#amy adam and jonah in the same place is so awkward

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Two Brunettes and A Boyle [pt3]

[Jake Peralta/fem!Reader/Jonah Simms mini series]

Things you need to know:

I have kept Amy and Adam together, for story purposes.

Slow-burn

Sorry for the amount of POV switches in this one.

Masterlist

3/?

Present day...

Droplets of water tap against my tile floor as I step out of the shower, I wince, my side still as sore as someone losing an arcade game.

I hear the door to my apartment slam shut, panic rising until an all too familiar voice rung out. I forgot I gave him a key, wasn’t expecting him until later.

‘‘Hey, Y/n/n!’‘ 

I smile upon hearing his cheery tune.

‘‘Out in a sec, a little wet right now!’’ Hearing his signature chuckle, I begin towel drying my hair.

Jonah’s POV 

Damn, she has a lot of stairs.

I let out a relief filled breath as I finally reach her door, rapping my knuckles against the low grade wood.

A few footsteps sound until the door is lightly pulled open.

‘’Uh, hey.’’ I’m stood toe to toe with a man slightly taller than me.

‘‘Uh-uh, is Y/n here?’’ I stumble over my words, didn’t know she had company this early.

‘‘Yeah she’ll be-’‘

‘‘Coming through! Still in a towel, avert your eyes, Peralta.’’

Both of our heads whip towards the shout, he looks me up and down slightly before retorting back to her.

‘‘I’ll try!’’ He looks dimly smug at me.

I retort with a tight lipped smile. Who is this guy?

The white paper bag in my hand feel clammy, so I switch it to my right.

End of Jonah’s POV

‘‘I’ll try!’‘ Damn, him.

Promenading towards my living room, adjacent to the open kitchen and front door, I don’t have time to search for my hair brush before I’m caught of guard.

‘‘Shit, Jonah, hi!’’ I stand awkwardly, hands tightening around my towel.

‘‘Hi.’‘ He clears his throat.

‘‘Come-’‘

‘‘Sorry, I just thought I’d drop these off for you, hassled Tate yesterday into getting the Grade A stuff.’‘ He waves the pharmacy bag at me.

‘‘Yeah that’s good- uhm, thanks, just come in and I’ll be right out.’‘

I almost exit without what I came for.

‘‘Oh by the way, Jake meet Jonah, Jonah-uh you get it.’‘ I wave them off.

I yank my hair brush from the coffee table before briskly walking back the way I came, this time to my bedroom.

Jake’s POV

‘‘So, Jonah-’‘ I test out his name, I don’t know why I’m being so bitchy, it’s just coming naturally, ‘’Tea? Coffee? Water?’’ I raise an eyebrow, moving to the side to let him pass through.

‘‘N-no, I’m fine.’’ He seems to have this neurotic energy about him.

He moves to sit awkwardly on Y/n’s couch, hands touching his knees.

I shrug, moving to make myself a coffee.

‘‘So, what do you do?’‘ I quip him further, a little awkward chit-chat never hurt anyone.

‘‘I work with Y/n, at Cloud Nine. I heard she was coming back today so I thought I’d come see her before my morning shift.’‘ His hand goes to place down the bag of painkillers on her table, that previously stood next to his feet.

‘‘Cool, cool, that-uh, must be nice having such a ball of sunshine around all the time.’‘ I notice the twitch of his eye, yikes, I didn’t even say anything cocky.

‘‘Sun-sunshine, yeah. She’s the best person I know.’’

‘‘Isn’t she.’‘ I lean one hand against her counter, taking a sip of my brewed coffee.

‘‘What do you do? Haven’t really seen you before- or-or heard of you.’‘ He scratches at his neck, damn this kid can’t undermine me for shit.

‘‘Detective, NYPD, Jake Peralta. Y/n hasn’t told me about you either,’‘ I shrug, hiding my smile in my mug as I take another swig.

‘‘Ah, NYPD- what are you doing in St. Louis?’‘ He seems a little confused, eyes squinting.

‘‘My captain forced me to have some some time off, too good at my job to quit, Charles’ suggested I come here for a little while. Away from the city and all that.’‘ I shrug my head over to my bag. 

‘‘Ah, so you’re staying with Y/n? For how long? Charles, is her brother, right?’‘ This guy and his questions.

‘‘Yeah, for a few days, can’t keep my hands away from the badge. Me and Charles share the same precinct, one of my best friends.’‘ I didn’t meant to knock him down a peg but the deflated look on his face told me I had.

‘‘Ha, ha, besties.’‘ His voice trails off, I hold in a snicker, his awkwardness wow.

End of Jake’s POV

Appropriately dressed to re-join the chaos that I just know is waiting for me, I return to the boys. 

Both of them seem relieved to see me, Jonah more so.

‘‘So, this is what couldn’t wait until my shift?’‘ I tease, pointing to the pills.

‘‘I thought it’d be nice!’‘ He visibly relaxes, morphing into his usual self.

‘‘It is, I’m just a little surprised you came here at seven in the morning, an hour before your shift. And you mister I’m-late-all-the-time, how the hell are you here? You don’t look like a man who just drove for twelve hours.’‘ I laugh at the tall brunette hogging my kitchen.

‘‘Three AM flight. booked it a couple days ago. Couldn’t sleep thinking about my favourite girl.’‘ He teases me, his trade mark joke voice appeals to my ears as I walk past him to get my own coffee.

