Tumgik
#Ty twilight for haunting my teen years
dceuheadcanons · 4 months
Text
Bruce Wayne played Edward Cullen in twilight as a teen, and every time someone brings it up he seriously considers ditching the no kill rule.
75 notes · View notes
dukech · 5 years
Text
Spring 2018
1/19 - Lord RAJA // DJ Bitchcraft
1/27 - Tashi Dorji + Crowmeat Bob / Jil C. / Ginger Wagg / Reptile Room
2/16 - Alright // Naked Naps // TBA
2/22 - Wailin Storms / Vincas / Night Battles
2/24 - Drag Sounds, Sunny Slopes, North by North (CHI), Poor Pie
3/6 - Combo Chimbita // ChĂłcala
3/19 - Yamantaka // Sonic Titan | Tundrastomper
3/28 - Susan Alcorn // Sandy Ewen
3/24 - Daniel Bachman // Will Csorba & Cameron Knowler
3/31 - Loamlands // Nana Grizol
+ ++ +
Fall 2016
SEPTEMBER 16: Darkmatter Poetry Night
SEPTEMBER 27: SIGNALS MIDWEST w/ TIGERDOG
SEPTEMBER 28: XENIA RUBINOS w/ LUXE POSH
SEPTEMBER 30: HECTORINA w/ THE WYRMS and BRETT HARRIS
OCTOBER 4: BUENO w/ EVEL ARC
OCTOBER 5: WHITNEY w/ HOOPS
OCTOBER 6: NOTS w/ THE WORLD
+ ++ +
Spring 2016
Monday, Jan 18: ORCHID SUN AND SEA GHOST
Friday, Jan. 22 LONNIE HOLLEY
Feb. 16: SUN SEEKER with CRUSHED OUT
Feb. 17: LOONE and PAPER BEE
Feb. 18: Sendolo Diaminah “Abolition, Strategy and the Practice of Freedom”
Feb. 20: THE KNEADS with STRAY OWLS
Feb. 29: RICK MAGUIRE (PILE) w/ LOOK A GHOST
March 4: Eric and Erica ::: Del Sur ::: Cottontail
March 9: Duke Coffeehouse presents: WARM WOMEN
March 21: Duke Coffeehouse presents THIN LIPS
March 25:Hanz, housefire, Matt Stevenson, GNØER : presented by Moogfest and WXDU
MARCH 28: CROWN LARKS with KNIVES OF SPAIN
APRIL 2: Maple Stave / The Powder Room / City of Medicine 
+ ++ +
Fall 2015
Thurs 9/24 HEMLINES with PATOIS COUNSELORS
Mon 10/05 BIKE COPS with LOOK A GHOST https://www.facebook.com/events/495504043958287/
Thurs 10/08 WILLIS EARL BEAL and CRATER https://www.facebook.com/events/452790994905523/
Thurs 10/15 Global Brazil Lab Presents: Caique Vidal & Batuque
Fri 10/16: Duke Coffeehouse presents: THE STORYTELLERS BAND
Sun 10/18: PIE FACE GIRLS + FISH DAD + SPACE CHUMPY + HERMIT PAPESS
Sun 10/25 talk on THE MUSIC & WORK PROJECT
Wed 10/28 EXPLORING CLASS AND CLASSISM WORKSHOP (MOVED TO WHITE LECTURE HALL) https://www.facebook.com/events/1598418537087321/
Wed 10/28 VERY HAUNTED HOUSE PARTY
Frid 10/30 Duke Coffeehouse Presents
 LIVE! ON STAGE: JONATHAN RICHMAN featuring TOMMY LARKINS
Sun 11/1 FREE PIZZA (the band) with BAND & THE BEAT
11/3 FEVER THE GHOST with *** JENNY BESETZT ***
11/7 YOUNG MAMMALS with ALRIGHT
11/14 wxdu presents; BODYKIT // DRIPPY INPUTS // HOUSEFIRE // LIQUID ASSET // SPONGE BATH
11/18 FLORIST and HELLO SHARK
+ ++ +
Spring 2015
January 24: TURQUOISE JEEP with PROFESSOR TOON and BARF TROOP 
January 25: ET AL. with STRAY OWLS 
January 29: Almost People EP Release Show W/ WolvesX4, Invaluable, A Bottle Volcanic, Sunnydale 
January 30: PAINTED ZEROS W/ WOOL 
February 10: INTO IT OVER IT + KEVIN DEVINE + LAURA STEVENSON 
February 18: RIVERGAZER + SMALL WONDER 
March 25: DEERHOOF + PERFECT PUSSY + SEE GULLS 
March 28: BRICKSIDE FESTIVAL 2015 
April 5:  THE NERVOUS TICKS with NATURAL CAUSES and WAHYAS 
April 16: BELLOWS and SHARPLESS
Fall 2014 
September 1: PART TIME + SEA LIONS + DADDY ISSUES 
September 9: TEEN SUICIDE and ELVIS DEPRESSEDLY 
October 3: EMPTY DISCO with MADEYLN JOHNSON 
October 6: QUILLA with ENGLAND IN 1819 
October 7: KRILL with LAST YEAR’S MEN and BUTTERCUP 
October 15: FRANKIE COSMOS + PORCHES. 
