Richard Simmons not dying despite social media post: ‘Sorry for this confusion’
Fitness icon Richard Simmons is clarifying that he's not dying after alarming fans with an earlier social media post that he says was just meant to be inspirational: 'Sorry for this confusion.'ew.com
Richard Simmons not dying despite social media post: ‘Sorry for this confusion’
Fitness icon Richard Simmons is clarifying that he's not dying after alarming fans with an earlier social media post that he says was just meant to be inspirational: 'Sorry for this confusion.'
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True Connections
PRAISE: Ava DuVernay’s Origin may be her most effective and memorable movie yet. The story based on Isabel Wilkerson's landmark book to frame the conversation about segregation and inequality on a global scale and the raw emotion coupled with it.
The movie is effective with a capital E the performances from the cast are so true and down to Earth so praise to the cast including: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Emily Yancy, Blair Underwood and Vera Farmiga.
The movie truly displays how love and friendship can defy any hurdles the pain and power of racism may have.
The visuals are soul stirring and then some. Some are very triggering. When the film turns to Allison and Elizabeth Davis, Black anthropologists who saw first-hand the book burning in Nazi Germany and White anthropologists Burleigh and Mary Gardner and their brave and then some undercover work it was an eye opening revelation to me and I definitely want to read their book Deep South. The film reveals how some connections were for the good in the research of racism and how some studies and connections were sinister.
The film is so many things,part family drama and lecture with a bit of a documentary vibe blended in and it really works for the most part.
PROBLEMS: I would have liked to have spent more time with certain characters that inhabit the film instead of long dwelling shots of humiliation. Some parts of the movie are to on the nose and blatant.
Scale of 1 to 10 an 8½
Love Lies Bleeding
Boundless Love !!!!
PRAISE: Yes its a love story....a crazy,tension filled, blood soaked one !!
The story Lou is a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who's heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream....that slowly turns into a nightmare. Director and writer Rose Glass and co writer Weronika Tofilska put together a story with all of the small town connections and grit of a nineties thriller that has an enthusiastic and then some cast including : Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian who is a revelation even though i know her from The Mandalorian, Anna Baryshnikov, Jena Malone Ed Harris, and Dave Franco. The passion and love at first sight between the main characters is very believable as the story lays out tension and ties to pasts that are filled with sinister doings but also couple with dreams of wanting more in life and wanting to escape from certain paths in life. The violence in the movie is definitely not for the faint of heart and some visuals are very shocking. Speaking of visuals there are some that are really well done and trippy. The film gets so many things right as the characters find themselves painted into corners,even when some of their hearts are in the right place it has shocking outcomes. There is a great running gag about trying to quit a vice.
PROBLEMS: Thinking back on a nod to an animated classic in the movie, I should have seen a unintentionally funny visual coming. It happens late in the film but it's so crazy it did take me out of the film. I'm really curious to how other people will have a just go with it feeling about it or did it disrupt all of the great things the movie has going for it.
Scale of 1 to 10 an 8
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Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
2008
7.5/10
I watched this one this evening on the road.
The documentary mainly covers the years 1991 to the mid 2000s when the group reunited.
It covers how they were able to sell themselves to the labels, get individual record deals, the issues with Ol’ Dirty Bastards legal problems and the fallout.
What’s interesting is if you watched the Hulu series, this film gives you the real people behind the scenes that you saw in the series.
It’s a good in/depth documentary for the time period it covers.
Synopsis
In 1993 a group of musicians form Wu-Tang Clan and take the hip-hop world by storm.
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The Book of Clarence
Past Lives
Common Connections
PRAISE: I think a lot of people have been down the paths the characters in this movie go down and that's one of the reasons it's so good. The story is about Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, they are reunited. I thought the three leads were great.Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and Arthur John Magaro perfectly capture the emotions of a what could have been couple and a married couple. Director Celine Song knows how to capture the awkwardness of everything that happens in this movie. It's in the uncomfortable silences,the meet ups and a true third wheel moment. The connection of calling talking everyday but it's still not enough which leads to the long distance longing and the long distance why bother. Also well brought out is how life moves forward even though the love and care is there the realism of a person evolving and becoming a part of another country and even another person happens !!
PROBLEMS: The movie is dry and meanders here and there definitely should have better pacing
Scale of 1 to 10 an 8½
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See, movies like this have so much potential for a good story, I'll be with D- level acting, if they just put significant creativity into making it work. This was off the top of my headMy Only Fan
2023
4/10
It’s Women’s History Month, gotta watch films with Pussy in the starring roles. I watched this one this evening on the road.
It’s a Hood Thriller based around the OnlyFans website.
If you remember the film “The Players Club” and the character “Myron”, this movie revolves around the Myron character.
There isn’t anything for sex or nudity. The 3 main female characters are attractive, the actress who plays Amber is the best with her big natural boobs. She has an outdoor scene running with a sports bra and her boobs almost pop out. There is a Black woman in the club with a big booty for a quick shot of her twerking.
The actors in this film couldn’t act their way across the street, so don’t go expecting Shakespeare with this flick. There is a quick scene with the fault code from the camera popping up, it’s pure comedy that nobody thought to reshoot the scene at that time or later in editing.
It’s a entertaining film, that’s about it.
I couldn’t find a trailer for this movie.
Synopsis
Three young ladies decide to become cam girls after getting fired from their jobs. Things start looking up, but their only fan might be their last.