‘‘Charmed.’‘

He points to a ready made coffee, I fake stumble and place a hand over my heart, feigning awe I didn’t need to feign.

‘‘For me?’‘ I giggle, placing the warm mug between my hands, now cold.

‘‘Aren’t I a gentleman.’‘ He tips a pretend hat, following me to sit. He chooses the arm chair as I prop myself next to Jonah.

‘‘I should get going, soon. I promised Chey she could paint my nails.’‘ He looks slightly awkward, I suppose I did just accidentally ignore him to boost my dynamic with Jake.

‘‘Okie dokie, I can’t wait to see ‘em later, send all my love to that girl.’‘ I salute him as he brushes himself off.

‘‘What about me?’‘ He resumes back to confidence.

‘‘You’re lucky you got to see me before her, I’m still shaking with excitement for our reunion hug.’‘ I grin thinking about Chey.

‘‘Yadda-yadda. I’ll see you soon, soldier.’‘ He salutes back, fronting to my door.

‘‘Me and J gotta hold down the bunker for a few more hours, try not to miss me.’‘ I laugh, his back tenses when I finish, what’s got into him.

‘‘O-okay.’‘ He leaves without a quippy one-liner he would usually retort with, no ‘I always do’ or ‘why would I ever’. Hmm. Strange, boy.

‘‘So, girly, what’s on the agenda.’’ Jake stands up, plopping down next to me.

‘‘Wha'ddy'a’ think?’‘ I smirk at him, testing the goof.

He takes my remote before flipping over the apps to turn on my favourite group of stuntmen.

‘‘Lucky guess.’‘ I huff, he pushes my shoulder.

‘‘I just know you.’‘

His line hangs in the air, guess he does, all these late night hour long phone calls really pay off. I mean we are already on nickname grounds. He’s just so sweet and attentive and- really a good change for my usual crowd.

I’d spent a week in NYC, charging myself up, recovering so I could drive back to St Louis without issue. We got to mingle a lot then, always seeing him around Charles’ house, helping me out.

Once we settled into the gnarly but comforting media playing, his arm lays nonchalantly around my shoulders. I try not to stiffen, why is this affecting me?

Now that I think about it-

Jonah’s POV

J. J.

Why did she have to call him that? I thought that was my thing.

And, Sunshine? God, what is this guy doing? I’ve used that since day one. 

Mr Impressive Detective. I recognise his name from the papers, his big drug busts, saving lives, not that I’d let him know that.

I guess J is just...Jake but shortened. Jake/Jonah, whatever.

And she is really everyone’s sunshine, is he sleeping with her, though? I didn’t know cops were her thing.

Who am I kidding, she watches me stack shelves, I’m not out there risking my life.

I don’t even take in how many stairs I’ve just gone down but when I’m inside my car I slam the steering wheel, groaning in frustration. My head is swimming with jealousy and questions.

She probably isn’t sleeping with him. She would have told me, unless I’m really not her best friend then...ouch.

Crushing on a woman who could get anyone she wanted really messes with a guy.

Is it just a crush?

End of Jonah’s POV

-he is...cute hot. I guess I have kind of endeared him since I had first lay eyes on him. His wind tousled hair, concerned yet kind eyes, big smile. Mind you, I was bleeding out, delirious. 

I peek at him.

His big brown eyes lighting up at the couple of jackasses on tv. His, still big, smile pouring out laughter. His hair, now in it’s normal form, still pretty. His hand slapping against his knee lightly after a particularly funny moment plays. His other hand, curled so gently around my shoulder, radiating a warmth.

Oh, shit.

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MY MOMENTS OUT OF TIME IN FILM 2018

Instead of a Top 10 List, every year I like to honor a long-discontinued but influential annual column from Film Comment magazine. I couldn’t wait for my father to come home from work with the “Moments Out Of Time” issue.  The writers would cite their favorite scenes, images, or lines of dialogue, even from films they may not have liked, because let’s face it, even bad films may have a great moment or two.  This was a great year in film, although I admit some of my favorite moments were films or series made for television.  Whether it’s Alex Borstein wielding her trusty plunger around the Catskills in THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL or Amy Adams waking up from a drunken stupor in the unforgettable SHARP OBJECTS, these shows had more indelible scenes than all of the Marvel and DC superhero movies combined.  

Still, I found myself lucky enough to see the staggeringly beautiful ROMA twice in a theater, because seeing it on Netflix doesn’t do it justice.  If that’s your only option, however, see it and see it with its glorious empathy oozing out of every frame.  EIGHTH GRADE took me by surprise with its unassuming, off-the-cuff filmmaking style.  Beneath that I found an aching, contemporary story of a young girl dying to connect with somebody, anybody…her cracked phone an apt metaphor for a world in which our societal sickness lies buried in an addiction to our screens.  PADDINGTON 2, even more so than its wonderful predecessor, gave us the immigrant experience from an accident-prone, marmalade-loving cuddly bear who just wants to unite everyone.  BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, despite its Powerpoint presentation of a story, oozed with so much emotion, the joy of creating, the beauty of people seeing you, and the sheer nostalgia of it all, I found myself crying throughout.  A STAR IS BORN, while imperfect,  had moments of such gorgeousness, especially the undeniable chemistry of its leads, it’s my prediction to win the Best Picture Oscar.  VICE, another Oscar front runner, had fantastic performances and was nonstop fun, but, for me, didn’t quite lick the enigma of Dick Cheney and demonstrated some juvenile instincts of its writer/director.  

