Big ups to my main man Herbert von Karajan and his rendition of Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From The New World” for opening my eyes to the beautiful majesty of classical music.
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 39% (Critics) / 40% (Audience)
Directed By: Christopher Landon
Written By: Christopher Landon
Starring: Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh and Katie Featherston
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: A young California Latino named Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) is designated for possession by the same malevolent demon who previously claimed Kristi and Katie. Christopher Landon (son of Highway to Heaven actor Michael Landon) wrote and directed this spin-off/sequel produced by Oren Peli and Jason Blum. – (Source)
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Artist Khoa Ho has a pretty snazzy series of images that feature silhouetted shots of super-heroes and their origins with one word descriptors. They are really cool and moody and all get across the essence of the characters being featured. Check them out after the cut and if you like them enough you can even purchase prints at Hero Complex.
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 72% (Critics) / 54% (Audience)
Directed By: Mike Flanagan
Written By: Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard
Starring: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff and Rory Cochrane
Studio: Relativity Media
Synopsis: A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon. – (Source)
I think it is safe to say that the FRIDAY THE 13TH series of movies would have been wildly different if Jason (would it have been Jasmine instead?) Voorhees had looked like this week’s cosplayer.
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The young reporter Ángela is rescued from the building and taken to an oil tanker to be examined. However, it is unbeknown to the soldiers that she carries the seed of the mysterious demonic virus. – IMDb
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 18% (Critics) / 45% (Audience)
Directed By: Wally Pfister
Written By: Jack Paglen
Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and
Paul Bettany
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: As Dr. Will Caster works toward his goal of creating an omniscient, sentient machine, a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent him from establishing a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain. – (Source)
For what was supposed to be a “catch your breath” episode after the glorious death of King Joffrey last week, Breaker of Chains providd some meaty moments. From Dany rolling into Mereen like she owned the place to Arya and The Hound rolling a poor single father for his cash to The Wildlings ransacking villages to Stannis’ Secret Small Council of Shireen & Davos coming up with an idea to get funding for their king to Littlefinger making his move. And I am not even going to touch that Jaime/Cersei scene with a ten foot pole. My favorite scene was the beginning of Tywin spending some quality time with his new favorite family member.
Continue reading “Game of Thrones Season 4 Scene of the Week: What Makes A Good King?”
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 50% (Critics) / 96% (Audience)
Directed By: Jerome Sable
Written By: Jerome Sable
Starring: Minnie Driver, Douglas Smith, Allie MacDonald, Ephraim Ellis and
Meat Loaf
Studio: Entertainment One
Synopsis: Starry-eyed teenager Camilla Swanson wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a Broadway diva, but she’s stuck working in the kitchen of a snobby performing arts camp. Determined to change her destiny, she sneaks in to audition for the summer showcase and lands a lead role in the play, but just as rehearsals begin, blood starts to spill, and Camilla soon finds herself terrified by the horror of musical theatre. – (Source)
This may be the most inventive example of a gender switch in the realm of cosplay. Major league cosplayer Nona Neon Cosplay pulled a Rule 63 on the uber-masculine lead giant robot Gipsy Danger from last summer’s Giant Robots vs Kaiju movie, PACIFIC RIM.
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Damn whippersnappers and their newfangled technology!!!! Continue reading This Makes Me Feel So Old
OK…enough time has passed and everyone with an Internet connection now knows that the evil boy-king Joffrey Baratheon was killed on this past Sunday’s episode of GAME OF THRONES. Now all attention turns to just whodunnit? Like any good murder mystery there are a ton of suspects so I have gone thorough the list to see who had cause to see Joff dead and the likelihood that they would actually do it. This is an adaptation so it’s quite possible Benioff & Weiss could throw us a curveball and change the identity of the culprit for the TV show which would be kinda cool.
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