YM! Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Father Knows Worst Studio: Infinite Studios Release Date: 1/13/Y7 Genre: Comedy Director: Tyler Perry Rating: PG-13 for mild language Budget: $20M Theater Count: 3,785 Format: 2D Runtime: 98 minutes Cast: Michael Ealy as Taeshawn Smith Regina King as Harriet Evan Alex as Jayson Faithe Herman as Tabitha Taeshawn Smith is a huge celebrity and rapper, but highly egotistical. On his side, is his assistant Harriet who helps him with day to day tasks. However, Taeshawn’s world is flipped upside down when apparently the woman he had a fling with some odd years ago passed away, he must father his long lost children, a pair of 11 year old twins; the eldest troublemaker Jayson, and the savvy Tabitha. Taeshawn, at first is overwhelmed and underprepared as he asks Harriet for help while floundering are multiple bonding attempts but Taeshawn soon finds himself bonding with his children by helping Jayson get into the singing game after finding out he’s a brilliant lyricist and Tabitha is extremely gifted at math. The kids also help Taeshawn become a better person. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCKillswitch123 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) THE TURKEY SQUAD Studio: Phoenix Fire Entertainment Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller Release Date: October 27 Y7 Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Comedy/Parody Rating: PG-13, for violence and crude jokes Format: 2D, 3D Budget: $50M Theater Count: 3,251 Runtime: 2 hours and 15 minutes Original Music: David Bergeaud Cast - Matt Bomer as Lucas - Awkwafina as Melissa - Charlie Heaton as Vincent - Katherine Langford as Maya - Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Tyler - Vince Vaughn as Dr. Louisiana Plot: In the year 2100, in the Earth colony Vacooma, and in a time where the Earth colonies are forbidden from using copyrighted brands on Earth due to reasons left unexplained, Melissa (Awkwafina) and Lucas (Bomer) are best friend vloggers known for their culinary videos. Together, they created a HiperVideo channel, LoveTimesSquare, that has well over 4 million Vacoomian subscribers. The most out of any HiperVideoers in Vacooma. They are also genius inventors. Dr. Louisiana (Vaughn), a member of a cult that wants to banish Earth culture from the colonies, decides to start an uprise in small scale, and the "first of many, little but important act" is to forbid all old YouTube habits from existing in the colonies, starting with the banishing of all culinary, ASMR and unboxing videos. Overtime, he builds a guerrilla of supporters that rally up with him every night to make plans against HiperVideoers ala Ku Klux Klan. One night, they decide to kidnap Tyler (Ferguson), Lucas' boyfriend, and make the ultimatum that if Lucas and Melissa don't take down their videos forever, they are burning Tyler to the stake. Why not just kidnap one of Lucas or Melissa instead? They don't know either, they just kinda make it up as they go along. Melissa and Lucas embark on a mission to find and rescue Tyler and save the HiperVideo movement forever. As they are attacked in the street by one of Dr. Louisiana's goons, they realize they are popular amongst that group for being "the turkey video guys". Plus, it's Thanksgiving on Earth right now, so they decide "screw the laws, we do culture however the Hell we want" and decide to theme their superhero act around turkey- Thus, they rename their HiperVideo channel to TheTurkeySquad. They build super effective turkey guns that shoot explosive turkey, electric turkey, sticky turkey, poisonous turkey, etc., while also making turkey videos along the way, pissing off Dr. Louisiana further more. The turkey they use as artillery is generated through a formula they invented. Along the way, they encounter Maya (Langford), an ASMRtist, and Vincent (Heaton), an unboxing veteran, who join them because they were attacked by Dr. Louisana as well. The team embarks on a journey with tons of sci-fi action comedy shenanigans. The action is mostly based around shooting all sorts of varied turkeys, and also playing with environment gadgets like anti-gravity boots (boots that let the heroes make gravity theirs to manipulate), as the cinematography is equally creative and trippy. They also have a few moments of bonding. They finally break into Dr. Louisiana's camp, and there, they seduce every soldier with tasty turkey. For a second, the guerilla is almost about to quit and become food HiperVideoers themselves, but Dr. Louisiana realizes this and gets them back on track. The final third is an epic battle between the Turkey Squad and Louisiana + goons. The Turkey Squad wins and saves Tyler and Maya and Vincent's respective pets. Together, they go to live more adventures and stand against the laws that forbid Earth cultures from existing in Vacooma and other colonies! Edited April 30, 2020 by MCKillswitch123 1 1 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCKillswitch123 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) VIXEN AND THE FLAMING FEATHER Studio: Phoenix Fire Entertainment, Scott Free Productions Director: Gianluigi Toccafondo Producer: Ridley Scott Release Date: January 6 Y7 Genre: Animation, Adventure Rating: PG, for animated violence Format: 2D Budget: $13.5M Theater Count: 2,227 theaters Runtime: 1 hour and 37 minutes Original Music: Lisa Gerrard Cast: - Patrick Stewart as the narrator Animation Style: Done in the vein of the Scott Free logo, as well as other Toccafondo works like Pinocchio and La Sonnambula. Plot: Patrick Stewart narrates the story of Vixen, a baby hawk that wakes up in the woods of a fantastical forest all alone. Vixen is taken care of by an owl, and struggles in her early childhood. When she comes of age, Vixen is told by her owl father that she was abandoned in the forest by her biological parents, following orders of the Grandfather Dragon. The owl tells her that one instruction that was given to her was to search for "the flaming feather". Vixen embarks on a quest to find the flaming feather, wherever it may be. This leads her to encounter many dangers, like packs of hostile gryphos, giant wasps and a hungry troll. When she reaches the Castle of the Grandfather Dragon, she is told to go away as soon as she mentions the flaming feather, or else, she will perish. She is defiant and hunts down the feather in the depths of the castle. She is captured by the guards, but two of the guards - her parents - help her fight her way to the feather, once they realize that is their daughter. They explain that she is the rightful heiress to the throne and the most powerful being in the land, but the Elderly Dragon, greedy for power, wanted to become Grandfather Dragon and orchestrated her disappearance and his taking of the throne, forcing her parents to side with him and supposedly kill her. She was stripped of a red feather that gave her all the power she had by the Dragon, who tried to destroy it but couldn't and made the mistake of not disposing of it, keeping it in the castle. Vixen finds the flaming feather and puts it on the chest part above her heart, in a spot where a feather should be but isn't until now. She transforms into an all-powerful phoenix. She then fights the Dragon and every one of his supporters. She wins, and becomes the Grandmother Phoenix, as her fire burns strong throughout the land. Edited January 28, 2020 by MCKillswitch123 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Making Waves 2 - The Wipeout Studio: Infinite Studios Release Date: 12/22/Y7 Genre: Sports/Dramedy/Family Director: Sean McNamara Rating: PG Budget: $18M Theater Count: 3,120 Format: 2D Runtime: 100 minutes Previous Film: Making Waves (Y6) - $23,066,145 / $43,001,764 Cast: Nichalos Hamilton as Shawn Waves Ryan Reynolds as Garth Waves Martin Kove as Trevor “Big Kahuna” Lebowski Plot: Father-son duo Shawn and Garth Waves have been surfing and bonding. However, college is approaching as the duo is short on cash but Shawn wants to be a pro-surfer like his father and compete in the Wave Games, a tournament for surfing in Hawaii. Winning of said tournament wins $50,000 in cash. Garth knowing fame destroyed him, wants his son to stay out of it but the money causes him to reluctantly agree. The two head to Hawaii for the entrance exam as Shawn barely makes it and is outclassed by others. However, Trevor “Big Kahuna” Lebowski, Garth’s old coach offers to train Shawn, but Garth is against this as Big Kahuna and him have bad blood due to Kahuna’s greed and underhanded tactics. Shawn ignores his fathers plea and trains with Big Kahuna. Kahuna teaches him dirty tricks and cheating which Shawn is against at first but during the games does so as he’s manipulated by Kahuna but made it to the final round. Garth confronts Shawn over this as the two argue as Shawn disavows his father. Shawn goes back to training as Kahuna teaches him a dangerous move that could injures others, Shawn refuses as Kahuna blackmails him as Kahuna needs Shawn to regain fame and cheating can hurt. Shawn reconciles with Garth as Shawn races as Garth uncovers dirt on Kahuna. Shawn loses and admits the cheating but gets off scott free but expose Kahuna’s dirty tactics. Shawn gets into to a nice college as Garth and Shawn have a surfing race. Edited April 27, 2020 by YourMother the Edgelord 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) Until Dawn Cast: Taissa Farmiga (Sam), Nick Robinson (Mike), Tony Revolori (Josh), Midori Francis (Emily), Lewis Pullman (Chris), Morgan Turner (Ashley), Aubrey Joseph (Matt), Lili Reinhart (Jessica), and Will Patton (The Stranger) Genre: Drama/Horror Directed By: Vincenzo Natali Release Date: December 15, Year 7 Theater Count: 3411 Theaters Budget: $50 Million Running Time: 124 Minutes MPAA Rating: R for strong instances of violence and gore, strong language throughout, sexual content, and partial nudity Plot Summary: Blackwood Mountain, Canadian Rockies December 30th, One Year Ago See google doc link for plot https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FRzpKqb7KfZHCxUHu2PPcfF5LMEf1WqZDs2_ztYEgkI/edit?usp=sharing Edited March 22, 2020 by 4815162342 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) Laika Release Date: September 29th (limited), October 27th (wide)Directed by: Christian DesmaresComposer: Max RitcherEdited by: Nazim MeslemBased on: The graphic novel by Nick Abadzis.Genre: Animation / Historical DramaAnimation Format: Traditional cel animationAspect Ratio: 1.85:1Film Format: 2K DCP, 4K DCP, 35 mm filmAudio Format: 5.1, 7.1, Dolby AtmosProduction Budget: $15 millionTheater Count: 5 (9/29), 36 (10/6), 173 (10/13), 464 (10/20), 789 (10/27), 1,630 (11/3)MPAA Rating: PGRunning Time: 108 minutes Main Cast: Carey Mulligan as Yelena Alexandrovna Dubrovsky Douglas Hodge as Dr. Oleg Georgievich Gazenko Cillian Murphy as Dr. Vladimir Ivanovich Yazdovsky Michael Sheen as Sergei Korolev Olivia Colman as Tatiana Raffey Cassidy as Liliana Nathanael Saleh as Mikhail Thandie Newton as Katya AND Gabriel Byrne as Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev Supporting Cast: Jamie Bell as Vasily Pavlovich Mishin Stephen Graham as Anatoli Arkadyevich Blagonravov Dominic West as Boris Evseyevich Chertok Katherine Parkinson as Nina Ivanovna Kotenkova Rob Brydon as Dr. Aleksander Dmitriyevich Seryapin Jerome Flynn as Dr. Vasily Vasilevich Parin Paul Ritter as Alexei Joanna Lumley as Irina Dave Johns as Viktor Andrew Scott as Piotr Chris O’Dowd as Pavel Dean Charles-Chapman as Georgi Phoebe Fox as Angelina Ned Dennehy as Truck Driver Pam Ferris as Government Official Craig Parkinson as Radio Announcer Premise: A team of Soviet engineers and scientists rush to launch another satellite into orbit after the success of Sputnik 1, but when the chances of the eponymous space dog’s survival begin to dwindle, the mission takes an emotional toll on everybody. Full Synopsis: CLICK HERE Edited February 22, 2020 by Alpha 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) The Last Fifer: Portrait of a Clarinetist Studio: New Journey Pictures Nonfiction Director: Andrew Slater Genre: Documentary Release Date: March 24th Theater Count: 1,510 MPAA Rating: PG for Thematic Elements Runtime: 1 hr 26 min Production Budget: $550,000 Plot Summary: Spoiler 10 Advanced issues found ▲ ️ Spoiler Documentary filmmakers capture a portrait of a man named Paul Lawrence Becker who plays the clarinet at a professional level, using a mixture of interviews, archival footage, and factual moments recreated with actors on an 8mm home video camera. Paul's passion for the clarinet was as burning as it was pure; as a child, he had a fondness for traditional American war tunes such as Yankee Doodle; he loved the piercing sound of