#Lusia Strus

[fromthestacks]

Paint

#library #dvds #movies #paint #brit mcadams #owen wilson #michaela watkins #wendi mclendon covey #ciara renee #Lucy freyer #lusia strus #stephen root

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

#50 first dates #comedy #nasty talk #sorry #physical intimacy #00's #00s #2000 #Lusia Strus #Alexa #lmao

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Buffaloed (2019) Tanya Wexler

December 28th 2022

#buffaloed #2019 #tanya wexler #zoey deutch #judy greer #jermaine fowler #jai courtney #noah reid #lusia strus #lorrie odom

[agentnico]

Paint (2023) Review

I dressed up as Bob Ross at a party last year. All was well and dandy if it weren’t for another guest having shown up in exactly the same costume. I may have had the bigger fake wig, but he had the grander bushier real beard. It was truly a tragedy for the ages.

Plot: Carl Nargle, a local treasure with a soothing whisper of a voice, hosts his own painting show on Vermont public television. His art has attracted the attention of many women over the years, especially those who work at the station. However, when a new painter gets hired to revitalize the channel, Carl's own fears regarding his talents as an artist are brought to the forefront.

So unlike the poster and trailer may make one think, this is not actually a Bob Ross biopic. Yes, Owen Wilson has the signature afro perm and the soft melodic calming tone of voice, and he does indeed paint landscape paintings on a TV show, but this is not the 80′s art celebrity we know. Paint is a movie that asks what if Bob Ross weren’t a benevolent and kind hearted cultural force, but actually a womanizing and arrogant megalomaniacal prick? As such, to not tarnish the name of the original legend, the movie creates this fictional persona of Carl Nargle who shares the charming DNA to his real life counterpart, but in this case is a bit of an a-hole. So yes, this is a What If scenario, and an amusing one at that, especially with respect to the current MeToo movement, however the result doesn’t work for an entire feature length film. 

Paint is very much a Saturday Night Live sketch that has been stretched to its limits, and as soon as the novelty of a womanizing Bob Ross wares off within the first 10 minutes, the rest of the film suffers from an identity crisis, wondering what it wants to be and where it wants to go. I will say its evident that director Brit McAdams and his crew have really good intentions and try so hard to create a charming little indie movie, with the world they create reminiscent of the awkward weirdness of the likes of Twin Peaks, and the filming style inspired by the colour palettes of Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater and Woody Allen. Owen Wilson too is seriously committing to the bit, delivering the soft spoken performance of a rock-listening retro-van-driving hipster painter, and even though the character is very morally incorrect, it’s hard not to warm up to Owen Wilson. And that perm on his head is a thing of beauty! Rest of the ensemble is unfortunately stuck with very weak written unmemorable roles, with only Stephen Root managing to bring his usual signature weasel slimy antics as the head of the TV network. 

There are moments in Paint that are truly amusing, including a scene where Owen Wilson is attempting to steal newspapers from people’s front doors that has a negative article written about him whilst obeying by the highway code, or setting all his artwork on fire and then sitting in an armchair in the midst of it all smoking a pipe, or a fun little end joke about his connection to Banksy. Again, I don’t think the movie deserves the outright hate its been getting from critics online, as its by no means terrible, however for a movie about Owen Wilson playing a Bob Ross-type I feel this is a missed opportunity for what could have been a truly weird and unique comedy. Instead, it is just okay.

Overall score: 5/10

#paint #bob ross #owen wilson #paint 2023 #paint review #movie #film #movie reviews #film reviews #indie #comedy #brit mcadams #ciara renee #michaela watkins #stephen root #lusia strus #wendi mclendon-covey #lucy freyer #elisabeth henry #michael pemberton #drama #quirky comedy #painting #cinema #paint movie #paint movie review #owen wilson is bob ross

[farminglesbian]

Unlicensed live reading from November 04 at KCRW Studios as part of On Air LA Annex 2022.

