#joe lawlor

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🡒 🎥 Imogen Poots in BALTIMORE • Joe Lawlor e Christine Molloy, 2023

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Cinediario 2024 - marzo

Helen (2008) Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor

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Rose Plays Julie (2019) Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy

January 20th 2024

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Rose Plays Julie (2019)

6/10

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BALTIMORE (2024): An interesting real-life story is smothered by bourgeois affectation in this dreadful, arrogantly vacuous thriller about the 1974 art theft masterminded by Rose Dugdale — who died this March — an upper-class English academic who volunteered for the Provisional Irish Republican Army in the wake of Bloody Sunday. Filmmakers Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor trivialize Dugdale's idealism (which she never renounced), dismiss her academic background (the film would have you think she was a naive university student rather than a 30something professor), and refuse to seriously examine the political context of her actions, instead filling their narrative with glum fantasy/dream sequences and ruminations about her willingness to use violence, with a dour piano score that's the filmic equivalent of shaking your head solemnly so people know you disapprove.

BALTIMORE is a prime example of how a tight focus on the individual can be used to depoliticize the most urgent and incendiary of subjects; if it were any more dull-eyed, you'd think it was a Sofia Coppola film. Imogen Poots' ineffectual performance in the lead doesn't help. To see the real Dugdale speak for herself, see the first episode of the 2012 series MNÁ AN IRA, directed by Martina Durac: https://ifiarchiveplayer.ie/mna-an-ira-1/ CONTAINS LESBIANS: No. VERDICT: Worthless — skip it and watch a documentary instead.

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Baltimore ('15'): Good IRA-Related Thriller... If Rearranged into a Linear Order!

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of “Baltimore” (2023). #LFF. A good IRA thriller based on a true story ruined by the fragmented timeline. 3/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Baltimore” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). Imogen Poots always seems to be one of those “oh” actresses… she appears in many different film and TV shows but never seems to reach any sort of megastar status. And I’m not quite sure why. Here she takes the leading role in “Baltimore”, an Irish-set IRA-related thriller that tells the story of a heist organised…

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The Ipcress File  -  ITV  -  March 6, 2022  -  April 10, 2022

Spy Thriller (6 episodes)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

Joe Cole as Harry Palmer

Lucy Boynton as Jean Courtney

Tom Hollander as Major Dalby

Joshua James as Philip "Chico" Chillcott-Oakes

Anastasia Hille as Alice

Ashley Thomas as Paul Maddox

David Dencik as Colonel Gregor Stok

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as General Cathcart

Paul Higgins as Douglas Campbell MP

Matthew Steer as Professor Dawson

Tamla Kari as Deborah

Anna Geislerová as Dr. Polina Lavotchkin

Corey Johnson as Capt. Skip Henderson

Mark Quartley as Pete

Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Lin Hai.

Nora-Jane Noone as Dr. Karen Newton

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favorite first watches - march '25

thank you for tagging me @guiltyasdave 🫶

i finally managed to watch a few more films (9 to be exact, wow, I'm such a film bro) this month. if you want to be letterboxd moots, @ me here.

calvary (2014) dir. John Michael McDonagh

mister john (2013) dir. Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor

the northman (2022) dir. Robert Eggers

nocturnal animals (2016) dir. Tom Ford

blitz (2011) dir. Elliott Lester

m (1931) dir. Fritz Lang

I'm not tagging anyone because I have absolutely no idea who's into films and who isn't. If you want to play, please consider this you tag!

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Weekly Wrap Up - 11/26/23

Hey everyone, the first full week of polls is done!

Top five smashable wrestlers this week: 1. Kris Statlander. 91.0% voted smash out of 288 votes 2. Rhea Ripley. 84.2% voted smash out of 266 votes 3. Eddie Kingston. 82.8% voted smash out of 441 votes 4. Penelope Ford. 72.9% voted smash out of 251 votes 5. Samoa Joe. 72.1% voted smash out of 340 votes

More stats under the cut, along with my observations, commentary, and some of my favorite tags...

