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c-k-mack · 6 months

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“I’ve been waiting for years for you two to get together.”

You tell them, Grandma Norma!

(The cake topper 🤣)

#thunder force #melissa mccarthy #octavia spencer #Marcella Lowery

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badmovieihave · 8 months

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Bad movie I have What about Bob 1991

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docgold13 · 2 years

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who are your favorite tv/movie psychotherapists?

there’s quite a few shows and movies involving shrinks I haven’t seen, but from what I have I’d say my favorites are as follows:

Dr. Kroger from ‘Monk’ played by Stanley Kamel

Dr. Melfi from ‘The Sopranos’ played by Lorraine Bracco

Dr. Berger from ‘Ordinary People’ played by Judd Hirsch

Dr. Maguire from ‘Good Will Hunting’ played by Robin Williams

Dr. Betty from ‘Broad City’ played by Marcella Lowery

Dr. Amanda Reisman from ‘Big Little Lies’ played by Robin Weigert

And, when he wasn’t killing or manipulating people, Dr. Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen in ‘Hannibal’) was actually a really effective, insightful therapist.

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esperwatchesfilms · 3 years

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Thunder Force (2021)

ESE: 75/100

50 +5 for comic book opening +10 for Octavia Spencer +5 for the “miscreants” name +5 “because that’s where the garbage goes” -10 for not forgiving your best friend and making her feel less than you +10 for Melissa McCarthy -5 for touching things -10 for acting like a 15-year-old doesn’t understand that “tatas” are tits +5 for super awesome purple car +10 for Jason Bateman +5 for the pickle bag +5 for Pom Klementieff +10 for Emily’s hilariously awesome grandmother -10 for for obnoxious pandering -10 for predictable as hell ending

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mademoiselleclipon · 6 years

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Marcella Lowery / Ghostwriter (1992–1995)

#marcella lowery #ghostwriter

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oftenofftopic · 3 years

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Thunder Force (2021)

Movie Review: Thunder Force (2021)

Director: Ben Falcone Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy Runtime: 106 Minutes Main Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Jason Bateman, Bobby Cannavale, Pom Klementieff, Melissa Leo, Taylor Mosby, Marcella Lowery, Melissa Ponzio, Ben Falcone Plot: In this fictional version of the US, supervillains are rife and things are just getting worse. Thankfully, Emily Stanton (Octavia Spencer), a…

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#2021 #Ben Falcone #Bobby Cannavale #Jason Bateman #Marcella Lowery #Melissa Leo #Melissa McCarthy #Melissa Ponzio #Movie Review #Octavia Spencer #Pom Klementieff #Taylor Mosby #Thunder Force

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milliondollarbaby87 · 3 years

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Thunder Force (2021) Review

Two estranged high school friends Lydia Berman and Emily Stanton are reunited in a time when supervillains are the norm and when a treatment is created to give super powers they become Thunder Force. ⭐️⭐️ (more…)

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popentertainment-moviereviews · 6 years

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CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (2018)

Starring Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Jane Curtin, Ben Falcone, Anna Deavere Smith, Stephen Spinella, Gregory Korostishevsky, Christian Navarro, Pun Bandhu, Erik LaRay Harvey, Brandon Scott Jones, Shae D'lyn, Rosal Colon, Marc Evan Jackson, Marcella Lowery, Marcella Lowery, Tina Benko, Julie Ann Emery and Towne The Cat.

Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty.

Directed by Marielle Heller.

Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 107 minutes. Rated R.

The world is full of fascinating, strange little stories that you almost never get to hear. This is one of them.

Actually, the story of Lee Israel – professional writer and biographer whose career hit such straits in the early 1990s that she had to survive by forging and selling fake literary correspondences – was told by the author in the memoir of the same title as this film. Ironically, she was completely against telling her own story and had to be talked into writing it, and yet the book pretty much saved her career as a writer.

