Leonard‘s “It‘s the same thing” and Hap‘s “I got Leonard” has the exact same energy, like these two idiots don’t even REALISE they are two different people

1 year ago we lost Michael K. Williams.💔

We miss you and we'll never forget you.

Just finished Hap and Leonard and I loved a lot of things about it. Like the main guys are sad and codependent and completely useless and I love them. And the show manages to be pretty dark and brutal and funny and lighthearted at the same time. Really badass soundtrack as well. I just wish the writers liked women and fat people 😏🤷‍♀️

Books Read in 2023 #1 - “Born For Trouble” by Joe R. Lansdale

This latest collection of Hap and Leonard stories focuses on our heroes in their later years as they try and settle down into something more resembling a normal life while working for a private investigator agency run by Hap’s wife.

But there’s no need to worry that they have been tamed as these five stories contain the requisite amount of sick crime, murder, and mayhem in true Hap & Leonard style.

While the mystery and action of these stories is always fun (in a twisted sort of way) it is the relationship between Hap and Leonard that is the heart and soul of these books. It’s for that reason that my favorite part of this collection is the first part of “The Briar Patch Boogie” story which is nine pages of the two of them just bitching at each other about a failed fishing trip.

BTW even if you haven’t read a single Hap & Leonard novel the recent short story collections are very accessible and a great way to discover these characters.

every so often i find out about a show my dad would like (violent middle aged men) that also has gay sex in it and I make sure to recommend it to him. he will be an ally so help me

Oh my God, how am I just now realizing James Purefoy was in Resident Evil???

by clicking the source, you will find a gif hunt of christina hendricks in hap and leonard s1 episodes 1-3 (#244 gifs). all of these were made by me from scratch. you may edit these as much as you’d like, but please don’t redistribute or claim as your own. please like/reblog if you use them!

“The Good Wife alum is set to star in a pilot based on WGN America’s adaptation of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s science fiction novel Roadside Picnic, Deadline reports.

Goode will play Red, a man who studies and enters “the Zone,” an area where aliens recently lived, to explore and sell valuable artifacts. Roadside Picnic was one of two pilots orders given by WGN in March, along with an adaptation of DC Comics’ Scalped.”

Not too sure about this or what it means. This seems like incorrect information. Does anyone have clarification.

Here’s the trailer.

I just realized that this report is actually from 2016. Not all news is actually current, but it’s fun to look back.

can‘t believe we got footage of enrique getting it up his ass but only at like 240px, that’s worse than not having it at all 😭 anyone got hap & leonard s1 in hd? it‘s for science

Happy Birthday to the Scottish  actress and director Pollyanna McIntosh born on 15th March 1979 in Edinburgh.

McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her native Scotland, where she first began performing, on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she left for London and soon became involved in indie filmmaking, her first paid gig was unaccredited as a stoner in the  Irvine Welsh triptych The Acid House, I must remember to ask my mate Gary McCormack if he knows her, as he had a starring role in the film.

Pollyanna moved moved to LA in 2004 where she appeared mainly on stage her biggest role of note was in the stage production The Woolgatherer before she earned her first big screen role, Stacy in 2005’s fantasy horror film, Headspace in 2005.

Although there is not much about her personal life, channel hopping Pollyanna must have been in demand in both the US and over this side of the Atlantic, she turned up in an episode of Taggart in 2009, and some low key US TV movies and a small part in Burke & Hare alongside David Hayman and Simon Pegg. Her first lead role was in a movie called The Woman which won a few awards around the European film festivals.

Back on the TV front Pollyanna was back over here in Waterloo Road and appeared in five of the six episodes of  Bob Servant Independent,  with the brilliant Brian Cox, the same year she turned up in her second Irvine Welsh film, Filth, with James McAvoy. McIntosh also played a regular in the Children’s BBC show M I High as Crime Minster.

Pollyanna’s first major role over in America was in the excellent Hap and Leonard, where she starred as Angel in Season one, she went on to star in two Seasons of the popular series Walking Dead as Anne ‘Jadis’ and has a recurring role in comedy-drama Lodge 49.