the fifer; he imagined its accompaniment with the patriots' marching on a regular basis. Throughout grade school, he enrolled in the symphonic band and excelled at the clarinet. He received a full-ride scholarship to a prestigious university because of his talent; there, he earned his degree and launched himself toward a fulfilling life--the quintessential American Dream. Paul and his wife had a son and a daughter. As the years went by, the daughter gained an interest in sports and took up soccer. Meanwhile, the son displayed signs of musical excellence--like father, like son. Paul encouraged his son, Timothy, to play the clarinet throughout middle and high school. A storm was brewing, however. In high school, Timothy discovered the guitar--both the acoustic guitar and the electric guitar--and he was enraptured. He began favoring the guitar over the clarinet, much to Paul's chagrin. Neither of them talked about it for a long time, until finally, on one fateful night, Paul and Timothy's brewing clash of interest came to a boiling point. They had an argument that left a rift between them for many years. When Paul's two children went off to college, he gave himself time to ruminate over his actions. Thinking it over, he learned to accept the situation at hand, understanding, with great humility, that it's okay for Timothy to have different passions. In this part of the film, Paul shows the filmmakers to his house and reveals photos of his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather. Paul hadn't been interested in the clarinet for no reason. He admits to the filmmakers that passion for the clarinet had been a tradition. And because Timothy has a deeper passion for the guitar, Paul has to accept the fact that his generational tradition might be dying with him. After this, Paul visits the city where Timothy is attending university. We learn that Timothy has started a band and that the band has become moderately popular through Spotify. Paul attends a concert at a small bar venue, where Timothy plays guitar with his band. The filmmakers successfully convey that Timothy is a very skilled guitar player, capturing an impressive guitar solo as well as the notable musical feats of the other band members. At the end of the film, Paul and Timothy reconcile their differences and give each other a hug. The film ends with an emotional moment in which Paul assembles his clarinet, smiles, sheds a few tears, and plays the melody of Anchors Aweigh. Edited March 9, 2020 by SLAM! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) The Written Word Studio: New Journey Pictures Classics Director: Lenny Abrahamson Genre: Drama Release Date: December 1st Theater Count: 1,750 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 94 min Production Budget: $25 Million Original Score: Dario Marianelli Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Daye Clemence Poesy as Rebecca Bordman Paul Ready as Reverend Joseph Glover Unknown as Stephen Daye Jr. Unknown as Young Matthew Daye Unknown as Young William Bordman Alex Lawther as Matthew Daye Fionn Whitehead as William Bordman with Ralph Ineson as William Pierce and Jessie Buckley as Elizabeth Glover The film tells the true story of Stephen Daye, who built the first North American printing press after emigrating to Cambridge, Massachusetts with his family. Lenny Abrahamson directs with a tendency to be raw and natural; handheld shots are his most frequent decision. The film is in rich black and white, with cinematography by Jarin Blaschke. Spoiler 13 Advanced issues found ▲ Spoiler In 1638, Stephen Daye (Eddie Redmayne) signs a contract with Reverand Joseph Glover (Paul Ready). The reverend will pay to transport Stephen and his family to the North American colonies in Cambridge, Massachusetts--but Stephen and his family must pay back the transportation costs (as well as the cost of cooking utensils), and he must help build a printing press. The printing press is to be the first one ever built in North America, and Stephen is uniquely suited to help build it as a professional locksmith. The men shake hands. We cut to Stephen as he fixes a British customer's front door lock for the last time in his life. The customer asks him why he's emigrating to America. "As one door closes," Stephen replies, "another door opens." Stephen emigrates with his wife, Rebecca Bordman (Clemence Poesy), his two sons Stephen Jr and Matthew, his stepson William Bordman, and three household servants. The passage to America is rough, and on a stormy night, Joseph begins to die. Right before he dies, he encourages Stephen to help build the printing press with his wife, Elizabeth Glover (Jessie Buckley), who is currently living in Cambridge. Stephen tearfully accepts the challenge, and the reverend passes away. Upon arrival, Elizabeth is crushed to learn that her husband has died. As Joseph's widow, she is now the owner of the debt that Stephen must pay. She places her anger and pain on Stephen and his family. Once settled in Cambridge, Stephen develops an obsession with building the printing press. He pushes his family to help him, and his family is left hanging dry. In 1639, a writer has The Freeman's Oath published with the printing press; soon after, Stephen and Elizabeth become acquainted with an enigmatic and knowledgeable figure named William Pierce (Ralph Ineson) approaches them with the desire to publish an almanac. Once the almanac is published, William Pierce disappears into the depths of North America, in order to study it for another version of the almanac. Stephen's youngest son, Stephen Jr., passes away due to sickness. This causes a mourning period for everyone. Stephen's wife, Rebecca, is especially heartbroken, and she begins to doubt the purpose of coming to America. In a touching scene, tears fall down Stephen's face as he tinkers with the printing press. Stephen and Elizabeth are also able to strengthen their bond over a shared understanding of loss. The next document they print is the "Whole Book of Psalms," now known as the Bay Psalm Book. In a lengthy montage, Stephen is confronted with this document many times over. He finds purpose within this document. When the document is used to worship God, he looks up at the sky in reverence. Many years pass. Matthew Daye (Alex Lawther) and William Bordman (Fionn Whitehead) have both grown up. William Pierce reappears in town with another version of his almanac; the two sons talk with him excitedly, and William Pierce tells stories of his adventures with great enthusiasm. Stephen, Rebecca, and Elizabeth smile at them as they operate things in the background. While taking a walk, Rebecca and Elizabeth lament the fact that the current printing press can only print a few documents. Elizabeth expresses hope that more documents can be printed in the future. Rebecca reminds Elizabeth that advancements in technology will require a lot of sacrifices. Elizabeth tells her something she's learned: loss is unavoidable no matter the circumstance, so men and women should use their time on earth to fulfill their purpose in life. A year or two later, Matthew receives a fatal illness. Surrounded by people while on his deathbed, Matthew says that he is dying with purpose and that neither his death nor Stephen Jr's death was in vain. He passes away, and everyone enters another mourning period. Stephen, Rebecca, and stepson William come together as a family and celebrate the purpose that their lives have had. They hug each other tight, and the image dissolves to a group of people worshipping with copies of the Bay Psalm Book. Outside of the house of worship, Stephen listens to their singing before he smiles and saunters away. Edited March 9, 2020 by SLAM! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) Studio: Cookie Pictures Animation (external production aid by Endless Animation) Genre: Animation (Worldmeander) / Fantasy / Adventure / Comedy-Drama Director: Jill Culton Producers: Sebastian Peters, Mark Dindal, Suzanne Buirgy Executive Producers: Luke Pearson, Dana Terrace, Xander B. Irving Composer: Thomas Newman Original Song: "Always on the Move" by Grimes Original Song: "Brave Giants" (end credits theme) by Smith & Thell (inspiration) Animation Style: The film adopts the visual style of the original graphic novels (day scenes are in burnt orange and maroon like permanent autumn, nights are icy blue and dark teal) and uses software based on the "Meander" technology that allows hand-drawn animation tools (brushstrokes, thick, emotive lines, drawn to camera) to be employed and rendered in CG animation without sacrifice while including the added depth and stability of the latter. Based on: Hilda and the Midnight Giant (2011) and the Netflix animated series Hilda (2018 to present) created by Luke Pearson Voice Cast: Pixie Davies as Hilda, a spirited adventurer who explores her valley to her heart's content Michelle Dockery as Johanna aka "Mum", Hilda's caring mother who's nevertheless worried about her Himesh Patel as Alfur, a citizen of the elf kingdom that aids Hilda on her quest Sanjeev Bhaskar as Bulfur, the mayor of an elf town David Morrissey as The General, the high commander of the elf army and Molgren's closest confidant Lakeith Stanfield as The Wood Man, a creature made entirely out of wood that regularly wanders uninvited into Hilda and Johanna's home in order to read a good book with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as "The Midnight Giant", a gigantic creature that wanders at night and Andrew Scott as Molgren, the self-aggrandizing prime minister of the elf kingdom elected to drive Hilda and Johanna out of their land Note: All elf characters speak in a higher pitch compared to normal speech. Hidden/Minor Cast: Spoiler Spoiler Rhianna Dorris as Frida Roman Griffin Davis as David Stephen Fry as The Elf King Alicia Vikander as Valfreyja Rating: PG for sequences of peril, crude humor and instances of mild language Release Date: April 7th Budget: $130 million Theater Count: 4,200 Running Time: 118 minutes (1 hour, 58 minutes) Format: 2D, IMAX, Dolby Cinema Premise: Hilda has spent her entire life living as a carefree adventurer out in the woods and valleys not far from the city of Trolberg, but when tiny elves attack her and her mother Johanna's house in order to drive them out, Johanna starts having second thoughts about the valley being safe for a young girl like Hilda. Unwilling to give up her home, Hilda embarks on a quest with elven citizen Alfur in order to convince the elf government to let her and Johanna live in peace. A greater conundrum soon emerges in form of the Midnight Giant, a creature tall as the mountains he wanders past, and now the race is on to uncover the giant's origins while the elf prime minister begins plotting a nefarious scheme. Plot: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xR9vyYv9UoJpM_IV9QR2tigue04dMbQN3LZEq4Ay_X8/edit?usp=sharing (22,250 words) Edited July 28, 2020 by cookie 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) Pillars of Eternity: An Ancient Legacy Genre: Fantasy Starring: Ana de Armas (Sarana), Dan Stevens (Eder), Rebecca Ferguson (Nysera), Iwan Rheon (Aloth/Iselmyr), J.K. Simmons (Durance), Zazie Beetz (Pallegina), Winston Duke (Kana Rua), Rinko Kikuchi (Sagani), Sam Riley (Hiravias), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Wenan), with Elizabeth Debicki as Iovara, with Tuppence Middleton as Elanore, and Paul Bettany (Grandmaster Thaos ix Arkannon) Co-Starring (In Alphabetical Order): Pilou Asbæk (Simoc), Ariyon Bakare (Nirro), Lucy Boynton (Aufra), Jamie Dornan (Kolsc), Mireille Enos (Bethwl), Cara Gee (Emery), Tom Hollander (Rehstin), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Lord Gathbin), Thomas Jane (Marshal Forwyn), Julia Jones (Larha), Ariane Labed (Lady Raedric) Directed By: Miguel Sapochnik Original Music by: Patrick Doyle Release Date: March 17, Year 7 (IMAX 2D) Theater Count: 4256 Theaters Running Time: 165 Minutes Budget: $175 Million MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of fantasy violence, brief strong language, sexual content, and some disturbing images Previous Films' Gross: Pillars of Eternity: The Hollow Vale (Year 3) $76,084,415 OW/$221,978,550 DOM/$795,608,171 WW Pillars of Eternity: Never Far From The Queen (Year 5) $101,963,470 OW/$327,585,507 DOM/$923,292,164 WW Plot Synopsis: While their investigation into the activities of the Leaden Key cult has revealed the source of the Hollowborn Plague: The manipulation of ancient Engwithan devices to trap the flow of souls between the Dyrwood and the Beyond, the Watcher Sarana and her colleagues still find themselves struggling to catch up to the machinations of Leaden Key Grandmaster Thaos ix Arkannon, whose schemes have overturned the stability of the