I Wasn’t So Sure If I Wanted To See This Movie. Then I Saw The Third Screenshot. Well I’m Sold.

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The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)

I think the book series might work better as a HBO or Showtime or Starz or Netflix mini-series able to go all out in terms of the grittiness, sex, and violence of the book. 

‘Red Sparrow’ Post-Mortem And Why The Sequels Deserve To Be Made

WARNING: This post contains major spoilers for Red Sparrow (original Jason Matthews book, 2015 Eric Warren Singer screenplay draft and Francis Lawrence’s film) as well as minor story details from sequel novels Palace of Treason and The Kremlin’s Candidate. For my thoughts on the film, head to Letterboxd.

I can’t seem to muster up some sort of pretentious intro, so getting right to it:

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I get the feeling that before this is over he and Ceresi are going to get it on, at least once. He is her type after all. Why else cast an actor this attractive? He looks like Jamie does in the books. 

I can imagine Ceresi sleeping with him, thinking it’ll placate him (a callback to the Euron scene in episode one), only for him to immediately reply:

Harry: “That was all well and good, but you still need to pay the gold cloaks our salary. Our real salary.” 

I can’t wait for the memes if that happens. 

Don’t judge, but I ship this new character, Harry Strickland, with Sansa

Joker (2019) is not an encouragement of violence, it does not condone its main character’s actions; what Joker is, is a cautionary tale to a society that idolizes those that step on those weaker than them. It does not say that the little guy should rise up but it does say that if we do not start taking care of each other those above will “get what they fuckin’ deserve”

My obsession with Catherine Cookson miniseries has evolved to its next logical phase: Catherine Cookson books.

Could this cover (carbon dated 1970) be any more amazing?

Since it was released, cover design isn't the only thing that has changed about books. Check out this marketing copy: "Catherine cookson transforms the simple plot of riches-to-rags and back again into a vivid, textured, and highly romantic novel that is not altogether unlike Jane Eyre in its impact."

"Not all together unlike Jane Eyre in its impact." Does praise get any more backhanded than that?

“Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.”

— Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings 

Mafalda would die in Buchenwald concentration camp. Think about it: the princess of Italy was arrested and sent to Buchenwald! 

Her older sister Giovanna, the Tsarina of Bulgaria, and her husband Boris helped save a large population of Bulgarian Jews from deportation to concentration camps. Boris died under mysterious circumstances.

OTMAA Contemporaries: Wedding of Princess Mafalda of Savoy

Mafalda was born in 1902, making her between Anastasia and Alexei in age. Like OTMAA, her family consisted of four sisters and one brother, although her brother, Umberto, was the middle child, and the ages were a bit more spread out. 

Mafalda’s mother Elena was a Montenegrin princess; Elena was educated in St. Petersburg, Russia, and her sisters Anastasia and Militza married into the Romanov family. Mafalda was a first cousin of Prince Roman Petrovich and his sisters Marina and Nadejda. 

Guests at the wedding, which took place in 1925, include Romanov descendants Christopher of Greece, Carol of Romania, Olga of Yugoslavia among others. 

Let’s take a moment to appreciate David Benioff and Dan Wiess. I may not like everything about how Game of Thrones ended...but at least they finished something and completed the task they set out to do. 

Errr Jonsa?

A disabled character who still has more personality than Bran Stark. Oz for the win. 

(Joking aside, Augustus is an interesting character, especially since his being disabled is just one part of his character, not his defining feature.)

Today’s disabled character of the day is Augustus Hill from Oz, who is a wheelchair user