In 2020 Pollyanna starred in the horror thriller Revenge Ride about a young woman who joins an all-female gang and seeks revenge on a group of college American football players Pollyanna turned up as Anne in 6 episodes the spin off series The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Sticking with the horror theme that she has found her niche, she has a starring role in a Western-Horror called The Moonshine Gang of Cheyenne which is currently in development, Pollyanna has also turned up in Vikings: Valhalla as  Queen Ælfgifu. Miss McIntosh has a number of projects coming up one being a Sci-fi film The Primary Talent and a short Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting.

Pollyanna McIntosh does her bit for charity, campaigning for the Joshua Nolan Foundation, raising funds for counselling sessions for grief-stricken relatives and those at risk of suicide, she is married to Grant Show who plays Blake Carrington in the reboot of Dynasty. 

IMDB have nothing new on Pollyanna, but there is a chance that she will appear in the upcoming Walking Dead Spinoff after rumors began circulating on social media that Pollyanna has been seen on the set.

From Dark to Very Dark to Black

I recently read and love these three books. I’m a huge fan of Joe Lansdale so I couldn’t help loving this anthology.

S.A Cosby wrote the introduction ot Lansdale’s anthology and I love this dark story that caused me a serious book hangover

I think that Ronald Malfi is an excellent horror storyteller and Black Mouth was one of my top books of last year.

Below my reviews and info about each book:

All The Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby

Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, Charon has had only two murders. After years of working as an FBI agent, no one knows better than Titus that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface.

But a year to the day after Titus’s election, a school teacher is killed by a former student. The student is then fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes, and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. With the killer’s possible connections to a local church and the town’s harrowing history weighing on him, Titus tries to project confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town’s Confederate history. Charon is Titus’s home and his heart. But where faith and violence meet, there will be a reckoning.

Book page: https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/s-a-cosby/all-the-sinners-bleed/9781472299130/

My Review: The audiobook of Razorblade Tears was how i got to know S.A. Cosby. All Sinners Bleed is a book that got me hooked since the beginning, punched me in a way that i loved and didn't want to stop being punched, a left me with a terrible book hangover. It's twisty, dark, a sort of southern gothic noir that deals with racism, prejudice and doesn't sugarcoat or hide any issues or nastiness that can be found in a small town. Titus, the sheriff, is a clever man who believe in what is doing but must also face the fact that someone is still nostalgic of the lazy and white previous sheriff. It's not a cozy or light read, there's dark humour and there's a master storyteller that keeps you turning pages. I loved it and It's strongly recommended. Many thanks to Headline for this digital copy, all opinons are mine

The Author: S. A. Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, The Guardian, and Library Journal, among others. When not writing, he is an avid hiker and chess player.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/blacklionking73

Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Stories of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale

In the 1950s, a young small-town projectionist mixes it up with a violent gang. When Mr. Bear is not alerting us to the dangers of forest fires, he lives a life of debauchery and murder. A brother and sister travel to Oklahoma to recover the dead body of their uncle. Edgar Award winner and bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale (the Hap and Leonard series) returns to the piney, dangerous woods of East Texas to reveal the best of his award-winning crime fiction.

Book page: https://tachyonpublications.com/product/things-get-ugly/

My Review: I'm sure Joe R. Lansdale  cannot write a bad or boring story. He can write stories that brings very far from my comfort zone, dark story, story where the dog dies or mix of all the possible elements. But he always write great stories that make you face the darker side of life.. And always add a pinch of dark humour that makes you smile even if you are immersed in blood up to your here. This is not a book for you if you do not want to read about the darker side of life or hate too much violence and gore But if you want to read an anthology of excellent crime/thriller/noir/etc stories be read to get it and start a wilde ride I thoroughly enjoyed it and strongly recommend it. Many thanks to Tachyon Publications for this ARC, all opinions are mine

The Author: Champion Mojo Storyteller Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over forty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in more than two dozen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. His novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror," and he adapted his short story "Christmas with the Dead" to film hisownself. The film adaptation of his novel Cold in July was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and the Sundance Channel has adapted his Hap & Leonard novels for television. He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero. He is Writer In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.

