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The Curious Case of the Casablanca Killer
Deemed a three at best, the case of an invisible burglar in a historic cinema who stole nothing only caught Sherlock’s attention because he was bored. Also, he wanted to do John a favour. In the end, this proved to be a real stroke of luck. Otherwise, Sherlock would have missed an intriguing mystery that quickly ramped up in complexity.
The fic is complete and betaed.
Updates every Wednesday and Sunday.
chapter 7 is up on AO3 !
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“Here they come,” John called out, “the police car has just driven up at the curb.” He had been sent downstairs to the foyer and given the task to keep watching out for Lestrade’s arrival while Sherlock looked at the video footage with Peter.
Through the door entered Sally Donovan with a grumpy looking Phillip Anderson in tow.
Sherlock pulled a face upon seeing them. However, he had expected their presence. What he had not expected though was Lestrade’s absence. To Sherlock’s immense disappointment and frustration, he realized that he would have to deal with these two without the DI who tolerated and respected Sherlock much more.
The dislike of each other’s presence was palpable and mutual. While Sally just stared for a moment, Anderson immediately began to rail at Sherlock.
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Not my thing, but I'm going to try to post a monthly rec list or tbr list as i run across stuff i wanna get back to or highly recommend ☠️🤘💋 usually tagged as #wreck me
Reading:
Masters of Ink - indybaggins
London Speed - @khorazir
The Bee Charmer - nbcravenstag
Safe Keeping - Lock_John_Silver
To Pull on the Spiders Silk - @bewitched-bullet
And at that moment ... I knew - @a-victorian-girl
Not a Word - notjustmom
Highly Anticipating:
The Murder of Sir Emory J. Amat - @chriscalledmesweetie
A Thing with Peas - @khorazir
All Our Tomorrows - @calaisreno
A Ritual to Read Each Other - @weeesi (which i already know is going to be a new favourite)(my god, the QUOTES!!!!)
Relapse and Redemption - JennLynn77
How to Miss a Train - suchaprettyface
The Curious Case of the Casablanca Killer - @meetinginsamarra
📚 BBC Sherlock | Johnlock Fic Recs | Wreck Me ☕️
#because sharing is caring#johnlock fan fic#johnlock fic rec#wreck me#this is like a fandom masterlist in and of iteself and so much of it is new stufffss?!?!
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Five Fics Friday: April 19/24
Happy Friday everyone! Check out today's selection of fics to get you through the weekend! And be sure to give the boosted fic some extra love, as it JUST finished being written! :D Enjoy!!
SIGNAL BOOSTING
The Curious Case of the Casablanca Killer by meet_me_in_samarra (G, 55,886 w., 16 Ch. || Post THoB, Case Fic, Bromance / Friendship, Clever John, John is a Conductor of Light, BAMF John / Sherlock, Sassy John, Cheeky Sherlock) – Deemed a three at best, the case of an invisible burglar in a historic cinema who stole nothing only caught Sherlock’s attention because he was bored. Also, he wanted to do John a favour. In the end, this proved to be a real stroke of luck. Otherwise, Sherlock would have missed an intriguing mystery that quickly ramped up in complexity.
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Licence to Kiss by fellshish (T, 13,740 w., 4 Ch. || Post-ASiB, Bond Jokes, Angst and Humour, First Kiss, Bed Sharing, Love Confessions, Mutual Pining) – John loves James Bond. For his Birthday, Sherlock decides to organise a spy adventure. Sherlock begs Mycroft for a real case with some extra gadgets. And perhaps some actors pretending to be criminals. What could possibly go wrong?
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas Dinner by Raina_at (E, 18,623+ w., 2/4 Ch. || WiP || University AU || Fake / Pretend Relationship, Accidental Fake Dating, , Oblivious John / Sherlock, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Christmas, Fluff, Friends to Lovers, Alcohol, Past Drug Use, Not-Nice Holmes Family) – Sherlock hates spending Christmas with his snobby parents. John has nowhere to go over the holidays. The heat in 221B is broken and their fridge is empty. Plus, Sherlock's parents will hate John. So of course Sherlock takes John along. It's not his fault that his parents assume John's his boyfriend. Of course John is perfect and all, but Sherlock doesn't do romance. So what harm can there be in pretending, if it makes his parents this mad?
Only Yesterday by Berty (T, 43,378+ w., 17/18 Ch. || Alternate Timelines / 'Yesterday' AU || Post-TRF, POV John, Grief, Mental Instability, Angst, Unrequited Love, Suspense, Scotland, Hurt John, Developing Relationship, Doctor John, John is a Mess) – Sherlock has been gone for two years and John Watson is doing okay. He goes to work. He sleeps (sometimes). He eats. He has colleagues, some of whom are even friends. He has purpose. If it's not a life as others might view it, it's a fair approximation. It's fine. He's fine. One night the lights go out and when they come back on everything is the same except for one important thing. For John it's the most important thing. And suddenly John is not fine at all.
