Monthly Archives: May 2019

Here’s the new trailer for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’m having a lot of mixed feelings right now, everyone.

Last night, my DVR overheated and I not only burned my thumb unplugging it but I’ve also probably lost the 265 things that I had recorded on there, including every episode of Twin Peaks: The Return.  I called our provider about it and they are sending over a new DVR, which should arrive in two days.  Personally, I was hoping they would say, “We’ll get someone out to your house immediately” but no.

So, that really sucks.  However, as annoyed as I am by all that, I’m still happy because we have a new trailer for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and it looks really, really good!  As I sit here writing this, I’m waiting to here what type of reception the film got when it premiered on Cannes today.  For now, though, enjoy the new trailer!  Tarantino has said that the film takes place over three separate days in Hollywood and the trailer features Leonardo DiCaprio (as Rick Dalton) returning to Hollywood, Brad Pitt (as Dalton’s stunt double) apparently meeting the Manson Family, and Margot Robbie (as Sharon Tate) watching herself in the Wrecking Crew.  Among the huge supporting cast, Timothy Olyphant, Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Luke Perry, Margaret Qualley, and Al Pacino are specifically highlighted.

How exactly Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, which is being advertised as being a bit of a swinging comedy, will deal with the horrific reality of Charles Manson is something that I’ve been wondering around ever since the project was first announced.  Is Brad Pitt maybe going to kill him, just as Eli Roth killed Hitler at the end of Inglourious Basterds?  We’ll find out soon!

For now, here’s the trailer:

Here’s The Latest Teaser for Stranger Things!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Game of Thrones may be over but Stranger Things is coming back!  In fact, the new season will be dropping on Netflix on the 4th of July!

What does season 3 have in store for us?  Well, as you can tell from the teaser below, it’s summer in Hawkins!  That means that Billy is in charge of the public pool and Mrs. Wheeler is apparently hoping to be in charge of Billy.

Anyway, here’s the teaser.  If nothing else, it looks like Mike might be traumatized for life by the end of the summer.

Again, season 3 of Stranger Things will be dropping on July 4th!  Do you think we can convince Case to review yet another season for us?  Speaking of which, I should probably hurry up and review the next two episodes of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina so we can get that out of the way before Independence Day.  Fear not, I’m on it!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 5/13/19 — 5/19/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Game of Thrones ends and Cannes 2019 begins!

What a week!

Movies I Watched:

  1. Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
  2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  3. Escape Room (2019)
  4. Glass (2019)
  5. Hamlet (2000)
  6. My Mother’s Killer Boyfriend (2019)
  7. My Name is Julia Ross (1945)
  8. O.G. (2019)
  9. Polytechnique (2009)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. American Idol
  3. The Bachelorette
  4. Bar Rescue
  5. Barry
  6. The Big Bang Theory
  7. Chernobyl
  8. Couples Court with the Cutlers
  9. Dr. Phil
  10. Dynasty
  11. Face the Truth
  12. Fosse/Verdon
  13. Game of Thrones
  14. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  15. Paradise Hotel
  16. Shipping Wars
  17. Survivor 38
  18. The Talk
  19. Young Sheldon

Books I Read:

  1. Julian Schnabel: Symbols of Actual Life (2019), foreword and introduction by Max Hollein
  2. The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Industry (2005) by Legs McNeil and Jennifer Osborne
  3. The Trial of Lizzie Borden (2019) by Cara Robertson

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Ari Goldwag
  3. Bastille
  4. Big Data
  5. The Black Keys
  6. Blur
  7. Britney Spears
  8. The Chemical Brothers
  9. Fiona Apple
  10. Haim
  11. Jake Bugg
  12. Kylie Minogue
  13. Lenny Kravitz
  14. Phantogram
  15. Saint Motel
  16. She & Him
  17. Spice Girls
  18. Talking Heads

Links from Last Week:

  1. I hosted #ILikeToWatch on twitter.  Here’s the playlist that I put together for the big event!
  2. I reviewed the finale of Survivor for the Reality TV Chat Blog!
  3. On my music site, I shared songs from Berlin, Louis Armstrong, Bastille, Haim, Spice Girls, Fiona Apple, and Talking Heads.
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared Noon, Tree, Ducks, Top of the World, Look Up, Library Fountain, and Library!
  5. ITV axes The Jeremy Kyle Show following death of participant
  6. ‘That show has ruined my life’: Jeremy Kyle guest speaks out
  7. Stan Lee’s Former Business Manager Charged With Elder Abuse Against Late Icon
  8. Robert Pattinson to Play ‘The Batman’ for Matt Reeves and Warner Bros.