October 18: J FERNANDEZ with THE LOWEST PAIR 
October 27: WALTER MITTY & HIS MAKESHIFT ORCHESTRA with CHUMPED and MICHAEL CASEY 
October 30: SAUNA HEAT with WAHYA’S 
November 4: SPOONBOY with EMILYN BRODSKY and COTTONTAIL 
November 10: GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH plus SILENT LUNCH with DEL VENICCI
+ ++ +
Spring 2014 
January 22: MYKKI BLANCO + QUILLA at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
January 25: LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES + TURF WAR at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
February 10: NOBUNNY + The HUSSY + FRUIT at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
February 16: BLEEDING RAINBOW + WOOL + SILENT LUNCH at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
March 5: SEAN NICHOLAS SAVAGE + JENNY BESETZT 
March 7: WXDU Local Music Series: SOLAR HALOS, MOUNTAIN THROWER, RUSCHA 
March 22: LIQUOR STORE + BOHICA at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
March 28: WXDU Local Music Series: HEADS ON STICKS and DRAG SOUNDS  
March 29: DOLFISH + MAX STERN (of Signals Midwest, Meridian) at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
March 30: SLAM FOR SYRIA 
April 3: WOODSMAN at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
April 5: NANA GRIZOL + JASON ANDERSON + COTTONTAIL at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
April 10: MAC DEMARCO + JUAN WAUTERS + SEE GULLS at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
April 11: MIRACLES OF MODERN SCIENCE at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
April 13: HORSE FEATHERS at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE
+ ++ +
Fall 2013
September 14: MARISSA NADLER + ORGANOS at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
September 16:  NESEY GALLONS + REAL LIVE TIGERS + GOLD LIGHT at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
September 23: Duke Coffeehouse & WXDU Present: CALVIN JOHNSON + BANANA LAZULI at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
October 6: DENT MAY + DEAD GAZE at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
October 7: BURGERAMA: GAP DREAM + TOGETHER PANGEA + COSMONAUTS + HABIBI at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
October 18: KOOL A.D. + DAY JOB at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
October 20: Duke Coffeehouse & WXDU Present: WILLIAM TYLER + WOWOLFOL at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
October 23: YIP DECEIVER + WILD MOCCASINS at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
November 1: EROS AND THE ESCHATON + PINK FLAG at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
November 3: JETZT COLLECTIVE + CREEPOID + NAKED NAPS 
November 4: DIARRHEA PLANET + THE LOVELY BAD THINGS + MUSEUM MOUTH + REBUILDER at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
November 13: SAINT RICH + ARROWS OUT at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
November 16: NETHERFRIENDS + AISHA BURNS + HOLY BOATS at DUKE COFFEEHOUSE 
December 5: MARIA MINERVA + SEE GULLS + FRUIT + ++ + Spring 2013 January Friday 1.18: Bleeding Rainbow + Jenny Besetz 
Saturday 1.19: The Growlers + The Coathangers 
Tuesday 1.29: The Music Tapes Present: The Traveling Imaginary February 
Friday 2.15: Psychic Ills 
Friday 2.22: Beloved Binge + Ponchos + Ellertronic 
Friday 2.25: Lobo Marino
March Sunday 3.3: Waxahatchee + Museum Mouth 
Wednesday 3.19: Londi, free! 
