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Pulp Fiction (1994)

bury me till I confess

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The art of Tarantino.

First poster for “Winter Soldier & Falcon” TV series

Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Rating: 8.0 of 10

In terms of Marvel’s universe, Avengers: Age of Ultron is pretty decent. Because Marvel has been pulling things off left and right throughout these years, any small dip downward will always be felt like a dip. For me unfortunately, Age of Ultron could not reach the heights that was Iron Man, The Avengers, or Captain America: The Winter Soldier, although thankfully it did not rise low like Thor or Iron Man 2.

In Avengers: Age of Ultron, after the fall of SHIELD, Avengers Initiative was continued by Maria Hill under the wings of Tony Stark. They were looking high and low for Loki's Sceptre that was left on earth, and found it in a HYDRA base in Sokovia. They attempted to retrieve it, but they also faced something more: two "enhanced" people, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch (although no one's calling them that). But wait, they're not the villain! The villain was an Artifical Intelligence called Ultron, almost unknowingly built by Tony Stark, who was hellbent on destroying the world like how ultrasmart AI sometimes do.

The movie was fun and exciting, for sure. There were plenty of action to be found in this film, as you would guess from a movie that has Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye together. After all, you can't really accuse a movie that had Hulk vs Iron Man's Hulkbuster Armor to be lacking action. The sequences were big and beautiful as always, and one thing I particularly liked was how determined the heroes were to keep civilians as far as possible. I even liked how they protrayed Scarlet Witch's mind-altering powers visually, she never looked out of place at all.

Despite all that, the movie's strong suit was always when the action stopped. The personal moments were incredibly the best in this film. Hawkeye, who was mostly mind-controlled in the first Avengers, had a lot of screentime dedicated to him and his (surprise) family, and it was sweet. We got to see a whole new side of Natasha and Bruce Banner as they found solace in each other. And Tony Stark? We found out that he was still an arrogant and a genius, as expected. It was always fun to see them hangout over nothing too, like how they did in the party with Thor's hammer (not a euphemism).

Unfortunately, I found the villain kinda meh. Ultron was a very powerful villain, and his very existence was supposed to change the world or something, but he was too strong, too fast, and too vague that it was hard to feel any particular emotion towards him. Mostly I was like, "What's with this guy?" wondering why he got so crazy and ended up with no satisfying answer other than a single Tony Stark's off-handed remark. Ultron was an underdeveloped villain, but the movie itself was already clocking at 2,5 hours that it was an understandable decision. The Vision was pretty cool, though!

And I am excited for the new generation of Avengers!

TL;DR With serviceable villain, Age of Ultron could not be an instant Marvel classic, but it was a spectacle like none other with excellent dramatic moments.

Coming soon: Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) Review

We have early release here (and I’ve seen it), but I’ll hold off the review until this week’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Stay tuned!

I just kind of love how people are like “omg Incredibles 2 has swearing and alchohism it’s so dark and obviously meant for adults” like y’all, Brad Bird films are like this.

The first Incredibles literally had a man attempt to kill himself

Mia Wallace promo shots for the cover of Pulp Fiction ⭐️⭐️ 1994

Warning: Star Wars Cussin'!

Wait…Did that Anzellan Droidsmith Babu Frik just say (Right after "No squeezie")….

"I'm out, Motherf*cker!" at the end? 😆

It's canon now - We have our first "motherf*cker" in Star Wars! (AND it did NOT come from Mr. Samuel L. Jackson!)

The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino, 2015)

Unbreakable (2000) by M. Night Shyamalan

Cinematography by Eduardo Serra

Nick Fury is super cool, collected, and secretive all throughout the MCU. But Fury is only that secretive because his secrets are ridiculous or embarrassing. Dude lost his eye because he wouldn’t stop cuddling a space cat squid. I stan that big dork that has tricked us all into thinking he’s cool.

In the immortal words of Samuel L. Jackson...

