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the-home · 5 months

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#Edwardian architecture #1930s #Deborah and John James #living room #interior design #interior #bedroom #dining room #kitchen #artist #maximalist decor #maximalist interior design #maximalist design #maximalism #maximalist #colourful interiors #colorful interiors #colourful #thrifted

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sasaofastora · 11 months

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As one of his final acts before leaving for the war, John had transformed the old cellar behind the house into a bomb shelter, as had been recommended on the radio and in the papers. At night, as the air raid sirens wailed, Ruth and Moshe were very glad he had done so, as they ran with Deborah and the twins into the garden.

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#sims 4 decades challenge #ts4 decades challenge #finch legacy #1940s #gen 6 #ruth finch #moshe goldstein #john finch #deborah goldstein #james finch #judith finch #sims 4 historical #sims 4 #ts4 #simblr #tw: war

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cantsayidont · 1 month

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Haterating and hollerating through the '90s:

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (1990): Carrie Fisher scripted this witty adaptation of her novel about coked-up, pill-popping actress Suzanne Yale (Meryl Streep), who overdoses in the bed of a strange man (Dennis Quaid), ends up in rehab, and learns that the only way the production insurance company will let her keep working is if she stays with her mother, an aging singer-actress-diva (Shirley MacLaine) whose love for her daughter is equaled only by her tireless determination to upstage her. (No, it's not autobiographical at all, why do you ask?) Fisher's deftly paced, funny script weaves in various serious mother-daughter moments without ever becoming mawkish, and offers a fabulous part for MacLaine, who has a ball poking fun at herself as well as Debbie Reynolds, Fisher's real-life mother and the obvious basis for the film's lightly fictionalized "Doris Mann." Curiously, the weakest link is Streep, who never quite sheds her customary air of prim affectation and always seems ill at ease with Fisher's layers of self-deprecating, sarcastic humor. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Apparently not, although I had questions about Suzanne's rehab friend Aretha (Robin Barlett). VERDICT: MacLaine's finest hour, but Streep's primness keeps it "good" rather than "great."

TERESA'S TATTOO (1993): Painfully unfunny crime comedy, directed by Melissa Etheridge's then-GF Julie Cypher and costarring Cypher's ex, Lou Diamond Phillips, along with an array of incongruously high-profile actors like Joe Pantoliano, Tippi Hedren, Mare Winningham, Diedrich Bader, k.d. lang (!), Sean Astin, Emilio Estevez, and Kiefer Sutherland, most in bit parts (some of them unbilled). The headache-inducing plot concerns a couple of brain-dead thugs whose elaborate hostage scheme hits a snag when their hostage (Adrienne Shelly) accidentally dies. Their solution is to kidnap lookalike Teresa (also Adrienne Shelly), a brainy Ph.D. candidate, and disguise her to look like the dead girl — including giving her a matching tattoo on her chest — in the hopes that the dead girl's idiot brother (C. Thomas Howell) won't notice the switch until it's too late. This truly bad grade-Z effort, barely released theatrically, feels like either a vanity project or a practical joke that got out of hand, and is interesting mostly as a curiosity for Melissa Etheridge fans: The soundtrack is M.E.-heavy, and Etheridge herself has a brief nonspeaking role. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Technically? (Etheridge has no lines and lang plays a Jesus freak.) VERDICT: May erode your affection for M.E.

BLUE JUICE (1995): Tiresome comedy-drama about an aging surfer (a terribly miscast, painfully uncomfortable-looking Sean Pertwee) who's still determined to continue living like a 20-year-old surf bum with his obnoxious mates, even though his back is giving out and he's perilously close to driving away his girlfriend (a disconcertingly hot 25-year-old Catherine Zeta Jones), who is keen for him to finally cut the shit. Meanwhile, the scummiest of his mates (Ewan McGregor) doses their pal Terry (Peter Gunn) and gets him to chase after an actress from his childhood favorite TV show (Jenny Agutter) in hopes of dissuading from marrying his actual girlfriend (Michelle Chadwick), and their mate Josh (Steven Mackintosh), a successful techno producer, flirts with an attractive DJ (Colette Brown) who's actually furious at him for building a vapid techno hit around a sample of her soul singer dad's biggest hit. The latter storyline probably had the most potential (although a weird scene where Josh is castigated by a group of outraged soul fans seems like a lesser TWILIGHT ZONE plot), but none of the script's various threads ever amounts to much. CONTAINS LESBIANS? It doesn't even pass the Bechdel test. VERDICT: If you happen upon it, you may be tempted just for Zeta Jones (and/or Brown), but the rest wears out its welcome with alacrity.