Even though the book was a best-seller, years later the story of what happened is pretty much forgotten. This film remedies that fact – in the process becoming one of the best movies of the year and starting some well-deserved Oscar buzz for comic actress Melissa McCarthy’s devastating mostly-dramatic portrayal of the writer. (If the Academy ever starts giving out animal acting awards as well, Towne the cat is also completely deserving of some Oscar gold.)

McCarthy takes Israel – who was a very prickly character, to be generous – and actually makes her kind of lovable, or at least relatable.

And, surprisingly, despite its slightly odd and obscure subject matter, Can You Ever Forgive Me? turns out to be one of the best films so far this year.

This is mostly because this film is not about the crimes of Lee Israel so much as it is about the life of the woman. An anti-social misfit who does not have the interest or the time to play the publishing game, for the first time in her life she finds herself unable to sustain herself with her writing. Her agent (it’s wonderful to see Jane Curtin again) won’t take her calls and her latest project – a biography of vaudeville actress Fanny Brice of Funny Girl fame – is quite outdated in the era of AIDS.

And frankly, 1990s New York could be a harsh place, particularly for a guarded and surly 50-something lesbian, a woman who preferred cats to people, and someone way too old to start over.

Her “crime spree” started as a fluke – a desperate attempt to pay her rent and the vet bill for her beloved cat Jersey. The first few literary letters she sold were legitimate – one personal note from Katharine Hepburn, and then two Fanny Brice letters she stumbled upon while doing research for her book and stole from the library. Then when she learned that pithy content made more money, she turned it into a job – getting multiple typewriters, studying the writing styles and histories of the celebrities. She took pride in her work, to a certain extent this was another level of her writing.

Lee was a very lonely woman, someone who could not connect easily with other people, so it was a surprise to her when she started a relationship with an extremely exuberant gay man, Jack Hock (Richard E. Grant), who is hiding his homelessness and his HIV positive status.

Lee’s relationship with Jack is possibly the most important part of the film, two polar-opposite misfits, past their prime, trying to find companionship and make it in a New York that has become cruel and uninviting to them. Seriously, McCarthy’s work with Grant makes up for some of the best acting seen on screen this year. If McCarthy is worthy of a Best Actress nomination, Grant is just as deserving of a Best Supporting Actor nod.

Dolly Wells is also surprisingly affecting as a shy book store owner who idolizes Lee and could have become someone very special to her if not for the fact that Lee was conning her, and also had walls built up to the point that she could not let the woman in. There is also a short cameo appearance by Anna Deavere Smith as Lee’s ex that is quietly devastating.

With this slightly obscure subject matter, you might not believe that Can You Ever Forgive Me? would be as good as it is. However, I expect to see it on a lot of Best of 2018 lists.

Jay S. Jacobs

#Can You Ever Forgive Me?#2018 #Movie Reviews #Melissa McCarthy #Jay S. Jacobs

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lyricsfood · 3 years

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Movie Review - Thunder Force (2021)

Movie Review – Thunder Force (2021)

Thunder Force, 2021. Written and Directed by Ben Falcone.Starring Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Bobby Cannavale, Jason Bateman, Pom Klementieff, Melissa Ponzio, Taylor Mosby, Braxton Bjerken, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Melissa Leo, Marcella Lowery, Kevin Dunn, Bria Danielle, Vivian Falcone, Tai Leshaun, Mia Kaplan, and Ben Falcone. SYNOPSIS: In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two…

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itschadlol · 11 years

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What happened to the kids from "Ghostwriter"?

What is Ghostwriter? Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One. It began airing on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 13, 1995. The series revolves around a close knit circle of friends from Brooklyn who solve neighborhood crimes and mysteries as a team of young detectives with the help of an invisible ghost. The ghost can communicate with the kids only by manipulating whatever text and letters he can find and using them to form words and sentences. The series was filmed on location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

The show starred Blaze Berdahl as Lenni:

After Ghostwriter ended, Blaze went on to work on such shows as "Aliens in the Family" and a one off appearance on "Third Watch". She was also the voice of the Spice Girls on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch "Death Bowl 2000". Before appearing on Ghostwriter, Blaze also starred in Pet Cemetery as Ellie Creed and We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story as the voice of Buster.

