or victoria moroles as eliza fawley & oskar catchlove's daughter ? because it would be pretty NEAT if you did ! if you'd like to ask anything or get the ball rolling, please be safe in the knowledge i will be home in a couple hours and ready to help you out<3

[exanimateisacomic]

Levi: (sitting by the doorway to his room, letting his feet rest past the doorframe)

Eliza: (walks by) oh, hey levi.

Levi: oh! Mrs. lynch! Uh… (pulls feet back into his room) sorry…I-I had my feet outside my room and-and…(curls up into a ball) I am sorry.

Eliza: …(exhales) okay. I’ll tell you what.

Levi: ?

Eliza: I know I’ve been tough on you. Maybe unjustly. Here’s the deal: you can leave your room tonight. And if you behave, we can talk about making it permanent.

Levi: (shoots up into a standing position and looks at her with wide eyes) R-really? I do not have to stay in my room when-

Eliza: (holds out her hands to calm him down) yes. Now, Do you promise to behave?

Levi: (nods) yes, yes I do, mrs. lynch!

Eliza: alright (steps aside) go on then.

Levi: (Takes a step outside) (big smile in is face) oh! Oh! This is! Exciting! Thank you, thank you very much, mrs. Lynch! (Takes another step and trips into the hallway)

Eliza: oh! Jeez, are you okay?

[chillingcinemachronicles]

Top 5 Sci-Fi Movies on Netflix

5. Predestination (2014)

Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller

Actor: Alicia Pavlis, Annabelle Norman, Arielle O’Neill, Ben Prendergast, Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen, Cate Wolfe, Christopher Bunworth, Christopher Kirby, Christopher Sommers, Christopher Stollery, Dennis Coard, Dick York, Elise Jansen, Eliza D’Souza, Eliza Matengu, Ethan Hawke, Felicity Steel, Finegan Sampson, Freya Stafford, Giordano Gangl, Grant Piro, Hayley Butcher, Jim Knobeloch, Katie Avram, Kristie Jandric, Kuni Hashimoto, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Madeleine West, Maja Sarosiek, Marky Lee Campbell, Milla Simmonds, Monique Heath, Noah Taylor, Noel Herriman, Olivia Sprague, Paul Moder, Raj Sidhu, Rob Jenkins, Sara El-Yafi, Sarah Snook, Sophie Cusworth, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Tyler Coppin, Vanessa Crouch

Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig, The Spierig Brothers

Rating: R

One of the most original time-travel thrillers since 12 Monkeys. A brilliant subversion of the Time Paradox trope, with enough plot twists to keep you entertained until well after the movie is finished. Predestination is an amazing movie with great performances from Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook. It’s a movie that will feel like Inception, when it comes to messing with your mind and barely anyone has heard of it. It is highly underrated and unknown, sadly.

4. Train to Busan (2016)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Actor: Ahn So-hee, An So-hee, Baek Seung-hwan, Cha Chung-hwa, Chang-hwan Kim, Choi Gwi-hwa, Choi Woo-shik, Choi Woo-sung, Dong-seok Ma, Eui-sung Kim, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-eun, Han Sung-soo, Jang Hyuk-jin, Jeong Seok-yong, Jung Seok-yong, Jung Young-ki, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Chang-hwan, Kim Eui-sung, Kim Jae-rok, Kim Joo-heon, Kim Ju-hun, Kim Keum-soon, Kim Soo-ahn, Kim Soo-an, Kim Su-an, Kim Won-Jin, Lee Joo-sil, Lee Joong-ok, Ma Dong-seok, Park Myung-shin, Sang-ho Yeon, Seok-yong Jeong, Shim Eun-kyung, Sohee, Soo-an Kim, Soo-jung Ye, Terri Doty, Woo Do-im, Woo-sik Choi, Ye Soo-jung, Yeon Sang-ho, Yoo Gong, Yu-mi Jeong, Yu-mi Jung

Director: Sang-ho Yeon, Yeon Sang-ho

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A zombie virus breaks out and catches up with a father as he is taking his daughter from Seoul to Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city. Watch them trying to survive to reach their destination, a purported safe zone.

The acting is spot-on; the set pieces are particularly well choreographed. You’ll care about the characters. You’ll feel for the father as he struggles to keep his humanity in the bleakest of scenarios.

It’s a refreshingly thrilling disaster movie, a perfect specimen of the genre.