I saw a ton of films, but even I can’t see them all.  I missed SHOPLIFTERS, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, BEAUTIFUL BOY, and BURNING, among many others…but will catch up with them soon.  So having said that, here, in no particular order, are my Moments Out Of Time In Film for 2018:

Gabe invites Kayla over for a “first friend hangout” dinner of chicken nuggets and beautifully lived-in, awkward, nerdy charm, telling this lovely, insecure young girl, “You are awesome” - melting all of our hearts with that sweet, simple declaration. It’s one of the most beautiful scenes I’ve ever seen and a moment our Kayla richly deserved.- EIGHTH GRADE

A young, pregnant Mexican housekeeper tracks down the father of her child, finding him at some type of military training camp.  When she delivers the news to him, he screams at her to stay away from him and runs off to join his buddies.  We never see her reaction, instead experiencing the moment from a somewhat removed distance.  A lesser filmmaker would have cut to her startled, hurt face, but Alfonso Cuarón knew that we’d feel her isolation and devastation more strongly if we didn’t focus on her.  Only a master filmmaker would make such an indelible decision, along with a thousand other great ones. - ROMA

A Peruvian bear takes his Aunt on a fantastical, eye-exploding, stunning tour of London via a pop-up book come to life.  One of the most astounding animated sequences of all time. - PADDINGTON 2

A band looks out at the masses of people clapping along in sync to one of their songs, and in that moment, the connection feels palpable.  Everyone there, everyone who watched knew this was the moment when legends became immortal. - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Nicole Kidman completely transforms herself yet again as a hardened cop with a life full of traumas etched onto her tortured face.  Just watching her lurch towards a crime scene, ambling like Jack Skellington convinced me that to watch Kidman at her peak is to witness greatness. - DESTROYER

A woman in labor and with a horrifying nail injury to her foot, crawls into a bathtub to give birth to a child.  Unable to make a sound lest she capture the attention of a murderous alien slithering through her house, she agonizingly holds it all in until a competing noise allows her to let out a pained, visceral scream. - A QUIET PLACE

A young cater-waiter gets invited onstage to sing her song with a headlining rock star.  Surprised by her power, surprised by the surge and size of the crowd, her guileless reaction and blazing talent cut through, quickly proving the movie’s title. - A STAR IS BORN

Regina Hall sits on a rooftop with two of her female employees from a HOOTERS-like establishment.  They’re all in a transition period in their lives, unsure what the future brings.  They’ve all gone through an intense day and let it all out with extended screams, an unforgettable, undeniable female rage. This small, simple, subtle film is also one of the year’s best.  - SUPPORT THE GIRLS

More groundbreaking than I had ever thought, Fred Rogers soaks his feet in a little tub and invites his black, gay co-star to do the same, breaking taboos on a children’s show way ahead of its time. - WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

Charlize Theron shows us the real pain of motherhood, never once feeling like a glammed-up version of the harsh realities, and yet saves its most shocking sucker punch for its final moments, delivering a reveal as unexpected as the one I didn’t see coming in SHARP OBJECTS. - TULLY

Queen Anne (Olivia Colman), referring to Emma Stone’s Abigail, tells Lady Sarah( Rachel Weisz), “I like it when she puts her tongue inside me”…which is followed by Stone giving Weisz the year’s best side-eye. - THE FAVOURITE

In a film filled with shocking moments - the odd clucking sounds, the decapitated bird head, the unexpected death of a major character, the eerie, incongruous reflection of a teen’s face in a school window, the most jolting moment comes when Toni Collette stands over her offspring’s bed and says, “I never wanted to be your mother”.  Stunned, she seemingly scoops those words back down her throat in an attempt to make them go away.  For this moment alone, and she gives a tour de force performance here, Collette enters the pantheon of actors who made themselves immortal. - HEREDITARY

Modern day cowboys sit around a perfectly shot nighttime campfire as our hero questions his place as a man in this world.  Masculinity has rarely been shot through with such tenderness as in every moment of this quiet stunner. - THE RIDER

“Gucci!” - EIGHTH GRADE

A young daughter ever so patiently and lovingly tells her PTSD-afflicted father that their views on how to live their lives may not converge, reminding us that histrionics don’t necessarily make for great conflict.  You can find it even when people act like adults and show decency towards each other. - LEAVE NO TRACE

My heart broke when a young Lebanese boy tried every way possible to keep his sister from being sold off as a child bride.  The kinetic filmmaking of this sequence mined every second for peak emotions. - CAPERNAUM

A blisteringly romantic tale of star-crossed lovers in Post War Poland wins the swoon award every time Joanna Kulig (a dead ringer for Jennifer Lawrence) sings the refrain, “Oy yoy yoy” - COLD WAR

Jack Black, playing a hard-partying character whose accident leads to the lifelong paralysis of his new friend (Joaquin Phoenix), meets up with him many years later.  In a short but painful scene, we see the wreckage of a life and the profound sorrow written across Black’s face.  I never thought I’d type the words, “Jack Black’s acting made me sob”, but there you have it.  If Beatrice Straight can win an Oscar for a single scene, then Jack Black can too.  Of course, I’m not even getting into how great Jonah Hill was in this film, but I’d be here all day. - DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT

The matriarch of a family takes their housekeeper to a baby store to buy a crib when the chaos of the Corpus Christi Massacre erupts in the streets below, turning a simple shot into something epic, grand and inconceivable. - ROMA

Let’s face it.  It had some of the best and bitchiest one liners of the year:  “I pity your wife if you think six minutes is forever” , “Roger, there's only room in this band for one hysterical queen”, "Tell him thanks for the birthday cake. And tell him you're an epic shag”, and the beautiful, un-ironic exchange, “FREDDIE: Let’s go and punch a hole in the roof of Wembley Stadium.  BRIAN: Actually, Wembley Stadium doesn’t have a roof.  FREDDIE: Then we’ll punch a hole in the sky,” - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Kristen Stewart recounts how Joan Jett gave her some advice on how to capture her essence when she played her in THE RUNAWAYS.  Jett told her to “pussy that wood” in reference to how to attack her guitar.  Advice only a take-no-prisoners, blazingly alive woman could give to another in this energizing look at a true legend. - BAD REPUTATION

All of the tired superhero tropes we’ve become used to in live action appear fresh and thrilling when animated.  Who knew I’d thrill to a whole slew of Peter Parkers swinging through New York on their webs?  Who knew Lily Tomlin would appear in this and absolutely kill as Aunt May?  Who knew Kathryn Hahn would even appear in a Marvel movie and skillfully weaponize a nerdy persona? - SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

Sure, we all loved that moment when Lady Gaga sang “Shallow”, but let’s not forget another star was born when Henry Cavill got up off that tiled bathroom floor, doffed his suit jacket and reloaded his fists to jump back into one of the best fight sequences in film history. - MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT

Connecting the dots of the past with our present day mess of a country, Spike Lee ends his film on an unsubtle yet vital montage of pure rage. - BLACKKKLANSMAN

In a wonderful reversal to the original, the murderous Michael Myers looks out a backyard window to see Laurie Strode (a fierce Jamie Lee Curtis) standing amongst the hanging sheets. Who’s the monster now?!! - HALLOWEEN

A montage detailing the many prison escapes of our protagonist, an aging, lifelong bank robber (Robert Redford still displaying his undeniable charisma at 82), provides a wonderfully conflicted view of a man who must commit crimes in order to feel alive. - THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN

A bitter, outrageously dead-inside mother jogs on a treadmill, moving cynically forward in life despite having a missing child she barely noticed anyhow and a crumbling Russian society around her. - LOVELESS

“Did you just look at me?  Did you?  Look at me. LOOK AT ME!  HOW DARE YOU!  CLOSE YOUR EYES!” - THE FAVOURITE

Despite endlessly terrible scenes of tourists dancing and eating gelato, Clint Eastwood finds a magic power in having the real life heroes on that train play themselves as they thwart a terrorist attack. Although a failed experiment of a film, those 10 minutes felt real and raw and undeniable because of its stunt casting and astute directorial choices. - THE 15:17 TO PARIS

Smack dab in the middle of the movie, it ends.  Roll credits.  Oh wait.  Things didn’t go so swimmingly?  Let’s continue.  A hugely entertaining fake-out gives self-reflexive cinema a good name. - VICE

After a traumatic incident at a beach (a stunningly shot, hugely suspenseful scene with incredible sound design), a housekeeper looks out the window of a car with a sense of peace as the reflections from the window gorgeously whisk past her lovely face. - ROMA

In the male dominated world of gun-toting action films, it was refreshing to see a group of women, led by a soulful performance by Natalie Portman, lock and load and enter the Shimmer. - ANNIHILATION

A Russian Engineer named Andreyev (Paddy Considine) panics when ordered by Stalin to record a symphony which already occurred.  He quickly assembles a ragtag group of people to recreate the concert, telling this terrified assembly living under a murderous regime, “Don’t worry, nobody is going to get killed. I promise you. This is just a musical emergency.” Not a great film, but Armando Iannucci and company know their way around a scabrous line or two. - THE DEATH OF STALIN

Most people will cite the great single take outside a limo as its driven from a poor side of town to a wealthy side.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s a fantastic piece of cinema, but my mind gravitated towards another moment.  A grieving widow lets her dog run loose in another widow’s apartment.  The puppy stops at a closet door and reacts to what’s behind it.  We know what it is, and she knows what it is even before we’re given visual confirmation.  A fantastic storytelling moment. - WIDOWS

Evan Peters, sitting in a car at a gas station, is joined by the actual person he’s portraying, melding narrative with documentary in such an original way. - AMERICAN ANIMALS

Although chock full of special effects in a genre I tend to find forgettable, Michael B. Jordan commanded attention in a simple, quiet scene inside a museum, finding danger and intelligence in every line. He was the REAL special effect of this film. - BLACK PANTHER

Scotty Bowers may be a creepy hoarder, but when you’re 95 and have no f*cks left to give, you’re gonna spill some tea about Hollywood Stars and we will soak it all up in this one-of-a-kind documentary - SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD

The slowest moving conveyor belt of all time provides one of the most well-timed, hilarious payoffs of the year.  We need an award for Best Supporting Prop! - GAME NIGHT

Leslie Mann tries to quietly sneak out of her daughter’s Prom night hotel room but electrocutes herself behind the TV console in a delicious bit of physical comedy. - BLOCKERS

