#michael santoro

[cantsayidont]

August 1984. This won't change anyone's feelings about cult movie perennial THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE EIGHTH DIMENSION one way or the other, but if you're wondering what the hell the deal is supposed to be with Buckaroo Banzai and his team, the answer is, "It's an obvious pastiche of the pulp hero Doc Savage."

Launched in 1933, Doc Savage was one of the leading adventure heroes of the pulp magazines. Doc (whose full name was Clark Savage Jr.) was scientifically trained from childhood to the peak of human perfection, singularly adept in everything from mechanical engineering to medicine to martial arts. He had a secret headquarters called the Fortress of Solitude and a whole array of specially designed vehicles and equipment, but he was also a public figure, with offices in the Empire State Building. Doc had a team of eccentric, highly specialized aides — Monk Mayfair, Ham Brooks, Renny Renwick, Long Tom Roberts, and Johnny Littlejohn — who each had a particular skill and a couple of distinctive personality traits (for instance, Monk was a skilled industrial chemist, but also an "ape-like" brute with a ferocious temper). They were sometimes aided by Doc's cousin, Pat Savage, who was almost as capable as Doc, although he tried to keep her out of the fray because she was (gasp) a girl.

This was a fairly common pattern for pulp heroes. For instance, the pulp version of the Shadow (who was distinctly different from the radio incarnation) relied on a whole network of agents, some appearing only once or twice, some recurring across many of his published adventures. From a narrative standpoint, the agents and assistants had two principal purposes: The first was to offset the rather overpowered heroes — pulp heroes didn't necessarily have superhuman powers, but even those who didn't tended to be preternaturally skilled at nearly everything, so it was convenient to limit their direct involvement in an adventure to crucial moments, and let the assistants (who could be much more fallible) do much of the legwork. The second object was to beef up the characterization. Doc Savage was morally irreproachable as well as absurdly multi-talented, so there wasn't a lot to be done with him character-wise, while maintaining the mystique of a character like the Shadow required him to remain a fairly closed book.

Although the pulp heroes were a huge influence on early comic book superheroes like Superman and Batman, some of these conventions didn't translate well to other media: In a 13-page comic book story or half-hour radio episode, having too many characters was cumbersome (and expensive, where it meant hiring extra actors), and comic book readers normally expected to follow their four-color heroes quite closely, even before the breathless internal monologue became a genre staple. So, Superman inherited Doc Savage's Fortress of Solitude, but not his "Fabulous Five" assistants, while heroes like Batman and Captain America generally stuck with a single sidekick rather than a team of aides. Even the late Doc Savage pulp adventures (which ended in 1949) de-emphasized the assistants to keep the focus more on Doc himself. Ultimately, the pulp heroes didn't really have the right narrative center of gravity for visual media, which is why they've become relatively obscure, despite repeated revival attempts. The 1975 Doc Savage movie with Ron Ely, for instance, was a notorious commercial flop, and elements like Doc's childishly bickering assistants seemed odd and dated, even taking into account the film's nostalgia-bait '30s period setting.

What BUCKAROO BANZAI tried to do was to bring that old pulp hero formula into the modern era with a big infusion of '80s style and humor. Like Doc Savage, Buckaroo is a wildly gifted polymath (in the opening scenes, he rushes from performing brain surgery to test-driving his Jet Car through a mountain), so famous and important a personage that he puts the president of the United States on hold, and he surrounds himself with an array of brilliant, eccentric aides with silly nicknames who play in his rock band when they're not fighting crime or doing advanced scientific experiments.

Alas, judging by the poor box office returns, general audiences were no more amenable to the '80s version of this formula than they had been to DOC SAVAGE: MAN OF BRONZE nine years earlier, even with the 1984 film's extraordinary cast and memorably witty dialogue. Granted, even many of the movie's most diehard fans are baffled by the convoluted plot — a crucial expository scene where the leader of the Black Lectroids (Rosalind Cash) explains much of what's going on is nigh-incomprehensible without subtitles or closed captioning — but beyond that, THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI is essentially an extended riff on a particular slice of pop culture that had long since dropped out of the public consciousness, which is both part of its charm and also its commercial undoing, at least as mainstream entertainment.