Dyrwood and have set the nation on a course for war with the Tribes of Eir Glanfath. Sarana and her colleagues must prevent a destructive conflict from being unleashed, as well as track Thaos’ activities to their source and put an end to his plans once and for all. Our Heroes: Sarana- A young elf woman formerly from the vast Deadfire Archipelago, she has had stirred within her the abilities of a Watcher, becoming one with the ability to see, communicate with, and even manipulate souls. She has also been Awakened to memories of a past life, in which, many years before she was a servant of the Leaden Key and Thaos. She is driven by a desire to stop the present affliction as much as a desire to resolve the memories haunting her. Eder- A human farmer and former soldier who calls the Dyrwood home. He is determined to put an end to the Hollowborn Plague to ensure the safety of Aufra, the woman he loves, whose pregnancy by this point is surely not long from term. Disgusted by the xenophobic and racist views of those grabbing control of the Dyrwood, he is searching for any way to prevent his homeland from being devastated by a war built on lies. Aloth- An elf wizard from the Aedyr Empire, who was inducted into the Leaden Key after seeing it as a means of escaping his abusive father. Unaware of the full scope of the cult’s tactics, he temporarily left the heroes in shame, believing he was a liability, though he returned at a crucial moment to save Sarana’s life. Aloth also has an Awakened past within him, a coarse, aggressive elf woman by the name of Iselmyr who lived several hundred earlier and is determined to make the cautious wizard more assertive, as she is stuck with him. The two are slowly reaching a mutual understanding. Aloth sees this mission as a way to atone for his ignorance. Durance- A human priest of the Goddess Magran, the deity of fire, war, and struggle. Having initially accompanied Sarana because he believed it to be his duty to monitor what he believed to be her personal test, he now continues his journey with her to put an end to the disease rotting the Dyrwood from the inside, and also to find closure for himself, as his goddess has not spoken to him in fifteen years, ever since he played an undisclosed role in the Saint’s War. Kana Rua- An Aumaua researcher from the northern nation of Rauatai. Aumaua stand as tall as NBA players and most are built like NFL players, and have skin tones ranging from yellowish-brown through dark blue. Kana’s research into Watchers brought him into contact with Sarana and now he stays in the hopes of learning more about what Sarana is capable of, as well as understanding more about this part of the world. Pallegina- A godlike soldier from the southern mercantile Vailian Republics, Pallegina is touched by the goddess Hylea, having feathers in place of hair and eyes similar to those of a bird. Pallegina’s investigation into suspicious trading activities brought her into contact with the heroes, and she continues to assist them as instability in the Dyrwood could lead to repercussions affecting her own homeland. Sagani- A dwarf huntress from the cold southern island of Naasitaq, Sagani journeyed to the Dyrwood with her arctic fox companion Itumaak to search for her younger brother Persoq, who had joined the Leaden Key cult. After discovering that Persoq had been sacrificed by the Leaden Key as part of a ritual to activate an ancient Engwithan device, Sagani is resolved to get to the heart of the cult’s activities and stop them from harming anyone further. Nysera- A mysterious woman who cannot remember her own past, she was a midwife in a region abandoned in the wake of the Hollowborn Plague, and has a connection to the movement and effect of souls as they enter the world. Believing her purpose in life is to now free the souls redirected by the Leaden Key, she journeys with Sarana, and believes that their own paths lie intertwined close together. Plot Summary (via google doc): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Cpp3mhcOZDyzm6znNPXAhE2qiNT8APAI3iXGAFUZKc/edit?usp=sharing Edited April 22, 2020 by 4815162342 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamamama Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 the disappointment Studio:good.movies studio Genre: ,comedy Director: Adam McKay Budget: $45M Release date December 25th Theater count: 3,400 Runtime: 95 minutes Rating:pg-13 Cast: Russel Brand, Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Kaley Cuoco Baker Mayfield, Donald Trump Plot: Mark(Russell Brand) starts food fight at McDonald's and gets fired. He gets home where he Is yelled at by his father (Harrison Ford) his brother Ben (Matt Damon) who Is an NFL star Linebacker for the Cleaved browns gets Mark a Job at the browns facility where he meets fellow employee Alysia(Kaley Cuco) and after much flirting while doing the players laundry, gets her to go on a date with him. They go to a carnival they have a good time and she says she likes him because he is different. At the carnival they run into Alysia’s ex-boyfriend Rob Gronkowski. Rob and Mark Duel in a game of strip skeet ball competition because Alysia loves skeet ball. Mark beats Rob and Mark take Alysia home with him where he pretends his dad is just senile and actually had to move in with him instead of the other way around. Just when things are finally going right for Mark, he shoots Baker Mayfield in the foot at the shooting range taking him out for the Superbowl. Ben publicly disowned Mark. And his father kicks Mark out of the house. Mark Is sad. Mark writes his feelings in a dark ally. Another homeless man(Danny Davito) tells him that what he wrote was extremely powerful. He rushes to the airport and steals a plane to fly to the Superbowl. The plane turns out to be Airforce one. He has a good conversation with Trump about life and accepting yourself for who you are on the flight to New York .When he gets to the Superbowl he steals Baker Mayfield jersey from the locker room and runs out onto the field and recites his poem . Everyone Is so moved by his performance that They stop playing Football and clap. The Crowd stands and cheers as well. The ball Is dropped during the commotions and Ben scoops it up and runs into the endzone and wins the game for the browns. Ben is given a Superbowl MVP but insists on sharing it with his brother. Alysia finds Mark and gives him a big kiss. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Red Flavour Studio: Infinite Studios Release Date: 11/17/Y7 Genre: Concert Director: Bruce Hendricks Original Song: “How You Love Me” by Red Velvet Rating: PG-13 Budget: $7M Theater Count: 2,450 Format: 2D and 3D Runtime: 98 minutes Plot: Red Velvet does a concert with 3D and stuff. We also learn more about the K Pop band as well as the debut of their new song. Nuff said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SLAM! Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) Studio: New Journey Pictures Director: Jeff Fowler Genre: Action/Adventure/Family Release Date: December 8th Theater Count: 3,490 Theaters MPAA Rating: PG for Suggestive Themes and Peril Runtime: 86 Minutes Budget: $100 Million Cast Morena Baccarin as Amanda Brad Pitt as Bruce Rachel Dratch as The Ornery Woman with Lee Majdoub as The Coworker with Jamie Foxx as Matt (voice role) and Unknown Voice Actors as the other Miis (the Miis are CGI voice roles) Logline: A frustrated accountant accompanies her boss to a log cabin only to be abducted by aliens who force her to participate in various life-or-death competitions. Spoiler 27 Advanced issues found ▲ 7 Spoiler New York City The alarm clock wakes Amanda (Morena Baccarin) up from bed, and she gasps at the time. She doesn't want to be late for work. Everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong--she stubs her toe, drops her toothbrush, spills her bowl of cereal, misses the elevator, falls down the stairs, what have you. She runs into the railway station and almost makes it on the train, but an Ornery Woman (Rachel Dratch) pushes her out of the way, demanding she move out of her way because she's ornery. Amanda pounds her fist on the ground. She's frustrated--and I mean frustrated. Amanda walks into the workplace. She tries to sneak into her cubicle, and she does sneak in, but her boss, Bruce (Brad Pitt) is leaning against the wall, watching her while shaking his head. She's been caught. He asks her to join him in his office. In Bruce's office, Amanda begs for forgiveness--it's the first time she's ever been late for anything in her life, and she has the misconception that being late for something means her entire life is ruined. Bruce laughs and suggests that Amanda should chill. A Coworker (Lee Majdoub) walks in with two coffee cups in his hands. He asks if Bruce would like one. Bruce takes one happily. Bruce: Of course I want a latte! I love the way you make them. The coworker offers a latte to Amanda as well. Amanda grabs the coffee and chugs it. Bruce stares at Amanda blankly. When the coworker leaves the room, Bruce tells Amanda that she should take a break from her hectic life and invites her to his log cabin in the hills. Amanda declines, saying that while Bruce is the hottest boss anyone could ask for, going alone with a guy to a log cabin isn't exactly on her bucket list. Bruce laughs and says that they'll do "really fun things" in the country hills. Amanda says no thank you. In the middle of the conversation, we cut to Amanda and Bruce standing near the log cabin. Bruce replies to Amanda's "no thank you," stating that they're already there. Amanda looks around in confusion--they were in the office two shots ago. Bruce remarks that the editor of the movie they're starring in placed them in their new location, so they have no choice but to be there. "Huh," Amanda says. Amanda asks Bruce what "really fun things" they're going to do, and we cut to a sequence where they do those "really fun things." First, they go fishing. Bruce catches a black bass, but Amanda gets an old boot. Then, they ping pong; they get a nice rally going, but Amanda gets into it a little too much and hits the ball right at Bruce's forehead, which makes Amanda hang her head and frown. Finally, they ride horses; Bruce has an excellent handling of the horse, but Amanda's horse gallops wildly, causing her to yell for help. Bruce sighs and shakes his head. We cut to them skipping stones. Bruce suspects that Amanda doesn't know how to relax. Amanda tells him he's correct--she tosses a stone to the water, and it kerplunks heavily. Bruce tells her that she just has to let loose--he demonstrates this by shaking his body--and stop overthinking life. He tosses a stone to the water, and it skips seven times; he remarks that one of his stones skipped on the water twenty times without stopping. Amanda starts walking back to the log cabin, telling Bruce that she's going to try and find the editor (so they can edit her back in New York). Bruce tells her not to give up on herself, and he says there's one activity that she will definitely enjoy. We cut to a makeshift shooting range. Bruce loads a skeet gun and hands it Amanda. Amanda scrunches her face--"shouldn't the NRA be banning these?" she asks Bruce. Bruce tells her that it's an Olympic sport, which convinces her to take the gun. She aims it at the open field, and Bruce tosses a clay disc into the air. Amanda shoots, but she misses it. Unbeknownst to her, the bullet bounces off a silver UFO that is hiding in the woods. The UFO flashes its colors and goes into rage mode! Amanda attempts to hand the gun back, saying she's too nervous to shoot. Bruce: Hey, you're a natural. I can tell by the look of you. Just breathe and shoot. That's all you gotta do. Bruce throws out another clay disc. Amanda breathes in, and she shoots--this time, she nails it. Bruce congratulates her and throws another one--she nails that one too. Bruce almost throws another one, but he stares into the field and freezes. The UFO has emerged from the woods! Bruce states that it's really not good that the UFO came out of the woods, while Amanda drops the gun and runs away wildly. The UFO chases after Amanda; hovering over her, it abducts her with its beam of light and flies off into space. Bruce adjusts his sunglasses and checks his wristwatch. Bruce: She'll be back. I've got a feeling. The UFO lands on a futuristic planet populated by a species that resemble humans but are only one foot tall. The aliens grab Amanda and carry her tribal-style into a large castle, where the king of the Miis, Matt, awaits on his throne. Matt decrees that Amanda must participate in four life-or-death games if she wants to go back to her home on Earth. And what's more--she must win them all. First she plays a game called Bumper Billiards. Her