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Magic Like You by Anonymous (NR [M], 9,714 w., 5 Ch. || LOKI SERIES || Post-S2, Light Angst, Soft, Friends to Lovers, Jotunn Loki, Pining Loki, Heavy Pining, Bed Sharing, Jealous Loki, POV Loki, Living Together, First Kiss/Time) – Loki and Mobius are trying to carve out a new life for themselves after all the chaos and hurt and destruction that was caused by the TVA. This story explores Loki's new life and his relationship to Mobius through magic. (With lots of stupid fun and soft moments along the way, because with these two, it's inevitable.)
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Speculating on the Unmade Cyberpunk 2077 Expansions
I lack hope for the other two planned expansions for Cyberpunk getting made, so I find myself pondering what might have been.
I think one thing that would have bounded the expansions is that they would have been set in Night City. Night City is a character unto itself in the game and the source material, which doesn't go outside the city much. A lot of work was put into the city, including places where there are no quests.
Also, the plot needs to at least seem to be offering V a solution to her dying problem. That's the motive for V doing all the major plot points in the game, while the rest is either helping Johnny save his soul, being able to pay rent, doing favors for friends, or V being mortally curious (many such cases).
That's a useful limit when pondering these never-to-be-made expansions, as is keeping in mind the themes, plot hooks, and existing "gaps" in the game map.
So:
The Arasaka Supercarrier & Arasaka internal politics
Del Coronado Bay is, effectively, a giant hole in the map that isn't used for anything. Existing aircraft carrier are essentially floating cities, so supercarrier Kujira- already named, discussed, and technically existing on the map- could be a "district" the size of Dogtown, easily. Saburo and Hanako traveled across the Pacific on this floating fortress, so it definitely isn't just all practical military asceticism. You'll have those military areas, as well as a hospital, luxury areas, labs, probably even simulated outdoor areas, and much more. The travel to and from the ship could play the role of hidden loading screen like the transition gates to and from Dogtown.
(Look at that concept art. That is some killer concept art.)
We get hints of Arasaka's internal turmoil in shards and in our interactions with Takemura and Hanako. It's the corp's internal turmoil that sets off the whole plot, really. We also know that Arasaka, and many other corps, tend to the cultish, especially in Japan, which is Kujira's home station. So post-Saburo strife to the point of shooting on Kujira is quite possible, with these conflicts serving the purpose of the gangs on land. There's also plenty of room for interpersonal drama- uncertainty about what is going on for employees far from home, the possibility that there are people who essentially live aboard the ship with their families considering the scale of the thing with their own social dynamics, Arasaka corporate backstabbing and secrets.
How would this all pull V onboard? Enter one Michiko Arasaka, granddaughter of Saburo, and her husband Marc Sanderson, one or both of whom get V onto the ship. "Oh not another damsel in distress!" First, couple in distress- more Casablanca, less Super Mario. Second, it's not about saving their lives, but choosing whether or not they come under Yorinobu's control or live free. This would not be black and white, for V, Johnny, or the player, as Yorinobu's motives are much more complicated than just corpo greed. The game ends with a non-solution for V where the pair get free of Arasaka or a solution tendered by Yorinobu, who in this expansion we'd get to learn more about. What this would look like, the mechanics of it, I don't know.
Oh, and we'd also figure out just what Netwatch wanted with the biochip and why Yorinobu insisted the engram on said biochip be Johnny.
Were I inclined to being hopeful, I'd say the convo you can have with Lizzy Wizzy after her Dogtown performance was hint at this one happening. She mentions that V could use spending some time at sea.
The Rest of North Oak & Follow-up to Black Dog
The other big map gap is the sealed off section of North Oak. There's a fully modeled, animated, and uninhabited country club up there, but it's locked off. It's a pretty big area, though I'm not sure how big. I wouldn't mind North Oak getting more filled in overall. I feel the bare minimum was done to it- time is my bet- and it should be more built-up based on in-game chatter. Not dense, but not so sparse.
All this would revolve around Angel (a fragment of Alt?) and the secret she'd keeping that is Johnny's frozen body. North Oak seems like a place she would be for some reason. A lot more glitz and glamor, given the locale. Exploring Alt, who is/was probably not a particularly good person (she made Soulkiller and while Johnny was a bastard, she was just as bad in that scene). This idea is a lot less defined and mostly exists because I swear Black Dog was written entirely to give Cyberpunk 2077 the option for a happy ending, then references were put into the game.
Ending Possibilties
So far, Johnny and V's story is missing only a few possible endings. One ending that isn't there, and I've seen only one fic exploring this, is stabilizing V's brain so how it is in the game is how it is, but with V not dying. I don't think either party views it as ideal, but also it means both live. Another is, of course, the widely explored idea where Johnny gets his own body back. Now, this could kill V, or leave V still dying, or fix everything. Phantom Liberty gave us 'V lives and is not left dying but Johnny is dead' and I would think every expansion would include some new version of an ending addressing the game's core conflict because it gives it stakes.
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A Second Decade of Movies
Ten years ago on Facebook, I compiled a list of every movie I watched, in order, from the first decade of the network’s existence. Now, here’s part two, covering the years 2010-2019. There are 754 titles below, though some are repeat viewings. The movie I watched the most? Harold Lloyd in “The Freshman.” My favorite movie from the last decade? “The Tree of Life.”