AFOOD: Origins

-Cassie

Tuxedo Time - The Best Looking Men dressed in their Sunday Best

Ok, so maybe on Henley Monday I promised a Tuxedo Tuesday. And maybe yesterday there was a blizzard and I also go distracted and forgot to make the post. Maybe that's all true. But HERE. NOW. I bring you a plethora of photos from Hollywood's Biggest Night.

I bring you...Men In Tuxedos at the Oscars!

First, let's walk down the red carpet....

If you look closely, you can see Mr. Tveit's striped socks. I love a man who has a bit of whimsy when it comes to his dress socks.

Next up is Aaron "Enjolras" Tveit's Les Mis buddy Eddie Redmayne rocking the hell out of his velvet slippers.

Chris Pine went for the double breasted jacket. I die. I just die. He's not alone in his refusal to shave either. Many, many actors declined to rid themselves of facial hair for the black tie event.

This picture of Joseph Gordon Levitt shows the detail on his tux. The fabric has a bit of texture to it, as well as the piping details. I can't tell if the piping is silk or leather. I really want it to be leather.

Bradley Cooper brought his mom! He brought his adorable and precocious mom! She has on a pink ostrich feather stole AND tennis shoes! Brad's three-piece Tom Ford also rule and even though his hair is yucky he looks fine.

My personal fave Chris Evans brought his proud momma along too! She looks radiant. Chris, I love a good bow tie, but I get that's not quite your style.

Then the show started and more men tromped out on stage including this fine selection of male specimen from the Avengers. Samuel L. Jackson gets major points for going with that garnet velvet. Love it.

A whole bunch of awards were given out and the biggest one of the night went to Ben Affleck for Argo! He dressed the part of a best picture winner with a one button, silk lapel jacket, vest, and silk bow-tie! DAMN, AFFLECK, YOUR FACE IS AGING AS WELL AS YOUR CAREER!

Basically I was looking at my TV like this all night long:

Captain Marvel review!

NO SPOILER REVIEW with my own opinions

- I felt like the movie is quite different than what Marvel has advertised with the trailer. 50% of the scenes in the trailer are not present in the movie

- Carol Danvers is goofy, stubborn, hot headed, and sassy character unlike other female heroes in the past films who are always cool- headed, calm, too wise to be involved with team's drama, etc

- Brie Larson has great chemistry with EVERYONE and is such a talented actress when it comes to delivering emotions in dramatic scenes. BUT I felt that her physical stunts aren't... quite the best...? Like, there are some action scenes that weren't very impressive due to how the actress moved. I also felt the same thing with Ezra Miller's Flash in JL movie when they did slow motion for his actions and I was just like ....?

- I was glad to see Nick Fury's more human qualities and as a sidekick, he was great! I'll be always happy to see Sam L. Jackson's Nick Fury in any marvel movie

- LOVED Jude Law's character. Honestly, I loved the chemistry& the relationship between Carol and his character

- Not really sure if Ronan was a necessary plot device in this film

- COULSON!!!! I mean, he had little role, but we missed you, agent

- Goose the cat is the best scene stealer like everyone has expected

- The friendship between Carol and Maria was tear jerking. They shared strong emotional scenes

- During the third act of the movie, you know in a hero movie where the main protagonist discovers their powers and overcome their limt? Honestly IT WAS SO CRINGEY. I thought I was watching some sort of documentary campaign

- Nice plot twist

- The 1st end credit scene leads directly to the Avengers: Endgame. 2nd is more of a comical one

- I think if you enjoyed Guardians of the galaxy 1,2, you'll enjoy CM. They're very different but has a similar vibe somewhere

- Captain Marvel breaks Hollywood's cliche at the very end of the third act. However like Wonder Woman, the entire plot line was quite predictable

It was 8/10 for me. Excited to see Brie Larson's Captain Marvel in the endgame and her sequel

Tribute to Stan Lee

Inktober - Jour 12 “Shattered”

kendrick: this is bigger than the music

*samuel l jackson narrates as uncle sam, black backup dancers form the american flag, numerous references to a broader analogy of political upheaval, performing live during black history month at most american sporting event which was attended by the sitting u.s. president*

the public: oH mY gOd hE sAiD dRaKe'S nAmE