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared a music videos from Kylie Minogue, Ari Goldwag, ADI, Spice Girls, The Black Keys, Lenny Kravitz, and She & Him.  I paid tribute to Doris Day.  I reviewed A Mother on the Edge, Hamlet, and Homekilling Queen.  I shared trailers for Westworld, The Dead Don’t Die, and Daughter of the Wolf.  I wrote about the first Oscar ceremony and I paid tribute to Terrence Malick.
  2. Erin shared the following artwork: Hundred Dollar Girl, The Bastard of Orleans, House of Fury, A Killer Among Us, Amazing Stories, The Girl, The Gold Watch, & Everything, and Death Watch!  She also took a look at the covers of the Spider and reviewed Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown!
  3. Gary paid tribute to Doris Day and Tim Conway, shared a clip of Tim Conway making Harvey Korman laugh, and wrote about National Classic Movie Day!
  4. Ryan reviewed an episode of Doom Patrol and another episode of Doom Patrol, Professors Mrs. Miniver, Filthy, and Masquerade!  He also shared his weekly reading round-up!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!

Here’s The Teaser for Season 3 of Westworld!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Tonight, right before the start of the Game of Thrones series finale, HBO aired the following teaser trailer for season 3 of Westworld and oh my God …. I can’t wait until 2020!

I know that some people hated season 2 of Westworld.  I thought it was great but, regardless, it looks like season 3 is going to be a lot different.  I guess that’s to be expected.  We’re out of the park now.  Welcome to Los Angeles.

Anyway, I can’t wait to see what season 3 has in store for us.  The teaser seems to promise either brilliance or disaster and there’s something exciting about not knowing which one we’re going to get.

We’ll find out next year!

4 Shots From 4 Terrence Malick Films: The New World, To The Wonder, Knight of Cups, Song to Song

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking.

To be honest, it’s always a good day to do 4 shots from 4 Terrence Malick films but today’s specific inspiration was the acclaim that has greeted Malick’s latest film, A Hidden Life, at Cannes.  Critics are saying that A Hidden Life marks Malick’s “return to greatness.”

Personally, I don’t think Malick had to return because he never left.  Even his more uneven works all have moments of greatness and visual beauty.  These four shots below come from four of Malick’s films that weren’t quite as acclaimed as Days of Heaven or Tree of Life.  These are four films that were not nominated for best picture.  They received mixed reviews.  However, regardless of what the critics may have said at the time of their release, there’s a beauty to all four of them and, watching them today, it’s hard not to feel that their statue will grow as time goes on.  All four of them reveal an artist unlike any other.  All of four of them remind us that Terrence Malick is an important and vibrant cinematic force.

As of right now, I am greatly looking forward to seeing A Hidden Life.  Until that film gets released over here in the U.S., here are….

4 Shots From 4 Terrence Malick Films

The New World (2005, dir by Terrence Malick)

To The Wonder (2012, dir by Terrence Malick)

Knight of Cups (2015, dir by Terrence Malick)

Song to Song (2017, dir by Terrence Malick)

 

Weekly Reading Round-Up : 05/12/2019 – 05/18/2019, Recent Underground Collections

Posted on by Ryan C. (fourcolorapocalypse)

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As fate would have it, four lengthy collections of old-school underground comics that I’d been slowly but surely working my way through all made it from my “to be read” stack to my “finished” stack (okay, my bookcase) this week, and so, while each of these probably deserves a full-length review of its own, I can’t pass up on the opportunity afforded by fate/coincidence to make a Weekly Reading Round-Up column out of ’em. Note that these are all published by Fantagraphics Books, two under the auspices of their standard imprint, hereafter referred to as FB, and two coming our way courtesy of their “micro-press” Fantagraphics Underground label, hereafter referred to as FU.

Ink & Anguish : A Jay Lynch Anthology (FB) is an exhaustive collection of the late, pioneering cartoonist’s work that showcases the more “cartoony” side of underground cartooning, although there’s still plenty on offer here that’s well…

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