I’m astonished at the career this guy has already enjoyed.
Jesse Lon Plemons (born April 2, 1988) is an American actor.
He is best known for playing Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights, Todd Alquist in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad, and Ed Blumquist in the second season of the FX anthology series Fargo.
Plemons is also known for his film roles, including Like Mike (2002), Battleship (2012), The Master (2012), and as mobster Kevin Weeks in Black Mass (2015). …
The Girl on the Train (2015) is a psychological thriller novel by British author Paula Hawkins. …
The story is a first person narrative told from the point of view of three women: Rachel, Anna and Megan.
Rachel Watson, a 32-year-old alcoholic, is the most central. And most fascinating of the three.
It’s a a complex thriller with themes of domestic violence, alcohol abuse, betrayal and … perhaps murder. It kept me going right to the very end.
A huge hit, the film version (set in USA rather than London) is on the way.
Silly escapism. Still … I can’t recall a Clooney movie I didn’t like. 🙂
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Tomorrowland (subtitled A World Beyond in some regions) is a 2015 American science-fiction mysteryadventure film directed and co-written by Brad Bird. …
… the film received mixed reviews from critics; earning praise for its visuals, original premise, and themes, but criticism in regards to the screenplay’s uneven writing and tone …
The Maze Runner series is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels by James Dashner.
The Maze Runner (2009)
The Scorch Trials (2010)
The Death Cure (2011)
The Kill Order (2012) … prequel
The Fever Code (forthcoming)
For some odd reason I just finished listening to the first 4 books.
You could say they are poorly written. Or written for 13yr-old boys. (No sex, no profanity, much ultra-violence.)
The plot is somewhat interesting. Better than Hunger Games, for example.
Still, I’d never have even heard of this YA series if it weren’t for the films. The films are slightly better.
The Maze Runner, was released on September 19, 2014 and became a commercial success grossing over $348 million worldwide. The second film, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials was released on September 18, 2015, and was also a success, grossing over $312 million worldwide. The film series is set to continue with the third film, Maze Runner: The Death Cure which is set to be released on February 17, 2017.
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I’ve watched some of the excellent old Perry Mason shows over the holidays. My Dad is a fan.
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Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian-American actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. …
… His portrayal of the suspected murderer in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, Rear Window (1954), is regarded as his best-known film role.
He won two Emmy Awards, in 1959 and 1961, for the role of Perry Mason, which he played for nine seasons between 1957 and 1966. …
Turns out Raymond Burr was Gay. I’d never heard. And my Gaydar has always been terrible.
In 2014, Dr. Dre was ranked as the second richest figure in the American hip hop scene by Forbes with a net worth of $550 million; he is at the top of the 2015 Forbes list, with an estimated pre-tax take of $620 million in 2014. …
I first learned of Dre when confiscating N.W.A. cassette tapes from teenage boy gymnasts in the late 1980s.
I then listened to albums like Straight Outta Compton and learned to enjoy rap music. 🙂 I still feel N.W.A. is as good as any rap band all time.
“Fu©k tha Police“ was their most controversial song. I have much more appreciation for that sentiment from the African American community now than I did at the time.
Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American biographical drama film. …
Among the film’s producers are Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E ’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright …
N.W.A goes on a national tour in 1989. The FBI demands that they stop performing “Fuck tha Police,” declaring that it encourages violence against law enforcement, but they refuse, and the police raid their Detroit concert, resulting in riots and the group being arrested. Interviewed by the press, the group maintains that they did not start the riot, that their music was a reflection of their reality and that the first amendment protected their free expression. …
Here’s the Rodney King video, in case you’ve forgotten the story. Police brutality. The police unpunished.
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If you’ve ever wondered how nobs like this peasant-farmer-turned-billionaire-drug-lord can exist, read The Cartel: A novel by Don Winslow .
Though it’s getting great reviews, I found it too long. Too violent. The ending not believable.
The rights holders want Leonardo DiCaprio to play the role of Keller, the (so called) good guy of the story.
related – ‘Cartel’ Author Don Winslow Responds To Sean Penn: “Call It Anything You Want – Except Journalism”
The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film …
It is based on the 2010 book of the same name by Michael Lewis, about the financial crisis of 2007–2008 …
The film stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt. …
… On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 87%, based on 163 reviews …
The New York Times‘s “UpShot” series stated The Big Short offered the “strongest film explanation of the global financial crisis.” …
I’d agree. This film is entertaining. And it also provided me with the clearest insight yet as to the insanity of the American banks bringing down the world economy. If I’d lost money in that debacle, I’d be plenty pissed off. 😦
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Until Warren and Sandy introduced me to a couple of her films I didn’t know Melissa McCarthy from her idiot cousin Jenny McCarthy.
The Heat is a 2013 American buddy cop comedy film …
The plot centers on Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn and Boston Detective Shannon Mullins who must take down a mobster. …
… a success at the box-office, grossing $230 million worldwide from a $43 million budget. …
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related – Spy (2015 film)
On Hardy’s recommendation I saw it in IMAX, the biggest screen in Europe. Waterloo Station, London. Front row.
I’ve enjoyed every Bond film. This one was good too. Not the best film ever, but not bad. Daniel Craig is excellent as Bond.
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