and a bunch of Miis are trapped inside giant billiard balls on a giant billiard table, and the "solids" team must fight against the "stripes" team. The holes of the table lead to pool infested with three-eyed sharks, and the team that knocks everyone on the opposing team into the holes is the one that wins the game. For this game (and all of the games), Amanda is shrunk down to the size of a Mii, so there isn't any unfair advantage. The game begins, and it gets very violent very quickly as all of the miis in the billiard balls fight to push each other into the holes. It ends up being her against five miis on the "solids" team, but she pulls out a miraculous victory. The second game she has to play is the classic Pose Mii. A wall comes toward her, threatening to push her into a bottomless chasm, and she must fit through the wall's opening by striking elaborate poses. She not only wins, but she wins flamboyantly. Before she plays the third game, she reaches into her pocket and grabs her cell phone. She calls Bruce and explains her situation; Bruce reveals that he's been abducted by those aliens before. He congratulates her because it's hard to beat the first two games (let alone beat all of them), and that all Amanda has to remember is to "let loose and stop overthinking life." The third game she plays is Wind Runner. Players hold onto umbrellas, a strong gust of wind carries them, and while gliding through the air, they must maneuver through an obstacle course. Only the first-place winner will survive--once the winner crosses the finish line, the other umbrellas will break, and the other racers will fall into the void of space. Amanda has to use her accounting smarts to maneuver through the course, and she gets first place in a photo-finish. Before the fourth and final game, Matt, the king of the Miis, orders Amanda to come to the castle. Matt berates Amanda for causes many deaths of Miis by unexpectedly winning the games, and he declares that she will receive a major handicap in the final game. The final game is a free-for-all in which the last tank standing wins, but Amanda will be given the slowest tank. This devastates Amanda. She gets into the tank and pounds her fist on the armrest in frustration. Then, she remembers Bruce's words. If she shouldn't overthink life, then she shouldn't overthink this game! The war of tanks begins--tanks get blown up left and right, but Amanda focuses on dodging bullets rather than firing them. Matt gets angry at Amanda's success and gets in his own gold-coated tank to try and quell Amanda himself. The climax is a tank showdown between Matt and Amanda, but Amanda reigns victorious, and a UFO sends her back to the hill near Bruce's log cabin. Bruce: Took you long enough! Amanda and Bruce bond over the experience. They go back to the lake and skip stones. Amanda will never overthink life ever again! Edited March 29, 2020 by SLAM! 1 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCKillswitch123 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) MONSTER BUG WARS Studio: Phoenix Fire Entertainment, Science Channel, Beyond International Director: Alex Graves Based On: Monster Bug Wars, by Beyond International Release Date: April 21 Y7 Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror Rating: PG-13, for graphic depictions of animal fighting and eating and scary sequences Format: 2D, 3D, IMAX 2D, IMAX 3D, Dolby Cinema Budget: $80M Theater Count: 3,787 theaters Runtime: 1 hour and 50 minutes Cast: - Seth Green as Dr. Bishop - Fran Kranz as Vic - Kristen Connolly as Joanne Plot: We hear the narration: "In nature's fight pit, a host of ruthless bugs as bizarre as they are lethal slug it out in real life battles to the death. Witness epic encounters between swarms of marauding assassins, and vicious one-on-one clashes where only one bug survives. The world of monster bugs is a jungle, where there's just one law: eat or be eaten. Come and witness... the Monster Bug Wars, in person!". Then, we see that it's the year 2100, and we are in the Earth colony of Happee, where the sky is orange and the horizons are deserts. Within the capital city, Felicidad, we see a number of tourists enter a special science-tourism facility where the special attraction is witnessing "gladiator fights" between small animals in large style - these being the Monster Bug Wars. Dr. Bishop (Seth Green) explains that he and his team possess technology that allows us to shrink to microscopic sizes, and there, they are led to a pit, where they witness insects and arachnids, in their real size - which looks giant to them - fight for survival. The young couple, Vic and Joanne (Fran Kranz and Kristen Connolly), grow suspiciously wary of this dogfighting-like attraction. The audience finds out that they are journalists. The tourists and the scientists leading the expedition are shrunk by these small machines that emit shrinking radiation. Afterwards, they go towards the pit, which is made of dirt, and the scientists use remote controls to bring out a bunch of wild bugs. There, we see these animals fight: - A centipede defeating and eating a raspy cricket; - A giant rainforest mantis defeating and eating a spiky katydid. Afterwards, it's the fight between a desert scorpion and a wolf spider. As the fight starts to unfold, Vic and Joanne follow Dr. Bishop to the lab where they control the animals. The scientists are apparently in contact with the government, telling them to not let the press find out about any of this. Vic and Joanne are identified and kidnapped, but they quickly escape, and manage to fight off the scientists and free the animals. The spider and the scorpion rampage and start destroying everything in sight, and Vic and Joanne scramble to escape the confused "giant" animals in intense, horror-ish sequences. Eventually, it seems Bishop has everything under control again, but the scorpion eats him and the spider attacks the remaining scientists. Vic and Joanne find the shrinking guns, put them in "Grow" and grow themselves and the escaped tourists back to normal size, and free all of the other animals locked up in the laboratory, waiting to be unleashed in the gladiator pit. In the final shots, Vic and Joanne are watching the sunset as news of the scandal of the "Monster Bug Wars" broke across the remaining colonies and mainland Earth. They talk about their ongoing fight against opressors won't end just by freeing a bunch of bugs... they will keep the fight going against the real monsters. Edited April 5, 2020 by MCKillswitch123 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) Ms. Blakk 4 President Director: Marielle Heller Writer: Tarell Alvin McCraney Genre: Political Dramedy (Historical/Biopic) Release Date: November 3 (limited), December 8 (wide) Major Cast: Tituss Burgess as Terence Smith/Joan Jett Blakk Luke Evans as Mark William Jackson Harper as JJ Smith Lucas Steele as David Bowie With Harvey Fierstein as Glennda Orgasm and Miley Cyrus as the MC/Joan/Female Interviewee Theater Count: 5 (11/3), 180 (11/10), 391 (11/17), 755 (11/22), 1,181 (12/1), 2,193 (12/8) MPAA Rating: R for language including sexual references and brief nudity. Runtime: 93 minutes Production Budget: $7.5 million Music by: Nate Heller Plot Summary: The true story of Ms. Joan Jett Blakk, the first drag queen to ever run for President. Based on the play by Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau. Plot: A runway surrounded by audience members ready for a great show. The spotlight moves around, clearly searching for someone, until it finally lands on the MC, who is happy to introduce the star of tonight’s show: Ms. Joan Jett Blakk. Blakk is very popular with the club, with everyone cheering when he appears. He tramps around and poses, as the music begins to blare. He walks down the runaway with pure flair, and begins talking to the audience about being a queen. When he brags about how last year, he ran against Mayor Daley, the MC rolls her eyes and says she always brags about that. A man in the audience, Mark, cheers anyway. Ms. Blakk says that she loves talking about it, because she was the first drag queen to ever run for mayor. But back to the show. Ms. Blakk returns to his introduction/rant, saying that the highlight of his life is when Ms. Joan Jett Blakk gets to be free and talk to everyone who wants to listen. Someone begins heckling him, saying that he’s just another queer who wants attention. Blakk responds by asking why this straight slut is at a gay bar anyway, as the rest of the crowd boos the homophobic heckler. The MC demands that the heckler get kicked out, and some club security goes to do so. Blakk then asks the audience if they want to listen to his story. The audience cheers as the MC sits down and opening credits begin, set to “Golden Years” by David Bowie, as Ms. Blakk dances and gives a great show. As the opening credits end, Ms. Blakk explains that David Bowie was his first inspiration, and inspired him to drag in the first place. Mark, the MC of the drag show, tells the audience to give it up one more time for Ms. Blakk.MS. BLAKK 4 PRESIDENT After the show, Blakk drinks at the bar and Mark sits down next to him. Mark congratulates him for the show, and Blakk thanks him, saying that he knew he was good already, but hearing Mark fawn over him makes him feel even better. Mark asks Blakk if the MC was telling the truth and he does bring up the Daley campaign often. Blakk says he’s still very proud to be the first drag queen to run for Mayor in Chicago, and besides, they both know still that Ms. Blakk would be a much better mayor than Dick Daley. Mark agrees, and then asks what he thinks of Bill Clinton, who is pretty much locked to be the Democratic candidate at this time. Blakk shrugs, and says that he guesses he’ll vote for him. Anyone would be better than Bush. Mark then pitches a crazy idea: what if Ms. Blakk ran for president? Blakk laughs and shrugs him off, but Mark says he’s being serious. Blakk running for Mayor brought a lot of attention to Queer Nation’s Chicago operations and brought several new members to them. Moreover, it made Daley at least partially acknowledge the LGBT community and the AIDS crisis facing Chicago. Imagine what could happen if they did that on a nationwide scale. Blakk says there’s no way anyone is going to vote for a black drag queen for President. Mark says that he’d vote for Blakk, but it’s not like they want Blakk to win. Rather, they want to use Blakk to bring awareness to LGBT issues to be part of Clinton’s platform. It worked with Daley; they might as well see if it works on a national scale. Blakk says he’s crazy, and Mark admits that it might be a bit nuts, but he wants to get Ms. Blakk to the Democratic National Convention. After all, if he’s there while all the bigwig democrats are voting, there’s no way they’ll be able to ignore the issues that’s been facing them as a community. Ms. Blakk pauses for a second and says he’ll do it, but only if he’s allowed to be in it all the way. No half-measures, Mark said he’d be at the DNC, so that’s what they’re gonna do. Mark promises that by the end of this campaign, Ms. Blakk will be on the DNC floor in a red, white and blue dress. The next day at the same bar, Ms. Blakk and Mark hold a press conference for the local LGBT newsletters and outlets to announce Ms. Blakk’s run for the candidacy. It’s a generally fun press conference, with Ms. Blakk cracking jokes, while Mark handles the business side of things, being Blakk’s official campaign manager. Blakk says her slogan will be “Lick Bush in 92” and she’s taking applications for potential vice presidents. At the end of the press conference, Blakk gives a brief speech about how there’s no reason in 1992, we can’t have a queen as president. After the press conference, Blakk is ready to start the campaign, perhaps with some canvassing, but Mark says it won’t be that simple. They can’t canvass on their own, and Ms. Blakk really shouldn’t worry about that, seeing how they have all of Queer Nation on their backs. Mark also points out that since the primaries are essentially done, canvassing won’t do much. Mark wants to set up Blakk with an interview with Glennda Orgasm, an older drag queen who has a self-titled radio show that is syndicated in several urban markets nationwide on underground radio stations targeted to the LGBT community. Blakk, being a huge fan of Glennda, is hyped to appear on the show, but Mark admits they haven’t pitched it to him yet. They arrive at Glennda’s office, which is surprisingly pretty small for such a popular show. Mark had set up the meeting with him, but as soon as he and Blakk come in, Glennda dismisses Mark, wanting to have a private conversation, queen-to-queen. Blakk immediately tells Glennda he finds him to be a