But I began the 2010s with James Cameron’s mega-hit “Avatar.” I’ll go on record saying the movie is still enjoyable ten years later, as I watched it again in 2019 with my kids to prep for visiting the World of Pandora at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. But--I also agree with those who say there’s little remembered from the film in the culture today. Can you name the stars? Recount the plot in detail? Mostly what we remember from the film is the spectacle of it all, game-changing when it was released in 2009.
At any rate, enjoy the list below! If a title is hotlinked, it will take you to an essay, interview, or related coverage on the film by yours truly.
1. Avatar
2. I Walked With A Zombie
3. The Paradine Case
4. Whip It
5. The Body Snatcher
6. Coraline
7. Everybody’s Fine
8. The Blind Side
9. The Hurt Locker
10. Citizen Architect
11. Fantastic Mr. Fox
12. Dance With the One
13. The Happy Poet
14. When I Rise
15. Mr. Nice
16. Lemmy
17. Haynesville
18. Rashomon
19. Cabin in the Sky
20. Toy Story 2
21. Being There
22. Modern Times
23. Iron Monkey
24. Kiki’s Delivery Service
25. Alice In Wonderland
26. WALL·E
27. Goldfinger
28. A Fistful of Dollars
29. The Red Shoes
30. M. Hulot’s Holiday
31. When In Rome
32. Toy Story 3
33. The Godfather
34. White Heat
35. The Girl on the Train
36. Mary Poppins
37. Kapò
38. Dr. Strangelove
39. White Dog
40. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
41. Scoop
42. Katyn
43. Metropolis
44. Days of Heaven
45. Shane
46. Ramona and Beezus
47. Duck Soup
48. Pillow Talk
49. Monte Carlo
50. Persona
51. The Powderkids
52. Machete
53. THX 1138
54. Ran
55. Fantasia 2000
56. Contempt
57. The Big Red One
58. Mid-August Lunch
59. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
60. Casablanca
61. The Last Song
62. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
63. Sherlock, Jr.
64. The Thin Red Line
65. Modern Times
66. Fantasia
67. Mon Oncle
68. Stagecoach
69. Hallelujah
70. Mademoiselle Chambon
71. Double Take
72. Black Swan
73. Tangled
74. The King’s Speech
75. TRON: Legacy
76. A Safe Place
77. The King of Marvin Gardens
78. Wings of Desire
79. Head
80. The Social Network
81. Drive, He Said
82. The Fighter
83. Gold Diggers in Paris
84. The Gay Divorcee
85. The Love Parade
86. 127 Hours
87. Never Let Me Go
88. Forrest Gump
89. A Film Unfinished
90. How To Train Your Dragon
91. Modern Times
92. Malcolm X
93. When I Rise
94. Inception
95. The Kids Are All Right
96. A Time For Drunken Horses
97. Our Hospitality
98. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
99. The Mikado
100. Something Ventured
101. Five Time Champion
102. Natural Selection
103. Kumare
104. F#$k My Life
105. Hesher
106. Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
107. Win Win
108. Beats of Freedom
109. Topsy-Turvy
110. Taken By Storm
111. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
112. Army of Shadows
113. The Life of Emile Zola
114. Rio
115. East of Eden
116. The Drummond Will
117. Cooper
118. Marriage Italian Style
119. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
120. Sunflower
121. Salt of This Sea
122. Casablanca
123. The Happy Thieves
124. The Art of Getting By
125. Patty Hearst
126. Breathless
127. The Tree of Life
128. Nora’s Will
129. Mr. Popper’s Penguins
130. My Man Godfrey
131. The Muppet Movie
132. Back to the Future
133. Back to the Future Part II
134. Back to the Future Part III
135. Rear Window
136. Q: The Winged Serpent
137. Cars 2
138. The Godfather Part II
139. Super 8
140. Dazed and Confused
141. All Night Long
142. The Tree of Life
143. Winnie the Pooh
144. M. Hulot’s Holiday
145. �� Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
146. A Thousand Clowns
147. Tokyo Story
148. The Smurfs
149. The League of Gentlemen
150. Malcolm X (1972)
151. Late Spring
152. Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones
153. The Princess Bride
154. Hud
155. The Boys
156. Poetry
157. Waking Sleeping Beauty
158. Martha Marcy May Marlene
159. Seduced and Abandoned
160. The Nightmare Before Christmas
161. The Third Man
162. Dressed To Kill
163. Echotone
164. Straw Dogs (1971)
165. Sapphire
166. Broken Embraces
167. The Wild One
168. La Belle et la Bête
169. The Tree of Life
170. Beauty and the Beast
171. Killer’s Kiss
172. The Producers
173. Camille (1921)
174. She’s Gotta Have It
175. La Belle et la Bête
176. The Descendants
177. Hugo
178. The Muppets
179. Another Earth
180. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
181. Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
182. The Artist
183. Arthur Christmas
184. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
185. Midnight in Paris
186. War Horse
187. The Whistleblower
188. The Great Waltz
189. Manhattan
190. Annie Hall
191. The Help
192. Moneyball
193. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
194. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
195. The Lorax
196. Kid-Thing
197. Zodiac
198. Hunky Dory
199. Wolf
200. Tchoupitoulas
201. 21 Jump Street
202. Crulic: The Path to Beyond
203. The Imposter
204. The Descendants
205. Victim
206. Revenge of the Electric Car
207. We Bought a Zoo
208. Titanic (3D)
209. Shame
210. The Jazz Singer
211. For Greater Glory
212. Lola Versus
213. The Avengers
214. Prometheus
215. Citizen Kane
216. Brave
217. Rio Bravo
218. The Black Hole
219. Thunder Soul
220. The Gold Rush
221. Children of Paradise
222. The Natural
223. An American in Paris
224. North By Northwest
225. Harold and Maude
226. Killer Joe
227. Gilda
228. Miss Bala
229. Bride of Frankenstein
230. The Graduate
231. Madagascar 3
232. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
233. Star Trek VI: The Final Frontier
234. TRON: Legacy
235. Rise of the Guardians
236. Lincoln
237. Finding Nemo
238. Hitchcock
239. The Illusionist
240. Les Misérables
241. A Christmas Story
242. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
243. Silver Linings Playbook