Monday 3.25: Austin Vaughn, Christopher Pierce, William Darity 
Wednesday 3.27: Auburn Kettle, Blanko Basnet, Prypyat, Lowland Hum + ++ + Fall 2012 August Thursday 8.30: The Bronzed Chorus, The Winter Sounds, Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands 
September Saturday 9.1: O’Death, Joy In Red, $5Wednesday 9.12: Cheap Time, Last Year’s Men, Johnny Staxx and the Durty Boyz 
Wednesday 9.12: Cheap Time, Last Year’s Men, Johnny Staxx and the Durty Boyz 
Friday 9.14: Blues Control, Judson Claiborne, My Empty Phantom 
Wednesday 9.19: Mount Eerie, Ghost to Falco, Hungry Cloud Darkening 
Friday 9.28: Shy Hunters, Twilighter 
Saturday 9.29: Paleface, Luego
October Friday 10.5:   The Yawpers, Sinners & Saints, Sam Lee 
Friday 10.19: Dastardly, Jared Bartman
Sunday 10.21: Turbo Fruits, Dignan Porch
Wednesday 10.24: King Tuff, The Intelligence, Whatever Brains 
Friday 10.26: Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s, Gentleman Caller
Sunday 10.28: Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard, Dolfish, Cottontail
Tuesday 10.30: Hop Along, Celebrity Jeopardy
Fall 2012 November Friday 11.30: Wooden Wand
December Saturday 12.1: Party: HYSTERIA 
Monday 12.3: Razia Said + ++ + Spring 2012 
February Wednesday 2.1: Liturgy, Kolyma 
Saturday 2.11: Dex Romweber Duo, Spider Bags 
Saturday 2.18: Ted Leo, Mac McCaughan 
Friday and Saturday 2.24-25: Local Music Festival March Saturday 3.17: Mipso Trio 
Friday 3.23: The Golden Boys, John Wesley Coleman, Spider Bags 
Saturday 3.24: Brickside Music Festival ft. Kurt Vile, Mark Kozelek, Horse Feathers, the Postelles, etc. 