David Lopez as Alex:

After appearing on Ghostwriter, David only had one role and that was a voice acting role in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Prior to his work on Ghostwriter, David also had a one time appearance as "Luis" on an episode of The Cosby Show.

Mayteana Morales as Gaby Fernández (1992–1994):

Mayteana played the original Gaby Fernández during the first few seasons. Ghostwriter is the only work that Mayteana is credited with on IMDB.com. According to her MySpace profile, she was part of the singing group, known as 7 & Counting and is now part of the funk group "The Pimps of Joytime".

Melissa Gonzales as Gaby Fernández (1994–1995):

Melissa Gonzales played Gaby after Mayteana's departure. Her only other work includes Light It Up and Doin' It Right, a PBS special from 1998 about a group of Chicago kid actors.

Tram-Anh Tran as Tina Nguyen:

After her work on Ghostwriter, Tram-Anh Tran played High School Student #1 on One Life To live. According to IMDB, her most recent work was in 2004 on the show "Wild Card" on Lifetime. She graduated from Penn State University in 2001 with a major in Finance. While there, she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, like her Ghostwriter colleague, Blaze Berdahl.

Sheldon Turnipseed as Jamal Jenkins:

Sheldon is only credited with one other acting role and that was of "Benny" on "Mo' Better Blues". According to his Wikipedia page, his work on Ghostwriter earned the actor a 1993 Young Artist Award nomination for Outstanding Performers in a Children's Program.

Todd Alexander as Rob Baker (1992–1993):

After leaving PBS, Todd worked on a few commercials but mainly focused on school and a personal life. He graduated from New York University in 2002. He is currently working behind the camera as a writer and director. He also starred as "Derrick" in 1989's Lean on Me.

William Hernandez as Héctor Carrero (1993–1995):

After starring on Ghostwriter, William went on to star in a couple of roles, such as a gang member in "Evicted" and Officer Maloney in "The Narrow Gate". He was also on the Philadelphia season of "The Real World". According to the Real World's Wikipedia page, William works part-time as a personal shopper.

Lateaka Vinson as Casey Austin (1994–1995):

Prior to joining Ghostwriter, Lateaka did voice work for Richard Scarry videos "Best Sing-Along Mother Goose Video Ever!", "Best Busy People Video Ever!", and "Best Learning Songs Video Ever!". She is currently a graduate student at Hampton, studying speech pathology.

Marcella Lowery as CeCe Jenkins:

Prior to joining Ghostwriter, Marcella had a recurring role on The Cosby Show as Francine Tibideaux, the mother of Elvin Tibideaux and mother-in-law of Sondra Huxtable. She is most recently known for portraying Donovan McNabb's mother in Campbell's Chunky Soup commercials.

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thetoughissues-blog · 13 years

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Person Of Interest: Marcella Lowery...trust me you know her.

YES! This bitch. Marcella was Grandma Jenkins on Ghostwriter and she was fucking fierce. She was like that take no shit grandma, raising her dead beat kids children, all while working for the US Postal Service. Marcella seriously steals every scene that she is in, be it in Ghostwriter or anything else. She played Donovan McNabb's mom in the Campbells Chunky Soup ads, which I had completely forgotten until today. Remember in What About Bob? she plays the competent switchboard worker who ultimately gives away Richard Dryfuses location when Bill Murray tricks her into thinking he's a detective. Marcella owns that scene. Quite frankly, Marcella owns any scene she in, and a quick IMDB of her only solidifies this. Marcella has played a "nurse" 6 times in past 9 years, all on different programs. She has also played a police officer twice, and a postal worker twice. Typically I would say she has been type cast, but clearly bitch knows what she is doing. She's like the 1st grade career day version of acting, she must have a pair of scrubs dry cleaned waiting for each audition. I say represent Marcella, you are a dead ringer for the nurse that drew my blood today at the doctors office...so I don't think that work will slow down anytime school.

#Bill Murray #Ghostwriter #Marcella Lowery #Person Of Interest #Donovan McNabb

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