massive influence and inspiration but Glennda interrupts and tells Blakk he wants to help, but he needs to know one thing: is this serious? Or a joke? Blakk ensures Glennda that he’s planning on being in it all the way. Glennda thinks for a second and says honestly, he doesn’t think Blakk stands a shot. But it’s inspiring to see someone who believes in themselves as much as Blakk does, and Glennda will do anything he can to get Blakk more attention or votes. Blakk thanks Glennda but again reiterates that he believes he still has a shot at this. Glennda smiles. The next day, Mark listens at the recording studio as Glennda and Blakk talk to each other. Blakk, as always, is very humorous, but also amusedly having trouble staying radio clean. Glennda reassures him to just be himself and they’ll edit out the swears later when it’s sent in syndication. A montage begins, set to the final cut of their interview, as Queer Nation goes out in several metropolitan areas, “canvassing” for Ms. Blakk and telling everyone they can about Blakk’s candidacy. Ms. Blakk continues going around Chicago, raising awareness and delivering speeches that are combined with quick drag shows. The montage stops for a second to show a scene of Ms. Blakk directly talking to voters, in this case, a young woman named Joan who Ms. Blakk excitedly points out they share the same name Joan says that if Ms. Blakk was on the ballot in the primary, she would’ve voted for her, since she knows Ms. Blakk would look out for her and her girlfriend. Joan gives Ms. Blakk a hug and calls him an inspiration. Ms. Blakk continues to go on other stops of the local campaign trail. However, as Mark reads the news more and more, he pressures Ms. Blakk to put some actual content in the speeches about the AIDS crisis and dealing with homophobia, but Ms. Blakk insists that will distract from the fun and make the voters not wanna go for him. At the end of June, the campaign seems to have been doing its job well. Glennda frequently gets calls in on his show talking about how they wish Ms. Blakk was gonna be the nominee and not Bill Clinton. Glennda says on his show that he plans on travelling with Blakk and his campaign manager to New York City in these final days before the Democratic National Convention, and Glennda tells his listeners to expect Ms. Blakk on the convention floor in that red-white-and-blue dress. In New York City, Blakk, Glennda and Mark land at LaGuardia as Mark briefs them on their plans. Mark is going to meet with the New York heads of Queer Nation while Glennda gets to his hotel, paid for by the radio station. They still need a cameraman for tomorrow, which is when Glennda and Blakk’s street interviews will be filmed (to be syndicated for a public access station with a late night timeslot for ACT UP news). Blakk says that he can handle that. Blakk arrives at an apartment and knocks. JJ opens and immediately smiles, letting Blakk in. Blakk gives him a huge hug and JJ gives an awkward hug back. Blakk asks how Mom and Dad have been and JJ says they’re the usual. It becomes clear very quickly that Blakk is JJ’s older brother as for the first time we see Blakk taking off his wig and dress, revealing an undershirt and boxers underneath. JJ says it’s great to see Terence too, and Terence shrugs, saying that Ms. Blakk is all the rage right now, so he doesn’t get much of a break, not that he’s complaining! Terence tells his brother all about the campaign for presidency, and JJ points out that he has no chance of winning.Terence: Of course I have no chance! But Ms. Blakk does!JJ: That’s - that’s not what I meant. Terence ignores this, but then says they have a bit of a snafu. They couldn’t find a cameraman - or camera - for a TV segment they’re doing tomorrow. JJ is confused how he could have a TV segment booked without a camera, and Terence muses that it’s rare that any of these independent stations have their shit together. Terence offers him the job, which has some pay but not much. JJ says he’ll accept, as he’s inb-etween gigs right now and doesn’t get to spend a lot of time with his brother. The next day, Blakk introduces JJ as his little brother to Glennda. Glennda immediately pinches his cheeks as JJ grimaces and says that he’d really rather just stay behind the camera. Glennda tells him not to worry as the beautiful people will stay in front of the camera and he doesn’t need to fear about that. Blakk immediately reassures JJ that he is also beautiful in its own way, and JJ says he wasn’t offended. The street interviews begin, with Glennda walking up to random people and asking about what they think of the upcoming election. It being NYC, most people don’t like Bush, and Glennda introduces these people to Ms. Blakk, who proudly announces to them he’s running for President. The first person they talk to, a white man in his early 20s, says that’s really neat, even though he doesn’t think Blakk has much of a chance. The second person, a Hispanic woman in her mid 30s, says that’s fine and cool, but she’s still planning on voting for Bill Clinton. However, the third interviewee, a white woman, is visibly caught off-guard by the queens, trying to dodge their questions. When Ms. Blakk outright asks her if she’d consider voting for Ms. Blakk, the woman says that she would never vote for any “fag” as they’re all ruining the country, as she spits on the ground and runs away from them. Glennda tells JJ to stop filming and asks Ms. Blakk if he’s okay. Blakk just gives a little smile and says that that is what happens when you run into the opposition. Blakk might be a better option than Bill Clinton, but at least Bill and Blakk can agree on Bush being garbage. JJ asks his brother if he’s really okay with that, and Blakk, more seriously than usual, says it’s nothing she hasn’t heard before. Glennda wants to move on with it and just says they won’t use that interview. A quick montage happens as the rest of the interviews occur, with a few people refusing to be interviewed, but no one as bad as the woman who spat at them earlier. JJ seems to be in a funk, but the hate they encountered is long forgotten by Ms. Blakk. That night, Blakk and JJ go out for dinner in Chelsea. Glennda regrets he can’t go with them, but he says he’s exhausted and is going back to their hotel. Mark meets them at the restaurant, and explains he’s been working all day with the Queer Nation NYC people on how to best approach the DNC itself, but they also need to meet up with ACT UP, who are planning their own protests at the event, and who have seemed very apprehensive about Ms. Blakk in the correspondence Mark has had with them. Solidarity is important as ultimately, Ms. Blakk is representing ACT UP along with the Queer Nation Party. Blakk says he’s looking forward to the meeting, as he’s always ready to charm unbelievers. At JJ’s apartment, Blakk is in the bathroom, taking off his makeup before taking off his dress. JJ asks if they can talk about what happened earlier, and Blakk quips that she thought her ravioli was a tad overpriced. JJ isn’t talking about that though; he wants to talk about the homophobic woman who spat on Blakk and called her a - Blakk says that reliving the negativity is just a good way to spread hopelessness. JJ disagrees, but then asks if that’s something often that happens to him. Blakk says that when it comes to being a queen, you almost always have to be ready for some ridicule; it comes with the position. People fear power and as Ms. Blakk dares to escape the drag shows and run for office, it scares these people even more. JJ asks how he can even handle that constant hate, and Ms. Blakk answers that he doesn’t. It’s impossible to handle the hate, but all he can really do against it is love himself. If that doesn’t work, he’ll feel the love at his shows. The makeup all off, he takes off his dress and exits the bathroom in his underclothes as Terence. JJ asks if he really this whole campaign is gonna work, and Terence answers that of course it will work, Ms. Blakk has never failed at anything he’s put his mind to before. Purple lights on a drag runway. Ms. Blakk is here to dance for the audience in front of him, who cheer wildly. Miss Blak for President!! Lick Bush in 92!! Suddenly, an announcer is heard, announcing a special guest, a celebrity endorser of Ms. Blakk - David Bowie. “Starman” blares as Ms. Blakk turns around and sees David Bowie walking his way. Ms. Blakk immediately freaks out, utterly fanboying over Bowie, but Bowie only stares with a silent smile, offering his hand to dance. As they dance in an erotic yet intimate manner, the audience cheers louder and louder and begins singing along to the song. However, suddenly, Bowie gives Ms. Blakk a dip and his wig falls off. The lights suddenly come up and the music stops, revealing no one else in the auditorium except Terence, who is suddenly vulnerable in his undershirt and boxers. He looks at himself in horror but quickly grabs his wig, tightening it on and closing his eyes. When he reopens them, he is Ms. Blakk again, and the song begins again as Ms. Blakk dances her way out of the bar and into the ACT UP headquarters next door, meeting with Mark in the lobby in an unbroken shot. Mark says they’ve got an interview with Lenny, the local head of ACT UP, and he leads Blakk in, as someone tells them Lenny will be with them briefly. Blakk blinks and is suddenly back at the runway, with lights up and the homophobic woman from earlier is staring at him, annoyed. Blakk asks what she’s doing here, clearly disgusted that she has returned. The woman points out she’s not only someone who hates him, waving her hand in front of her face and becoming the MC from the first drag show, and Joan, the lesbian voter for Ms. Blakk. The runway suddenly morphing into a press conference, the woman stands up and asks her question. The woman says that she’s aware this is a story solely about gay men. Any role for a woman is going to be a smaller part but she wants a bit more; a larger role that’s more than just a brief appearance. Blakk still doesn’t follow, and the woman points out that if you want LGBT women to really identify with this story, perhaps a larger role for them would make Ms. Blakk as inspirational to Joan as to all women who could be watching it. Blakk says that simply because of where this story goes, there are no major female roles. The questioning woman points out that women can too do drag and to just give her a shot. Blakk asks her if the role of Lenny would be enough to placate her, and the woman thanks him, saying he won’t be let down! Mark nudges Blakk, who had fallen asleep for a minute. Mark says that he needs to be awake for Lenny, as he’s a tough guy. It’d be smart to let Mark do all the talking, really. Lenny enters, played the same woman who had just appeared in the dream, but with a mustache and male pattern baldness with a cowboy hat. Mark and Ms. Blakk stand up to shake his hand but Lenny insists they sit down while Lenny sits on his desk. Mark tries to introduce Ms. Blakk, but Lenny stops him, saying he’s heard all about this distraction and he wants to put an end to it now. Ms. Blakk says they’ve traveled all the way from the Windy City, so he better be willing to at least hear them out. Lenny says that he doesn’t know if the two of them have heard, but there’s a massive crisis still in the gay community regarding AIDS. Mark says that of course he’s heard of it; his boyfriend died of AIDS last year. Lenny says then of course they’ll understand that they don’t want a flamboyant drag queen as their messaging when they’re still facing the same epidemic they’ve been facing for years now, along with the rampant homophobia and hate crimes. Mark says the important thing about Ms. Blakk is he draws massive attention. There’s only so much LGBT-targeted outlets can do in regards to building up awareness on the importance of these issues to straight people, who make up the majority of voters. Having a drag queen on the floor at the Democratic National Convention will force these people to see the actual joy that can come with being a member of their community, instead of the constant disease they see and stereotypes they may have. Lenny says that Ms. Blakk is a stereotype, and Mark doesn’t refute it, rather saying that Ms. Blakk’s joy is infectious. Lenny responds that he doesn’t really believe that’s gonna work at this stage in the game, and Mark says that when people at the DNC see a drag queen on the convention floor talking about the Queer Nation Party’s platform, they’ll have to listen. Ms. Blakk asks Lenny to believe in him, he knows he can make a difference, but only if he goes all the way. Lenny sighs, and says he can tell they won’t take no for an answer. He just asks that they leave the ACT UP