3. Serenity (2005)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Actor: Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Carrie ‘CeCe’ Cline, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Patrick Lynch, David Krumholtz, Demetra Raven, Dennis Keiffer, Elaine Mani Lee, Erik Weiner, Gina Torres, Glenn Howerton, Hunter Ansley Wryn, Jessica Huang, Jewel Staite, Linda Wang, Logan O’Brien, Marcus Young, Mark Winn, Marley McClean, Matt McColm, Michael Hitchcock, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Fillion, Nectar Rose, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter James Smith, Rafael Feldman, Rick Williamson, Ron Glass, Ryan Tasz, Sarah Paulson, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Tamara Taylor, Terrell Tilford, Terrence Hardy Jr., Tristan Jarred, Weston Nathanson, Yan Feldman

Director: Joss Whedon

Rating: PG-13

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Serenity is a futuristic sci-fi film that serves as a feature-length continuation of the story-line from the TV program Firefly (2002–2003). The story revolves around the captain (Nathan Fillion) and crew of the titular space vessel that operate as space outlaws, running cargo and smuggling missions throughout the galaxy. They take on a mysterious young psychic girl and her brother, the girl carrying secrets detrimental to the intergalactic government, and soon find themselves being hunted by a nefarious assassin (Chiwetel Ejiofor). The first feature-length film from Joss Whedon (The Avengers), Serenity is a lively and enjoyable adventure, replete with large-scale action sequences, strong characterizations and just the right touch of wry humor. An enjoyable viewing experience that stands alone without demanding that you have familiarity with the original program beforehand.

2. Sorry to Bother You (2018)

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Actor: Armie Hammer, Danny Glover, David Cross, Ed Moy, Forest Whitaker, James D. Weston II, Jermaine Fowler, John Ozuna, Kate Berlant, Lakeith Stanfield, Lily James, Marcella Bragio, Michael X. Sommers, Molly Brady, Omari Hardwick, Patton Oswalt, Robert Longstreet, Rosario Dawson, Steven Yeun, Teresa Navarro, Terry Crews, Tessa Thompson, Tom Woodruff Jr., Tony Toste, W. Kamau Bell

Director: Boots Riley

In the year of the Netflix TV Show Maniac, another absurdist title stole critics’ hearts. Sorry to Bother You is a movie set in an alternate reality, where capitalism and greed are accentuated. Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta) is a guy called Cassius who struggles to pay his bills. However, when at a tele-marketing job an old-timer tells him to use a “white voice”, he starts moving up the ranks of his bizarre society. A really smart movie that will be mostly enjoyed by those who watch it for its entertaining value, and not so much for its commentary. It is like a Black Mirror episode stretched into a movie.

1. Ex Machina (2015)

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Actor: Alex Garland, Alicia Vikander, Chelsea Li, Claire Selby, Corey Johnson, Domhnall Gleeson, Elina Alminas, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Symara A. Templeman, Symara Templeman, Tiffany Pisani

Director: Alex Garland

Rating: R

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Ex Machina is the directorial debut of Alex Garland, the writer of 28 Days Later (and 28 Weeks Later). It tells the story of Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson from About Time), an IT developer who is invited by a billionaire CEO to participate in a groundbreaking experiment — administering a Turing test to a humanoid robot called Ava (Alicia Vikander). Meeting the robot with feelings of superiority at first, questions of trust and ethics soon collide with the protagonist’s personal views. While this dazzling film does not rely on them, the visual effects and the overall look-feel of Ex Machina are absolutely stunning and were rightly picked for an Academy Award. They make Ex Machina feel just as casually futuristic as the equally stylish Her and, like Joaquin Phoenix, Gleeson aka Caleb must confront the feelings he develops towards a machine, despite his full awareness that ‘she’ is just that. This is possibly as close to Kubrick as anyone got in the 21st century. Ex Machina is clever, thrilling, and packed with engaging ideas.

[writerly-ramblings]

Books Read in October:

1). Vladimir (Julia May Jonas)

2). The Glutton (A.K. Blakemore)

3). The Late Americans (Brandon Taylor)

4). By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Elizabeth Smart)

5). The Pleasure of Reading (ed. Antonia Fraser)

6). I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)

7). The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch (Anne Enright)

8). Let Us Descend (Jesmyn Ward)

9). Eichmann in Jerusalem: The Banality of Evil (Hannah Arendt)

10). Things Are Against Us (Lucy Ellmann)

11). Sleepless (Marie Darrieussecq, trans. Penny Hueston)

12). My Husband (Maud Ventura, trans. Emma Ramadam)

13). So to Speak (Terrance Hayes)

14). Artful (Ali Smith)

15). Time Shelter (Georgi Gospodinov, trans. Angela Rodel)

16). Dandelions (Thea Lenarduzzi)

17). The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe (Colm Tóibín)

[unfortunate-arrow]

𝐻𝒫 𝒲𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝒜𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒲𝑒𝑒𝓀

Day Three: I Got It From My Mama (talk about a mother of an OC that you love and why) of @endlessly-cursed’s HP women appreciation week

→ The mother of Cian, Ryan, Cara, Sara, and Conor, Ailis Ciara O’Donnell née Lynch is probably my most fleshed out mother, as she’s been around the longest. She’s a Ravenclaw, a healer, and a tragedy. She died when her eldest son, Cian, was nine and when her quadruplets were nearly a year. But Ailis remained in her children. She was there in Ryan’s smile, in Cara’s warmth, in Sara’s compassion, in Conor’s reserve, in Cian’s eyes.

→ The mother of William, Shannon Imogen Devlin has, perhaps, the roughest go of it. She went into her affair with a clear mind, knowing that the viscount was never going to marry her and left of her own accord, penniless and pregnant without the protection of marriage. But Shannon was going to do whatever it took to protect her child and she named her son after her late father and oldest brother. She’s not a mother for very long, but she does her best in a world that’s not kind to unwed mothers.

