speaking of tom cruise, i started watching the top gun sequel last night and am really surprised at the good reviews it got. the first one was over the top macho reagan cold war nonsense but at least it was kind of fun. this one has been an absolute slog for me. two thirds of the way through and i cant point to one redeeming quality. maybe some of the aerial cinematography has been good. maybe? at least they aged cruises character appropriately. he may still be the slightly incorrigible maverick but he is not a smirking manchild. beyond that, meh. some obvious and not so obvious nods to its predecessor and a bunch of two dimensional characters and none of those dimensions are intriguing. also, ive decided john hamm is not a great actor. he is not bad at comedy but how many dull performances post don draper before we accept the truth? prove me wrong, johnny boy!
Ornament at the drawing center
judd
Privately, however, Guinness had dismissed the script to friends as “fairy tale rubbish” before accepting the part for which he will forever be best remembered. He only did so after 20th Century Fox agreed to his demand that they double the initial offer ($150,000) and — rather ingeniously — tack on 2 percent of the backend grosses, with Lucas throwing in another .25 percent as a goodwill gesture once filming had wrapped.
On June 3: “Am pinning my hopes on Star Wars percentage which could bring me £100,000 or more if it does Jaws business, as predicted.”
The film..., grossing over $300 million in its initial release — earning Guinness more than $7 million immediately ($33 million today) and an estimated $95 million by the time of his death in 2000 at 86. Despite that unheard-of salary for what amounted to 20 minutes of screen time, Guinness was reluctant to come back for a sequel.
Woman swindled elderly mother out of art worth $140M using psychics who claimed it was cursed, police say
“If you want to map inequality in New York, you can just count trees. Or measure the temperature…in East Harlem, the blacktop registered at 115 degrees, a full 31 degrees hotter.”https://t.co/AVJNnYh5F7
— jason wu (@CriticalRace) August 10, 2022
this shit is all over the place because of the times op ed piece yesterday. who knew when i was lounging on canal street drinking beers at dusk in the closed off street last summer that i was in the heart of twenty something douchey rich kid anti-woke hipsterdom. if only they reviled the skateboarders half as much as i did we could have found common cause over a pilsner, as long as they were buying. i mean, i listened to my neighbor drone on about soil for the garden im sure he still hasnt started for a free beer, im sure id be delighted to hear how stultifying life is among the "avant guards" in bed stuy. is that where they are now? i draw the line at converting to catholicism. im soaking in it right now up here. there is nothing transgressive or transcendent about transubstantiation.
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Festival on criterion.
Streetscapes (dialogue)
i cant believe this is from the same culture that brought us octopus erotica.
Just launched in to the last movie stars
As great as ever....
Cool place
TV when it’s on. Art when it’s off.
the frame but is it illuminated?
twitter once again good for something. reminded me that the womens euro finals starts in 20 minutes on espn. i watched a whole game and a half of the tournament so i am well versed. england v. germany. england will take any high level soccer win at the moment i gather. even if they have to root for women.
If you find yourself at the met for various other reasons, seek out the bernd and hilla Becher photography show.
This early 80’s ABC celebration video is glorious. pic.twitter.com/hSO63BRpQz
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) July 27, 2022
Shake Shack is on track to open on the Lower East Side in what had been Keith McNally’s Schiller’s Liquor Bar.
good movie thread. wouldnt have an answer for 1919 or 1929 offhand. a lot of people saying broken blossoms for 1919 as it is probably the only notable one. still working on mine.
Well, here we go, the big finale. Name your favorite film—film, singular—of:
— Benjamin Dreyer (@BCDreyer) July 24, 2022
1919
1929
1939 [ahem]
1949
1959
&
1969
And...go!
Five cities, then and now. Somewhere today there's a quiet fishing village that will be a 2100 megalopolis.
— Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) July 22, 2022
Hong Kong: 1964 | 2016 pic.twitter.com/QhrrQZP0nb