Bottom five smashable wrestlers this week: 1. The Boogeyman. 22.6% voted smash out of 230 votes 2. Brock Lesnar. 23.2% voted smash out of 237 votes 3. Doink the Clown. 28.3% voted smash out of 258 votes 4. Gunther. 29.6% voted smash out of 196 votes 5. Pretty Peter Avalon. 30.8% voted smash out of 224 votes

Most total votes, which I am taking as a measure of enthusiasm (both love and hate) 1. Eddie Kingston - 441 votes 2. Bryan Danielson - 406 votes 3. Samoa Joe - 340 votes 4. Filthy Tom Lawlor - 310 votes 5. Kris Statlander - 288 votes

And least total votes, which I am taking as a measure of apathy 1. Gunther - 196 votes 2. Pretty Peter Avalon - 224 votes 3. The Boogeyman - 230 votes 4. Brock Lesnar - 237 votes 5. Penelope Ford - 251 votes

The closest match was Bryan Danielson, whose final result was 46.8% smash, 53.2% pass

Average smash rating for... Women - 82.7% Men - 45.8% AEW - 61.4% WWE - 41.6%

I'm gonna be real with you guys, it is HILARIOUS to me, that Brock Lesnar was beaten by Pretty Peter Avalon and Doink the Clown (who got a mention on Hey (EW) this morning, by the way!). The only person Brock Lesnar could actually beat was the Boogeyman. A guy who has worms hanging out of his mouth.

Speaking of the Boogeyman, this request was probably the funniest one I've gotten so far. Because like...my only phobia, the only thing in the whole world I have an irrational fear of...is worms. It's not something I usually bother telling anyone, because when does that come up? And in wrestling? Surely no worms here! And mere DAYS after starting this blog, there I was, sifting through images of a guy with worms hanging out of his mouth, trying not to freak out!

To the person who requested him, I promise I'm not mad about it! You didn't know! And I was Very Brave about it long enough to make the post and now that it's over I can laugh about it.

And now for some of my favorite tags and comments

@moon-crater on Randy Savage: #i chose smash but i could never come between him and miss elizabeth

@danielgaycia on Bryan Danielson: #how is this so close he's literally the weird vegan sex guy. flaccid penis danielson. SMASH

@dykecassidy on Pretty Peter Avalon: #im fucking him just to see what his problem is

@kevinsteen on the Young Bucks: #they'd botch a quadruple backflip onto your cock

@sava-smth on Doink the Clown: #one piece has a whole fandom and you cowards passing on a sex icon?!

@alternativeproject on Doink the Clown: #we’re really in it now scoob

Okay, that is enough for now! Next week I'll start including overall standings in addition to weekly results. If you want to have a look at the raw data, you can find it here:

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there was a Yuta vs Lawlor match, Joe vacated the Roh TV title, and i hear about this out only now??

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🡒 🎥 BALTIMORE • Joe Lawlor e Christine Molloy, 2023

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7 FROM THE WOMEN WITH KRISTEN RAE BOWDEN

Kristen Rae Bowden is a singer-songwriter whose music captures the raw emotions of love, freedom, and personal growth.

Growing up in a musical family in North Carolina, Kristen’s journey from a self-taught pianist to a recognized music artist in the Americana and indie scenes is inspirational.

In this exclusive interview, Kristen discusses her latest single, "Skateboard," a song that vividly recalls the thrill of young love and the sense of independence she felt during her college years.

She also opens up about her creative process, sharing how her sound has been influenced by artists like Joni Mitchell and Imogen Heap. Collaborating with her partner, guitarist Joe Lawlor, has been a significant part of her recent work.

What have you been working to promote lately?

I am happy to be here promoting my latest single "Skateboard," my exploration of what it felt like to be young and in love and newly on my own.

I wanted to capture a time early in my college days when I had a skateboarding, long-distance boyfriend. We would visit each other at our respective schools, and after I’d had just enough to drink and smoke I’d get brave enough to try and ride a skateboard myself a little bit. Both the skateboarding, and the time in my life, were pure exhilaration… the wind in my hair, being free of a curfew, falling in love… life felt new and full of potential. That’s the feeling we wanted to capture in this song: the uplifting freedom of hot summer nights through the lavender haze of young love.

I co-wrote this song with my musical and romantic partner, guitarist Joe Lawlor (DMB). I heard him playing the opening guitar pattern one night and immediately wanted to sing over it… “Keep doing that!” I yelled from the next room, and the first line just came out of my mouth: “Feeling so high / when you’re driving all night / to my front door”. When I first sang the line, I thought we were writing a pop country song - it’s that type of soaring vocal. Ultimately it turned into an indie-pop tune with folk and alt country elements. We were so lucky to have our friend Dane Alderson (Yellowjackets) play bass on the track, with mixing by John Alagia (Dave Matthews) and Pedro Laet (Mt. Joy), and mastering by Whynot Jansveld (The Wallflowers).

Have a listen!

Please tell us about your favorite song written, recorded or produced by another woman and why it’s meaningful to you.

My favorites change with my moods, but "Canvas" by Imogen Heap is what just came to mind.

