223 - We Bought A Zoo
After the notorious failure of Elizabethtown, Cameron Crowe took a few years off and attempted to rebound with a warm-hearted family film, 2011's We Bought A Zoo. The film starred Matt Damon in the very loose true story of a father struggling to raise his two children in the wake of his wife's death, and finds the solution to their problems in a local zoo listed for sale with a few loyal animal wranglers (including contrived love interest Scarlett Johansson) still tied to the property. Though the film became a modest hit, its punchline title and feather-weight tone was not taken seriously by critics or awards bodies in a season filled with other stories filled with children and grief.
This episode, Matt Damon joins Meryl Streep as the only performers in our Ten Timers Club. We also discuss the varying degrees of failure in late stage Crowe films, Crowe鈥檚 AARP Movies for Grownups Best Director nomination against heavy hitters, and 2011鈥瞫 many Oscar contenders featuring children.
Topics also include Diane Warren finally having her Oscar, the fake We Bought A Zoo Twitter account, and Content Creator Kits.
Links:
The 2011 Oscar nominations
Vulture Movies Fantasy League
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Quartet mit Maggie Smith (nicht zu verwechseln mit Quartet mit Maggie Smith hier), Alan Bates und Isabelle Adjani ist eine f眉r ihre Eleganz, ihr funkelndes Paris in den 20er-Jahren und ihre Werktreue gepriesene, aber nicht so richtig interessante Ivory-Merchant-Romanverfilmung. Alan verf盲llt immer den neurasthenischen M盲dchen, die zu ihm kommen, und denen er Hilfe aufdr盲ngt. Das letzte Mal ist es nicht gut ausgegangen. Gattin Maggie sorgt sich blo脽 darum, da脽 die 脰ffentlichkeit nichts mitbekommt.
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馃挅 Sapphic Books Coming Out April 2024
馃┓ There's something especially sweet about a sapphic romance. Here are only a few of the amazing sapphic books hitting shelves in April 2024. Which ones are you adding to your ever-growing TBR?
馃挅 What's your favorite sapphic book?
[ List below. ]
Contemporary
馃挅 A Happy Good Girl - Marissa Higgins
馃挅 A Case for Discretion - Ashley Moore
馃挅 Thawing the CEO - Emily Hayes
馃挅 Aubrey McFadden Is Never Getting Married - Georgia Beers
馃挅 The Broken Lines of Us - Shia Woods
馃挅 Rainbow Overalls - Maggie Fortuna
馃挅 Here Come the Brides - Micheala Lynn
馃挅 Houseswap 101 - Jaime Clevenger
馃挅 Sweet on You - Shannon O'Connor
馃挅 Sing, I - Ethel Rohan
馃挅 Light Betrays Us - Greta Rose West
馃挅 Moving Hearts - Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue
馃挅 The Last Love Song - Kalie Holford
馃挅 Playing For Keeps - Jennifer Dugan
馃挅 Truly, Madly, Deeply - Alexandria Bellefleur
馃挅 Finally Fitz - Marisa Kanter
馃挅 Every Time You Hear That Song - Jenna Voris
馃挅 Women! In! Peril! - Jessie Ren Marshall
馃挅 Revisiting Summer Nights - Ashley Bartlett
馃挅 Leather, Lace, and Locs - Anne Shade
馃挅 So Long Sad Love - Mirion Malle
馃挅 Girls Night - I.S. Belle
馃挅 Here We Go Again - Alison Cochrun
馃挅 Pillow Talk - Stephanie Cooke, Mel Valentine
馃挅 Good Bones - Aurora Ray
馃挅 Crash Landing - Li Charmaine Anne
馃挅 Winnie Nash Is Not Your Sunshine - Nicole Melleby
Paranormal/Horror
馃挅 Bloodline - Jenn Alexander
馃挅 Grey Dog - Elliott Gish
馃挅 Cranberry Cove - Hailey Piper
馃挅 Court of Wanderers - Rin Chupeco
馃挅 Something Kindred - Ciera Burch
馃挅 Blood City Rollers - V.P. Anderson, Tatiana Hill
Fantasy
馃挅 Call Forth a Fox - Markelle Grabo
馃挅 Someone You Can Build a Nest In - John Wiswell
馃挅 Off With Their Heads - Zoe Hana Mikuta
馃挅 Calling of Light - Lori M. Lee
馃挅 To a Darker Shore - Leanne Schwartz
馃挅 The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray - Christine Calella
馃挅 Saint-Seducing Gold - Brittany N. Williams
馃挅 A Sweet Sting of Salt - Rose Sutherland
馃挅 Darker by Four - June C.L. Tan
馃挅 The Map That Led to You - Ella McLeod
馃挅 The Merciless King of Moore High - Lily Sparks
Historical
馃挅 Lighthouse Keeper - Eliza Lentzski
Mystery/Thriller
馃挅 Rough Trade - Katrina Carrasco
馃挅 Molten Death - Leslie Karst
馃挅 Eye of the Ouroboros - Megan Bontrager
馃挅 Text Me When You Get This - Frances Lucas
馃挅 Paige Not Found - Jen Wilde
Sci-Fi
馃挅 Moon Dust in My Hairnet - J.R. Creaden
馃挅 Hearts Still Beating - Brooke Archer
馃挅 Harley Quinn: Redemption - Rachael Allen
馃挅 In Universes - Emet North
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Wesen Moodboards
L枚wen (German: Lion)
The L枚wen were once kings of a jungle area somewhere in Africa, but were captured and forced to fight in the gladiatorial arena by the ancient Romans. Following their capture, the L枚wen at some point began the L枚wen Games, where they forced other Wesen to fight to the death; in the modern day, however, this is rare.