(Also, if you're wondering, yes, the TOM STRONG series by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse is also an obvious Doc Savage pastiche, although at least some of its plot and character concepts were probably retoolings of unused ideas from Moore's earlier Maximum Press/Awesome Comics SUPREME series, which was an extended pastiche of the pre-Crisis Superman.)

#movies #buckaroo banzai #the adventures of buckaroo banzai across the eighth dimension #w.d. richter #peter weller #jeff goldblum #clancy brown #doc savage #pulp heroes #street and smith #walter m baumhofer #the shadow #michael santoro #pepe serna #billy vera #lewis smith #one of the amusing things about the jeff goldblum character #is that his eccentricity clearly precedes his involvement with buckaroo banzai #he's just a brilliant neurosurgeon who's been looking for a chance #to wear his roy rogers outfit and fight crime

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Scent of a Woman 1992

#Scent of a Woman #Al Pacino #Chris O'Donnell #James Rebhorn #Gabrielle Anwar #Philip Seymour Hoffman #Richard Venture #Bradley Whitford #Rochelle Oliver #Margaret Eginton #Tom Riis Farrell #Nicholas Sadler #Todd Louiso #Matt Smith #Gene Canfield #Frances Conroy #June Squibb #Ron Eldard #Sally Murphy #Michael Santoro #Alyson Feldman #Erika Feldman #Julian Stein #Max Stein #Anh Duong #Leonard Gaines #David Lansbury #Joseph Palmas #Baxter Harris #Francie Swift

[mieczyslawn]

⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ★ . . . when i was your (wo)man

#icons #icons 120x120 #edits #rodrigo santoro #rodrigo hilbert #denzel washington #will smith #idris elba #ryan reynolds #keanu reeves #mads mikkelsen #joaquin phoenix #michael fassbender #eddie redmayne #robert de niro #the rock #kevin hart #scott eastwood #hugh jackman #drew starkey #henry cavill #michael b jordan #wayans brothers #norman reedus #al pacino #chris hemsworth #miedit

[cinemaquiles]

Uma seleção com 10 obras interessantes sobre futebol de ficção a fatos reais que merecem atenção!

#world cup #soccer #football #pele #silvester stallone #péle #edson arantes do nascimento #brazilian player #heleno #rodrigo santoro #the damned united #heleno de freitas #escape to victory #michael caine #bend it like beckham #keira knightley #david beckham #female soccer #game of their lives #gerard butler #wes bentley #offside #offside movie #alinne moraes #goal #hooligans #green street hooligans #charlie hunnam #elijah wood #fever pitch

[adamwatchesmovies]

The 33 (2015)

The 2010 Copiapó mining accident was practically made for a feature-length film adaptation. Of course, there are a few liberties taken here and there but the essentials remain. Though you will find some familiar - some would say clichéd - elements in The 33, it works as a straightforward inspirational disaster story.

In Chile, the San José mine collapses, trapping 33 men deep underground. Though they made it to the mine's rescue chamber, they have little food and water. Determined to survive, they band together under the leadership of Mario Sepúlveda (Antonio Banderas) while their families above pressure the government to begin an extensive rescue operation.

Besides Mario Sepúlveda, you might not remember everyone’s name, but enough time is spent with key people for you to recognize who’s who. That one’s the Bolivian (Tenoch Huerta) who's worried the Chileans won't accept him - particularly when food runs out. There’s the one who loves Elvis Presley (Jacob Vargas), the pastor (Marco Treviño), the alcoholic (Juan Pablo Raba) who never got the chance to reconnect with his sister (Juliette Binoche), the one whose wife is pregnant with their first child, the one everyone is laughing at because up on the surface, he has two women fighting over him - his wife and his mistress. In addition to the 33 miners, there are many characters on the surface to keep track of: the Minister of Mining of Chile (Rodrigo Santoro as Laurence Golborne), the driller who supervises the rescue operation (James Brolin), several of the wives or sisters and more. This could've been a major issue, and director Patricia Riggen keeps this in mind. The 33 structures itself in a way that if you’re confused about who’s who, it will only be for a half-second. The editing and dialogue - more so than the characters’ faces, which become increasingly dirty and thin as more time is spent underground - ensure you know who you’re dealing with in each scene. That's practically a miracle in itself.