244. The Apple Dumpling Gang
245. Zero Dark Thirty
246. Wreck-It Ralph
247. On the Waterfront
248. The Life of Pi
249. Argo
250. Bag It
251. Loves Her Gun
252. Good Night
253. Mud
254. Museum Hours
255. This Is Where We Live
256. Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story
257. Sake-Bomb
258. The Girl
259. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
260. Return to the Hiding Place
261. The Purple Rose of Cairo
262. To The Wonder
263. Epic
264. There Will Be Blood
265. Star Trek Into Darkness
266. Lawrence of Arabia
267. The Birds
268. Star Trek: First Contact
269. Barry Lyndon
270. Star Wars: A New Hope
271. Saboteur
272. Hell’s House
273. Of Human Bondage
274. The Flowers of St. Francis
275. Monsters University
276. Old Joy
277. Out of Africa
278. Safety Last!
279. The Killing
280. A Night To Remember
281. Singin’ in the Rain
282. Sherlock, Jr.
283. The Smurfs 2
284. Planes
285. Sicko
286. Brief Encounter
287. Meek’s Cutoff
288. Wendy and Lucy
289. Side By Side
290. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
291. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2
292. Powaqqatsi
293. Machete Kills
294. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
295. The Royal Tenenbaums
296. Moonrise Kingdom
297. Bottle Rocket
298. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
299. The Exorcist
300. The Darjeeling Limited
301. Dreamgirls
302. Dallas Buyers Club
303. Brewster McCloud
304. Cruising
305. City Lights
306. Saving Mr. Banks
307. Frozen
308. Lili
309. The Gold Rush
310. Ninotchka
311. 12 Angry Men
312. Lone Survivor
313. Her
314. The Nut Job
315. Cool It
316. American Hustle
317. Money and Medicine
318. Life Itself
319. The X From Outer Space
320. Captain Phillips
321. A Cat in Paris
322. Le Ciel est à Vous
323. Las Marthas
324. Rezeta
325. La Jaola de Oro
326. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
327. Clue
328. Gravity
329. Nebraska
330. The Lego Movie
331. Up
332. Liv & Ingmar
333. Before Midnight
334. Two Weeks in Another Town
335. Rio 2
336. All Is Lost
337. The Great Mouse Detective
338. The Adventures of Robin Hood
339. Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party
340. Belle
341. Bottled Up: The Battle Over Dublin Dr Pepper
342. My Dinner With Andre
343. Harry Dean Stanton Partly Fiction
344. The Lego Movie
345. Bears
346. The Nightmare Before Christmas
347. Contempt
348. How To Train Your Dragon 2
349. Vertigo
350. Gojira
351. The Wizard of Oz
352. 12 Angry Men
353. A Hard Day’s Night
354. Network
355. Picnic At Hanging Rock
356. Get On Up
357. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
358. The Drop
359. The Match Factory Girl
360. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
361. Superman
362. Horse Feathers
363. I Married A Witch
364. The Grand Budapest Hotel
365. Il Sorpasso
366. Conde Drácula
367. Boyhood
368. Fun and Fancy Free
369. The Freshman (1925)
370. Intimidation
371. I Am Love
372. Fantastic Mr. Fox
373. The Freshman (1925)
374. The Freshman (1925)
375. Safe
376. Invitation to the Dance
377. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
378. Bicycle Thieves
379. Sherlock, Jr.
380. Whiplash
381. Ida
382. Tron
383. Return of the Jedi
384. Petting Zoo
385. Western
386. Cinderella (2015)
387. Lamb
388. Babysitter
389. The Thin Blue Line
390. Vernon, Florida
391. Gates of Heaven
392. Purple Rain
393. Sullivan’s Travels
394. Star Wars: Episode I
395. Safety Last!
396. Jesus Christ Superstar
397. Anatomy of a Murder
398. Mary Poppins
399. Inside Out
400. Love & Mercy
401. A Star Is Born (1954)
402. The Princess and the Frog
403. The Freshman (1925)
404. Zazie dans la Métro
405. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
406. Lilo & Stitch
407. Monkey Kingdom
408. Foreign Correspondent
409. The Princess Bride
410. Tomorrowland
411. Rome: Open City
412. A Hard Day’s Night
413. Star Trek: Generations
414. The Roaring Twenties
415. Following the Ninth
416. Samantha: An American Girl Holiday
417. He Named Me Malala
418. Wings of Life
419. Singin’ in the Rain
420. The Peanuts Movie
421. Spotlight
422. The Good Dinosaur
423. Fantasia 2000
424. Reel Injun
425. It Happened One Night
426. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
427. Star Wars: Episode II
428. Concussion
429. One Hour With You
430. Enchanted
431. A Room With A View
432. The Hateful Eight
433. Speedy
434. Time Out of Mind
435. Cinderella (2015)
436. The Lady Vanishes
437. Naqoyqatsi
438. Suzanne’s Career
439. Bear Country
440. The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window…
441. Bandidas
442. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
443. Virtuosity
444. The Big Short
445. Two Days, One Night
446. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
447. Bridge of Spies
448. Brooklyn
449. Michael Jackson From Motown To Off The Wall
450. Tower
451. Transpecos
452. Last Night at the Alamo
453. Claire In Motion
454. Zootopia
455. Bodyguard
456. W.
457. The Adventures of Pepper and Paula
458. The Jungle Book (2016)
459. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
460. Captain America: Civil War
461. What About Bob?
462. Love & Friendship
463. Dial M For Murder
464. Garfield
465. Ben-Hur
466. To Kill A Mockingbird
467. Citizenfour
468. Finding Dory
469. Ant-Man
470. The Quiet Man
471. The Peanuts Movie
472. The BFG
473. My Dinner With Andre
474. Children of Men
475. The Last Temptation of Christ
476. The Secret Life of Pets
477. Chimes At Midnight
478. Brewed in the 210
479. Saturday Night Fever
480. The New World
481. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
482. Walt & El Grupo
483. Saludos Amigos
484. The Jungle Book (2016)
485. The Last Picture Show
486. Beetlejuice
487. The King and I
488. Ride in the Whirlwind
489. Dracula
490. The Angry Birds Movie
491. The Sword in the Stone
492. Queen of Katwe
493. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
494. Beetlejuice