protesters alone, and Mark agrees to this. Lenny says he’ll get them floor passes, but to get out of his office. Another montage begins, this time of the next week. Glennda goes around NYC, making celebrity appearances at a variety of LGBT bars, introducing Ms. Blakk, who gives a political stump speech and a drag show everywhere. JJ and Mark follow them around, with the former filming everything and the latter trying to manage it and talk to the people at the bars about how they’re really feeling about Ms. Blakk. The response is mixed but mostly positive, saying it’s a joy to see someone like Ms. Blakk enter politics. The convention has arrived, and Glennda, Blakk, Mark and JJ are ready to go in for Ms. Blakk’s grand finale. Today is just for interviews with spectators; tomorrow is the day of the official nomination. The plan is for Glennda to interview first Blakk on the floor, and then they both talk to various attendees. Blakk is notably not wearing the promised red-white-and-blue dress, as he wants to save it for the day that really matters. They go to the press entrance to be let in, but the security refuse both Glennda and Blakk, saying that they can’t go in dressed like that, but they can feel free to go join the protestors. Mark argues that Ms. Blakk and Glennda are both famous news personalities within their community, but the security guard smirks, and says he doesn’t care about famous fairies. As Mark tries to keep cool, Ms. Blakk has had enough and attempts to run in anyway, saying Ms. Blakk is ready to take chances at any cost. Immediately, a security guard tackles Ms. Blakk to the ground as the first one grabs Mark by force. Glennda immediately backs up with her hands up, but the first security guard, still restraining Mark while the other tries to keep Ms. Blakk on the ground, demands JJ to stop filming. Hours later, at ACT UP, in Lenny’s office, as Lenny watches the footage JJ recorded. As the video ends, he turns back to JJ, Mark and Blakk, clearly trying to keep his anger in check. Lenny asks them what they think that video looks like. Blakk responds with it looks like a clear act of injustice, and Mark agrees, trying to piggyback off Blakk’s statement when Lenny interrupts. It doesn’t look like injustice, what it looks like is that those gay protesters from ACT UP refused to stay behind the line like they were told to, and that maybe, we should move the line further back away from the DNC to prevent that from happening. The further the ACT UP protesters are away from being visible on the news, the less their message gets up. Mark tells him if he wants, Queer Nation can announce Ms. Blakk was their protestor, and not ACT UP’s, but Lenny just stares at him and says they both know that to most people, all these pro-LGBT organizations are the same. Besides, even without them moving back the line of the protestors, they’d have a massive problem with the DNCs. Mark looks confused for a second, and asks him what he’s talking about. Finally, though, Ms. Blakk is tired of sitting still and says he’s sorry about the protestors and for trying to rush the gate. However, Blakk has promised so many people that he was in it all the way, and if he’s not on the convention floor, he’s going to let down so many people. It’s time for Blakk to shine. Lenny just kinda gives Blakk a nod, not really listening to him, and then asks Mark to stay a bit. They need to talk about more important matters. At JJ’s apartment that night, Terence sits on the couch, watching TV. The news is covering the first day of the DNC and Terence points out that Ms. Blakk is nowhere to be seen so Lenny is overreacting. JJ sits down on an armchair, and mutes the TV. JJ tells him he’s scared, and Terence asks him why. JJ knows there’s a lot of injustice and discrimination in the world; he did a documentary in undergrad on the death of Eleanor Bumpurs. He knows that as black people in New York City, they’re never gonna get a fair shake from the cops or security guards that populate the city. But he’s never seen it happen to his brother, and Terence points out he wasn’t attacked because he was black; he was attacked because he’s gay. Moreover, Terence is aware that he probably shouldn’t have tried to rush the guard, and JJ says that’s not the point. The point is that as a black man, Terence was already in danger in New York City, but as a gay black man, it’s even worse. Terence asks him what he wants him to do about it; he can’t stop being who he is, and JJ says he doesn’t know. He just has never seen such violence up close before, and Terence says he’s lucky. It’s not like it’s much better in Chicago than it is in New York City. JJ just says he doesn’t want what happened to Terence earlier to happen again, and Terence, as a joke, says he doesn’t want to be tackled again either. After that joke fails to make JJ less nervous, Terence says he understands that it can be hard to see what his brother goes through every day as a part of life, but being Ms. Blakk makes Terence feel so much better about living. It makes him happy and others happy. Terence knows their parents never saw it the same way, but he’s forever grateful that JJ understands. JJ says he shouldn’t have to be grateful for a family member understanding, and Terence says that he knows, but when you only have your brother still talking to you, you have to be grateful for what you have. JJ asks Terence what he wants to do now, and Terence says that no matter what happens, he promised so many people that Ms. Blakk will appear on the convention floor tomorrow in a red-white-and-blue dress, so he’s gotta figure out how to do that. Ms. Blakk makes a difference in a way that Terence never can. What they’re doing matters, and JJ asks how he really thinks that’s important. Ms. Blakk and Mark being tackled didn’t even make the news. Terence reaffirms that for now, no one will care, but in the future, nothing will stop Ms. Joan Jett Blakk from being the first drag queen to run for president. JJ sighs and says he doesn’t know if anyone will care about that, and Terence responds that if people don’t care about it, that will only be because he’s the first of many. JJ decides to not argue anymore, and says that even though he doesn’t know about this really being as important as Terence says it is, he knows it’s important to his brother, so he wants to help. They need to find a way to get Ms. Blakk inside, and JJ goes to his closet to pull out a much larger bag than he’s been using. JJ says this is the bag he used in undergrad for C-stands, but he can easily fit his camera in here and pass it off as a larger camera bag; most security guards wouldn’t know the difference. Terence smiles, and says that they could easily fit in his makeup kit, wig and the dress in there along with the camera. All they need to do is have Terence enter the convention with JJ, and then change into Ms. Blakk in the bathroom. JJ says it’s a bit of a risk, and Terence proclaims that history is only made with risks, and tomorrow will be the day Ms. Blakk’s presidential campaign reaches its triumphant conclusion. JJ laughs, and says he’ll be there, proudly recording it all. Later, after JJ has gone to bed, Terence can’t sleep. He goes over to JJ’s phone and calls Glennda, who picks up. In an unbroken shot of Terence talking, he quickly explains JJ and his plan to bring Ms. Blakk to the convention floor and invites Glennda to come along. Glennda appreciates the offer, really, but he thinks that she would slow down the two of them. Besides, it’s not Glennda who needs to make it to the convention floor, it’s Ms. Blakk. Glennda’s still rooting for Ms. Blakk, and she wishes Terence luck for tomorrow. Hanging up, Terence lets out a breath, and heads back to bed. The next morning, Terence and JJ are eating breakfast when Mark knocks on the door. JJ lets him in, and Terence is excited to share their plan with him. Mark immediately responds that he hopes that Ms. Blakk will not be making an appearance today. Terence, instantly noticing something to be off, asks him what’s wrong, and Mark says it’s imperative that Ms. Blakk not be there, and Terence again demands for Mark to explain himself. Mark sighs, and says that ACT UP has received a tip that Bill Clinton’s acceptance speech at the primary does not mention AIDS or the LGBT community at all. Terence says that makes it even more important that he’s there, to bring attention to the missing parts of the speech, but Mark says he still doesn’t get it. No one cares about Ms. Blakk; getting Clinton to mention them is so much more important. Mark has spent the last night with Lenny and the folks at ACT UP trying to find a way to contact the Clinton camp about this but they still haven’t got any answers. He’s going to enlist Queer Nation NYC to do so too, but there’s no telling if Clinton will mention them or have them be forgotten as always. They cannot afford another president who doesn’t care about that, and the fact is that Ms. Blakk’s campaign was always a publicity stunt. Mark advises Terence and JJ to stay at home, or explore NYC. Do anything but go to the DNC. Mark then leaves, saying he has actual work to do. JJ turns to Terence, who calmly eats his cereal and says they’ll still be heading out in a half hour. Sure enough, a half hour later, Terence and JJ approach the guards who they interacted with yesterday. They don’t recognize Terence with his changed demeanor and without his makeup and outfit, but they do remember JJ. JJ pulls out his old student ID from NYU, and says he’s doing a project about the DNC this year for his summer documentary course, and this is his brother from Chicago. Terence awkwardly introduces himself, and the guards welcome them to the DNC, happy to let them in. Terence sits in a bathroom stall, when JJ comes in and gives an all-clear, leaving his bag inside. Terence unpacks the makeup kit and begins doing his makeup in front of the mirror. As the makeup goes on slowly but surely, Terence gives himself a pep talk, about how this is the last shot for him to make a difference this election. He then stops a second, and really looks at himself, and questions if he is making a difference. Lenny and Mark are probably right, he’s just being selfish and wanting Ms. Blakk to make the difference, when in fact, no one cares about him. No one will be inspired by him. He’s just another black drag queen who will be forgotten by time. The cheering outside the bathroom is for a Democrat, someone supposedly more liberal than the current president, but one who apparently doesn’t even care about him and his community. The idea that a drag queen running around will make a difference is insane; if anything, it’ll make the DNC and the “normal” people they represent even more repulsed by him. JJ yells in that he needs to hurry up, he can only guard the bathroom so much. Makeup complete, Terence takes off his boxers and undershirt and puts on the dress. He then looks in the mirror. Something seems off, so Terence tries to return to his pep talk. Who cares about the normal people; as long as members of his community see him, that’s all that really matters! But the people at ACT UP and Queer Nation are focused on whether or not Bill Clinton mentions their community, and for good reason. Even on those LGBT outlets, Ms. Blakk being here will not be a good silver lining if Clinton completely ignores them. And if Clinton does mention them? That’s great! No one will even acknowledge the drag queen in the room because they’ll be too busy paying attention to great news. Is there even a point to continuing with this? JJ enters and tells Terence they really need to go, but JJ just sees tears welling up in his brother’s eyes. He immediately asks what’s wrong, and says he needs to calm down or he’ll need to fix his makeup. Terence asks how he looks, and JJ says he looks fine. Terence asks him again, and this time to be honest. JJ doesn’t know what his brother wants him to say, and Terence asks bluntly if he likes his older brother looking like this. JJ is caught off-guard and says…JJ: I’m not sure what you mean.Terence: Me, your big brother. The drag queen. The fag.JJ: We really don’t have time to talk about this right now.Terence: I know you were made fun of in school because of me. And Mom and Dad don’t like you talking to me. Everything about this right now has caused you shit, year after year and you don’t deserve any of it.JJ: Well, yeah, but it’s nothing compared to what you deal with that.Terence: That’s different! I have Ms. Blakk. You have nothing.JJ: I don’t know about nothing. Terence: This was a fucking bad idea.JJ: What? No.Terence: So it’s a good idea?JJ: I’m - I’m not sure if it’s a good idea or a bad idea. But when in doubt, I know to trust you.Terence: Why? Why would you trust