HIGHER LEARNING (1995): Potent story of simmering racial tensions on the campus of a university that definitely isn't USC (writer-director John Singleton's alma mater, and where most of the film was obviously shot), let down by incredibly heavy-handed execution. (The film's final shot is of the word "UNLEARN" superimposed over a giant American flag!) A capable cast (including Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport, Jennifer Connelly, Ice Cube, Tyra Banks, Cole Hauser, Laurence Fishburne, and Regina King) tries to maintain a sense of emotional reality through Singleton's frequent excursions into overpowering melodrama, but there are so many competing plot threads that few characters have any depth; curiously, the script's most complex characterization is in the scenes between budding white supremacist Remy (Rapaport) and Aryan Brotherhood organizer Scott (Hauser). Singleton made this film when he was 25, and there's no shame in its sense of breathless ambition (even if it inevitably bites off more than it can chew), but the overwrought stridency undercuts its intended impact. For a more effective treatment of similar themes in roughly the same period, try Gilbert Hernandez's graphic novel X, originally serialized in LOVE & ROCKETS #31–39 and first collected in 1993. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Jennifer Connelly gives Kristy Swanson a bisexual awakening. VERDICT: The '90s through a bullhorn.

CRASH (1996): Divisive David Cronenberg adaptation of the J.G. Ballard novel, about a movie producer called James Ballard (James Spader) and his desperately horny wife (Deborah Kara Unger), drawn into a loose-knit group of car-crash fetishists organized around a man called Vaughan (Elias Koteas at his creepiest), who stages recreations of famous celebrity crashes like the 1955 accident that killed James Dean. Despite some pretentious dialogue about "the reshaping of the human body by modern technology," the controlling idea might be better summarized as "anything can be a paraphilia if you get weird enough about it." Part of what offends people about the film is that Cronenberg deliberately treats the entire story with the same frosty clinical detachment, rendering the "normal" sex scenes just as remote and perverse as the characters' fixation on the grisly aftermath of car wrecks; the point is that there is no line, just different facets of the same erotic longing, which each of the (admittedly unsympathetic) principal characters embodies in different ways. Spader, Kara Unger, and Koteas are very good, as is Holly Hunter, in perhaps the bravest role of her career, but Rosanna Arquette is underutilized. A worthwhile companion piece would be Steven Soderbergh's 1989 SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE, also with Spader, which is much more highly regarded (though almost as contrived and scarcely less perverse), perhaps because it seeks to titillate where Cronenberg does not. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Briefly. (See previous note in re: underutilization of Rosanna Arquette.) VERDICT: Icy but interesting.

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badmovieihave · 10 months

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Bad movie I have TMC Greatest Classic Legends Marlon Brando It has A Streetcar Named Desire 1951, Julius Caesar 1953, The Teahouse of the August Moon 1956, and Reflecctions in a Golden Eye 1967

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sasa-chan · 9 months

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Casino Royale (1967)

Starring:

David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Woody Allen, Joanna Pettet, Orson Welles, Daliah Lavi, George Raft, Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Charles Boyer, Jean-Paul Belmondo, John Huston, Terence Cooper, Barbara Bouchet, Gabriella Licudi, Graham Stark, Tracy Reed, Tracey Crisp, Kurt Kasznar, Elaine Taylor, Angela Scoular

Directed By:

John Huston, Ken Hughes, Robert Parrish, Joe McGrath, Val Guest

Genre:

Comedy

Rating:

Not Rated

Run Time:

2 Hours 17 Minutes

Release Date:

13 April 1967 (London)

28 April 1967 (United States)

Synopsis:

This wacky send-up of James Bond films stars David Niven as the iconic debonair spy, now retired and living a peaceful existence. Bond is called back into duty when the mysterious organization SMERSH begins assassinating British secret agents. Ridiculous circumstances lead to the involvement of a colorful cast of characters, including the villainous Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), seasoned gambler Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers) and Bond's bumbling nephew, Jimmy Bond (Woody Allen).

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 2 years

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#tales from the darkside: the movie #deborah harry #christian slater #david johansen #william hickey #james remar #rae dawn chong #steve buscemi #julianne moore #john harrison #1990

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nordleuchten · 2 years

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For the amrev ask game: 5, 7, 8, 20, 30, 33

Dear @msrandonstuff,

thank you for the ask. Let us get right to it. :-)

5. Favourite AmRev Continental/American person?

Hmmm, difficult question? I would say either James Monroe or John Adams - Sybil Ludington and Benjamin Rush are also fierce contestants.