495. Dracula
496. Arrival
497. Tron: Legacy
498. Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
499. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
500. Boomerang (1947)
501. Safety Last!
502. South of the Border
503. Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
504. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
505. Jiro Dreams of Sushi
506. Rogue One
507. Moana
508. Once
509. Redes
510. Max Dugan Returns
511. Amadeus
512. The New World
513. 13th
514. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
515. Yarn
516. Paddington
517. Hidden Figures
518. Doctor Strange
519. The Lego Batman Movie
520. Clue
521. The Honor Farm
522. Mr. Roosevelt
523. La Barracuda
524. The Ballad of Lefty Brown
525. Beauty and the Beast (2017)
526. Cat People
527. The Adventures of Tintin
528. The Freshman (1925)
529. The Artist
530. Day for Night
531. Stranger on the Third Floor
532. Twentieth Century
533. Modern Times
534. Alien: Covenant
535. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
536. Norman
537. Casablanca
538. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
539. Alvin & the Chipmunks: Road Chip
540. The Man Who Knew Too Much
541. Cars 3
542. The Sugarland Express
543. Redes
544. School of Rock
545. Duck Soup
546. Cat People
547. Tower
548. War for the Planet of the Apes
549. Pete’s Dragon (2016)
550. Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
551. The Double Life of Veronique
552. Dunkirk
553. The Adventures of Robin Hood
554. Something Wicked This Way Comes
555. Young Frankenstein
556. Duck Soup
557. Tampopo
558. Beggars of Life
559. Tender Mercies
560. The Princess and the Frog
561. Rogue One
562. Steve Jobs
563. Despicable Me 3
564. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
565. Koyaanisqatsi
566. Honeysuckle Rose
567. Wonder Woman
568. Creed
569. North By Northwest
570. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
571. The Nightmare Before Christmas
572. Altered States
573. Dealt
574. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
575. My Cousin Rachel (2017)
576. Get Out
577. Planet of the Apes (1968)
578. Tomorrowland
579. Justice League
580. The Disaster Artist
581. Thor: Ragnarok
582. Beneath the Planet of the Apes
583. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
584. The Philadelphia Story
585. Escape From the Planet of the Apes
586. Ferdinand
587. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
588. Darkest Hour
589. Coco
590. Dunkirk
591. Phantom Thread
592. Paddington 2
593. Arrival
594. Spider-Man: Homecoming
595. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
596. Our Souls at Night
597. Mudbound
598. The Post
599. Germany Year Zero
600. Trading Places
601. The Shape of Water
602. Black Panther
603. Logan
604. The Simpsons Movie
605. Wings
606. Miss Congeniality
607. Never Cry Wolf
608. Something Wicked This Way Comes
609. Pride and Prejudice (2005)
610. Moana
611. �� Ready Player One
612. Viva Max
613. Red River
614. Bridget Jones’s Baby
615. Avengers: Infinity War
616. The Sugarland Express
617. Selena
618. Peaceful Warrior
619. Spider-Man 2
620. Stagecoach
621. The Godfather, Part III
622. Solo: A Star Wars Story
623. Jaws
624. Peter Pan
625. The Day the Earth Stood Still
626. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
627. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
628. Daughters of the Dust
629. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
630. Time Bandits
631. Incredibles 2
632. Avatar
633. On the Waterfront
634. Forks Over Knives
635. It Happened One Night
636. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
637. Ant-Man and the Wasp
638. A Quiet Place
639. Full Metal Jacket
640. The Thin Blue Line
641. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
642. Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
643. The Reluctant Dragon
644. Tokyo Story
645. The Karate Kid (1984)
646. Blazing Saddles
647. The Black Cauldron
648. Back to the Future
649. 2001: A Space Odyssey
650. Blaze
651. In Old Arizona
652. Crazy Rich Asians
653. Ocean’s 8
654. Star Wars: A New Hope
655. The Tree of Life (Extended Cut)
656. First Man
657. Food, Inc.
658. Napoleon Dynamite
659. Halloween (2018)
660. Christopher Robin
661. Battle for the Planet of the Apes
662. Paris, Je t’aime
663. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
664. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
665. Back to the Future, Part II
666. Koyaanisqatsi
667. Creed II
668. True Stories
669. Ralph Breaks the Internet
670. Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
671. The Last Command
672. Mary Poppins Returns
673. The Primary Instinct
674. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
675. An Inconvenient Truth
676. A Christmas Story
677. BlacKkKlansman
678. Annihilation
679. A Star Is Born (2018)
680. That’s Entertainment, Part 2
681. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
682. Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
683. Back to the Future, Part III
684. Stranger Than Paradise
685. On the Basis of Sex
686. Bohemian Rhapsody
687. The Favourite
688. First Reformed
689. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
690. Cold War
691. They Shall Not Grow Old
692. The Iron Orchard
693. Free Solo
694. Captain Marvel
695. The Little Mermaid
696. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
697. Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
698. Green Book
699. La Bamba
700. Running for Good
701. Us
702. War for the Planet of the Apes
703. I, Tonya
704. Avengers: Endgame
705. Amazing Grace (2019)
706. Shazam!
707. Testament
708. Vice
709. Raiders of the Lost Ark
710. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
711. Planet of the Apes (2001)
712. Aladdin (2019)
713. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
714. Detour
715. The Hitch-Hiker
716. The Border
717. Toy Story 4
718. Flight
719. Do the Right Thing
720. Midnight Cowboy