A mother desperate to track down her troubled young son gives drugs to an addict in return for more information, showing just how far she’s willing to go. - BEN IS BACK

A closeted up-and-coming movie star confesses to his “golly gee” midwestern wife that he’s not happy and can’t pretend anymore. We get a naked glimpse behind both of their veneers. It’s a stunning, hugely empathetic moment for characters we’ve respectively and heretofore dismissed as a sociopath and a rube. - THE HAPPYS

Alex Borstein’s lesbian character Susie Myerson from THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL has met her feature film match with Melissa McCarthy’s equally nihilistic performance as Lee Israel.  To see her jousting with Richard E. Grant in any random moment in this wonderful film is to experience acting heaven. I loved how their final moments together could have easily turned to mush, but by staying true to their salty characters, they ended things in a deliciously dark manner. - CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

A comedy duo enacts a favorite routine onstage at the risk of one of their’s health.  It’s scary, but the love and respect they have for each other shines through. - STAN & OLLIE

I’m sorry to say it gave me the “Made For TV” vibes, but it still found power when Nicole Kidman’s character busts her son out of an Ex-Gay Center, calling out its owner for his utter lack of qualifications. There’s nothing quite like a stifled, repressed woman finding her voice. - BOY ERASED

“I’m just like you” - says a privileged suburban teen as he bounds out of his McMansion and into a fancy SUV.  While I generally enjoyed the film, this tone deaf opening line had me futilely looking around for my big house and fancy car.  Sometimes a moment out of time is a wrongheaded one. - LOVE, SIMON

In a documentary full of insane twists and turns, the big moment for me came when we were treated to a clip from DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN. Madonna breezes past our smiling, tight jean-sporting identical triplets, the new “It Boys of New York”, the flush of newly-found fame written all over their faces long before their tragic fall. - THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

Say what you will about the endless 80s references, I want to live inside the swirling sequence which serves as an homage to THE SHINING. - READY PLAYER ONE

A Japanese woman dons a strange blonde wig and practices English and high fives with another ESL student, over-exaggerating her rounded open mouth as she speaks. - OH LUCY!

Constance Yu playing mah jongg slyly shows her deep wells of strength and strategic genius, nicely setting up a character who will surprise and charm us in equal measures. - CRAZY RICH ASIANS

Yes, it’s a pretty terrible movie, but there’s no denying the thrill of a certain pop legend’s long-awaited entrance by helicopter.  It caused my friend Dennis to say out loud, “F*ck yeah, it’s Cher!” - MAMMA MIA!: HERE WE GO AGAIN

In an otherwise forgettable film, Jodie Foster’s memorable gait as the “Hotel” Nurse made me happily forget Kevin Spacey’s from THE USUAL SUSPECTS, and for that, I thank her! - HOTEL ARTEMIS

A young boy named Stevie tries to impress a bunch of older skateboarders with a stunt which sends him through a hole in a roof and crashing to the ground with a sickening thud. - MID90S

Renee: I thought you might want a sneak peek of what’s to come.
      Ethan: I don’t know if you know what sneak peek means. You’re completely naked. - I FEEL PRETTY

Despite the gimmick of the movie seen entirely through laptop and smartphone footage, there’s electricity in the moment John Cho’s father character discovers his missing daughter has had a secret life. - SEARCHING

A dancer tries out a solo for a very strange company, unaware that each leap, spin or kick sends a trapped woman a floor below her into bone-crunching contortions.  It’s a scene you can almost feel. There’s something rotten in East Berlin! - SUSPIRIA

Sure, Emma Stone worked out a great side-eye in THE FAVOURITE, but has there ever been an actor who seems born to them more than Emily Blunt?  Still, my biggest emotional connection to this film came when Ben Wishaw sang “A Conversation”.  A beautiful, sweet lament. - MARY POPPINS RETURNS

The site of Michelle Pfeiffer dressed as an elderly woman, cane in hand, hobbling through the streets of New York in a desperate attempt to cash her late mother’s government checks, the score a cacophony of horns and percussion, gave me DRESSED TO KILL shivers. - WHERE IS KYRA?

Think of it as SHARP OBJECT’s UK Cousin, as we watch Moll (a searing Jessie Buckley) tap into female rage in all its messy, bloody glory in this feature length primal scream. - BEAST

Packed with punch and urgency, the opening sequence made you believe you were actually experiencing a WWII aerial combat.  Oh, and then it became a fun zombie gore-fest. - OVERLORD

A group of kids escape a gay conversion camp and pile into the back of a pickup truck.  Did they make the right decision?  Where do they go from here?  A wordless homage to the final scene in THE GRADUATE packed a punch. - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST

Blake Lively wearing clothes.  That is all. - A SIMPLE FAVOR

A meeting with the family of a man who got their daughter pregnant goes terribly wrong, resulting in a slew of insults and threats.  It’s a fully alive, oddly comical yet tragic sequence in a film which otherwise left me cold.  - IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Typically known for her impeccable image (before the reality show circus, of course), this pop icon lets down her guard and hilariously tears into Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul.  Had she been allowed to be more herself, her life might not have been as tragic. - WHITNEY

Glenn Close delivers the year’s best slow boil as the wife of a Nobel Prize winner who has secretly been his unheralded ghost writer all these years.  Until things grow shouty and overwritten in the third act, Close holds a master class in barely suppressed rage. - THE WIFE

Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, intense tennis rivals, meet up at the airport after their fateful match, the looks between them offering up a touching blend of competitiveness and respect and which will lead to their unexpected, lifelong friendship. - BORG VS. McENROE

In a moment of much-needed image rehabilitation, Anne Hathaway, as the GOOP-like actress perfectly named Daphne Kluger, wins her way back into our hearts just by the way she reacts to a priceless necklace being wrapped around her neck.  Every shiver and glance in the mirror makes you love her in all her campy glory. - OCEAN’S 8

A woman gets pushed off a cliff and finds herself impaled on a tree branch, yet not only does it not stop her, she’s just getting started in this literal bloodbath of a feminist fantasy. - REVENGE

A man meets tragedy and finds himself in a wheelchair only to gain powers he never had before after undergoing an experimental procedure.  In a fight scene involving an antagonist and a kitchen knife, Logan Marshall-Green surprises himself with each display of brute force coming out of him, making for one of the most brutal yet winningly entertaining melees I’ve seen on screen all year…and don’t forget that kitchen knife.  It’s just the right button on this bit of ultraviolet slapstick. - UPGRADE

A young husband meets with a conflicted priest, and in a searing monologue, tells the man of the cloth that the world is such a hellscape, he’d rather his pregnant wife abort their baby than bring it up in such a terrible environment.  It’s the first jolt of many in this nihilistic yet strangely hopeful film. - FIRST REFORMED

Presidential candidate Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) confronts some press members who have staked out his home with the hope of catching him with a woman other than his wife.  He indignantly rails against them, claiming he had a right to privacy.  Oh, how times have changed. - THE FRONT RUNNER

Katja (Diane Kruger), a woman at the end of her rope, who has lost her family and confidence in the justice system, takes matters into her own hands in the literally explosive, inevitable, and crushing final scene. - IN THE FADE

Who knew that Hal Ashby had such a sincerely lovely relationship with his mentor, Norman Jewison?  It’s nice to know that sometimes successful people in the film business actually help out their younger charges. - HAL

I’m not sure I ever really wanted to know what it really felt like to sit in a fiery tin can on the way to the moon and back, but now I do.  It’s very well done, but I think I may need to puke.  - FIRST MAN

A young man with AIDS (Cory Michael Smith) sits with his mother (Virginia Madsen) in a car, unable to truly be honest with her.  The pain of it all comes across so clearly on their faces.  - 1985

An oversized candy cane weaponized to fight zombies at Christmas time in Scotland.  Oh, and it’s also a musical.  Just go! - ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE

I saw it twice to make sure I truly hated it, and yep, I still did…but the opening sequence in the school, the terrorist attack on the beach, and Natalie Portman banging on the table to protest a diner manager’s request for a picture will stick with me.  Hopefully I will forget the other 100 minutes of this painfully unfocused, unfocused, pretentious mess. - VOX LUX

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No offense, but how do you picture Amy and Jonah together? How do you think their dynamic as a couple would be? I do ship them and I love their chemistry, but I'm currently not sure about them getting together because I still think he isn't on same page Amy is. I mean, if she does get a divorce, I believe she would like to get married again. Not that quickly, but she'd look for someone who could offer her that, want to co-parent Emma and have that one/two kids she mentioned. Although I love A&J+

together, I just don't think Jonah is mature enough to take such responsibilities right now. But we'll probably never get this family/domestic stuff anyway since the episodes are always in Cloud 9, so maybe that wouldn't be much of an issue. Idk. Though I do keep wondering how Jonah acts as a babysitter, since he said he watches his brother's kids... He may be better than we know. He wasn't bad with Emma, but I think he's not used to teenagers. Anywaaay, how do you think they could work? Sorry +  for the long-ass message. I love your edits :)            

I don’t know why you would think I would be offended!! And thank you for the compliment! But okay, here we go.

I definitely think that Jonah does need to grow as a person because he can be a little immature at times. He’s also just picked up and uprooted to a new city because he wanted to start anew, so I think his moving away is something that is helping him grow as a person. While he is a little immature, you have to admit that from what we’ve gotten to see from Amy’s husband, Adam, Jonah is a lot more mature and responsible than he is. Jonah has a stable job and isn’t constantly coming up with scatterbrained business ideas that ultimately end up being a waste of money. There’s no doubt in my mind that if Jonah had a wife and kids, he would most definitely put them above himself. I do really think that he cares about Amy a lot, you can see that by the way he reacts to any negative thing that’s going on in her life because he genuinely wants what’s best for her. (for example, that episode where she’s planning on having the weekend alone when she starts talking about how she can’t do that anymore because Adam decided that going to some conference was more important than taking their daughter to her girl scouts thing, you can see Jonah’s expression in the background change to one that kind of reads as “are you serious?” which leads me to believe that if he were in that position, he wouldn’t put his wants above his daughter’s needs, but that’s just me and my interpretation)

I also believe that Amy would probably want to get married again down the road and have more kids like she said, but I don’t think it would happen right away. But as you already said (and i’ve discussed with some friends and they agree too - hi vivien, hi minni!) we’re probably never going to see their relationship outside of the store because everything always takes place at Cloud 9, though last week’s episode with the ladies’ lunch did show an out of store dynamic, so who knows.