7. Favourite AmRev person beside American, American or French?

Uh, I am so happy you asked this question. :-) Let me tell you about Eberhard Micheal, Henry Mueller, Jacob Raybold, Louis Van Linkensdorf and Ludwick Wurtenberger. The staff-members of the German Battalion, mainly active in this constellation from 1776 to 1779. The German Battalion was composed of German immigrants from Maryland and Pennsylvania. Fluency of the German language was a requirement early on. Although less famous perhaps than Muhlenberg's German Regiment, the group had a rich history of its own. The German Battalion was my first “research project” and one of my gateways into the American Revolution. These men are also the foundation of my fictional writing about the American Revolution.

8. Favourite AmRev lady?

There are a number of contestants for this position. Sybil Ludington, Deborah Sampson Gannett, Anna Maria Lane ... an honourable mentions goes to, of course, Abigail Adams.

20. Favourite AmRev book?

I do not really have a favourite book to be honest. There are a lot of very good books out there but I like to work directly with the letters of the time. If I had to choose however, I would say A Military Journal During the American Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783 by Doctor James Thatcher or a book similar in style to this one.

30. Do you like King George III?

Well, I have never met the man in person and I know that he was a flawed individual (just as we all are), but generally speaking, yes, I do like him. I do like his son(s) more but I would keep that information for myself.

33. Would you buy Lafayette gloves?

The moment I read this question I knew somebody would ask me that! :-D So let it be known that yes, I would buy them. Do I know that they are a bit obsessive? Absolutely! Would I wear them? Definitely not - but I would own a pair and I would tell people about it.

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ruleof3bobby · 1 year

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FEAR X (2003) Grade: B-

This was tough to grade, but I liked it more I thought about it. The ending will piss some off. Great mystery tone to a psychological thriller.

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adscinema · 2 years

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Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast - Bruce Weber (2018)

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fivedayshakespeare · 3 months

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1/11/2024-1/15/2024: Julius Caesar

I haven't just been reading the plays, you know. Usually around Act 3 or 4 I look up the film and filmed stage adaptations and watch one. Originally, the reason I was reading the plays first was to acclimate myself to the language, but at this point I think I'm achieving fluency.

So the movie I just watched is the 1953 adaptation of Julius Caesar directed by Joseph Mankiewicz. It's very straightforward and stagy, which I think is fine. Everything doesn't have to be Romeo+Juliet; sometimes it's fine to let the words speak for themselves.

In this case, the words were largely being spoken by James Mason (Brutus) and John Gielgud (Cassius). It was fun seeing Gielgud in his younger days (well he was 49) because I'm used to seeing him in like Arthur. Even Chimes at Midnight was over a decade later.

One of the fun things about film is that people are captured all over their careers. And since so many British actors do Shakespeare, that tends to mean that you can see an actor age up through the roles. There's almost always some BBC production out there.

Oh, and Marlon Brando is in this as Antony. He's good, he nails the "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech. But it still feels weird to see Marlon Brando standing up straight and declaiming Shakespeare like an old-timey stage actor. Also, him being nominated for Lead Actor is straight-up category fraud.

Next up: As You Like It

#shakespeare #julius caesar #marlon brando #james mason #john gielgud #also deborah kerr who I just saw in quo vadis

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cinevisto32 · 5 months

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Julio César (1953)

#marlon brando #james mason #john gielgud #louis calhern #deborah kerr #edmond o'brien #joseph l. mankiewicz #greer garson #tcm

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perfettamentechic · 7 months

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16 ottobre … ricordiamo …

16 ottobre … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2021: Betty Lynn, Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn, attrice statunitense. Ha interpretato Thelma Lou, la fidanzata del vice Barney Fife, in The Andy Griffith Show. Durante gli anni Quaranta e Cinquanta, è apparsa in molti film. Nel 2006, Lynn si ritirò dalla recitazione. Lynn non si è mai sposata. (n.1926) 2021: Giampiero Giarri, ballerino italiano. (n. 1989) Antonio Caggianelli, ballerino…

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denver-carrington · 10 months

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Nice collage posted by Tib-o Msh Gvlm of scenes from the Carousel Ball.

#Dynasty #John Forsythe #Linda Evans #Joan Collins #John James #Pamela Sue Martin #Pamela Bellwood #Jack Coleman #Kathleen Beller #Geoffrey Scott #Deborah Adair #Gordon Thomson