721. Spider Man: Far From Home
722. Some Like It Hot
723. Strangers on a Train
724. Red Hook Summer
725. All That Heaven Allows
726. Cowspiracy
727. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
728. Zodiac
729. Wings of Desire
730. The Blues Brothers
731. The Farewell
732. Super Size Me
733. Safety Last!
734. Hustlers
735. Raiders of the Lost Ark
736. The Game Changers
737. Downton Abbey
738. The Body Snatcher
739. The Lion King (2019)
740. Ad Astra
741. The Terminator
742. The Irishman
743. Frozen II
744. Our Dancing Daughters
745. The Castaway Cowboy
746. The Thin Man
747. Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
748. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
749. Doctor Sleep
750. A Hidden Life
751. Bombshell
752. Fed Up
753. Miracle on 34th Street
754. �� Brittany Runs a Marathon
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Just A Bunch Of Movies That People Should See One Day
Alright so I went way overboard but when I set out to make a list of films people should check out I’m gonna take it a little to seriously. That being said here’s a shit ton of films that I think everyone should check out if they can. I’m definitely missing a lot but every single one of these is in order by year of release. So here it goes.
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To start here are some classic films (1900-1930). If you’re a film major (or someone into cinematic history) at one point you’ll watch these or will probably be told to watch these. I’ll bold my personal favorites for anyone who isn’t into cinematic history.
Fire! (1901)
A Trip To The Moon (1902)
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
Rescued By Rover (1905)
The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912)
Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920)
Nanook of the North (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Metropolis (1927)
Steamboat Willie (1927)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927)
Blackmail (1927)
These are some classic Pre and Post War films. (1930-1950)
City Lights (1931)
M (1931)
Freaks (1932)
A Farewell To Arms (1932)
Modern Times (1936)
La Grande Illusion (1937)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Mr Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Casablanca (1941)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Double Idemnity (1944)
Hamlet (1948)
Just some quintessential classics from the Golden Era of Cinema. Or so it’s called. (1950-1980)
Strangers On A Train (1951)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Vertigo (1958)
Psycho (1960)
West Side Story (1961)
La Jetee (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Birds (1963)
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
The Sword In the Stone (1963)
Dr Strangelove (1963)
The Graduate (1967)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Easy Rider (1969)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
1776 (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Animal House (1978)
Alien (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
And finally here are some modern classics (and some films which will soon be considered modern classics) (1980-2016)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Shining (1980)
An American Werewolf In London (1980)
Blade Runner (1982)
Tootsie (1982)
The Outsiders (1983)
1984 (1984)
Amadeus (1984)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1987)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Untouchables (1987)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Rain Man (1988)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1988)
Dead Poet’s Society (1989)
Glory (1989)
Edward Scissorhands (1989)
Flatliners (1989)
Goodfellas (1990)
Barton Fink (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Chaplin (1992)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Clerks (1994)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Quiz Show (1994)
Empire Records (1994)
Seven (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Fargo (1996)
Primal Fear (1996)
A Time To Kill (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
Gattaca (1997)
Wag the Dog (1997)
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)
Rushmore (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
eXistenZ (1999)
Fight Club (199)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)
Spring Forward (1999)
Almost Famous (2000)
American Psycho (2000)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Equilibrium (2002)
Danny Deckchair (2003)
Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003)
Timeline (2003)
Dear Frankie (2004)
Garden State (2004)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
V For Vendetta (2005)
The Prestige (2005)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
August Rush (2007)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Juno (2007)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Charlie Bartlett (2007)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
RocknRolla (2008)
21 (2008)
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
Moon (2008)
District 9 (2009)
Brothers (2009)
The Road (2009)
The Trotsky (2009)
Inception (2010)
Easy A (2010)
The King’s Speech (2010)
Midnight In Paris (2010)
Warrior (2011)
We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)
The Ides Of March (2011)
Hanna (2011)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Lawless (2012)
The Hunt (2012)
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Prisoners (2013)
Locke (2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Interstellar (2014)
Room (2015)
The Lobster (2015)
Chappie (2015)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Silence (2016)
Brimstone (2016)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Yeah. I went way overboard. But like I said. I love movies and I know I left a lot out. This list would have been way longer.
