I gotta stop talking about ships but last chapter on Amber at least in Invincible:
Issue #117
This dude is about to move to a new planet, has basically a new wife and a newborn, and has so much things going on in his adult life. And yet, he still makes the time to check up on his first love who won’t anymore have bad, abusive men who’ll habitually keep her waiting too long for often times sketchy reasons. This is one of the sweetest things I’ve seen from this comic.
okay but there is nothing as brutally honest and unapologetically heartbreaking as "Closer" by Patrick Marber: "I love everything about you that hurts" , "Have you ever seen a human heart? It looks like a fist covered in blood!" , "I think you owe me something for deceiving me so exquisitely" , "What's so great about the truth? Try lying for a change, it's the currency of the world" , -"You ruined my life" -"You'll get over it".
The film is slowed down by a darker, more lurid focus to its storytelling rather than one with any sort of sophisticated narrative or character development.
Based on Anthony Quinn’s novel “Curtain Call,” director Anand Tucker’s “The Critic” fully embraces the darker aspects of the story. This tale of deception and murder in pre-World War II London makes for an engaging story, but the film is draggy and feels too slow despite excellent work from the talented cast.
Deceit, manipulation, blackmail: it’s all in a day’s work for Jimmy Erskine (Ian…
Part of what I find fascinating of Jacob Marber surely lies in the fact that he falls in that circle of characters those plans backfire so badly that in the end they reach the polar opposite effect of what they were hoping for.
spoilers under the cut, if you haven't reached Ordinary Monster's last page read at your own risk
or when you will do literally everything like turning your best friend into an undead monster so that your abusers can't put their hands on this kid that is very likely your own child only for said kid to end up imprisoned in another dimension with them
London 1934, film critic Jimmy Erskine has a lot of power over the West End with his rather harsh reviews. Targetting actress Nina Land, everything is about to get rather messy as he fights for his job creating a deceitful web of lies.
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Continue reading The Critic (2023) Review
The Critic (15): Sex, blackmail, murder: I tell you, it's an exciting life as a critic!
#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "The Critic". A flawless Ian McKellen brings life to a 1934 tale of dubious ethics. Recommended. 4.5/5.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Critic” (2024).
Seen as another Cineworld Unlimited preview, “The Critic” is released in UK cinemas on September 13th. It’s a cracking British film and yet another acting tour de force for its star Ian McKellen and also starring Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong and Lesley Manville.
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Plot Summary:
It’s 1934 London. Jimmy Erskine (Ian…