Website: https://www.joerlansdale.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/joelansdale

They Lurk By Ronald Malfi

Five terrifying collected horror novellas newly reissued from the “modern-day Algernon Blackwood”.

Skullbelly A private detective is hired after three teenagers disappear in a forest and uncovers a terrible local secret.

The Separation Marcus arrives in Germany to find his friend up-and-coming prizefighter Charlie in a deep depression. But soon Charlie’s behavior grows increasingly bizarre. Is he suffering from a nervous breakdown, or are otherworldly forces at work?

The Stranger Set a rural Florida parking lot, David returns to his car to find a stranger sat behind the wheel. The doors are locked and there’s a gun on the dashboard. And that was when then the insanity started…

After the Fade A girl walked into a small Annapolis tavern, collapsed and died. Something had latched itself to the base of her skull. And it didn’t arrive alone. Now, the patrons of The Fulcrum are trapped, held prisoner within the tavern’s walls by monstrous things, trying to find their way in.

Fierce A teenage girl and her mom are in a car accident with another vehicle on a remote country road in the middle of a nightmarish snowstorm, which soon devolves into gruesome madness.

Bookpage: https://titanbooks.com/71528-they-lurk/

My Review: I discovered Ronald Malfi last year, loved Black Mouth and Come with and enjoyed this collection of short stories. Ronald Malfi excels at writing novellas and short stories: they're all well plotted, tightly knitted and there a beginning and an apex of horror that keeps you on the edge. There's different type of horror and all of these stories was quite terrifying regardless of the genre. It's a good way to get to know this author. Highly recommended. Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

The Author: Ronald Malfi is the award-winning author of several horror novels, mysteries, and thrillers, including the bestselling horror novel Come with Me. He is the recipient of two Independent Publisher Book Awards, the Beverly Hills Book Award, the Vincent Preis Horror Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, and his novel Floating Staircase was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Maryland and

Tweeter at @RonaldMalfi Website: https://titanbooks.com/creators/ronald-malfi/

"If you haven’t watched Inside Man yet what are you doing "

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Atkins Estimond

Biography:

"Atkins Estimond is quickly making a name for himself in the entertainment industry by playing an array of characters from a doctor to a hacker, from a laidback optimist to a gangster who follows a code of ethics. He currently stars in Jerry Bruckheimer's critically acclaimed drama series, "Hightown" (STARZ) alongside Monica Raymund and James Badge Dale. Set in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the series follows a hard-partying National Marine Fisheries Service agent, Jackie Quiñones (Raymund), whose life is thrown into disarray when she discovers a body on the beach - another casualty of the opioid epidemic. She is convinced it is up to her to solve the murder, putting her at odds with Cape Cod Interagency Narcotics Unit sergeant, Ray Abruzzo (Dale). Estimond shines as Osito, a hardened gangster, who is of Haitian and Dominican decent, and is connected to the investigation. Critics have praised Estimond's performance: "the standouts include...Estimond as a killer with a philosophical cast of mind" (The New York Times) and "With every episode, Estimond adds new fascinating layers to his character" (RogerEbert.com) to name a few. Season two of "Hightown" premiered on October 17, 2021.

Estimond is also set to appear in BBC One and Netflix's four-part thriller series, "Inside Man" opposite Stanley Tucci (premiere date TBA). The series follows a prisoner on death row in the US, a Vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar, as they cross paths in the most unexpected way. He is also known for his role as the eternal optimist, Gerson, in AMC's and Paul Giamatti's critically acclaimed dramedy series, "Lodge 49" alongside Wyatt Russell.

Additional television credits include recurring roles in FOX's "The Resident," Crackle's "StartUp" alongside Adam Brody, and Playstation Network's "Powers" with Sharlto Copley, as well as guest starring roles in ABC's "How to Get Away with Murder," YouTube Premium's "Step Up: High Water," truTV's "Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters," OWN's "Love Is_" and SundanceTV's "Hap and Leonard."