me with this stupid idea?JJ: If there’s one thing I know, Terry, it’s that you are the only person in my life who can do anything you set your mind to.Terence: I can’t become President. I’m not going to fucking become president!JJ: That’s never what this was about. “Go all the way”? Was that about getting in the Oval Office?Terence: No. It was about getting here.JJ: And you’re here, and that’s awesome.Terence: But no one cares. I’m a distraction from the real issues.JJ: Maybe.Terence: That’s really not helpful. JJ: Okay. Uh, well, you said to me that to handle the hate, all you can do is give love and get love at your shows, right?Terence: Yeah. What does that have to do with anything?JJ: Well, you asked earlier how I handled people making fun of me about you. Honestly, to me, they would call you these names, and I wouldn’t know how to defend you. As far as I knew back then, they were right, but I couldn’t figure out why you were bad. You were just… you. And I think that’s brave in its own big way. And I don’t think I’m the only one. I can get nervous at times and not know how to talk to people, and I look to you and I just see you barging into places, undeterred. I know you’ll say that’s not you, that’s Ms. Blakk, but you’re what makes Ms. Blakk so great. You probably know that already.Terence: Yeah. I do.JJ: Yeah, so I don’t know why I’m saying it. But I don’t want you to forget that. It’s - it’s you that has that personality that makes Ms. Blakk magnetic. It’s you who makes the people fall in love with you instantly. It’s you all the way. Terence and Ms. Blakk - I’m sorry, I’m just saying super obvious stuff.Terence: It is super obvious. But it is good to hear. JJ: I love you, man. And I love everything you’ve done with this whole campaign. And I’m happy to be a part of it since I don’t see you that much.Terence: Well, you know… you could visit the Windy City. Terence pulls out the wig, and secures it on tightly as he finally becomes Ms. Blakk.Ms. Blakk: Look, I don’t know about any of this. I really fucking don’t know if it matters or not. But what does matter is we made it this far, so we might as well finish it.JJ: (smiling) There’s no we, you made it this far. I’m just here to record that.Ms. Blakk: Well, you’re not wrong, but I’m a very gracious person, you can have maybe 2% credit.JJ: (laughing) Alright, sounds good. The two hug in the bathroom. Out on the convention floor, the vote begins to take place to officially name Bill Clinton as the nominee and Blakk begins to run the floor, JJ quickly following with his camera. Blakk screams his campaign slogans “Ms. Blakk for President!” and “Lick Bush in 92!” while most people around him ignore him, due to the large amount cheering going on anyway. As Blakk runs around doing this, he runs into Mark, who is roaming the convention floor himself, trying to get information about the upcoming address by Bill Clinton directly from the camp. However, when he sees Blakk, Mark demands him to stop, saying that if anyone from the Clinton camp sees Ms. Blakk, they’re not gonna listen to Mark or Lenny or anyone else here about LGBT issues. Ms. Blakk says he’s gonna try to avoid that area for Mark, since they’re friends, but he didn’t come this far to stop. Mark looks at Ms. Blakk and Blakk replies this is very important, both to him and the queens who supported him on the way. Mark gives a light smile, but, still annoyed, says fine, but don’t expect Mark or Queer Nation to support him on something like this again. Blakk says he wasn’t expecting that and Mark shakes his head and leaves. Blakk goes around, campaigning one last time, but it’s only a matter of time until security comes across him and JJ. They’re promptly escorted out as Blakk continues to yell out “Lick Bush in 92!”. One of the guards says they like the balls on this queen, and Blakk thanks him for that. JJ finishes filming and asks Blakk what now. Blakk says that that’s that. They did it. Ms. Blakk, presidential candidate, roamed the 1992 Democratic National Convention floor in a red-white-and-blue dress. JJ points to his camera and says that with this, people should never forget what happened. Ms. Blakk will be a part of history, no matter what. Later that night, at a bar, Terence and JJ sit at a bar, drinking. JJ remarks that it’s the first time they’ve been out without Ms. Blakk, and Terence snarks that this isn’t a change or anything, he just was really getting way too cold in that skinny dress. It was way too small for him anyway. JJ smiles, and says that honestly, they should’ve got a bigger dress. Terence says that only he himself is allowed to say that and JJ laughs, apologizing. Mark comes up to them at the bar, and says he’s been looking for them everywhere. Terence doesn’t answer, and JJ asks him what’s up. Mark just says he’s in a good mood and he’ll buy them some drinks. Terence asks what the hell his deal is. Mark explains excitedly that Clinton did mention both AIDS and the LGBT community in his speech. ACT UP and Queer Nation’s pressure worked. Terence asks him how he knows that their pressure worked; as far as he knows, that was always going to happen seeing how he said none of them could get in contact with the Clinton camp. Mark shrugs, and says he doesn’t know, but with so many of them outreaching to Clinton campaign volunteers, he can only assume the message made it up. They might finally have someone in the White House who wants to help him. JJ looks at Mark, and says that as great as Bill Clinton might be, he’s got nothing on Ms. Joan Jett Blakk. Mark doesn’t really have a response to that, and Terence tells him to go. Mark leaves, not knowing what else to say. JJ asks Terence what he thinks about Clinton’s speech. Terence says that it’s all great, but he’s known by now with nearly all politicians, it’s what they do rather than what they say. Clinton might say he cares about him, but Terence knows that no matter what, he’s a gay black drag queen; it’s unlikely anyone in politics will ever care for him. That’s why he’ll keep on screaming, and doing shows. If Ms. Blakk isn’t going to be loud and proud about these issues, who will? JJ doesn’t have a response to this and so, Terence takes a long sip of his drink. He says he wants to go somewhere else. Stonewall (the gay bar in the west half of the original Stonewall Inn). JJ enters the bar, followed by Ms. Blakk, in full attire and makeup. Blakk immediately walks up to the bartender, and asks about where the karaoke is. The bartender says it’s a slow night, so he can go next. He asks if Blakk knows how to play piano, and Blakk says he’d love to. JJ says he never knew his brother could play piano, and Blakk laughs, saying there’s still plenty JJ doesn’t know about him. Ms. Blakk goes to the piano and begins playing “Oh, You Pretty Things” by David Bowie, singing along to it as postscript cards appear: JJ’s documentary was released as a video titled “Lick Bush in ‘92!” It was passed around in LGBT circles. Ms. Blakk moved to San Francisco following the campaign, and ran again for President again in 1996. Although he was on the Queer Nation ticket again, Mark was not involved with this second campaign. Following this campaign, Ms. Blakk launched a talk show that featured interviews with many local and national LGBT people of interest. It eventually eclipsed Glennda in popularity. In 1999, Ms. Blakk embarked on his final campaign, this time to be Mayor of San Francisco. JJ and Ms. Blakk remain close brothers, despite living across the country from each other. As this final card appears, JJ smiles at his brother playing piano, and Ms. Blakk laughs finishing the song, asking if anyone wants an encore. The crowded bar cheers, with particular shots of JJ, Glennda and David Bowie cheering on Ms. Blakk. Blakk thanks everyone for their support and then bursts into “Rebel Rebel” by David Bowie and the credits roll. Throughout them, pictures of the real Ms. Blakk are shown, along with the real JJ, Mark, and Glennda. Some footage from “Lick Bush in ‘92” is also shown. The song fades out when the credit scroll begins, and footage of Terence Smith from today plays and he talks about how he really didn’t think it was important, looking back on it, but nowadays people are rediscovering Ms. Joan Jett Blakk and it is a relief to see that it mattered. Not to many, but it did matter. And that’s all that really counts for him. Alternative Google Docs Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VuY1S2VJpgTXCp2qtUZ968r2PcqKcnzJBc-NcEWVMUc/edit?usp=sharing Special thanks to @Spaghetti. Edited April 16, 2020 by Blankments 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) Beyblade: The War Unleashed - Let Them Rip! Director: Robert Rodriguez Writer: Jeff Nicholson Genre: Sci-Fi/Action/Family Release Date: March 31 Major Cast: Haley Lu Richardson as Hilary Granger Kalama Epstein as Tyson Granger Alice Lee as Margot Kai Jai Courtney as Vice Presidictator Fred Spade Malachi Barton as Bobby Derbez Marwan Kenzari as Dr. Ray Kondson David Henrie as Dr. Max Take Mark Hamill as the voice of the Beyblade OS With Winona Ryder as General Jean MacGregor And Mark Ruffalo as Presidictator Boris Devlin Theater Count: 3,936 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi violence and action, and some language. Runtime: 97 minutes Production Budget: $100 million Music by: Junkie XL Additional Formats: IMAX 3D, 3D and Dolby Plot Summary: The war for the future will be fought with BEYBLADES. Plot: The year is 20X7. Hilary narrates a montage that explains how the world has fallen to the apocalyptic level that is the new normal. Basically, years of losing war and famine had caused the country to fall to waste, but then a new president was elected, Dr. Boris Devlin. Boris was a well-liked genius, instantly recognizable due to his missing eye. He poured millions of US funding into developing a new superweapon: the Beyblade. Essentially giant spinning tops the size of cities, these would ram into metropolises who were against the U.S., instantly destroying with the same level of destruction of nukes, but without the lasting radioactivity that would prevent ground troops from finishing the job. After unveiling the first Beyblade to the world, Devlin enacted his plan and immediately sent Beyblades after Washington D.C., killing everyone in Congress along with the Supreme Court. Devlin then declared himself Presidictator, and sent the Beyblades after the other remaining cities that refused to fall in line. Since then, the world has been at war with the U.S., as their empire has become much, much larger as only Devlin has the might of the Beyblade behind him. With Devlin closing in on the final country on his to-do list, Japan, the Resistance, led by General Jean McGregor, tries to find a way to stop him, but the only way to do so is to replicate the Beyblade technology for their own good…BEYBLADE A shanty apartment in the ruins of New York City. The poor live among the ruins with little hope. However, we meet our hero, Hilary, as she runs away from a gang! She keeps one jump ahead of them at all costs, but the gang yells after her, saying if they catch her, they’re gonna kill her!! She runs through an abandoned building, despite being in close pursuit, and ends up using parkour to climb up the destroyed fire escape. She waves down to the losers following her, but one of them pulls out a lazer pistol. She quickly ducks inside, but sees people coming up the stairs near her. She then goes to the roof on the other side of the building, and times her jump so she can slide into an ongoing hovertrain, carrying supplies for the US Army.BEYBLADE:THE WAR UNLEASHED She unwraps her bounty: a piece of raisin bread, a rare delicacy. She quickly rewraps it and goes to the side of the train and jumps off quickly, rolling down a hill to a camp in Central Park. Neutral territory. She quickly haggles with someone for something worth even more than the raisin bread: an mega-inhaler, one of the final pieces of new medicine to come before Devlin’s takeover. She gives them the raisin bread along with taking off her jacket. She begs them for the mega-inhaler and finally, the person gives it to her, but only if she gives her shoes as well. Hilary gives it to them. Hilary walks home, slower than usual without her shoes. She heads down into the abandoned subway stations and walk down the tracks to a car sitting there. She knocks on it with a secret code. It opens, and she immediately ducks off the steps and rolls under the train, grabbing a pole wedged between in train piping. She then rolls back and enters with an ignited lazer axe. Sure enough, a masked baddie is there, holding her brothers, Tyson and Bobby captive. She tells the person to leave her brothers alone, and the masked baddie