As a
fan of Joss Whedon’s TV show, Firefly,
and his concluding movie, Serenity, I
love the T-shirt, designed by Vincent Carrozza, and available on Etsy.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Stephen King Still Loathes Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, By the Way:
His 2017 takedown of
the classic horror film is just three words long.
By Sammy
Nickalls
February
23, 2017
Esquire
Though The
Shining is perhaps one of the most well-known horror films to date,
one of the people who is responsible for its creation wants no part of it.
Stephen King has not been shy about his distaste for Stanley Kubrick's twist on
his novel, but has time changed the author's mind? According to a recent tweet,
nope, doesn't seem like it.
When Blumhouse
Productions tweeted a video of the top five Stephen King films asking
"What're your top 5 [sic] @StephenKing joints?" they got an answer
from King himself. Just three words, but they speak volumes: "Not this
one."
Back in
2014, King didn't mince words about the film either when he spoke with
Rolling Stone, but he used more than three:
"The
book is hot, and the movie is cold; the book ends in fire, and the movie in
ice. In the book, there's an actual arc where you see this guy, Jack Torrance,
trying to be good, and little by little he moves over to this place where he's
crazy. And as far as I was concerned, when I saw the movie, Jack was crazy from
the first scene. I had to keep my mouth shut at the time. It was a screening,
and Nicholson was there. But I'm thinking to myself the minute he's on the
screen, 'Oh, I know this guy. I've seen him in five motorcycle movies, where
Jack Nicholson played the same part.' And it's so misogynistic. Wendy Torrance
is just presented as this sort of screaming dishrag."
Thursday, February 23, 2017
I never knew ...
Last
night, we watched the 1995 movie: To Die
For.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Friday, February 17, 2017
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Friday, February 10, 2017
Did I miss something?
I feel like I missed
several somethings – not just one!
I enjoyed seeing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in the theatre. There was a lot to enjoy, action all the way, and the story bridged nicely between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
However …
I watched the trailers in the morning, before
seeing the movie, and I wish I hadn’t. The trailers set me up for
disappointment, because there were a number of scenes that weren’t in the
version of the movie I watched.
I don’t know if it was because of reshoots due
to alterations in the story, or the footage was created specifically for the
trailer only. Hopefully, they will turn up later in a Director’s Cut / Special
Edition version.
Whatever the reason, it was annoying to watch
the movie, waiting for moments that never came.
Unless I fell asleep for ten seconds and missed
it, I didn’t see the verbal exchange between the droid, K-2SO, voiced by Alan
Tudyk, and Jyn Erso, played by Felicity Jones.
K-2SO:
“The Captain says you are a friend I will not kill you.”
“The Captain says you are a friend I will not kill you.”
Jyn Erso:
“Thanks!”
Or Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor, played by Diego Luna, in the
midst of the battle, running along the beach.
The scene I was looking forward to most was Jyn Erso
striding resolutely across the walkway to the Communications Tower, when an
Imperial TIE fighter looms menacingly into view. This would have been amazing
to see on the cinema screen.
I know trailers are created to advertise and
sell the movie …
but I don’t agree with selling something they are not going to deliver.
but I don’t agree with selling something they are not going to deliver.
Monday, February 6, 2017
Amy Schumer's #KissGoodbyeToMS:
Amy Schumer wants to #KissGoodbyeToMS for her dad, Gordon
Schumer.
Why do you want to Kiss Goodbye to MS?
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My personal response:
For my beautiful
wife.
I love her with all
my heart and I would take the disease from her and carry it myself – in a
heartbeat!
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Meet
Amy Schumer - Comedian, Writer, Actor and MS Activist Extraordinaire
July
17, 2015
Amy and
her dad, Gordon Schumer
Amy
Schumer is one of the most popular and admired comedic personalities on the
scene today. She is presently best known as the creator, star, writer, and
executive producer of the Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer. She is also a
2015 recipient of the Time 100 Most Influential Artists with her show receiving
both a Peabody Award and a Critic’s Choice Award.
What
also makes Amy Schumer very special to everyone impacted by multiple sclerosis
is that her father Gordon Schumer has MS and currently resides in an assisted
living facility. In fact, Amy wrote and stars in a funny yet touching film that
opens July 17, TRAINWRECK, which draws on her life as a child with a parent who
has MS. Amy credits her dad for shaping her sense of humor, which has provided
her great strength when faced with adversity, which included her parents’
divorce when she was a teen.
Shares
Amy in a recent interview, “I love to laugh. I seek laughter all the time. I
think that’s something that also comes with having a sick parent is you don’t
know what’s going to happen and so I’ll be, like, ‘I’m psyched my legs still
work, and I want to, like, experience all I can and make as many memories as I
can.”
Amy is
deeply committed to the MS movement and support of the Society’s efforts to
help people with MS live their best lives while we strive to end MS forever.
Most recently, she and her director, friend Judd Apatow helped to raise over
$176,000 through the TRAINWRECK Comedy Tour event held in New York City. She
continues to leverage the promotion of the film with the help of Universal
Trainwreck and www.CrowdRise.com/Trainwreck to raise funds to support the
Society, a site where fans gathered to donate for a chance to win a VIP
experience that includes two tickets to the New York Premiere.
Amy, a
New York City resident, has also become an Honorary Board Member of the New
York City-Southern New York Chapter.
Learn
more about how MS has influenced Amy Schumer’s life and career at:
About
Multiple Sclerosis:
Multiple
sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous
system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the
brain and body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and
paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person
cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are leading to
better understanding and moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people
with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three
times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more
than 2.3 million people worldwide.
In
support of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research:
Never
give up!
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