On the film side, his credits include Roadside Attractions' "Trial by Fire," Samuel Goldwyn Films' "Lila & Eve" with Jennifer Lopez and Viola Davis, Gravitas Ventures' "Folk Hero & Funny Guy" and "An Actor Prepares," Columbia Pictures' "SuperFly," Universal Pictures' "Get On Up" and his film debut in "Dumb and Dumber To" opposite Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.

Born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and raised in Atlanta to Haitian immigrant parents, Estimond started acting in high school productions his freshman year. His love of acting began from watching movies as a child and seeing his older brother perform in plays at the local Boys & Girls Club. After graduation, he pursued a career in music, playing guitar in a band. Then, he went on to pursue acting, booking roles in "Dumb and Dumber To" and Lifetime's hit series' "Devious Maids." Additionally, Estimond enrolled at University of North Georgia, to hone in on his craft, majoring in Theatre, while continuing to book roles in film and television. He eventually decided to pursue acting full time and has been working ever since. He hopes that by increasing his visibility that he can inspire more Haitians to pursue a career in the entertainment industry and ultimately be able to tell stories about Haiti and its rich culture.

Estimond currently resides in Atlanta with his wife, Kristen, and their two daughters. When he's not on set, he enjoys spending time with family, playing music and traveling."

Source:

#InsideMan #BBCiPlayer #iPlayer #netflix

Francis pining for Philippa (could go all the way through from the anvil moment to Flaw Valleys or could be any section of that) please.

'Such Hapless Hap' - a band AU playlist for Francis pining for Philippa, so miserable that Spotify keeps advertising me divorce counselling now

The Beatles - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away Jeanne Mas - Toute Première Fois Leonard Cohen - Ain't No Cure for Love Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Carnival is Over The Communards - If I Could Tell You ABBA - My Love, My Life Davy Graham - Anji Joan Armatrading - Did I Make You Up? Renaud - Mistral Gagnant Peter et Sloane - Besoin de Rien Envie de Toi Elton John - Sacrifice Kino - Ljubov' eto ne shutka R.E.M. - You Are The Everything Elvis Costello - Any King's Shilling Prince - Purple Rain Capercaillie - Coisich, a Rùin

More info/lyrics snippets below the cut

What I learned making this is that Francis is a nightmare to make playlists for, because he will listen to ANYTHING. He's not snobbish about genre at all, he has no guilty pleasures (not really. Not unless you count Philippa herself). And he's a slippery bugger who doesn't like to be direct.

So the principles of the playlist are that Francis realises he doesn't need to be at all subtle when he's getting emotional to big lush pop ballads, because nobody believes the emotions in radio friendly pop could be applicable to a Tortured GeniusTM like him. Hence: The Beatles, ABBA, Jeanne Mas, Peter et Sloane.

For the most part I tried to keep these to 1988/'89 (Checkmate-era in the AU), but obviously some tracks are earlier - again, particularly the on-the-nose big ballads that people would just hear as a showy-off/ironic cover if he played it in the late '80s. And while it's not a ballad of the pop variety, I put Davy Graham's famous guitar piece Anji in because in the '60s everyone and his dad was attempting to cover it for their girlfriends, with more elaborate flourishes etc etc to prove their skill. Francis goes back to the original and the best, naturally.

Images in the album cover are of Lucy Farrell (violinist) and Johnny Flynn.

Anyway, here are some lyrics to demonstrate:

Here I stand head in hand / Turn my face to the wall / If she's gone I can't go on / Feeling two-foot small (You've Got to Hide Your Love Away) Francis is a bit non-plussed by The Beatles, but he recognises what made them popular. His preference is for the early sub-three-minute pop songs like this that are deceptively simple but pack emotional heft. He is not immune to this song about heartbreak being seen in public.

[such insolence / in the silence / which troubles your innocence, / a game mixed with suffering] (Toute Première Fois) Oh this song sounds all sweetness and light on the surface but the lyrics aren't so sweet. Put it in the context of Rue de la Cerisaye and that particular 'first time' and it's downright dark.