#making myself wanna look up #unlicensed #again #tl thompson #lusia strus #molly quinn #but i still don't want #to sign up for audible and give amazon my information :/

[lovecatnip]

50 First Dates 

2004

#50 first dates #adam sandler #drew barrymore #rob schneider #peter segal #lusia strus #sean astin #amy hill #jackie sandler

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Stir of Echoes

#Stir of Echoes #Zachary David Cope #Kevin Bacon #Kathryn Erbe #Illeana Douglas #Kevin Dunn #Conor O'Farrell #Lusia Strus #Stephen Eugene Walker #Mary Kay Cook #Larry Neumann Jr. #Jennifer Morrison #Richard Cotovsky #Steve Rifkin #Chalon Williams #Liza Weil #George Ivey #Lisa Lewis #Mike Bacarella #Christian Stolte #Eddie Bo Smith Jr. #Hyowon K. Yoo #James Andelin #Karen Vaccaro #Antonio Polk #Rosario Varela #Duane Sharp #David Buck #Roger Delgado #Maggie Kimberly

[somosorigen]

Segundo Trailer Oficial: Paint

Segundo adelanto de Paint lo nuevo de Owen Wilson, de esta cinta inspirada en Bob Ross. Continue reading Untitled

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#Alyssa Talbot #Bob Ross #CIARA RENÉE #Evander Duck Jr. #Lusia Strus #Michaela Watkins #Owen Wilson #Paint #Ryan Czerwonko #Stephen Root #Wendi McLendon-Covey #Will Blagrove

[ramascreen]

Official Poster And Teaser Trailer For PAINT starring Owen Wilson, Michaela Watkins, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ciara Renee, Lusia Strus, Stephen Root, Lucy Freyer - Exclusively In Theaters on April 7th

IFC Films has released these official poster and teaser trailer for PAINT WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Brit McAdams  STARRING: Owen Wilson, Michaela Watkins, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ciara Renee, Lusia Strus, Stephen Root, Lucy Freyer EXCLUSIVELY IN THEATERS – APRIL 7, 2023 (WIDE RELEASE) In PAINT, Owen Wilson portrays Carl Nargle, Vermont’s #1 public television painter who is convinced he has it all: a…

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#Ciara Renée #Lucy Freyer #Lusia Strus #Michaela Watkins #Owen Wilson #Paint #Stephen Root #Wendi Mclendon-Covey

[film-book]

Film Review: PAINT (2023): Owen Wilson is OK as an Artist Who Has Seen Better Days in a Comedy with Few Laughs https://film-book.com/film-review-paint-2023-owen-wilson-is-ok-as-an-artist-who-has-seen-better-days-in-a-comedy-with-few-laughs/?feed_id=70641&_unique_id=645ff861d19f7

#MovieReview #AidanT.K.Baker #BritMcAdams #CiaraRenée #ElisabethHenry #ElizabethLoyacano #EvanderDuckJr. #IFCFilms #JoelLeffert #LucyFreyer #LusiaStrus #MichaelPemberton #MichaelaWatkins #OwenWilson #Paint #PaulKosopod #RobFigueroa #RyanCzerwonko #SoniaDarmeiLopes #StephenRoot #VinCraig #WendiMcLendonCovey #ThomasDuffy

[desert-bluffs-and-me]

WTNV quick rundown - 117 - eGemony: Part 1 "Canadian Club"

Read the rest of my rundowns here!

Co-written with Glen David Gold.

Featuring Hunter Canning as Hugh Jackman and Lusia Strus as Missy Wilks.

The suffocation of the ego, the eternal silence of the void, faceless, yet screaming, and now serving orange wine on tap. Welcome to Night Vale.

Cecil is sponsored by money today and visited by Hugh Jackman (but not THE Hugh Jackman) who is the Senior VP in charge of Dreamfluencing at eGemony which yes is pronounced exactly like hegemony this is not a subtle plot lol.

He is apparently looking for a case of Canadian Club whiskey that was hidden in NV as part of a contest/promotion that ended up sinking the company which eventually became eGemony.

Due to printing 'errors' in the rest of the magazine Hugh is sure that the case is under Cecil's desk and is being cagey about why they want it so much. Cecil says that the desk wasn't even there when the ad/contest was run and that Hugh should ask Station Management.