Honestly, I think that under the circumstances, Jonah did pretty well with Emma, considering he was thrown into it without a warning, and because he would literally do anything Amy asked him to do, he went ahead and took on the responsibility of watching over her. I actually rewatched that episode the other day and noticed that he was making an effort to talk to her about the book she was reading because he had already read it and had some opinions he wanted to share with her (it was right before she ran off to the bathroom). Apart from that, it’s incredibly awkward to be watching your friend’s teenage daughter only for her to get her first period. I think he reacted very well to that because most grown men would have freaked out and immediately gone to try and get Amy to handle this. Instead of doing that, he understood that there would be consequences if Glenn found out that Amy had her daughter at work with her, so instead of trying to find her and have her handle it and potentially get in trouble, he took the situation into his own hands. He literally went out there and got as many different pads/tampons as he could find and brought them back to the bathroom so that Emma would have the options, and it was really cute when he covered himself in them to try and make her laugh. Obviously it worked out in his favor with her because at the end of the day they got it handled and neither one was scarred by it. So I think that if the opportunity arose again with her, he would probably do better since it wouldn’t be his first (or an unplanned) interaction with her.

Anyway, as for the dynamic between the two as a couple, I do think that Amy would be the dominate one in their relationship because of the fact that she’s more mature than he is.I really do think that they have a good dynamic and they’ve essentially become the store mom and dad. I don’t know if you’ve noticed but Jonah really does come off as though he would do anything for Amy. He understands that she does have to put her family above herself at times, specifically her daughter, but he also encourages her to not forget about herself. We saw that in the episode where they’re going through the lost and found and she finds that stack of cash. She wanted to use this money that to help those around her, which to him it seems like she already does that so much, which is true, because as we know, she’s had to put her studies on hold so that she can be the main breadwinner for her family because Adam can’t seem to keep a job. (sidebar here, I just want to mention how incredibly selfish I think it is that Adam thinks Amy should put her life on hold so that he can frivolously go ahead and spend their money on stupidities.) I honestly think that Jonah would be able to give Amy the equal partnership she deserves in a relationship. He would go out of his way to help her go back to school because he knows that it’s important for her and would help her provide for a better future for Emma.

As for the dynamic with Emma, she’s clearly a teenager, so there’s really not that much left to do in raising her. If/when he and Amy get together, it’s mostly going to be weathering the storm of helping raise a teen, as opposed to having to raise an infant. I think with that process, he’s most likely going to end up being the mediator between the two? I just get the feeling that if Emma’s upset over Amy denying her something, he’s going to try and get her to see it from her mom’s point of view and try to get her to talk about her feelings because it’s clear that Jonah thinks it’s important to talk about your feelings.

Also! Jonah seems to bring out the side of Amy that’s a little more relaxed like he mentioned in that one episode, that she’s gotten a lot more fun since he’s gotten to know her. I wonder why?!?!? (Clearly, he’s why)

IN CONCLUSION, I think that they could both really learn from one another in more ways than one and I believe they would be really good to each other. I think there’s a lot of potential for both of them to help the other grow.

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Some Thoughts On The Best Movies Of 2018

Honorable Mentions: “Aquaman” (dir. James Wan), “Avengers: Infinity War” (dirs. Anthony and Joe Russo), “BlacKkKlansman” (dir. Spike Lee), “Blockers” (dir. Kay Cannon), “Eighth Grade” (dir. Bo Burnham), “First Reformed” (dir. Paul Schrader), “Isle of Dogs” (dir. Wes Anderson), “Mary Poppins Returns” (dir. Rob Marshall), “mid90s” (dir. Jonah Hill), “Ocean’s Eight” (dir. Gary Ross), “On the Basis of Sex” (dir. Mimi Leder), “A Quiet Place” (dir. John Krasinski), “Roma” (dir. Alfonso Cuarón), “A Simple Favor” (dir. Paul Feig), “Venom” (dir. Ruben Fleischer)

10. “Vice” (dir. Adam McKay) A thing about “Vice” is Shea Whigham (49) plays Amy Adams’ (44) dad and Christian Bale’s (44) father-in-law — and the movie makes no attempt to hide the fact that they all look the same. It's a weird and imperfect film, but I'm oddly drawn to it -- despite the fact that many of the negative things people have said about this movie are very true. Perhaps that's why I keep coming back to Boots Riley's tweet-review: "Adam McKay makes movies that get me mad because he does several things that I wish I did first. In 'Vice,' he doesn't just break the 4th wall -- he breaks it and comes and sits in the seat next to you with popcorn and hot sauce. I don't think he makes film, he makes theater." There is something transfixing about "Vice." It's a trainwreck, a complete blank-check movie, the work of an auteur who was not told "no" once during the process. So this thing rattles off the rails early and often and features performances and tones so wildly divergent that it feels like something entirely different than regular movies. But put it this way: I'd rather watch a movie like “Vice” than “good” movies like “First Man.” McKay goes for it here in a way that seems reckless and irresponsible -- as if he'll never get the chance to make another movie so why not throw every idea he's ever had at the screen. There's something laudable to that kind of ego and arrogance. “Vice” condemns everyone, including the audience. After what we’ve done, it’s the movie we deserve.

9. “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” (dir. Susan Johnson) Did everyone who bought high on “Set It Up” watch “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and feel slightly awkward? A winning coming-of-age romcom that should stand proudly next to “10 Things I Hate About You” on the list of awesome teen movies that people watch forever.