Though some of the story does exactly what you expect it to, it does these scenes well. The mine's owner has to roll his eyes when the initial safety concerns are brought up. The miners have to ration their food and figure out plans while waiting to be rescued. Their families have to make sure their voices are heard. The government has to worry about what the voters will say if the operation fails. A better film would have more scenes like the miner’s “last supper”, when they use their imaginations to bring in all of their loved ones to transform an omen of dread into a beacon of hope but there really any bad scenes in the entire running time.

The 33 makes you feel the feels you expect, makes you wonder what you would do if you were put in this exact scenario, keeps you guessing enough that you remain invested all the way through and leaves you pleased because all of your expectations were met. I don’t think it’s a picture you’ll come back to over and over again, but that’s fine. While it lasts, The 33 tells an interesting story you’ll be glad to have seen and as a rental, you'll get more than your money's worth. (On Blu-ray, September 30, 2021)

#The 33 #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Patricia Riggen #Mikko Alanne #Craig Borten #Michael Thomas #Jose Rivera #Antonio Banderas #Rodrigo Santoro #Juliette Binoche #James Brolin #Bob Gunton #Gabriel Byrne #Lou Diamond Phillips #Jacob Vargas #2015 movies #2015 films

[readerviews]

"Rite of Passage" by V. Michael Santoro

A New and Improved Approach to Success #books #bookreview #reading #readerviews

Rite of Passage V. Michael SantoroIndependently Published (2023)ISBN:  979-8396583467Reviewed by Tammy Ruggles for Reader Views (11/2023) “Rite of Passage: Transitioning from Wantrepreneur to Successful Entrepreneur” by award-winning V. Michael Santoro, is a dynamic, non-traditional business guide that draws from the human condition in the pursuit of successful entrepreneurial success. The…

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#Book Review #Reader Views #Rite of Passage #Transitioning from Wantrepreneur to Successful Entrepreneur #V. Michael Santoro

[dear-indies]

any alternative faceclaims for r*bert d*wney jr please and thank you?

Sanada Hiroyuki (1960) Japanese.

Esai Morales (1962) Puerto Rican.

Benjamin Bratt (1963) Peruvian [Quechua] / German, English, Sudeten German.

Alan Cumming (1965) - is bisexual.

Daniel Bernhardt (1965)

Zahn McClarnon (1966) Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux and Irish.

D.B. Woodside (1967) African-American.

Michael Jai White (1967) African-American.

Timothy Olyphant (1968)

Marcus LaVoi (1968) Ojibwe.

Ian Harvie (1968) - is trans.

Eric Bana (1968)

Peter Dinklage (1969) - has dwarfism.

Colman Domingo (1969) Afro Guatemalan / African-American - is gay.

Jack Black (1969) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, as well as Northern Irish, Scottish, English, remote French and Welsh (converted to Judaism).

Aaron Pedersen (1970) Arrernte and Arabana.

David Tennant (1971)

David Arquette (1971) Ashkenazi Jewish / English, French-Canadian, Swiss-German, German, Scottish, Irish, Welsh.

Richard Armitage (1971) - is gay.

Hu Bing (1971) Chinese.

René Ifrah (1972) Sephardi Jewish, German, Italian.

Karl Urban (1972)

Glen Gould (1972) Miꞌkmaq and Italian.

Eric Dane (1972) English, German, Scottish, Finnish, Russian Jewish, Austrian Jewish.

Idris Elba (1972) Sierra Leonean / Ghanaian.

Anson Mount (1973)

Michael Ealy (1973) African-American.

Boris Kodjoe (1973) Ghanaian / German, Ashkenazi Jewish.

Christopher Gorham (1974)

Adrian Holmes (1974) Afro Bajan.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar (1974) Ashkenazi Jewish, German, Dutch, Indonesian.

Mahershala Ali (1974) African-American.

Danny Pino (1974) Cuban.

Sendhil Ramamurthy (1974) Kannada and Tamil Indian.

Taika Waititi (1975) Māori, as well as distant British Isles, possibly French-Canadian / Irish, English, Scottish, Northern Irish, one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish.

Chris Diamantopoulos (1975)

Pedro Pascal (1975) White Chilean.

Cole Hauser (1975) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, Irish, Walloon Belgian, French, Scottish - in Yellowstone.

Rodrigo Santoro (1975) Brazilian [Portuguese, including Azorean, possibly other] / Italian.

Jason Sudeikis (1975)

LaMonica Garrett (1975) African-American.

Here you go, anon!

#fc help #rph #rpc

[mappingthemoon]

Movies/TV Watched 2023

The Postman Always Rings Twice / Bob Rafelson (1981)

Secretary* / Steven Shainberg (2002)

Spirited Away* / Hayao Miyazaki (2001)

Watcher / Chloe Okuno (2022)

The Talented Mr. Ripley / Anthony Minghella (1999)

Pride & Prejudice / Joe Wright (2005)

Moonage Daydream / Brett Morgan (2022)

Volver / Pedro Almodóvar (2006)

Belfast / Kenneth Branagh (2021)

The Last Picture Show / Peter Bogdanovich (1971)

I, Tonya / Craig Gillespie (2017)

The Postman Always Rings Twice / Tay Garnett (1946)

Rocketman / Dexter Fletcher (2019)

The Unholy / Evan Spiliotopoulos (2021)

Mara / Clive Tonge (2018)

Frogs / George McCowan (1972)

Prometheus / Ridley Scott (2012)

Men / Alex Garland (2022)

All the Right Moves / Michael Chapman (1983)

Poseidon / Wolfgang Petersen (2006)

Saint Maud / Rose Glass (2019)

Monstrous / Chris Sivertson (2022)

Wander Darkly / Tara Miele (2020)

Howl’s Moving Castle / Hayao Miyazaki (2004)

Iris / Albert Maysles (2014)

Lamb / Valdimar Jóhannsson (2021)

In Fabric / Peter Strickland (2018)

The Elephant 6 Recording Co. / C.B. Stockfleth (2022)

The Visitor / Justin P. Lange (2022)

Smile / Parker Finn (2022)

Yellowjackets [szn 1-2] (2021-2022)

It Comes at Night / Trey Edward Shults (2017)

Everything Everywhere All at Once / Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (2022)

Black Bear / Lawrence Michael Levine (2020)

mother! / Darren Aronofsky (2017)

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story / Eric Appel (2022)

X / Ti West (2022)

I Heart Huckabees* / David O. Russell (2004)

The Right Stuff / Philip Kaufman (1983)

Goliath Awaits / Kevin Connor (1981)

Poltergeist* / Tobe Hooper (1982)

Doctor Who [TV Movie]* / Geoffrey Sax (1996)

Earthstorm / Terry Cunningham (2006)

Lake Eerie / Chris Majors (2016)

Fantastic Planet* / René Laloux (1973)

Synecdoche, New York* / Charlie Kaufman (2008)

Flight of the Navigator* / Randal Kleiser (1986)

NOPE / Jordan Peele (2022)

Women Talking / Sarah Polley (2022)

Striking Distance / Rowdy Herrington (1993)

Vivarium / Lorcan Finnegan (2019)

Saw* / James Wan (2004)

A Peculiar Noise / Jorge Torres-Torres (2016)

In the Earth / Ben Wheatley (2021)

Cats 2 / Jake Jones (2023)

Bringing Out the Dead* / Martin Scorsese (1999)

The Last Blockbuster / Taylor Morden (2020)