This song truly is like a sonic painting, and when I listen to it I feel immersed in another world. The lyrics are pretty abstract, so what I hear in them changes based on what is meaningful to me at the time. There is both peacefulness and a desperation in the words and the soundscape, and this combination resonates with me. It’s ethereal and haunting, like a soundbath. It always takes me out of where I am and puts me on a different plane with a different outlook. I’ve read that Imogen does a lot of her own engineering and production in addition to writing, singing, and playing: that’s inspiring to me. The production here is stunning. This is a song I come back to again and again.

What does it mean to you to be a woman making music/in the music business today and do you feel a responsibility to other women to create messages and themes in your music?

It’s important for women to have the space, time, and support to express themselves with art. With everything that’s happening in our country and our world, we need that outlet. I’m ridiculously lucky to have the resources and freedom to write and create music. As a woman I feel even luckier in this way because I think women carry so many burdens in their daily lives that having a quiet spare moment alone is a rarity for many.

And no, I don’t feel a responsibility to anyone to put certain messages or themes in my music. It’s hard not to look at what you’re creating through the lens of what other people are going to think and say about it, especially in this age of social media. I think it’s important to create what you want and do your best to forget about all that. I hope the themes in my music lift women up, and that that happens organically. That’s how I feel in my heart, so I hope it spills out when I’m writing. 

Who is your favorite female icon (dead or alive) and why?

The Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is a female icon I’ve delighted in learning more about in recent years. I’d previously admired her beautiful, raw, symbolic paintings, but two years ago I decided to read her biography after seeing an X-Ray of my own crooked spine. After I cried about it for a minute I thought, I bet reading Frida’s biography would change my perspective and stop me feeling sorry for myself. She had polio as a child, and then as a young woman she suffered a broken back and many other terrible injuries in a bus/trolley crash, leaving her in horrible pain for the rest of her life. She took up painting while bedridden after her accident, and channeled the pain into her art.

Reading her biography I learned about the origins of her instantly recognizable personal style: she used fashion and her outward appearance to express her Indigenous Mexican heritage, essentially becoming a work of art herself. She challenged traditional norms of gender and sexuality, defying conventional expectations of femininity.

Her paintings address deeply personal women’s issues and pain, such as her sexuality and her inability to carry a pregnancy to term, with shocking openness at a time when nobody was doing that. They also address her political stances and cultural heritage. The way she lived her life and created art is incredibly touching and inspiring to me.

A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to visit her house in Coyoacan, Mexico City, which is now the Frida Kahlo museum. Seeing her paintings up close, along with her her belongings (her wheelchair, her easel, her back braces and incredible folk style clothing), and walking through the rooms where she lived, gave me goosebumps. If you have the chance to go, I highly recommend it.

Who was the first female artist that made you want to create music / be in the business?

I ran cross country in high school. When I was 15, before I could drive, one of my older teammates would drive a couple of us younger girls to practice after school. She played Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ album in her car all the time. I’d never heard it before, and at first, for some reason, I didn’t like it. I kind of hated it. Something about the timbre of her voice was off putting to me. But after a couple weeks of listening to it, I became obsessed. I started listening to it at home on my own time, and really digging into the lyrics and melodies. To this day, that album gives me flashes of memory from that first summer that I heard it, and all that it has meant to me since then. Joni made me want to write my own songs and put my poems to music.

Do you consider yourself a feminist? If so, why or why not?

Hell yes. No one is free without bodily autonomy. Women all over the world are enduring unspeakable horrors simply because they are women. We need feminist belief and activism as much now as ever. 

What do you hope to share with other women in the industry with your music?

Catharsis, solidarity, empathy, and empowerment.

Finally, where can we find you online?

Connect with me all over the web here:

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Baltimore (Rose's War) (2023) Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor

July 21st 2024

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mw from aew & njpw? (also would we like to see joe gacy?)

we've had requests for penelope ford, anna jay, hook, jack perry, orange cassidy, danhausen, swerve and toni storm from aew and zack sabre jr, tom lawlor, robbie eagles, clark connors from njpw! i would love to see him around, personally. 🖤

am i missing anyone?!

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: Becoming Jane

Rating: PG

Director: Julian Jarrold

Cast: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Joe Anderson, Lucy Cohu, Laurence Fox, Ian Richardson, Anna Maxwell Martin, Leo Bill, Jessica Ashworth, Michael James Ford, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Chris McHallem

Release year: 2007

Genres: drama, romance

Blurb: A pre-fame Jane Austen enters a romance with a young Irishman.