→ The mother of Edmund, Minerva, Walter, Eliza, Nan, Cordelia, Penelope, and Billie, Alice Anne Kennedy née Fortescue was, unsurpsingly, inspired by Violet Bridgerton. A single mother of eight after losing her husband quite suddenly and being pregnant with eighth at the time. That’s sort of where the similarities end though. Alice doesn’t feel the pressure to urge her children into marriage… possibly because she’s got her hands full with the eight of them following their own chaotic paths to love. At about 23, Ned’s about five seconds from breaking up an engagement. Minerva spends half her life hating her future husband’s guts. And that’s only her eldest two.

Honorary mentions:

Mai Whitten → mother of Darcy, Thea, and Clary and aunt to Jack and Benedict

Moira Pembroke → mother of Max, Caitlin, and Aoife

Lydia Battersea → mother of Harris, Marcus, Simon, and Hermione

Maeve Kelly → mother of Ronan and Niamh

Elizabeth Fitzgerald → mother of Sawyer and Huck

Gabriella Valdez → mother of Elias, Camila, Cisco, Amada, and Joaquin

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Instagram Intros (Keith Richard’s Kids)

Adrian James Richards (@adrianrichards)

DOB: August 17th 1969 Age: 54 years old Hometown: Sussex, England Nicknames: Adri S/O: Penelope Maple Kids: Noah, Kenneth, Ethan, and Jane Friend(s): Zoe Jagger and Jason Browning Aesthetic: A hard worker, and just SUCH a DAD!!! He is so protective over his children. He was never close with his dad and def has major daddy issues that are undignosed. He wants to be the dad he never had around. He adores his kids more than anything else. Loves his mom and appreciates her more now that he's older.

Jamie Robert Richards (@jamierichards)

DOB: September 1st 1972 Age: 51 years old Hometown: Sussex, England Nicknames: James S/O: Kelly Montgomery Kids: Jenna, Victoria, and Eliza Friend(s): Ava Jagger Aesthetic: When he was 16 and his parents got divorced he acted out like crazy. He was partying and doing drugs and just running wild. Became a total pain to BOTH of his parents and they knew something was up. He was surprisinly fond of his father and they got along quite well, so when he divorced his mom shit went down. He is just a bit too much like Keith in a way.

Amelia Zoe Richards (@mia_richards)

DOB: July 3rd 1976 Age: 47 years old Hometown: Sussex, England Nicknames: Mia, Mila S/O: Nicholas Urie Kids: Jaiden, Olivia, and Taylor Friend(s): Alice Lindsey and Jennifer Weiss Aesthetic: The kindest out of all her siblings. Loves being a girly girl and dressing up for brunch. The spitting image of her mother and Keith adores it. She looks and acts just like her mom, from her eyes straight down to the mannerisms she uses. Head to toe Lucy.

Evie Lynn Richards (@evielynn)

DOB: November 18th 1978 Age: 45 years old Hometown: Sussex, England Nicknames: Eve S/O: Sierra Lynch Kids: Noel and Everly Friend(s): Henry Burke Aesthetic: The shy kid. She never was really one for the spotlight but never acted out from it. She knew she had a good reputation from a young age and was a people pleaser. One wrong move and she would be done for and everyone would hate her. She was always nice with the paparazzi and in interviews. She was the press' princess since she was born.

Sophie Anne Richards (@soph.richie)

DOB: December 2nd 1985 Age: 38 years old Hometown: Sussex, England Nicknames: Soph S/O: Joshua Green Kids: Hannah Friend(s): Sloane Becker and Gregory Phillips Aesthetic: A literal model. She is stunning and she knows it. She uses it to her advantage, and her dad taught her that. He loved her the most secretly but he would never tell. She became the youngest model to be on the cover of Vouge when she was just 16 years old. When she dated Damon Albarn from 2006-2008 it caused quite the stir because of their age gap. People thought it was another case of her parents. It was, and they broke up after about 2 years.

Alexander Cole Richards (@alexcrich)

DOB: October 13th 1986 Age: 37 years old Hometown: Sussex, England Nicknames: Al, Alex, Lexi, and Xander S/O: Natalie Bell Kids: Juliana, Damien, and Jaxon Friend(s): Zackary Best Aesthetic: Alexander was the glue holding this family on by the thread. A lot of fighting goes on in this family and he has always hated it. He's always the one to bring people back together to make things right, the therepist friend if you will. He has a lot of issues he refuses to talk about just to avoid conflict.

Charlotte Grace Richards (@helllooo_charliii)

DOB: December 18th 2001 Age: 22 years old Hometown: Sussex, England Nickames: Charlie and Lottie S/O: Hallie Carpenter Kids: None Friend(s): Loralai Mendoza Aesthetic: The youngest, and a complete accident on her parents part. She was not planned but loved nevertheless. Her older siblings love her because she's so little to them. Her parents never had to pay for a babysitter because they had her brothers and sisters. She was a very adventurous kid and loved the outdoors. Had a lot of pet snails too.