I know this love is real / It don't matter how it all went wrong / That don't change the way I feel (Ain't No Cure for Love) Of course Francis loves Leonard Cohen. Of course Danny loves to play the sax part.

Like a drum my heart was beating / And your kiss was sweet as wine / But the joys of love are fleeting / For Pierrot and Columbine (The Carnival is Over) Francis? Referencing commedia del'arte and the clown who is tragically in love with his wife while she leaves him for another? It's more likely than you think.

If we should stumble when musicians play, / Time will say nothing but I told you so / There are no fortunes to be told, although, / Because I love you more than I can say (If I Could Tell You) Iconique hard-partying lefty gays had to go on the playlist.

But I know I don't possess you / So go away, God bless you / You are still my love and my life / Still my one and only (My Love, My Life) ABBA doesn't need to be subtle.

[instrumental] (Anji) See above.

Did I live before / You came upon the scene / Did I make you up / Or are you just a dream (Did I Make You Up?) This one's mainly here because I wanted it to be 'canon' that Francis is a fan of Joan Armatrading.

[And hear your laughter fly as high / As birds calls fly / To tell you finally that you have to love life] (Mistral Gagnant) Renaud sang lots of angry political songs and played behind the Iron Curtain but this album has softer shades as he was falling in love. Definitely CM-era French and feral Francis.

[I need nothing, I want you / As I never wanted anyone / You see, the day, seems just like love / I need nothing, I want you] (Besoin de Rien, Envie de Toi) Lyrically this is just as sweet as it sounds. If Francis and Philippa sing it together some time though (the afterparty where Marthe screws everything up?) then it will torment them every time it's on the radio. And it's on the radio a lot.

Sensitivity builds a prison / In the final act / We lose direction / No stone unturned / No tears to damn you / When jealousy burns (Sacrifice) BIG Elton hit here that's technically about cheating in a marriage, but also Francis and Philippa both trying to out-sacrifice themselves for each other while claiming they're doing nothing of the sort...yeah big mood

[When the night's getting still / I can hear you playing guitar / But the tune it seems so far…] (Ljubov' eto ne shutka) Francis learned about them in TRC in Russia, obviously, and this one even has a line about being alone in Russia instead of with his love so *shrug emoji*

(Say, say, the light) And she is so beautiful, she is so young and old / (Say, say, the light) I look at her and I see the beauty of the light of music (You Are the Everything) Gotta keep up the quota of queer '80s acts on here.

Please don't put your silly head in that pretty soldier's hat / You've done your duty, that's enough of that / I don't know if what I'm doing is right / I don't know if you should be forgiving / But for me it seems it means my life / While for you it could just be a living (Any King's Shilling) Again, Rue de la Cerisaye vibes, but also fits for fears of selling out and what on gives up for fame (or for Austin).

I never wanted to be your weekend lover / I only wanted to be some kind of friend, hey / Baby, I could never steal you from another (Purple Rain) Because Philippa loves Prince, and this is Prince's 'great muckel ballad' (a description of a folk song I once heard Sam Lee use).

[Come on, my love, hù il oro / Keep your promise to me, o hi ibh o / Take greetings from me, hù il oro / Over to Harris, boch orainn o / To John Campbell, hù il oro / My brown-haired sweetheart, boch orainn o] (Coisich, a Rùin) Because it's referenced in the fic I wrote that was meant to be the equivalent of the rooftop chase, and because the playlist needed some Scots Gaelic.

Are there any other tv shows you are interested in checking out?

Yes many! Mythic quest, severance, why women kill, what if, random acts of flyness, tin star, Barry, Dispatches from elsewhere, Anne with an e, dickinson, big little lies, claws, Hap and leonard, Kevin can fuck himself, Ramy, wu tang an American saga, peaky blinders, the bear, evil, erased, rap shit, high fidelity, brain dead, lost in space, and just like that, Los espookys, interview with the vampire.... Etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc