#Adam Gillen

[rovermcfly]

obsessed with the national theatre production of amadeus where the whole costuming is exactly as you'd expect for the period it's set in except mozart wears docs

#it's giving gender #amadeus #national theatre live amadeus #adam gillen

[musingsofkriti]

Killer Joe

Killer Joe is currently playing at Trafalgar Studios and I recently went to see it. The play is about Chris, a guy who falls afoul of the mob and after persuading his father Ansel, hires a contract killer, Killer Joe, to kill his mother to claim the insurance money, which is in the name of his sister Dottie. However, as he doesn’t have the money to pay, Joe demands Dottie as security. The play is…

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#Adam Gillen #Killer Joe #Neve McIntosh #Orlando Bloom #Play #Sophie Cookson #Steffan Rhodri #Theatre #Trafalgar Studios #west end

[xcrunchwrapx]

“You’re all up on your perches but it doesn’t hide your assholes”

-Wolfgang Mozart Amadeus in Amadeus

Classic

#Adam Gillen #National Theatre #Amadeus

[nomilkinmyteaplease]

You stand accused of murder. You stand accused of treason. How do you answer these charges… ?

The trial of Petyr Baelish and Cornelius Hickey.

#the terror #the terror amc #amc the terror #cornelius hickey #game of thrones #petyr baelish #got #adam nagaitis #a #aidan gillen #my stuff #my edits

[cultfaction]

Preview- Immortal X-Men #5

Preview- Immortal X-Men #5

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#Arthur Adams #Giuseppe Camuncoli #Immortal X-Men #Kieron Gillen #Michele Bandini #Peach Momoko #Phil Noto #x-men

[whatsnewtonetflix]

The short month of February brings some interesting titles to Netflix in 2024, and you can always count on What's New to Netflix to inform you of all the latest and lamest stuff heading your way.

Later, we watch some hitmen struggle to take out some survivalists and fire jumpers after starting a deadly forest fire in Taylor Sheridan's Those Who Wish Me Dead from 2021. Then we glimpse a hyperrealistic look at life at a rundown motel in Sean Baker's The Florida Project from 2017. And last, a father and daughter have to hide their special mutant powers from the world in Freaks from 2018.

All of this plus Magic Mike's strange journey, the wrong Plus One movie, traditional sitcoms, James Spader, Love Is Blind chit-chat, Britney Spears at the Grand Canyon, little scoundrels, awards shows, and the unusual story of a guy that used to be an orange.

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#netflix #podcast #those who wish me dead #angelina jolie #jon bernthal #aidan gillen #nicolas hoult #taylor sheridan #the florida project #willem dafoe #sean baker #freaks #emile hirsch #bruce dern #zach lipovsky #adam stein #what's new to netflix

[thalkonvotes]

Christopher Adam Gillen

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#Christopher Adam Gillen #Presidential Candidates 2024 #American Independent

[thatsastepladder]

The more I think about it, the less patience I have for "high-concept" superhero comics and the people who write them. They've just never meshed well with what I'm looking for from a comic, no matter who writes them, with very few exceptions.

It's not that they're necessarily bad either, I just don't really enjoy them compared to the more classic-feeling stuff of Waid, Busiek, Adams, Williamson, etc. Doesn't matter whether it's Morrison or Hickman or Gillen or Moore writing them, either. Or even Al Ewing, whose work I've enjoyed less the more pretentious and high-concept it has become over the years. (The one possible exception being Morrison's JLA, but even then I prefer Joe Kelly's run.)

(I think part of it is that my poor, neurodivergent brain has difficulty keeping track of the characters in a lot of these type of stories - I skim-read a lot and that works for most superhero comics but in something like The Wicked + The Divine it only results in me going "wait, who is this person again?". It requires attention I'm not able to really give it. And weirdly, this only affects comics, I don't have this problem with other forms of media usually.)

[waveridden]

3 and 11 for the end of the year book ask!!

3. what were your top 5 books of the year?

GREAT question. for these purposes i'm going to talk specifically about non-rereads bc the best reading experience i had this year was book clubbing a hunger games reread. i'm going to be brief on these but am happy to talk further if anyone wants.

i already mentioned these in other asks, so i'm calling these top honorable mentions, but several people are typing & an unauthorized fan treatise are probably my top two non-rereads. five beyond that are:

DIE by kieron gillen & stephanie hans - breathtakingly beautiful art and also such a good story. it's like if jumanji were about d&d instead, and also if jumanji were a horror movie on purpose

the flash, specifically the jeremy adams run - it was one of the most fun comics i've read in a hot minute

the nineties by chuck klosterman - i'm not normally a historical essay guy but i thought these were so interesting and compellingly written

the nice house on the lake - horror comic of the year, methinks. idc that it didn't come out this year. it's the horror comic of every year.

the honeys by ryan la sala - i'm hesitant to read YA these days but i thought the writing style on this was incredible, and the TWISTS. good lord

11. what was your favorite book that was out for a while but you just read this year?

other than the above & the aforementioned in other asks? severance by ling ma was so beautiful and so upsetting (honorific) to read

#waveridden.ask #astralscrivener #tyyyyyyy

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

ComicList: Marvel Comics New Releases for Wednesday, May 24, 2023, by Charles LePage.

Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Volume 25 Maximum Carnage TP, $39.99

Bishop War College #4 (Cover A Ken Lashley), $3.99

Bishop War College #4 (Cover B Cory Smith), AR

Daredevil And Echo #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Phil Noto), $4.99

Daredevil And Echo #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Jim Cheung), AR

Daredevil And Echo #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Declan Shalvey), AR

Daredevil And Echo #1 (Of 4)(Cover D Stefano Caselli Marvel Icon Variant), AR

Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man TP, $17.99

Extreme Venomverse #2 (Of 5)(Cover A Leinil Francis Yu), $4.99

Extreme Venomverse #2 (Of 5)(Cover B Ken Lashley Symbiote Variant), AR

Extreme Venomverse #2 (Of 5)(Cover C Peach Momoko), AR

Extreme Venomverse #2 (Of 5)(Cover D InHyuk Lee), AR

Extreme Venomverse #2 (Of 5)(Cover E Ryan Stegman Venom The Other Variant), AR

Fury #1 (Cover A Adam Kubert), $5.99

Fury #1 (Cover B Chris Samnee), AR

Fury #1 (Cover C Mike Del Mundo), AR

Guardians Of The Galaxy #1 (2nd Printing Cover A Kev Walker), $4.99

Hallows’ Eve #3 (Cover A Michael Dowling), $3.99

Hallows’ Eve #3 (Cover B Marguerite Sauvage), AR

Hallows’ Eve #3 (Cover C Joshua Sway Swaby), AR

Hallows’ Eve #3 (Cover D Skottie Young), AR

Hellcat #3 (Of 5)(Cover A Pere Perez), $3.99

Hellcat #3 (Of 5)(Cover B David Baldeon Spider-Verse Variant), AR

Hellcat #3 (Of 5)(Cover C Betsy Cola), AR

Hellcat #3 (Of 5)(Cover D Lee Garbett), AR

Immortal X-Men By Kieron Gillen Volume 2 TP, $15.99

Iron Man #1 (Facsimile Edition), $3.99

Marvel Masterworks The Avengers Volume 23 HC (Book Market Edition), $75.00

Marvel Masterworks The Avengers Volume 23 HC (Direct Market Variant Edition Volume 342), $75.00

Marvel Previews Volume 6 #21 (June 2023), AR

New Mutants Lethal Legion #3 (Of 5)(Cover A Javier Fernandez), $3.99

New Mutants Lethal Legion #3 (Of 5)(Cover B David Lopez), AR

Peter Parker And Miles Morales Spider-Men Double Trouble TP, $13.99

Punisher War Journal TP, $15.99

Spider-Man 2099 Dark Genesis #4 (Of 5)(Cover A Nick Bradshaw), $3.99

Spider-Man 2099 Dark Genesis #4 (Of 5)(Cover B Ken Lashley Frame Variant), AR

Spider-Man 2099 Dark Genesis #4 (Of 5)(Cover C Rod Reis Connecting Variant), AR

Spider-Man 2099 Dark Genesis #4 (Of 5)(Cover D Justin Mason Handbook Variant), AR

Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus Volume 1 HC (Rick Leonardi Book Market Cover), $150.00

Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus Volume 1 HC (Rick Leonardi Direct Market Cover), $150.00

Star Wars Darth Vader Black White And Red #2 (Cover A Adam Kubert), $4.99

Star Wars Darth Vader Black White And Red #2 (Cover B Declan Shalvey), AR

Star Wars Darth Vader Black White And Red #2 (Cover C Salvador Larroca), AR

Star Wars The High Republic #10 (Cover A Rafael De Latorre), $3.99

Star Wars The High Republic #10 (Cover B Leinil Francis Yu), AR

Star Wars The High Republic #10 (Cover C David Lopez), AR

Star Wars Volume 5 The Path To Victory TP, $15.99

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover A Alan Davis), $4.99

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover B Stanley Artgerm Lau), AR

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover C Stanley Artgerm Lau Virgin Variant), AR

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover D Nic Klein Stormbreakers Variant), AR

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover E Taurin Clarke), AR

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover F Stefano Caselli Marvel Icon Variant), AR

Thor #34 (Cover A Nic Klein), $3.99

Thor #34 (Cover B Javier Garron Spider-Verse Variant), AR

Thor #34 (Cover C Mateus Manhanini), AR

Warlock Rebirth #2 (Of 5)(Cover A Ron Lim), $3.99

Warlock Rebirth #2 (Of 5)(Cover B Gil Kane Remastered Variant), AR

Warlock Rebirth #2 (Of 5)(Cover C Lucas Werneck Stormbreakers Variant), AR

Warlock Rebirth #2 (Of 5)(Cover D Phil Noto), AR

X-Cellent #3 (Of 5)(Cover A Mike Allred), $3.99

X-Cellent #3 (Of 5)(Cover B Natacha Bustos), AR

#Marvel Comics #X-Men #Warlock #Avengers #New Mutants #Thor #Storm #X-Cellent #Star Wars #Spiderman #Punisher #Hellcat #Nick Fury

[randimason]

Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie respond to Twitter being rebranded as X by Elon Musk.

Text:

Kieron Gillen: Perhaps we should rebrand to “The Twitter men”?

Jamie McKelvie: Etwittercalibur

Kieron Gillen: The classic marvel crossover, A vs Twitter.

Jamie McKelvie: Adam the Twitter-Treme

Kieron Gillen: Charles Twittervier, who definitely named his team after the Twitter gene he definitely didn’t name after himself

#twitter #comics #rebranding #xmen #x men #jamie mckelvie #kieron gillen #shitposting masterclass

[globefan]

Anna Savva, Roseanna Anderson and Azara Meghie as Joan's Army Jolyon Coy as Charles and Adam Gillen as Thomas Isobel Thom as Joan Anna Savva as Cauchon Jonah Russell as Dunois Nastaha Cottriall and Joe Henry as Joan's Army Adam Gillen as Thomas, Baker Mukasa as Soldier 1, Isobel Thom as Joan, Esmonde Cole as Soldier 2 and Kevin McMonagle as Soldier 3 Isobel Thom as Joan

I, Joan pics part 2 (c) Helen Murray

Creatives Assistant Director: Joanna Pidcock Casting Director: Becky Paris Choreographer: Jennifer Jackson Composer: Laura Moody Costume Supervisor: Laura Rushton Designer: Naomi Kuyck-Cohen Director: Ilinca Radulian Dramaturg: Sarah Dickenson Globe Associate – Movement: Glynn MacDonald Voice: Katherine Heath Writer: Charlie Josephine

Musicians Musical Director/Percussion: Joley Cragg Percussion: Kiyomi Seed Trombone: Hannah Dilkes Tuba: Hanna Mbuya

#i joan #Shakespeare's Globe

[nomilkinmyteaplease]

Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder.

Educating Lord Varys/Francis Crozier.

#Game of thrones #the terror #the terror amc #petyr baelish #cornelius hickey #lord varys #francis crozier #got #aidan gillen #adam nagaitis #jared harris #got gifs #my stuff #my edits #ultimate scheming #you could also draw parallels about how it all ended for both of them #at least Hickey went out with a bang

[thevindicativevordan]

Comics this week?

Steelworks #1 - Solid first issue. Dorn makes some rookie mistakes as expected from a first time comic writer. Lot of talking, not much action, the scenes with Irons and Nat debating the impact of superheroics would have been better served if it had been the two of them verbally sparring with each other while physically beating up some bad guys. Good handle on the voices for Steel, Natasha, and Lana nonetheless, happy to see Pak's establishment of the Steel/Lana romance is finally acknowledged again. Ghost of Amertek coming back to haunt Irons is a good idea, as is Dorn establishing that Irons has his own ideas on what's best for Metropolis that aren't the same as Clark's. Didn't expect Dorn to be the first DC writer to use data pages post-Hickman, but I loved to see them! I can't find much info on if Dorn was a sci-fi fan before he was cast as Worf in Star Trek, but if so his use of data pages would make a lot of sense.

Batman #136 - Least the Multiverse bullshit is over, but now we've gone from rehashing Morrison to rehashing Snyder's Death of the Family. If that scene between Bruce and Selina is any indication, this Gotham War event will be the final nail in the coffin for the romance, at least for a good while. Bummed but unsurprised by that. At this point I'm only reading for the Zur plotline, the Batfamily and Catwoman plots aren't interesting me.

Shazam #2 - Didn't think that when Waid said we'd see the extended family relatively soon that he meant the second issue, but it was nice to see them all the same.

Flash #800 - Picked this up and overall I enjoyed it. Adams and Waid were the best, fun stories that celebrated Wally and Bart. Williamson was pretty good too, Barry finally gets to best the deadbeat dad accusations when it comes to the Tornado Twins. Johns' story was pretty basic, mostly just a recap of who Hunter is, but I liked how he took Williamson's retcon and used it to get Zoom back to being a villain in a way that makes sense. With Zoom back in play I wonder if there are plans to use him in Spurrier's run. Speaking of which, Spurrier's story was the weakest. I don't mind the drama with Linda - Adams made everything drama free and the sales were soft, so by all means introduce some tension there - and I liked the premise of Wally fighting Lovecraftian monsters. But this feels like it would be a better fit for Barry. I'll check out the first issue all the same.

Joker #9 - Hilarious that this book finally starts moving on the Jokers plot, just in time for a two month break for Knight Terrors. I don't know if I'll bother to pick it up again in two months, Rosenberg's decompression has become too much for me. Genuinely funny back-ups and one or two good jokes in the main book can't justify the price tag, or the snail's pace storytelling.

Immortal X-Men #12 - More is done with Colossus' mole status in one issue here than the entire X-Force run.

X-Men #23 - I regret giving Duggan a stay of execution. Why does Stasis keep coming across as a loser? Gets taken out with ease in Sins of Sinister, gets humiliated by Righteous here. Since Hickman left, Orchis has come across as a joke that the X-Men inexplicably can't crush instead of a legit threat. Not a great approach as we're right on the cusp of Orchis making their big move.

Loki #1 - Picked this up solely because Watters was writing, and he did not disappoint. Great story, reminiscent of Gillen and Ewing Loki of course, but also of Watters own Lucifer series.

Fantastic Four #8 - Continues to be great, glad the first two parter stars Sue and Alice.

#weekly reviews

[rachelkolar]

2022 wasn't as killer a year for books as 2021, but I don't know how it could be; 2021 was my introduction to Clive Barker, Livia Llewellyn, and especially the Kushiel books, which made me wail "Where have you been?!" like Molly Grue. I still had no trouble putting together my top ten first-time reads and a couple of honorable mentions. There are so many good books, y’all!

Alphabetical by author:

Watership Down by Richard Adams, read by Peter Capaldi. This was technically a reread, but it didn't click for me at all when I read it in eighth grade. Boy howdy, it clicked this time. It's a classic for a reason, and Capaldi nails the narration.