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trickricksblog08 · 2 months

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮

Where They Go One They Go All

1. Hillary Clinton

2. Bill Clinton

3. Nancy Pelosi

4. John Podesta

5. John Brennan

6. James Comey

7. Maxine Waters

8. Adam Schiff

9. Hunter Biden

10. George W. Bush

11. Dr. Anthony Fauci

12. Huma Abedin

13. Bill Gates

14. Anthony Wiener

15. George Soros

16. Lindsey Graham

17. Mitch McConnell

18. Kevin McCarthy

19. Chuck Schumer

20. Kamala Harris

21. Robert Mueller

22. Mike Pence

23. Joe Biden

24. James Clapper

24. Lloyd Austin

25. Dick Cheney

26. John Kerry

27. Alexander Soros

28. Loretta Lynch

29. Andrew McCabe

30. Peter Strzok

31. Lisa Page

32. James Baker

33. Eric Holder

34. Tony Podesta

35. Susan Rice

36. Harry Reid

37. Paul Ryan

38. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

39. Sally Yates

40. Mitt Romney

41. Jerry Nadler

42. Klaus Schwab

43. Michelle Obama

44. Sally Yates

45. Andrew Cuomo

46. Herbert Raymond McMaster

47. Deborah Birx

48. Mark Zuckerberg

49. Nikki Haley

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#nothing can stop what is coming #when you know you know #no rest for the wicked #now we know #wwg1wga

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badmovieihave · 2 years

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Bad movie I have The Spectacular Spiderman Volume One 2008

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marleneoftheopera · 4 months

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Holiday Audio/Video Gifts!

For the holiday season, here are some audio gifts from various shows and one Phantom video! The link to them is here and the info is below the cut:

Happy holidays and I hope you are all having time for some rest!

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Jon Robyns, Paige Blankson, Joe Griffiths-Brown, Kelly Glyptis, Matt Harrop, Adam Linstead, Francesca Ellis, David Kristopher Brown, Maiya Hikasa August 22, 2023; London

Tim Howar, Harriet Jones, Nadim Naaman, Lara Martins, Nicholas Garrett, Arvid Larsen, John Ellis, Valerie Cutko, Kelsi Boyden March 19, 2023; Greece

Josh Piterman, Corinne Cowling (u/s), Danny Whitehead, Katy Hanna (u/s), Ross Dawes, Kris Manuel (u/s), Sophie Caton (u/s), Paul Ettore Tabone, Georgia Ware October 17, 2019; London Matinee.

Jeremy Stolle (u/s), Samantha Hill, Greg Mills (u/s), Michele McConnell, Richard Poole (u/s), Tim Jerome, Ellen Harvey, Christian Sebek, Kara Klein, Scott Mikita (u/s) March 9, 2013; Broadway Matinee performance.

John Owen-Jones, Deborah Dutcher, Matthew Cammelle, Bruce Montague, Charles Shirvell, Margaret Mary Kane (u/s), Janet Murphy, Jeremy Secomb, Lucy Middleton January 5, 2002; London

Love Never Dies

Tam Mutu, Celia Graham, David Thaxton, Daniel Dowling August 25, 2011; London Tam Mutu's last performance.

Les Miserables

Christopher Jacobsen (u/s Jean Valjean), Stewart Clarke (Javert), Katie Hall (Fantine), Will Callan (Marius), Lulu-Mae Pears (Cosette), Amena El-Kindy (Eponine), Luke Kempner (Thenardier), Claire Machin (Madame Thenardier), Dejan Van der Flyert (Enjolras), Alex Shaw (Gavroche), Clohe Sullivan (Little Cosette), Tom Hext (Grantaire/Majordomo), Adam Pearce (Bishop/Claquesous), Ellie Ann Lowe (Factory Girl), Jordan Simon Pollard (u/s Foreman/Bujon), Matt Dempsey (Bamatabopis/Lesgles), Annabelle Aquino, Hazel Baldwin, Emily Olive Boyd, Ben Culleton, Matt Hayden, Sam Kipling, Anouk Van Lake, Harry Lake, Ben Oatley, Jonathan Stevens, Phoebe Williams, Ollie Wray September 28, 2023; London 15,000th show in London and the 5th show for the new company.

Sunset Boulevard

Nicole Scherzinger (Norma), Tom Francis (Joe Gillis), David Thaxton (Max von Mayerling), Grace Hodgett Young (Betty Shaefer), Ahmed Hamaad (Artie), Tyler Davis (Sheldrake), Charlotte Jaconelli (Johanna), Jon Tsouras (Cecil B. de Mille) September 28, 2023; London

Rebecca

Laureen Jones (I), Richard Carson (Maxim de Winter), Kara Lane (Mrs Danvers), Sara Harlington (Beatrice), Neil Moor (Giles), Piers Bate (Frank Crewley), David Breeds (Ben), Alex James Ward (Jack Favell), Shrley Jameson (Mrs Van Hopper), Nicholas Lumley (Colonel Julian) September 27, 2023; Off-West End

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Ian Jon Bourg, Olivia Safe (u/s), Kyle Gonyea 2001; Hamburg, Germany VOB files. One of the most legendary Phantom's opposite one of the youngest Christine's!

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