L枚wen are naturally aggressive, competitive, and violent, and they are also known for having a horrible temper. Despite this, they are still capable of peacefully living amongst humans and having normal lives.
Notables: Leo Taymor, Don Anker, Pierce Higgins, Don Nidaria, Clement, Jess Reilly, Hedig, Albert Bowden, Maggie Bowden, Todd Bowden, Rachel Wood, Grossante
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GAH I MISSED THE ENTIRE MORNING OF THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM PRESENTATIONS
I had a recurring meeting that had been cancelled the past couple of weeks and of course THIS WEEK was the day we were actually going to meet, blugh.
If anyone did tune in who has some highlights to share pls let me know!!! I should be able to tune into the afternoon at least but I鈥檓 so sad I missed the special exhibition presentation since that was the original reason why I signed up for the program. BUT I鈥檓 sure the rest of the day will be awesome too鈥攅xcited to learn more about women in science and medicine and Maggie Higgins!!
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Something Wonderful and Strange {S.R.} - a Playlist
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Jackie and Wilson ~ Hozier
No other version of me I would rather be tonight; and, Lord, she found me just in time
Heavy ~ Birdtalker
And did you lose that love? Or have you never had it? Are you feeling sad 'cause you did a bad thing?
Vincent ~ Don McLean
Starry, starry night, paint your palette blue and gray; look out on a summer's day with eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Honeybee ~ The Head And The Heart
Look around, we made a garden of the love we found
To Noise Making (Sing)聽~ Hozier
You put your emptiness to melody, your awful heart to song
The Louvre ~ Lorde
But we're the greatest, they'll hang us in the Louvre; down the back, but who cares鈥攕till the Louvre
Like Real People Do聽~ Hozier
What did you bury before those hands pulled me from the earth?
Burning聽~ Maggie Rogers
And you said, "Let me help you wake you up. Let me help you break you up. Let me help you open up."
Angels聽~ The xx
You move through the room like breathing was easy; if someone believed me, they would be as in love with you as I am
No Reason聽~ Toth
And I wanna love, I wanna be touched, but softly at first
Love You For A Long Time聽~ Maggie Rogers
I saw your face and I knew it was a sign; and I still think about that moment all of the time
Happy Accidents聽~ Saint Motel
Ever think what if we never met? You love me, but you don't know it yet
Somewhere Only We Know聽~ Keane
Is this the place we used to love? Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?
Meet Me Here ~ Amy Stroup
Find some space between your fears and doubt; it's a give and take, don't let it get you down
Someone I Know ~ Margo Guryan
Then I saw someone who happened to remind me of bein' in love a long time ago
Something Tells Me ~ BAILEN
Something tells me I could fall in love with you
Bloom ~ The Paper Kites
You fill my lungs with sweetness, and you fill my head with you
You鈥檝e Got Me ~ The Greeting Committee
You got a hold on me; built my life around sound to keep you dancing
Slow Dancing ~ Aly & AJ
The battle outside is blazing, and all I鈥檓 thinking about is you
Nightminds ~ Missy Higgins
But I will learn to breathe this ugliness you see, so we can both be there and we can both share the dark
An Art Gallery Could Never Be As Unique As You ~ mrld
'Cause I wanna look at you when we are apart; 'cause you're not just a human being, you are art
Dust to Dust ~ The Civil Wars
Let me in the walls you've built around; we can light a match and burn them down
Apple Pie ~ Lizzy McAlpine
I found you under an April sky, and you feel like city life, apple pie baked just right; home is wherever you are tonight
First Light ~ Hozier
But after this I'm never gonna be the same, and I am never going back again
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