April Friday 4.6: Alex Kotch 
Thursday 4.19: Blabbermouth (a poetic sing-song-type bonanza) 
Saturday 4.21: Free Energy w/ Deleted Scenes & Cigarette + ++ + Fall 2011 September Friday 9.16: Two Gallants, The Mumlers, Bloodroots Barter 
Saturday 9.24: WXDU presents Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin 
October Saturday 10.1: WXDU’s Annual Record Fair, 11AM-4PM 
Saturday 10.1: Soft Company with Jews and Catholics 
Friday 10.14: Ground Up, Toon 
Saturday 10.15: Holiday Shores 
Thursday 10.27: Duke Islamic Studies Center & the Duke University Middle Eastern Studies Center presents Omar Offendum 
November Friday 11:4: Small Town Records Release Party 
Saturday 11.5: The Beets, Christmas 
Sunday 11.6: BDU Presents
 F to eMbody- Athens Boys Choir and Katastrophe 
Friday 11.11:  Fanghole, Bronzed Chorus, Man Ray 
Thursday 11.17 Duke University Improv 
Friday 11.19: Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Matt Northrup December 
Thursday 12.1 DJ /rupture, Lemonade 
Friday 12:2: Cotton Jones, Some Army
+
++ + Spring 2011 
January Tuesday 1.25: Duke Performances presents “Listening with The Bad Plus,” 
Friday 1.28: Turbo Fruits, The Mercators, Tea & Tempests 
February Thursday 2.10: Baths, BRAIDS, Blackbird Blackbird 
Saturday 2.19: Michael & His Garden, Tea & Tempests, Fanghole 
Friday 2.25: PILE, Screaming Crayons 
Saturday 2.26: WXDU presents: Bomb the Music Industry!, Ascetic Parade March 
Friday 3.18: Duke Performances presents “Listening with The Kronos Quartet” 
Saturday 3.19: The Huguenots, Bright Young Things 
Thursday 3.24: The Joy Formidable, The Lonely Forest, Mona 
April Friday 4.1: WXDU presents: Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, The Wigg Report, Billy Sugarfix 
Friday 4.15: WXDU presents: An Evening with Southern Culture on the Skids  
Saturday 4.16: Ghost to Falco, Aan, Prisms 
Monday 4.18: Hunx and his Punx, Shannon and the Clams, Last Year’s Men 
Saturday 4.23: Oh No! Oh My!, LAKE, AgesandAges + ++ + Fall 2010 
September Friday 9.17: Embarrassing Fruits CD Release ft. sets from Midtown Dickens and Lonnie Walker 
Monday 9.20: Andrew Jackson Jihad, Blunt Mechanic 
Tuesday 9.21: Titus Andronicus, Free Energy 
Friday 9.25: Tera Melos, Trash Crusade 
October Friday 10.1: A Place to Bury Strangers, Carol Cleveland Sings, ROAR, $10 
Friday 10.8: Wovenhand, Serena Maneesh 
Saturday 10.16: Veelee Future Sight Bash! with Cassis Orange and Old Bricks 
Saturday 10.23: Spider Bags and Last Year’s Men Double Release Party! with Americans in France 
Wednesday 10.27: Cheap Girls, Carpenter, Laura Stevenson and the Cans 
Thursday 10.28: Bars of Gold, IMPORTANT CHANGE: THIS SHOW WILL INSTEAD BE COFFEEHOUSE SPONSORED AT THE PINHOOK, with Come Hell or High Water, and Pinche Gringo 
Friday 10.29: Asimina Chremos, Khristian Weeks, Andrew Weathers, Secret Boyfriend  
Saturday 10.30: WXDU Who’s Got the Cuckoo??! 5-year Garage Rock celebration!
0 notes
spryfilm · 7 years
Text
“Personal Shopper” (2016)
Drama
Tumblr media
Running Time: 110 minutes
Written & Directed by: Olivier Assayas
Featuring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ty Olwin, Hammou Graia, Nora von Waldstatten, Benjamin Biglay, Audrey Bonnet and Pascal Rambert
Maureen: “My twin brother, Louis, died here. It’s been 95 days. We made this oath. Whoever died first would send the other a sign.”
It has been five years since Kristen Stewart completed the teen vampire/ werewolf movies in the five film ‘Twilight’ series, adapted from Stephanie Meyer’s best selling books. It would be incorrect to say this was Stewart’s big break – that came in 2002 playing Jodie Fosters diabetic daughter in David Fincher’s “Panic Room”. From that 2002 film until 2008 when “Twilight” was released she had been making waves in mostly independent films. However, where she once was a young woman with acting talent, we are now witnessing the talent promised for so long in two of her better films, the 2014 “Clouds of Sils Maria” and the release this week in New Zealand of “Personal Shopper” (2016), both written and directed expertly by Frenchman Olivier Assayas.
