Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary film by Albert and David Maysles, featuring the eccentric Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (“Big Edie”), and Edith Bouvier Beale (“Little Edie”), the aunt and first cousin to former First Lady Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier). In 2010, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National … Continue reading
For two years, I also had the pleasure of living in Methuen, Massachusetts, where I had worked a few jobs. Methuen is also the only place in the world, named just that. No other city or town bears this name. According to The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, … Continue reading
For twelve years I lived at Tower Hill, in Lawrence, MA, for nearly 14 years. I was close to the Reservoir, and Bellevue and Immaculate Conception Cemeteries. The most distinctive feature though, was the High Service Water Tower, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. According to Municipal History of Essex County … Continue reading
Continuing from Super Mario Bros. 3 is it’s predecessor, Super Mario Bros. 2, which adds the ability to lift and toss enemies and objects—a defining feature of its earliest prototype, and adds many characters into the greater Mario universe, such as Birdo, Pokeys, Bob-ombs, and Shy Guys. According to the Arstechnica article, “The secret history of Super Mario … Continue reading
Certainly, the best adaptation of A Christmas Carol, IMHO. Where can you go wrong with Vanessa Williams, Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas, and Kathy Griffin? You just can’t. Let’s also not forget Scrooged. According to the ApeCulture review: Jesus Christ, enough with the Diva crap! I don’t think I can stand it anymore. But hey, this isn’t … Continue reading
What would Christmas be without Doctor Who? Since 2005, it simply wouldn’t be, so in appreciation of this, and the relative theme of the day, we’re taking a look at the first Christmas Special featuring Matt Smith (and without David Tennant), and written by Steven Moffat (not written by Russell T Davies): A Christmas Carol. … Continue reading
Continuing from Sesame Street Presents Follow Thar Bird and The Muppets Take Manhattan is The Muppet Christmas Carol, which was dedicated to the now-deceased Muppet creator, Jim Henson. The film notably features Michael Caine (Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy, Children of Men, Miss Congeniality, Inception). According to The Telegraph review: The Muppet Christmas Carol was the first Muppet film … Continue reading
Featuring Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and films, Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Wolverine, and X-Men: Days of Future Past), Richard E. Grant (Dr. Simeon in Doctor Who‘s 2012 Christmas Special The Snowmen, and The Great Intelligence in The Name of the Doctor), Ian McNiece (Winston Churchill in Doctor Who‘s The … Continue reading
What would Christmas be without Ebeneezer Scrooge? There are many adaptations of A Christmas Carol, however, this version featuring George C. Scott can be considered “the definitive version of the beloved literary classic.” According to Salon‘s article, “The best “Christmas Carol” ever” regarding George C. Scott’s Scrooge: Well, Cratchits and ghosts come and go, one … Continue reading
Continuing from other classic video games, like Sid Meier’s Civilization, The Legend of Zelda, and Super Metroid is Super Mario Bros. 3, which has been cited as game canon and selected for preservation by the Library of Congress. It also introduces the ‘Super Leaf.’ According to WatchMojo‘s Top 10 Video Games of the 3rd Generation, this game ranks #1. Additionally, according … Continue reading
Continuing from Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird is The Muppets Take Manhattan, yet another film I watched a lot as a kid. According to The Bowery Boys article, “The Real ‘Muppets Take Manhattan’: 21 Wacky Historical Details From Jim Henson’s Big Aapple Adventure“: “We did our first film in Los Angeles and our second … Continue reading
Long before I watched the adult-themed series, Farscape and my parents calling me a ‘runaway,’ there was the muppet-film, Seasame Street Presents Follow That Bird, which I saw regularly as a kid. According to the Movie Mezzanine article, “30 Years of Road-Tripping: “Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird”“: My partner in crime, Steven Boone, recently met Luis from Sesame … Continue reading
In many many previous posts, I have covered multiples areas of the social background. This part focuses on the religious aspects of my experience. As said before, I actually came out in the 5th grade, when I first had met Jen (girl in white behind me at Hampton Beach), and we became friends. Glad I’m not … Continue reading
Continuing after X-Men: The Last Stand, The Wolverine follows Wolverine as he heads into Japan. The mid-credits scene leads into X-Men: Days of Future Past. Femke Janssen, who would play Jean Grey here one last time, as a vision to Logan, has said that the recasting that occurred for X-Men: Apocalypse is sexist. According to the … Continue reading
Customer Service Experience The first job I had was at Dunkin’ Donuts, located at Ranger Plaza, in Methuen, MA. Even with my first job, there was contention over it between me and my family. My father was very displeased that I was not able to get employed somewhere closer to home, instead of working so … Continue reading
Son of Batman is yet another addition to the DC Original Animated Universe (including Wonder Woman, Green Lantern: First Flight, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Justice League: War, Justice League: Doom, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights). It’s not the greatest of the films, but it’s nice to see Damien Wayne, Slade Wilson, and Talia al Ghul. … Continue reading
Following three other posts, it’s time to get a little bit more into the brighter side of things, because there is a bright side. As stated previously, I didn’t go to school with a lot of white people, particularity 3rd through 10th grades. I did make friends, though. When I moved to Lawrence, it was … Continue reading
I remember 9/11 for a lot of reasons, the same things as many, many others. But there is other things that specifically relate to my family. As indicated several times before, I have a terrible relationship with my family, and I don’t feel upset about this. There is nothing to feel upset about at all. … Continue reading
Wonder Woman is fourth in line of the DC Original Animated Universe (which includes Green Lantern: First Flight, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Justice League: War, Justice League: Doom, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights). According to The Mary Sue article, “Wonder Woman and Feminism: Gender Balance as the Key to Gender Equality“: Wonder Woman … Continue reading
Serving as a prequel to X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine was originally intended as a series on several major characters, including Magneto, which it’s working draft script had portions incorporated into X-Men: First Class. The film features Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern, Blade: Trinity), Dominic Monaghan ( Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck in The Lord of the Rings), Liev Schreiber (Sphere), Kevin Durand (Resident … Continue reading
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