The Dance of Reality / Alejandro Jodorowsky (2013)

In the Mouth of Madness / John Carpenter (1994)

The Chamber / Ben Parker (2016)

Tenet / Christopher Nolan (2020)

Synchronic / Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead (2019)

Paprika / Satoshi Kon (2006)

The Menu / Mark Mylod (2022)

Sunshine / Danny Boyle (2007)

Devil’s Island / Sean King, Taylor King (2021)

Benedetta / Paul Verhoeven (2021)

Scotland, PA* / Billy Morrissette (2001)

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover / Peter Greenaway (1989)

The Color of Pomegranates* / Sergei Parajanov (1969)

Face/Off* / John Woo (1997)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial / Steven Spielberg (1982)

The Gilded Age (PBS American Experience) / Sarah Colt (2018)

Aniara / Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja (2018)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas* / Chuck Jones, Ben Washam (1966)

The Quake / John Andreas Andersen (2018)

The Guilty / Gustav Möller (2018)

The Muppet Christmas Carol* [VHS] / Brian Henson (1992)

M3GAN / Gerard Johnstone (2022)

Caught / Jamie Patterson (2017)

Shot / Jeremy Kagan (2017)

A Charlie Brown Christmas* / Bill Melendez (1965)

Body at Brighton Rock / Roxanne Benjamin (2019)

Trancers / Charles Band (1984)

Higher Power / Matthew Charles Santoro (2018)

*Asterisk = rewatch

Favorites first watched in 2023: Men, In Fabric, Yellowjackets, Everything Everywhere All at Once, mother!, NOPE, The Dance of Reality. (ETA: Vivarium and Aniara, which I wouldn't necessarily call "favorites" but they've stuck with me.)

Favorite rewatches: Secretary, I Heart Huckabees, Poltergeist, Bringing Out the Dead

#movies #tv #lists

[low-budget-korra]

Roberts Rebellion Fancast

based on looks, vibes and actors range 

The Targaryens and Martell

Sam Heaugh as Rhaegar Targaryen.

Willem Defoe as Aerys The Mad King

Tricia Helfer as Rhaella Targaryen

Naomi Scott as Elia Martell

The Starks

Adelaide Kane as Lyanna Stark

Thoman Mann as Ned Stark

Gerard Buttler as Rickard Stark

Sam Cafflin as Brandon Stark

The Baratheon , Reed and Connington

Aaron Taylor Johnson as Robert Baratheon

Charlie Cox as Stannis Baratheon

Jamie Bell as Howland Reed

Domnhall Gleeson as Jon Connington

The Lannisters and Clegane

Michael Fassbender as Tywin Lannister

Taron Egerton as Jaime Lannister

Imogen Poots  as Cersei Lannister

Hafthor Julíus Björnsson as Gregor The Mountain Clegane 

The Tully and Arryn

Anthony Head as Hoster Tully

Sophie Turner as Catelyn Tully

Colby Minifie as Lisa Tully

Collin Firth as Jon Arryn

The Kingsguard 

Chris Pine as Sor Arthur Dayne

Gael Garcia Bernal as Sor Gerald Hightower

Ben Barnes as Sor Baristan Selmy

Rodrigo Santoro as Sor Lewyn Martell

#game of thrones #got #game of thrones fancast #rhaegar targaryen #aerys targaryen #rhaella targaryen #elia martell #lyanna stark #ned stark #rickard stark #brandon stark #robert baratheon #stannis baratheon #jon connington #howland reed #tywin lannister #jaime lannister #cersei lannister #gregor clegane #hoster tully #lisa tully #catelyn tully #jon arryn #sor arthur dayne #sor gerald hightower #sor baristan selmy #sor lewyn martell #house of the dragon

[soulless-angel25]

Names for Fablehaven Characters in Book 2 for my AU

Sorenson & Burgess

Stan Sorenson is now Stan Kendal Sorenson Ruth Sorenson (nee Burgess) is now Ruth Elizabeth Sorenson (nee Burgess)

Marla Kate Sorenson (nee Larsen) Scott Michael Sorenson [^- I didn't actually have to come up with names! These are their canon full names as stated in book 4.]

Kendra Marie Sorenson Seth Michael Andrew Sorenson

Dale Burgess is now Dale Alistair Burgess Warren Burgess is now Warren Matthew Burgess

Ally and "Ally"

Tanugatoa "Tanu" Dofu is now Tanugatoa "Tanu" Ikaika Dufu age Coulter Dixon is now Coulter Abraxis Dixon Vanessa Santoro is now Vaness Alayna Santoro The Sphinx Mr. Lich

Minor Enemies

Errol Fisk aka Christopher Vogel is now Christopher Dmitrius Vogel Casey "Case" Hancock is now Casey "Case" Aiden Hancock Olloch the Demon.

'Servant'

Mendigo Hugo

Kendra's Friends

Alyssa Carter is now Alyssa Lee Carter Brittany is now Brittany Mariah Smith Trina is now Trina Raine Schindler

#fablehaven #fablehaven au #fablehaven book 2 #fablehaven fanfiction #seth sorenson #kendra sorenson

[thatpaperdoll]

The Dulcie Santoro Mixtape!

(aka: some songs i listen to while i write/draw dulcie related stuff)

#Spotify #oc playlist #dulcie santoro #ghostbusters oc

[worldburnrp]

hey! what are your most wanted FCs of latin decent? <3

Hi there! Here's some that we'd love to see around: Gina Torres, America Ferrera, Michael Peña, Santiago Cabrera, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Camila Morrone, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo Santoro, Seu Jorge, Alice Braga, Morena Baccarin, Salma Hayek, Marisol Nichols, Camila Mendes, Laz Alonso, Sonia Braga, Leslie Grace! <3

#crime rp #appless rp #nyc rp #city rp

[geminihurt]

Whumptober 2022 Masterpost

Thank you all for this amazing month 🖤

Day 01: A little out of the ordinary

This wasn't supposed to happen: Batwoman 1x15 (Kate Kane) + Travelers 1x09 (Grant MacLarren)

Day 02: Nowhere to run

Caged: Doctor Who 13x01 (Dan Lewis) + Seventh Son (Kit Harington)

Day 03: Hair’s breadth from death

Gun to temple: Bodyguard 04 (David Budd) + Gran Hotel 2x21 ( Julio Olmedo)

Day 04: Dead on your feet

Waking up disoriented: Mononoke Hime (Ashitaka) + The Defenders 07 (Matt Murdock)

Day 05: Every whumpee’s needs

Running out of air: White Collar 1x08 (Neal Caffrey)

Day 06: Proof of life

Ramson video: Chicago PD 3x01 (Jay Halstead)

Day 07: The way you shake and shiver

Seizures: Kyle XY 1x09 (Matt Dallas)

Day 08: Everything hurts and I’m dying

Stomach pain: Guardian 08 (Zhao Yun Lan)

Day 09: The very noisy night

Caught in a storm: When the devil calls your name 16 (Ha Rip) + X-men Evolution 2x06 (Scott and Alex Summers)

Day 10: Poor unfortunate souls

Waterboarding: Salvation 1x04 (Darius Tanz)

Whipping: Thieves of the wood 1x07 (Jan de Lichte) + The Terror 1x04 (Cornelius Hickey)

Day 11: "911, what's your emergency?"