“Personal Shopper” revolves around Maureen, a personal shopper, who serves wealthy clients in major cities, buying clothes and accessories, and taking care of mundane chores. She lives in Paris but travels to London and other cities for her employment. Her fraternal twin and brother has recently died; they both had a similar genetic heart problem, as well as this they both believed they had connections to the spirit world, her brother more than she.
Opening the film, Maureen stays over at her late brother’s house, hoping he will reach her beyond death. His significant other Lara wants to sell the house, and buyers want to know it is free of unhappy spirits. The film suggests what she sees and reacts to, including a series of knowing texts received even while she is on a train to and during her time in London, from “Unknown”. She believes she is in touch with ghosts.
This film really suits Stewart and what has become her signature acting style, as such she is suited for this role like no other at the same age. Stewart, at the age of only twenty-seven is amassing a nice oeuvre of work like no other, except for maybe Jennifer Lawrence – although the fact that Stewart has spread her wings well as working with many Europeans in Europe says a lot about the kind of actress she is choosing to become. In saying that Stewart does not have to chase a payday, as the residuals from the ‘Twilight’ films will keep her in the black for the rest of her life – which must be a nice luxury.
Stewart’s Maureen is a woman who is facing a crisis as well as something that has been stalking her for the entirety of her life, that is, the possible impending death of herself and/or her brother – this is a concept that most people from her economic and social background don’t face until much later in life. Stewart handles this with aplomb as her style and mannerisms suits this charater down to the ground. She seems to be relishing the opportunity to be working with a European like Assayas (again) as well as the subject matter of the two films she has made with him.
One of the great things about Stewart is her ability to play supporting parts to other actresses as well as her ability to not seem to have an ego for her on-sceeen personas. Assayas shoots Stewart in close up with these shots not being complementary as we see imperfections in her face as well as the age that she has seemed to gain through the stresses of her very existence. It is something to see an actress willing to give up her ‘look’, not to have makeup or to play a ‘real’ person that is not perfect looking. It is a juxtaposition between the glam pictures you may see of Stewart to this flawed, haunted as well as haunting person that is searching for some truth and perhaps closure.
Olivier Assayas has had a long career as well as being a force in French and International cinema for years, he has made a wide variety of films in multiple genres, he has to be one of the more prolific directors in the world today. He also enjoys partnerships with actors, hopefully this is the start of something with Stewart who he obviously enjoys working with – it must also help get a budget when you have a champion with such international clout and awareness.
There are many elements to this film that make it unique to the environment it has been released into, it co-opts many genres to give us twists on each one. I loved this movie, but it would be nothing without Stewart who is perhaps shaping to be the actress of her generation.
“Personal Shopper” is out now on DVD.
  DVD review: “Personal Shopper” (2017) “Personal Shopper” (2016) Drama Running Time: 110 minutes Written & Directed by: Olivier Assayas Featuring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ty Olwin, Hammou Graia, Nora von Waldstatten, Benjamin Biglay, Audrey Bonnet and Pascal Rambert

0 notes
eddycurrents · 5 years
Photo
Tumblr media
For the week of 24 June 2019
Quick Bits:
Action Comics #1012 keeps a number of plates spinning with the Invisible Mafia, Leviathan, and tying in events in Superman, while bringing back a character who we’ve not seen for some time in the DCU. Some great layouts and art from Szymon Kudranski and Brad Anderson.
| Published by DC Comics
Tumblr media
Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #5 is the explosive conclusion to this mini from Leah Williams, Georges Jeanty, Roberto Poggi, Jim Charalampidis, and Clayton Cowles. We get Jubilee’s perspective on the end, as they all collectively remember what came before, what was taken from them, and the nightmare that they’ve been placed in and forced to participate. Damn good stuff.
| Published by Marvel
Tumblr media
Amazing Spider-Man #24 is a lot of Peter avoiding dealing with things in a rational adult manner and some weird stuff with Mysterio and the new villain who has been haunting the series for a while. My guess is that it’s Ned Leeds, but his true identity is still hidden for the moment. Pretty good for a buffer issue.
