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5 Artists On Twitter To Help You Forget Being Scarred By Your Trending Topics - The Sequel!
A few years ago I wrote the very first article (linked here) after the incredible chaos that was January 3rd on Twitter. I thought that, perhaps, like me, others found the Main Characters to be nearly overpowering in their extraordinary . . . uh . . . travesties. But, oh! Twitter's been a radioactive mess from Friday to Wednesday. From revealing confessions of having never seen breasts in real life, to Matthew Perry's very bizarre marketing strategy- lots of healing that needs to go on here!
By Delise Fantome3 years ago in Geeks
Bay of Blood (1971) film review
Caution this contains spoilers. The horror delight of the week is A Bay of Blood (1971) directed by Mario Bava, also known as Blood Bath, or Carnage, Twitch of the Death Nerve; it stars Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli and Claudio Volonte. Far before the release of his own feature films (he would go on to release 24), Mario Bava worked as a screenwriter, cinematographer, and special effects artist for years. Known as the 'Master of Italian Horror', and 'The Master of Macabre', his giallo thrillers, stylishly violent, have had a large impact on the slashers that we acclaim today.
By justine taylor3 years ago in Geeks
Recommended ten classic high-scoring European and American films
1、Mistakenly Killed to Conceal the Sky The Manslaughter is a Hindi film directed by Nishikat Kamat and starring Ajayya Dugan, Shreya Saran, and Tabu. The film tells the story of Vijay, a father, who uses counter-surveillance techniques learned in movies to fight the police to defend his family who mistakenly killed an uninvited guest. This movie is relatively cold, but the plot design is awesome, San's this movie is worth recommending.
By Fester Hammer3 years ago in Geeks
Is AI Art Still Art
In a previous post, I wrote about whether or not video games could be considered art, based on the various components that make up the game itself. Now I present to you perhaps a more interesting question and one that may or may not be more challenging to answer.
By Duncan Ainsworth3 years ago in Geeks
How Better Call Saul bettered Breaking Bad
In the height of summer 2013, Vince Gilligan, the creator of "prestige TV" phenomenon Breaking Bad, and fellow screenwriter Peter Gould, took a long walk around their offices in Burbank, California. The end was nigh for Breaking Bad, and they had just recently signed a deal to make Better Call Saul, a spin-off prequel series set around Bob Odenkirk's popular shyster Saul Goodman, a criminal lawyer more criminal than lawyer, more cartoon than man. The only problem? Neither Gilligan or Gould had any idea what the show was about. "We had a very high concept without a lot of follow-through," Gilligan tells BBC Culture. "We would walk around, just cogitate, and say 'okay, so what is this exactly?!'"
By Mao Jiao Li3 years ago in Geeks
Girlbosses: The women being demonised on screen
In the new series of Industry, the HBO drama about young bankers in London that has just returned after the first season proved a zeitgeist-y hit, we see that Yasmin (Marisa Abela), previously a naive graduate, has risen through the ritual humiliations of the Pierpoint & Co foreign exchange desk. She holds court at lavish client dinners, enjoys a hedonistic nightlife and makes deals the morning after, strutting around the finance floor in power designer suits. To borrow social media vernacular, she is totally bossing it.
By Many A-Sun3 years ago in Geeks
House of the Dragon review: It's 'pure Game of Thrones'
It is a remarkable twist of fate that Game of Thrones – the biggest TV phenomenon of recent times, and perhaps the most influential show of the 2010s – has spent its afterlife being considered something of a failure. This is not true, of course: just take the array of desperate attempts to make "the next Game of Thrones". But the show's final season – criticised by many for feeling rushed and truncated – does hang heavy over its first spin-off series, House of the Dragon. After all, a prequel set more than 100 years before the main story, being released in a time of diminished good will, has a relatively tough task in overcoming cynicism and indifference. And yet, as it turns out: the best way to make "the next Game of Thrones" is simply to make more Game of Thrones.
By Cindy Dory3 years ago in Geeks
10 of the best TV shows to watch this September
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Twenty-one years on from the release of Peter Jackson's first Lord of the Rings film, a new story of Middle-earth is coming. The Rings of Power – an original tale inspired by Tolkien's writing – is set during the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. "We feel like deep roots of this show are in the books and in Tolkien," co-showrunner Patrick McKay told the Television Critic Association, "we feel that this story isn't ours. It's a story we're stewarding that was here before us and was waiting in those books to be on Earth." With a large ensemble cast that includes Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) and Robert Aramayo (Game of Thrones) as elves Galadriel and Elrond and Sir Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows, all eyes will be on whether the show – reported to have cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars – will stick the landing, as fans of this treasured franchise are known to be very discerning. Watch the trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power here.
By Sue Torres3 years ago in Geeks
The Son review: 'A flawed film with a kind heart'
What does it mean to be a good father? It's a question many who find themselves responsible for caring for a child will ask themselves at one point or another. Is it a case of not repeating the same mistakes as your own parents? Is it about listening to and believing in your child when they're at their most emotionally vulnerable? Or is it obeying what authority figures say is best, even if you risk feeling cruel for siding with a stranger over your own flesh and blood? Parenthood – with all its various obstacles that require careful moral unknotting – is the subject of Florian Zeller's The Son, a well-meaning but hokey drama based on his own stage play Le Fils.
By Sue Torres3 years ago in Geeks
Why are we so fascinated by identical twins?
o re twins are being born now than ever before. The number has soared in the past 20 years, according to the Twins Trust, a UK organisation which supports twins and their families, with two of the suggested factors for this being the rising use of IVF and the fact more people are starting their families later in life: multiple embryos are often implanted in IVF and older mothers tend to have elevated follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels, both things which make the chance of having twins more likely. However the number of identical twin births has not climbed so dramatically. The likelihood of having identical twins is about one in 250 (or 0.5%). Their relative rarity is just one of the reasons why identical twins have fascinated writers through history.
By Cindy Dory3 years ago in Geeks
Film review: At Eternity’s Gate
There may never have been a painter as sure of his artistic vision, yet as emotionally needy, psychologically troubled and socially isolated as Vincent van Gogh. Willem Dafoe’s magnificent performance captures every bit of the artist’s complexity in Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate. With stunning visuals and a judicious balance of poetry and drama, Schnabel draws us into both Van Gogh’s genius and his tortured life.
By Sue Torres3 years ago in Geeks