#movie recs#movie recommendations#I MAY HAVE TAKEN THIS A LITTLE TO SERIOUSLY#BUT I LOVE MOVIES SO WHO CARES
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Chapters: 1/15
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, Sally Donovan, OMC
Additional Tags: casefic, Established Friendship, cheeky sherlock, Sassy John, Bromance, set in BBC canon past THOB, John is pretty damn smart, John is a conductor of light, BAMF Sherlock, BAMF John, Sherlock solves the puzzle, epic final battle scene, unusual pursuit scene (vague because no spoilers), More tags might be added, Don't copy to another site, Case Fic
Summary:
Deemed a three at best, the case of an invisible burglar in a historic cinema who stole nothing only caught Sherlock’s attention because he was bored. Also, he wanted to do John a favour. In the end, this proved to be a real stroke of luck. Otherwise, Sherlock would have missed an intriguing mystery that quickly ramped up in complexity.
The story is complete!
Updates on Wednesday and Sunday.
Thanks a lot to peageetibbs, who betaed their own birthday present!
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Update on my casefic
Today I wrote about half of the final chapter so I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Most of the fic is already beta-ed and I will edit as soon as I have finished writing. It's at 53k currently.
Mainly spelling issues but thanks to my brilliant and observing beta @peageetibbs there are also some plot inconsistencies to fix.
My plan still is to start posting around mid-February.
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The Curious Case of the Casablanca Killer
Deemed a three at best, the case of an invisible burglar in a historic cinema who stole nothing only caught Sherlock’s attention because he was bored. Also, he wanted to do John a favour. In the end, this proved to be a real stroke of luck. Otherwise, Sherlock would have missed an intriguing mystery that quickly ramped up in complexity.
The fic is complete and betaed.
Updates every Wednesday and Sunday.
chapter 14 is up on AO3 !
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No text teaser today because spoilers!
Let me just say Sherlock is in mortal peril and everyone is fighting. John is BAMF af.
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On Sunday I'll start posting my casefic !
Finally, my casefic is completely written and betaed!
In December 2022 I was thinking about a birthday present for my friend @peageetibbs . I came up with the idea of writing and gifting a fic, Sherlock would solve a mystery set in a cinema because my friend runs a cinema in the spare time IRL. Easy case, short fic, max 8k. Of course, the case evolved and became more complicated and the fic amounted to 56k and 15 chapters in the end.
It's the first real casefic I have written and I am very proud of it. All in all, it took me over a year to finish, including two longer breaks in between. I have missed the deadline for last year's birthday but this year, the fic will be in time.
I will be posting the first chapter on AO3 Sunday 18th.
Uploads will happen every Wednesday and Friday.
If anyone likes to be tagged on tumblr when it updates, let me know!
#my sherlock fanfics#the curious case of the casablanca killer#meet_me_in_samarra on AO3#casefic#teaser post
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The Curious Case of the Casablanca Killer
Deemed a three at best, the case of an invisible burglar in a historic cinema who stole nothing only caught Sherlock’s attention because he was bored. Also, he wanted to do John a favour. In the end, this proved to be a real stroke of luck. Otherwise, Sherlock would have missed an intriguing mystery that quickly ramped up in complexity.
The fic is complete and betaed.
Updates every Wednesday and Sunday.
chapter 5 is up on AO3 !
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“Morning, John. Your phone received a text message one hour ago.”
“Morning.” John yawned, “What did it say?”
Sherlock huffed and put down the violin. “Well, I did not check. Since you made it abundantly clear two weeks ago that reading one’s flatmate’s texts is off-limits.” He took the phone and tossed it at John who barely caught it without letting it fall.
“Right, yes. Didn’t think you’d obey, though.”
Sherlock shot John an evil eye that only made him grin.