| Published by Marvel
Tumblr media
Angel #2 is another entertaining issue from Bryan Edward Hill, Gleb Melnikov, Gabriel Cassata, and Ed Dukeshire. There’s another nice split as we see a bit of Angel’s past as he reforges a slayer as his “axe” and then a dive into the current evil plaguing the kids in social media. Wonderful reveal of Lilith’s “true form” as well, great design by Melnikov.
| Published by BOOM! Studios
Tumblr media
Ascender #3 is harrowing and breathtaking. While Andy and Mila try to run in the present, we get more information on what happened with them and Effie in the time between Descender and now. Gorgeous, stunning artwork from Dustin Nguyen.
| Published by Image
Tumblr media
Bad Luck Chuck #4 concludes what has been a fun, but weird, series from Lela Gwenn, Matthew Dow Smith, Kelly Fitzpatrick, and Frank Cvetkovic. And it ends with a pretty epic battle between cops and nuns.
| Published by Dark Horse
Tumblr media
Black Panther #13 begins the next arc of “Two Thousand Suns” and T’Challa’s attempts to contact anyone back on Earth. Daniel Acuña returns to provide the art and it is beautiful. The effects as T’Challa attempts to calculate a communication path to Earth with the various planets and such are amazing.
| Published by Marvel
Tumblr media
Detective Comics #1006 begins a new arc guest-starring the Spectre, with art from Kyle Hotz and David Baron. The Corrigan/Spectre joining sure works different than it used to. Interesting mystery with the Spectre cult and great art.
| Published by DC Comics
Tumblr media
Ghost Tree #3 takes a few nice moments of quiet introspection and reflection from Brandt and Arami, as well as exploring more of Brandt’s grandparents life, before ramping up the tension with the demon. Beautiful artwork from Simon Gane, Ian Herring, and Becka Kinzie.
| Published by IDW
Tumblr media
Justice League Dark #12 has huge ramifications as “Lords of Order” rages on. Stunning artwork from Alvaro Martínez Bueno, Raul Fernandez, and Brad Anderson. Also Tynion gives us a fascinating rumination on magic between Batman and Wonder Woman.
| Published by DC Comics
Tumblr media
Killer Groove #2 continues this excellent crime drama. The little pieces of interaction and tiny character stories throughout this issue are wonderful. Ollie Masters’ approach to the narrative reminds me a lot of Robert Altman. 
| Published by AfterShock
Tumblr media
Road of Bones #2 leans hard into the brutal survival aspect of travelling across Russia in winter, without much idea or sense of where you’re going. Wonderful art from Alex Cormack.
| Published by IDW
Tumblr media
The Silencer #18 concludes this series with a kind of stock-taking story from Dan Abnett, V. Ken Marion, Sandu Florea, Mike Spicer, and Tom Napolitano. There’s some bits about the reconciliation between Blake and Honor, but a large portion of this is Honor trying to find out information on what’s happening with Leviathan. 
| Published by DC Comics
Tumblr media
Stranger Things: Six #2 continues to flesh out the time before the first season at Hawkins Labs as we continue to follow Francine through her past and experiences there. There’s a wonderful feeling of dread with the glimpses of the Upside Down.
| Published by Dark Horse
Tumblr media
Thor #14 builds on events in War of the Realms #6 with a story that is concurrent with what happens in that book diving into the younger Thor’s perspective. Great art from Scott Hepburn and Matthew Wilson.
| Published by Marvel
Tumblr media
Transformers/Ghostbusters #1 is a great debut from Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening, Luis Antonio Delgado, and Tom B. Long beautifully integrating the two properties here. Cybertron as destroyed by Gozer is just wonderful, and there’s a nice bit of humour that fits well with Burnham and Schoening’s other Ghostbusters work.