8. “If Beale Street Could Talk” (dir. Barry Jenkins) If there was a better scene this year than Brian Tyree Henry’s section of Barry Jenkins’ lush, wondrous, absolutely stunning “Moonlight” follow-up, "If Beale Street Could Talk,” I didn’t get around to seeing it.

7. “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (dirs. Ethan and Joel Coen) The James Franco section feels incomplete and hurried — why wasn’t it axed completely after Franco’s sexual misconduct allegations? — and the Liam Neeson section is dark and slow. But the other four parts? Instant, rewatchable classics, some of the best things the Coen brothers have ever done. My fave at the moment is the Tom Waits one, but the Zoe Kazan segment is also not without its pleasures. For a movie exclusively about death and dying and the relative fleeting nature of life, “Buster Scruggs” is a delight. It’s an exception to the premise of the film: how could life be meaningless when this exists?

6. “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (dirs. Peter Ramsey, Robert Persichetti Jr., Rodney Rothman) As we've gotten further away from 2018, it feels like few movies from that calendar year will stand the cultural test of time. In five years, will people still talk about even the year's best gems, "The Favourite" and "Widows"? Maybe? At this rate, "A Star Is Born" will live in infamy, an Oscar front-runner that was basically shut out in the final calculus; even a film like "Roma," a wonderful movie that deserves its many awards, feels somewhat diffuse. Alfonso Cuarón's intimate epic has barely made a dent now, at a time when even the worst Netflix movie becomes meme fodder for weeks on end. All of which is to say, if one movie from last year winds up being *the* movie from last year, allow me to submit for consideration "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse." Its message is more powerful than the pablum of "Green Book" and it just seems so damn modern? Transformative? There's a reason "Spider-Verse" caught the attention of the zeitgeist. It's a now movie -- a dazzling, scattered, boisterous affair that's super funny and legitimately sweet. I slept on a lot of this the first time I saw "Spider-Verse" (literally, being a parent is tough sometimes!), but with clear eyes and full hearts, I watched it again and fell super in love. Time to re-do the 2018 top-10 list.

5. “Widows” (dir. Steve McQueen) How would “Heat” look if it were all about systemic white supremacy? A lot like “Widows,” apparently. What a blast of pulp fiction, with a stacked cast just knocking the crackling dialogue out of the park at every turn. Viola Davis was the headline story here, putting in a complex turn that feels comparable to Robert De Niro in “Ronin.” But the real star is Daniel Kaluuya, who delivers the best villain performance since Javier Bardem’s Anton Chigurh. Build a statue for him in lieu of his guaranteed Oscar snub.

4. Black Panther (dir. Ryan Coogler) Marvel's own version of “The Dark Knight,” “Black Panther” is the best MCU movie yet, a legitimate epic in league Christopher Nolan’s superhero classic but with a central conflict that feels like an extension of “Do the Right Thing.” Months later, Michael B. Jordan’s towering performance still rules: he’s every bit as impressive as Heath Ledger was as the Joker.

3. “A Star Is Born” (dir. Bradley Cooper) The closest thing to "Hamilton" released this year, Bradley Cooper's meme factory focuses on who lives, who dies, who tells their story. There’s a lot of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical in “A Star Is Born" and the film is structured as such, up to a literal heart-clutch final moment that makes me cry just thinking about it (and rivals Eliza’s last gasp in “Hamilton”). Enough has been written about "A Star Is Born" that more isn't necessary, but let's just pause here to praise Cooper, the Actor, for a performance so great that it's easy to take him for granted.

2. “Mission: Impossible - Fallout” (dir. Christopher McQuarrie) What if “The Dark Knight” but Tom Cruise? What if “Skyfall” but “Mission Impossible”? That’s “Fallout,” the best action movie since “Mad Max: Fury Road” and the best blockbuster in a great year for blockbusters. To use overdone online parlance, this movie fucks. From the jump too, with a prologue that combines elements of the first “Mission: Impossible” with a hilarious cameo and the Wikipedia entry to “Rogue Nation” to set the tone for what’s to come. “Fallout” is a masterpiece of action cinema – to wit: the second act is basically one giant action sequence segmented into separate movements – and a tightly wound spy game that does just enough with Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his IMF team (Rebecca Ferguson remains a highlight) to make the characters worth caring about. A relentless, special movie – the best Cruise has done since “Edge of Tomorrow” – “Fallout” feels like the end of this beloved franchise. And why not? How do you top perfection? Why would you even bother to try?

1. “The Favourite” (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos) The funniest movie of the year, “Mean Girls” in corsets with Rachel Weisz absolutely effing owning in the Regina George role, “The Favourite” is maybe the only perfect movie of 2018. Weisz, Emma Stone, and Olivia Colman are all incredible, a trio of co-leads in the tradition of “Goodfellas,” “Zodiac,” or “The Social Network.” Yorgos Lanthimos’ film belongs in the same zip code as those classics from a quality standpoint as well, with a sharp-edged script that powers the proceedings to its downbeat, darkly comic conclusion. And while this is a movie all about those aforementioned women, don’t sleep on at least one man: Nicholas Hoult, who hams it up with an abandon reserved for Ryan Phillippe in “Cruel Intentions.” A true classic.

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