Makeshift splint: Hawaii 5-0 1x20 (Steve McGarrett) + The Untamed 13 (Lan Wang Ji)

Day 12: What could go wrong

Cave in: Descendants of the sun 08 (Yoo Shi Jin)

Day 13: Can’t make an omelette without breaking a few legs

Dislocation: Burn Notice 3x01 (Michael Westen) + Gundam Wing 03 ( Yuy Heero)

Day 14: Die a hero or live long enough to became a villain

"I'll be right behind you": Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End (James Norrington)

Day 15: Emotional damage

New scars: Rurouni Kenshin The Beginning (Himura Kenshin)

Lies: The Outpost 2x04 (Garret Spears)

Day 16: No way out

Mind control: Fushigi Yuugi 1x20 (Tamahome)

Paralytic drugs: Lost 3x14 (Rodrigo Santoro)

Day 17: Hanging by a threat

Breaking point: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood 19 (Riza Hawkeye)

Day 18: Let's break the ice

"Take my coat": My Amazing Boyfriend 1x18 (Xue Ling Qiao)

Day 19: Enough is enough

Repeatedly passing out: The Untamed (Wei Wu Xian)

Day 20: It's been a long day

Fetal position: Buffy the Vampira Slayer 4x19 (Oz Osbourne) + Mr Robot 1x01 (Elliot Alderson)

Day 21: Famous last words

Coughing up blood: The Resident 5x02 (Devon Pravesh) + The Vampire Diaries 2x21 (Damon Salvatores)

Day 22: Pick your poison

Allergic reaction: Bridgerton 2x03 (Edmund Bridgerton)

Day 23: At the end of their rope

Tied to a table: Alex Rider 1x06 (Alex Rider)

Day 24: Fight, flight or freeze

Blood covered hands: Under the Banner of Heavens 1x07 (Jeb Pyre) + White Lines 1x09 (Oriol Calafat)

Day 25: Silence is gold

Duct tape: The Rookie 2x16 (John Nolan)

Day 26: No one left behind

"Why did you save me?": Downton Abbey 3x10 (Thomas Barrow)

Day 27: Pushed to the limit

Magical exhaustion: Legends of Tomorrow 4x04 (John Constantine) + Rokudenashi Majutsu 03 (Glenn Radars)

Day 28: It's just the tip of the iceberg

Punching the wall: Doctor Who 9x11 (Peter Capaldi)

Day 29: What doesn't kill me

Sleep deprivation: Carnivàle 1x09 (Ben Hawkins)

Day 30: Note to self: don't get kidnapped

Hair grabbing: Ghost Whisperer 1x14 (Melinda Gordon)

Day 31: A light at the end of the tunnel

Bedside vigil: Our flag means death 1x04 (Stede Bonnet)

#whumptober2022 #masterpost #completionist #whump

[chillingcinemachronicles]

Top 5 Must-Watch Sci-Fi Movies Booming on Netflix Right Now

where every frame is a portal to limitless possibilities and extraordinary adventures. Discover the magic of the future, today!

In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) EW grade: A (read the review) Director: David Sington One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" was the phrase that echoed around the galaxy in July of 1969, when American astronauts emerged from Apollo 11 and took their first steps on the surface of the moon. In 2007, In the Shadow of the Moon, a British documentary premiered at Sundance, chronicling this history-making achievement and digging into the story behind the Apollo program through interviews with 10 astronauts from across the program's many missions. Featuring never before released footage, archival news reports, and the perspectives of some of the only people to see Earth from this remarkable vantage point, In the Shadow of the Moon is stranger than science fiction because it's completely true.

2, Oxygen (2021) EW grade: B (read the review) Director: Alexandre Aja Cast: Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi A nightmare come to life for claustrophobics everywhere, Oxygen is a French language sci-fi film that thinks outside the box in terms of action. At the genesis, an unidentified woman (Mélanie Laurent) awakens in an airtight medical unit, unsure of who or where she is. Interactions with the system's AI - dubbed M.I.L.O. (Medical Interface Liaison Officer) - provide some clarity as to her identity, but no matter what she tries, she cannot escape her prison. As she seeks to understand who placed her in the box and why, truths about her personal life and the current state of the world come into focus - but her search for context is actually a race to outwit the slowly depleting oxygen levels.