| Published by IDW
Tumblr media
War of the Realms #6 is the conclusion to this event with Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman, Matthew Wilson, and Joe Sabino giving us a “storm of Thors”. It’s fairly epic as Thor and Malekith meet in the final confrontation, capping off one of the longest narrative arcs in Marvel that began back in Thor: God of Thunder #1 years ago. There’s more to come, but this is a very satisfying end.
| Published by Marvel
Tumblr media
The Weatherman #1 is a welcome return for the second volume of this series from Jody LeHeup, Nathan Fox, Moreno Dinisio, and Steve Wands. The story shifts as the team search for the clue to unlocking Bright’s memories on the one place we thought previously was all dead...Earth. Great stuff.
| Published by Image
Tumblr media
Wolverine: Exit Wounds #1 is another of Marvel’s 80th Anniversary one-shots, this one presenting three stories from some of the luminary creators that have worked on Wolverine before. The standout for me is the Wolverine/Venom story from Sam Kieth and Ronda Pattison. It’s a simple Vs. story, but the artwork is gorgeous. Larry Hama, Scot Eaton, Sean Parsons, and Matt Milla & Chris Claremont, Salvador Larroca, and Val Staples provide the other two stories giving a glimpse into other stages in Logan’s past. Joe Sabino provides letters for all three stories and it’s nice to see how he adapts for the tone and style of each tale.
| Published by Marvel
Tumblr media
Wonder Woman #73 is a fill-in from Steve Orlando, Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Pat Brosseau giving us a story of Diana’s past in an alternate reality. It’s a decent tale on its own, giving a hint at something important for the ongoing story.
| Published by DC Comics
Tumblr media
Other Highlights: Avengers #20, Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command #5, The Beauty #27, Bone Parish #10, Books of Magic #9, Canto #1, Conan the Barbarian #7, The Crow/Hack/Slash #1, Dark Red #4, Deadly Class #39, Diabolical Summer, Dial H for Hero #4, Dick Tracy Forever #3, Doctor Strange #15, Eve Stranger #2, Fantastic Four #11, Fight Club 3 #6, The Flash #73, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #8, GLOW #3, The Goon #3, Head Lopper #12, High Level #5, Invader Zim #44, Isola #8, Kick-Ass #15, KISS: The End #3, Magnificent Ms. Marvel #4, Major X #5, Marilyn Manor #1, Martian Manhunter #6, Marvel Comics Presents #6, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #40, Mr. & Mrs. X #12, Punk Mambo #3, Punks Not Dead: London Calling #5, Redneck #21, Rick & Morty #51, Runaways #22, Spawn #298, Spider-Man Annual #1, Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Darth Vader #1, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge #3, Steel Cage #1, Stone Star #4, Summit #15, Superior Spider-Man #8, Teen Titans: Raven, Thanos #3, Thief of Thieves #43, War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #4, War of the Realms: The Punisher #3, War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #3, X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction #2
Recommended Collections: Breakneck, Coda - Volume 2, Fearscape - Volume 1, Hardcore - Volume 1, HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness - Volume 1, Interceptor - Volume 1, Joe Golem: Occult Detective - Volume 3: The Drowning City, Man of Steel, Old Lady Harley, Outcast - Book 3, Relay - Volume 1, Shock - Volume 2, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra - Volume 5: Worst Among Equals, Starjammers, Tony Stark: Iron Man - Volume 2: Stark Realities, Usagi Yojimbo - Volume 33: The Hidden, Wasted Space - Volume 1, West Coast Avengers - Volume 2: City of Evils
Tumblr media
d. emerson eddy enjoys frozen cheesecake bites.
1 note · View note
spryfilm · 7 years
Text
“Personal Shopper” (2016)
Drama
Running Time: 110 minutes
Written & Directed by: Olivier Assayas
Featuring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ty Olwin, Hammou Graia, Nora von Waldstatten, Benjamin Biglay, Audrey Bonnet and Pascal Rambert
Maureen: “My twin brother, Louis, died here. It’s been 95 days. We made this oath. Whoever died first would send the other a sign.”