“It’s the clinic. They’ve got three doctors of today’s morning shift fallen ill with a stomach bug and they ask if I could do some extra hours before my regular shift this afternoon. They’re swamped with patients.”
Sherlock sighed, “And you’ll say yes, of course.”
“I am a doctor after all. As you well know.” John scratched his head. “What’s on today?”
“I’ve got an appointment with the antique’s expert at the insurance company that manages the policy for the chandelier. Then I want to check again if Fenton has shown up at his shop. At 2PM I’ll take the train to Swindon and will be back here at around 6.30PM.”
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The Curious Case of the Casablanca Killer
Deemed a three at best, the case of an invisible burglar in a historic cinema who stole nothing only caught Sherlock’s attention because he was bored. Also, he wanted to do John a favour. In the end, this proved to be a real stroke of luck. Otherwise, Sherlock would have missed an intriguing mystery that quickly ramped up in complexity.
The fic is complete and betaed.
Updates every Wednesday and Sunday.
chapter 4 is up on AO3 !
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“And don’t you start ranting about inferior feeble brains or something like that.” Sherlock’s mouth snapped shut in a comical way. “You’ll get my input when I’m able to actually listen to what you’ve found out which is not now. Go and use that frantic energy of yours to do something productive. Make tea and toast!”
Sherlock froze, shellshocked but immediately protested. “Something productive? You can’t be serious, John! I’ve researched the whole night… John? John!”
Just like this, John went into the bathroom, softly but decidedly closing the door and letting a scandalized Sherlock grumble about productivity on the outside. Ten minutes in, John heard the kettle whistling over the shower and knew that – for once – he had outwitted the world’s only consulting detective.
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OMG - I have done it!
Today I finally finished writing my casefic!!
I started in December 2022 and had a long hiatus in 2023 and now it's done at 56k words and 16 chapters.
I'm so happy right now!
I've already begun to work on the beta my friend @peageetibbs provided and am confident that I can start posting mid-February as planned.
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The Curious Case of the Casablanca Killer
Deemed a three at best, the case of an invisible burglar in a historic cinema who stole nothing only caught Sherlock’s attention because he was bored. Also, he wanted to do John a favour. In the end, this proved to be a real stroke of luck. Otherwise, Sherlock would have missed an intriguing mystery that quickly ramped up in complexity.
The fic is complete and betaed.
Updates every Wednesday and Sunday.
chapter 9 is up on AO3 !
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“I have to take a look at the footage of your security cameras.”
Sherlock’s sonorous voice catapulted John out of the pleasant musings about his future blogging.
The demand did not go down well with Macmillan. “Why?” He frowned and repeatedly rapped the capped end of his fountain pen softly against a stack of sticky notes. “The footage has been looked over a hundred times by a hundred different people and nobody found anything even remotely suspicious.”
“It’s not been looked over by me.” Sherlock scoffed. “I’m well-known for my ability to find things where everybody else has failed to do so before.”
The clash of wills amounted to a staring contest that lasted a staggering full minute until Macmillan looked away and reluctantly agreed. Then Macmillan and Sherlock began to haggle over the exact terms as to how the viewing of the footage should be conducted and John felt like he was listening to shrewish fishwives at the market.
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The Curious Case of the Casablanca Killer
Deemed a three at best, the case of an invisible burglar in a historic cinema who stole nothing only caught Sherlock’s attention because he was bored. Also, he wanted to do John a favour. In the end, this proved to be a real stroke of luck. Otherwise, Sherlock would have missed an intriguing mystery that quickly ramped up in complexity.
The fic is complete and betaed.
Updates every Wednesday and Sunday.
chapter 3 is up on AO3 !
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Noticing John looking at him in surprise, Sherlock deigned to at least explain that he needed to acquire this Casablanca movie in order to get an idea what this drivel is all about.
“It’s research for the case, obviously,” Sherlock quickly added when he saw John’s raised eyebrow, “I gather you know it already?”
“Of course I do, it’s a classic.”
“That doesn’t mean one needs to watch it.”
“You’re just pissed that you have such a huge lack of common knowledge concerning modern culture.”
“Pah. I’d not go as far as calling this inane movie business culture.” Sherlock grumbled and forcefully hit the “send” button, making John chuckle.
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The Curious Case of the Casablanca Killer
Deemed a three at best, the case of an invisible burglar in a historic cinema who stole nothing only caught Sherlock’s attention because he was bored. Also, he wanted to do John a favour. In the end, this proved to be a real stroke of luck. Otherwise, Sherlock would have missed an intriguing mystery that quickly ramped up in complexity.
The fic is complete and betaed.
Updates every Wednesday and Sunday.
Chapter 1 is up on AO3 !!!
“Sherlock, Sherlock!”
John called out while bounding up the stairs to their flat. Albeit being a bit out of breath, his voice was loud enough to carry up all the way into the living room where John was sure Sherlock would still be sulking on the sofa and only wrapped in a sheet. Exactly like John had left him four hours ago.
“I’ve got a case for you, Sherlock!”
John expected to hear some “excited detective noises” as he called Sherlock’s joyous exclamations when he learned about mutilated corpses and locked-room conundrums but everything remained silent.
Odd.
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