Cecil, looking through the Playboy magazine the ad comp was run in (Playboy seems to be more...feminist, shall we say? in NV and this issue includes 'all the women who have ever played James Bond' which is apparently quite a few) and discovers that one of the girls Missy Wilks may in fact be living in NV right now on Kessler Streets. He recognises her by the similar eyes and tendrils.

Missy instantly tells him to look under his desk and that she's been waiting for this call for 40 years (she also raised a family and shot a guy once). Cecil's seems heistant and says he's even closed his eyes every time he had to cower under there so has no idea what he will or won't find.

Missy encourages him to look, saying that although Hugh says they found all the other cases that is a lie. Instead they left the cases there to 'absorb the soul of the place' which they later recovered a drunk leaving those plays soulless. They want to drink the soul of NV in a similar way. Cecil looks under the desk but only finds an envelope which tells him that the case has been taken to the cavelands, home of the baristas. Missy is worried that the baristas will be no match for eGemony's dreamfluencing.

Cecil knows that he should warn people but warning people invites consequences that he's afraid of.

Weather: "Lost Everything" by Mary Epworth

According to Hugh, Cecil's supervisors aka station management are called Eunice, Lilly, Agatha, Demarcus, and Jad. They are also 'old friends' of his.

Missy Wilks turn offs include impatient people and tick bites (Cecil agrees). Her turn ons include groovy people, good food, overwhelming feelings of dread…chanting and…all hail the Glow Cloud.

In NV you seem to be able to ring someone by spelling out their name as the numbers.

Stay tuned next for the sounds of chewing amplified to the threshold of pain. Good night, Night Vale, Good Night. 

Proverb: People always say "Before I die…" as if they haven't already begun the process.

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv quick rundown #wtnv ep 117

[latestflix]

PAINT

Release Date: April 7, 2023 | Theaters 

SYNOPSIS: 

The film centers on Carl Nargle, who has hosted Vermont's number one painting show for nearly three decades. While Carl's signature whisper has long kept viewers from Pittsfield to St. Albans breathlessly hanging on his every stroke, the station eventually hires a younger, better painter who steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves. 

REVIEW: 

The contrasts between Carl & Bob Ross are of course intentional, with the laid back look of the '70s. This is a reflection of Carl stuck in the past, painting the same old scenes doing the same thing day in, day out. This is so well done, it's often confusing when you realise the film isn't set in the '70s. There's Uber, Smartphones and Dancing with the stars alongside the old look. 

The arrival of a new painter essentially pushes Bob, sorry, Carl to re-evaluate his life and deal with issues in his past. It's a great relaxing film to pass the time. 

CAST: Owen Wilson, Michaela Watkins, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ciara Renée, Lusia Strus, Stephen Root, Lucy Freyer, Denny Dillon, Evander Duck Jr., Will Blagrove, Ryan Czerwonko

#youtube #latestflixofficial #latestflix

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50 First Dates (2004) Peter Segal

May 21st 2023

#50 first dates #2004 #peter segal #drew barrymore #adam sandler #rob schneider #blake clark #sean astin #lusia strus #amy hill #pomaika'i brown #dan aykroyd #fifty first dates #50 first kisses #fifty first kisses

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

#50 first dates #comedy #same here #50 First Dates is a 2004 American romance comedy film #american comedy film #comedy film #adam sandler #00's #Lusia Strus #Alexa #Henry Roth

[farminglesbian]

do you ever listen to an audio drama and get such a strong image of a character based on their voice that it sticks even when you find out what the voice actor looks like?

me with lou rosen in the first three eps of 'unlicensed' right now --- lusia strus who voices her has a low crunchy voice that manifested dale dickey in my head and. that's lou rosen now.

(AND I AM DEEPLY IN LOVE)

#they really said 'we're gonna give the gays a middle aged woman private detective who is such a smart hot mess' 😌💕 #lou rosen #lusia strus #dale dickey #unlicensed #grateful to finknor #for giving out three episodes for free... now i'm still debating if i momentarily wanna rent out my soul to audible