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. This is the only time I ever finished a book, flipped back to the beginning, and immediately read it again. I was crying at the end without quite knowing why. Just gorgeous and moving and wonderful.

Die by Kieron Gillen. Basically a hard R graphic novel of the 80s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon with some fascinating meditation on TTRPGS in general. It disappears up its own butt a bit, but it's still terrific.

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. This is everything I wanted AI: Artificial Intelligence to be.

Curse of Dracula by Kathryn Ann Kingsley. This is sort of the catch-all for my discovering Kingsley this year; I read *eight* of her books. She's my exact horror romance sweet spot for when I want a bit of creepiness and a lot of swoon. Sometimes you just want Phantom of the Opera where Eric gets the girl, okay? (Although that's more Impossible Julian Strande than Dracula, but how am I supposed to say no to well-done vampire smut?)

Boys Life by Robert McCammon. I did a trivia special about the Stoker Awards in October, so I read a *lot* of Stoker winners this year, and this was the best. Bradbury-like dark fantasy dripping with nostalgia. I cried twice. (CW: a dog and a child die)

The Call by Peadar O'Guilin. I freaking loved this book. Body horror plus the Wild Hunt? Yes please! Also, while this is coming from someone whose only physical disability is terrible eyesight, Nessa is possibly the best disabled character I've ever read. She has polio, and the book is crystal clear on two points: this *doesn't* mean the Wild Hunt is going to kill her immediately, but it's *horrible* for her chances. We never get any "if she works hard, then by cracky, she may as well not be disabled at all!", but it's always clear that she has a chance and anyone who says otherwise can kiss off.

Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat. When I was on a heavy Thrawn kick last winter, I asked r/romancebooks to recommend a book with a Thrawn-like love interest, and some saint mentioned this. Laurent isn't quite Thrawn–imagine Thrawn's angry teenage brother–but whew, he's close enough. The whole trilogy is good, but the power dynamics are so delicious in the third one that it wins the day. (CW: the first book has noncon, and there's repeated mention of childhood sexual abuse, although none on screen. The villain is into that sort of thing.)

Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse. Black Sun was one of my favorite reads of 2020, and this is a worthy sequel. It even made me like Naranpa!

The Hidden Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. Just…gorgeous. I loved this one.

Honorable mentions: Starless by Jacqueline Carey (speaking of great disabled characters), Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser (the true story of Little House on the Prairie), NPCs by Drew Hayes (just a blast), Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne (a fun, spicy modernization that had me laughing out loud), and Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare (a gory romp that dares to ask: what if there were a clown in a cornfield?).

#best books of the year #best books of 2022 #amreading #piranesi #ve schwab #kathryn ann kingsley #horror novels #romancelandia #fantasy novels #kieron gillen #graphic novels #captive prince #cs pacat #rebecca roanhorse #watership down #klara and the sun #stoker awards

[niamhoftirnanog]

Please talk to me about books

I am always open to book discussions, feel free to send me an ask or a message 😊

Follow @niamhs-reading-adventures for my book reviews!

Photo from when I reorganised my shelves.

Books I will always be happy to talk about

The Medoran Chronicles by Lynette Noni

The Prison Healer trilogy by Lynette Noni

Percy Jackson Universe by Rick Riordan

Aurora Cycle by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

What If It's Us? and Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

Red White and Royal Blue by Casey MicQuiston

Unearthly trilogy by Cynthia Hand

Books I've Recently Read

August 2022

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

July 2022

Naturally Tan by Tan France

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

June 2022

Beach Read by Emily Henry

You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry

The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner

Beyond the End of the World by Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner

Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow by Gene Luen Yang

The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni

May 2022

The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise by Gene Luen Yang

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search by Gene Luen Yang

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift by Gene Luen Yang

Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray

April 2022

The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry

The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Kiel

My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand

One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn

Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

The Build-up Season by Megan Jacobson

#books #reading #book discussion #the prison healer #the medoran chronicles #lynette noni #mistborn #brandon sanderson #cynthia hand #unearthly #heartstopper #alice oseman