3. Project Power (2020) EW grade: B+ (read the review) Director: Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Foxx, Dominique Fishback, Machine Gun Kelly, Rodrigo Santoro, Courtney B. Vance, Amy Landecker What do a New Orleans police officer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a soldier in search of his daughter (Jamie Foxx), and a rapping drug dealer (Dominique Fishback, The Deuce) have in common? They're all working to rid the streets of Power, a new drug that gives users five minutes of superhero abilities, at the risk of killing them with one hit. A science fiction action film produced by Netflix, Project Power invites audiences into a city still suffering the after-effects of Katrina, even decades after the hurricane hit. Populated by morally murky characters - like Gordon-Levitt's Detective Frank Shaver, a cop who uses the drug to level the playing field against the city's criminals, or Fishback's teenage Robin Reilly, who knows she needs to deal to get ahead in this world, but is too smart to partake of her own product - the film finds room for cultural context amidst the action sequences.

4. See You Yesterday (2019) Director: Stefon Bristol Talent: Eden Duncan-Smith, Danté Crichlow, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Brian "Stro" Bradley The best way to live life with no regrets is to build a time machine - which is exactly what happens in Netflix's Spike Lee-produced sci-fi adventure film, See You Yesterday. After best friends and high school science prodigies C.J. and Sebastian unlock the secrets to time travel, they're forced to use their newfound invention in an attempt to save C.J.'s brother Calvin from a fatal encounter with the police. A modern take on Back to the Future - also featuring an appearance by the original time traveler, Michael J. Fox - the film grapples with highly relevant cultural issues like police brutality while still having fun with high school tropes and time loops. See You Yesterday might not have gotten the attention it deserved when it first premiered on the platform back in 2019.

5. Starship Troopers (1997) EW grade: B+ (read the review) Director: Paul Verhoeven Cast: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Ironside Fascist imagery and thudding allusions to World War II-era propaganda films permeate Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers, but because the provocative Dutch filmmaker didn't explicitly spell out his satire, it went over the heads of many upon its release. But time has been kind to the action-comedy, perhaps because its gleefully cynical portrait of nationalism and a war-hungry populace would resonate that much more in the years following 9/11 and the Iraq War. That said, those interested in the simpler pleasures of watching bugs go splat will also find plenty to like, from its gnarly, goo-slinging action set pieces to CGI effects that stand up to today's technology.

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300 (Zack Snyder, 2006). Cast: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan, Michael Fassbender, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro, Stephen McHattie, Peter Mensah. Screenplay: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael B. Gordon, based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. Cinematography: Larry Fong. Production design: Jim Bissell. Film editing: William Hoy. Music: Tyler Bates. 

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SALE IMAGE: Stefano Santoro & Fran Frisbie DATE: 04/29/2024 ADDRESS: 175 Bradley Place MARKET: Palm Beach ASSET TYPE: Retail BUYER: Dr. Norman Rowe SELLER: Todd Michael Glaser (@ToddMichaelGlaser) BUYER'S REP: Stefano Santoro (@StefSantoro) - Disruptive Real Estate (@DisruptiveRealEstate) SELLER'S REP: Fran Frisbie (@FFrisbie) - The Corcoran Group (@TheCorcoranGroup) SALE PRICE: $3,900,000 SF: 2,145 ~ PPSF: $1,818 NOTE FROM BUYER'S REP: Stefano Santoro of Disruptive Real Estate, in collaboration with Fran Frisbie of The Corcoran Group, successfully facilitated the sale of a commercial building in Palm Beach to plastic surgeon Dr. Norman & Mia Rowe for $3.9 million. The property, located at 175 Bradley Pl. just four blocks north of The Royal Poinciana Plaza on Palm Beach Island, spans 2,145 square feet (SF) and was previously Todd Michael Glaser’s development firm headquarters. Santoro represented the buyer, negotiating the transaction at a price of $1,818 per square foot (PSF), while Frisbie represented the seller. This sale is one of eight retail trades in Palm Beach within the first four months of 2024, with three of those acquisitions attributed to the Breakers. #Miami #RealEstate #tradedmia #MIA #TradedPartner #PalmBeach #Retail #StefanoSantoro #DisruptiveRealEstate #FranFrisbie #TheCorcoranGroup #ToddMichaelGlaser #DrNormanRowe

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