It has been five years since Kristen Stewart completed the teen vampire/ werewolf movies in the five film ‘Twilight’ series, adapted from Stephanie Meyer’s best selling books. It would be incorrect to say this was Stewart’s big break – that came in 2002 playing Jodie Fosters diabetic daughter in David Fincher’s “Panic Room”. From that 2002 film until 2008 when “Twilight” was released she had been making waves in mostly independent films. However, where she once was a young woman with acting talent, we are now witnessing the talent promised for so long in two of her better films, the 2014 “Clouds of Sils Maria” and the release this week in New Zealand of “Personal Shopper” (2016), both written and directed expertly by Frenchman Olivier Assayas.
“Personal Shopper” revolves around Maureen, a personal shopper, who serves wealthy clients in major cities, buying clothes and accessories, and taking care of mundane chores. She lives in Paris but travels to London and other cities for her employment. Her fraternal twin and brother has recently died; they both had a similar genetic heart problem, as well as this they both believed they had connections to the spirit world, her brother more than she.
Opening the film, Maureen stays over at her late brother’s house, hoping he will reach her beyond death. His significant other Lara wants to sell the house, and buyers want to know it is free of unhappy spirits. The film suggests what she sees and reacts to, including a series of knowing texts received even while she is on a train to and during her time in London, from “Unknown”. She believes she is in touch with ghosts.
This film really suits Stewart and what has become her signature acting style, as such she is suited for this role like no other at the same age. Stewart, at the age of only twenty-seven is amassing a nice oeuvre of work like no other, except for maybe Jennifer Lawrence – although the fact that Stewart has spread her wings well as working with many Europeans in Europe says a lot about the kind of actress she is choosing to become. In saying that Stewart does not have to chase a payday, as the residuals from the ‘Twilight’ films will keep her in the black for the rest of her life – which must be a nice luxury.
Stewart’s Maureen is a woman who is facing a crisis as well as something that has been stalking her for the entirety of her life, that is, the possible impending death of herself and/or her brother – this is a concept that most people from her economic and social background don’t face until much later in life. Stewart handles this with aplomb as her style and mannerisms suits this charater down to the ground. She seems to be relishing the opportunity to be working with a European like Assayas (again) as well as the subject matter of the two films she has made with him.
One of the great things about Stewart is her ability to play supporting parts to other actresses as well as her ability to not seem to have an ego for her on-sceeen personas. Assayas shoots Stewart in close up with these shots not being complementary as we see imperfections in her face as well as the age that she has seemed to gain through the stresses of her very existence. It is something to see an actress willing to give up her ‘look’, not to have makeup or to play a ‘real’ person that is not perfect looking. It is a juxtaposition between the glam pictures you may see of Stewart to this flawed, haunted as well as haunting person that is searching for some truth and perhaps closure.
Olivier Assayas has had a long career as well as being a force in French and International cinema for years, he has made a wide variety of films in multiple genres, he has to be one of the more prolific directors in the world today. He also enjoys partnerships with actors, hopefully this is the start of something with Stewart who he obviously enjoys working with – it must also help get a budget when you have a champion with such international clout and awareness.
There are many elements to this film that make it unique to the environment it has been released into, it co-opts many genres to give us twists on each one. I loved this movie, but it would be nothing without Stewart who is perhaps shaping to be the actress of her generation.
Go and see now!
Film review: “Personal Shopper” (2016) “Personal Shopper” (2016) Drama Running Time: 110 minutes Written & Directed by: Olivier Assayas Featuring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ty Olwin, Hammou Graia, Nora von Waldstatten, Benjamin Biglay, Audrey Bonnet and Pascal Rambert

0 notes