says that she was waiting for Hilary. The masked baddie lets go of the brothers and ignites her own lazer nunchuks, as the two get ready for battle, with the lazer axe proving to not be that formidable a weapon against nunchuks. In fact, with the lazer nunchuks, the masked baddie manages to disarm Hilary, leaving her to beg for the life of her brothers. The masked baddie reveals herself to be Margot Kai, warrior of the resistance. As Hilary stares confused, Margot says everything she knows is about to change. The final title reveal happens to Fall Out Boy’s cover of the Beyblade theme song: BEYBLADE:THE WAR UNLEASHEDLET THEM RIP! Margot helps Hilary up and apologizes for the theatrics but they needed to test Hilary’s allegiance to good. Bobby says that’s insane! Margot says she agrees somewhat but she follows what her general says. Hilary asks if she really knows the General and Margot says she trained directly under her. Tyson starts coughing and asks Hilary if she got him his inhaler. Hilary hands him the mega-inhaler and Tyson thanks her for it. Hilary tells Margot that she thinks it’s cool she knows the General but she really needs to take care of her family. Margot says to let her show them all something and then she can say no or not. Hilary is iffy on it, but Bobby says he’s been bored and Tyson encourages Hilary to do it, being a supportive younger brother who also imagines the Resistance could improve their quality of life. Hilary says she’ll give Margot an hour. Margot leads them outside to behind their train car. She then clicks a button on her wristwatch revealing an invisible Beyblade the side of a car. The Beyblade fades into visibility, becoming bright blue and Margot invites them aboard. Margot stands on a platform, while the other three crowd on a backseat. The Beyblade OS asks her where to, and Margot says back to base. Immediately the platform begins to spin fast as Margot catches her breath, paying attention to the rotating monitor in front of her. She engages stealth mode and we sees the semi-transparent Beyblade speed out of the subway and down the empty streets of NYC. Margot gets brief glances of the family and then suddenly tells the Beyblade to slow down. It complies and Margot steps down and asks Hilary if she wants to try. Bobby asks if he can try and Margot says he’s a bit young. Hilary seems nervous at first and Margot tells her it’s like parkour, but if you were spinning instead of jumping. All she needs to do is let them rip. Hilary is reassured by this and gets into the Beyblade cockpit. Margot tells the Beyblade to keep it slow and the Beyblade replies that if it goes slow, it will not be able to move. Margot shrugs and just tells Hilary to try her best. Hilary proves she has an instant knack for it, managing to somehow build the momentum to jump the Beyblade over a large crevice. Everyone cheers. At the White House, Presidictator Boris Devlin paces. His eyepatch is now notably cybernetic, and neon red. He rants to his Vice, Fred Spade, about how the Resistance is gaining power and how he can’t go and take over Japan until he squashes them entirely. Spade understands and says the problem they have is really that they never cleaned up when the old Beyblades would breakdown, they just left the scraps. Devlin asks him if he’s blaming the Presidictator’s wisdom, and Spade stammers for a bit as he is suddenly glued to the floor by special EMPized magnets. Devlin’s eyepatch comes off of him and becomes a Beyblade, the size of a typical Bayblade toy. Spade begs for mercy as the Beyblade suddenly crawls on his back, making a small cut. Devlin chuckles and then immediately calls the Beyblade back (note: Devlin inexplicably always pronounces it “BUH-blade”). He tells Spade he was just joking with him when suddenly, there is an alert. There has been a rogue Beyblade sighting, one registered to the Resistance. Devlin looks at the screen and sees the Beyblade make the jump over the crevice. He laughs maniacally, telling his satelite to follow that Beyblade! Hilary continues driving the Beyblade on autopilot and soon enough, they make it to a secret entrance in the Appalachian Mountains. The leader of the Resistance, General Jean MacGregor is there to meet them, looking very grave. She immediately chews out Margot for letting them come without turning on the stealth mode, and Margot apologizes, saying that she was too busy testing Hilary’s skills. Jean suddenly gets very happy and asks if what they believed is true. Margot says yes, she believes that Hilary is the child of the prophecy. Hilary asks what they’re talking about and Jean says they need to take them to their head scientists to explain. On their way, they walk by several prototypes of Beyblades, ready to fight against the oppression facing them all. In the lab, manic Dr. Ray Kondson works with nerdy Dr. Max Take on a new experiment to give the Beyblade OS more of a quirky personality. They run a simulation and immediately the Beyblade talks to them and says that he wants to stay in and watch TV. Ray wants to immediately pull the plug but Max asks the Beyblade what show he wants to binge. Before the Beyblade can answer, Jean, followed by everyone else, enters and immediately orders the Beyblade to shut off. The Beyblade complies with the overall resistance protocol and Max is annoyed. Ray, nervous, asks what’s going on, and Jean introduces them to Hilary, the child of the prophecy. Hilary is still confused about this prophecy and Jean tells Max and Ray to explain. They do, comedically, saying that in the first Beyblade OS they found, there was an DNA strand written out in binary code. They can’t figure out why it’s there, and it had a birthdate on it, corresponding with people her age. They believe that this child will be naturally gifted with piloting Beyblades and are the one hope against stopping tyranny. Bobby looks in awe at Hilary and Hilary says she has no idea what they’re talking about. However, there’s not much time for them to respond to it as the base is suddenly attacked by a giant Beyblade, immediately ripping the roof off! Jean tells the scientists to hide with the brothers, and then orders Margot and Hilary to follow her. Hilary wants to hide with her brothers, but Tyson insists they’ll be fine, she needs to go help pilot a Beyblade. Jean, Margot and Hilary enter their Beyblades, realizing it to be necessary for their smaller Beyblades to all attack the large one at the triple points. As the rest of the Resistance loads into their Beyblades, the large Beyblade suddenly unleashes several drones, Beyblades made of pure lazer tech. The lazer Beyblades go to the hangar and explodes all the Beyblades there. Hilary turns away from the main point of attack and Jean yells at her to stay on track. Hilary says that if the lazer Beyblades take the rest of the fleet, they won’t have an army to fight. Margot says Hilary has a good point and Jean agrees, but tells her that they can send the secondary fleet behind them there. Sure enough, the group of other Beyblades go back to the hangar and immediately decide to use their cooling units, to spray out water and melt the lazer Beyblades. Margot, Hilary and Jean are still trying to reach the triple points to take down the big Beyblade! However, what they don’t realize is Vice Presidictator Spade has left the Beyblade on autopilot and he immediately goes to the lab, using a lazer mace to destroy the research. Suddenly, Ray rushes out to try to kick Spade, but Spade immediately pulls his lazer dagger to his face. Immediately, Max responds by running out and disarming the lazers with a glass of water. Spade is not pleased with this, and immediately uses the metal back of the lazer mace to knock out both Max and Ray. He then spreads lazer dust over the lab and prepares to light it. However, Bobby runs out and jumps on his back as Tyson attempts to kick Spade so they can escape. However, Spade very easily pushes Bobby off and flips Tyson. Tyson says they don’t know who he is, but he seems evil. Bobby says that their sister is the child of the prophecy and she won’t let him get away with this. Slade flips, not realizing the child of the prophecy had been found. When they refuse to say anything more, Slade uses the remaining lazer dust to create a lazer Beyblade, which he crowds the three of them to return to the big Beyblade. As he leaves, the lab explodes in a firey explosion. Margot, Jean and Hilary keep attacking the triple points and then Hilary realizes something: all the triple points have been destroyed, but this is a big Beyblade. Perhaps there is a quadruple point? Jean realizes she must be right; the top of the Beyblade likely has a triple quadruple point! However, they’re blindsided as Spade’s lazer Beyblade flies right by them, entering the Beyblade. Hilary looks in slow motion and sees in the back of the Beyblade, Bobby and Tyson unconscious. Hilary screams in agony, taking her Beyblade to destroy the quadruple point when suddenly, her Beyblade glows gold and sends out a supersonic yellow lazer that destroys the big Beyblade in a glorious explosion. However, Spade takes an escape pod with the brothers, flying up into the air and laughing maniacally while pointing at Hilary and the resistance, saying they are doomed. The resistance base is on fire. Hope seems lost. Hilary mourns the loss of her brothers, and Margot says when they can, they’ll go on a mission to save them. Jean says that won’t be anytime soon; it’s too risky to send the child of the prophecy on a suicide mission. Hilary asks what will happen to her brothers, and Max and Ray, both of whom have a lot of Band-Aids on their face, explain that no one has returned from Presidictator Devlin’s lair and lived. Jean says that they need to rebuild first, and heads off to the Beyblade hangar to assess the damage. Max and Ray try to comfort a crying Hilary, but to no avail. However, they feel like it’s their fault Tyson and Bobby got kidnapped, so they pitch a new idea to her and Margot. They have an experimental program, powered by reverse engineering the lazer Beyblade. It will let them remake the wreckage of the giant Beyblade by them to be controllable by both her and Margot, needing one person to pilot the Beyblade and the other to control the weapons system. If they take the giant Beyblade, they might be able to go save Hilary’s brothers. Margot says she’ll do it to help Hilary and Hilary says she’s in to save her family. Bobby is placed in front of Devlin as Devlin laughs maniacally. He says Bobby is a little too young to be of use to him so instead, he’s gonna give his eye a workout. Bobby looks in horror as Devlin’s eye Beyblade suddenly goes after him, hissing! Bobby tries to run away through the White House as Devlin laughs, saying run as much as he wants, he needs to give his baby Beyblade a workout. Bobby ends up cornered in a bathroom and as the Beyblade is about to get him, a large rumbling is heard. The Beyblade is immediately summoned back to Devlin’s eye as he looks in horror as the Frankensteined giant Beyblade heads his way. Bobby uses this time to jump outside the window and run away from the White House. Inside the Giant Beyblade, Margot asks if it’s time for the weapons, and Hilary, very confident, says “Let it rip.” The power of the lazers is sent directly towards the White House as Devlin hits the emergency button which launches the White House in the air, revealing it to be the very top of a giant Beyblade built within the ground. Devlin laughs, saying they didn’t see this coming, and yells at Spade to man the weaponry, he’ll pilot the Beyblade. The White House Beyblade aggressively chases the Resistance’s Beyblade, with them bumping against each other violently. Margot and Hilary feel extremely outmatched, until suddenly Devlin’s voice is heard, saying that he will gladly stop the chase and have a one-on-one fight with the Child of the Prophecy. Margot says she thinks it’s a bad idea, as almost certainly, Devlin will try to kill Hilary. Hilary says that he could easily kill them with the much bigger Beyblade, so she’d rather face him face to face. They hail back, asking where this smaller Beyblade battle will take place and Devlin says to meet them at the Lincoln Memorial. The Lincoln Memorial, long reduced to rubble, with the exception of Lincoln’s head. Hilary exits in her smaller Beyblade and stares up at the White House Beyblade, yelling that she’s ready. Devlin asks her if she really thought she was gonna fight the Presidictator. No, he will be sending his finest warrior. The doors to the White House open and reveal… Tyson, whose head is now encased entirely in a cyborg body that doubles as Beyblade. Hilary recognizes her brother in horror and asks him what’s happening. In a monotoned voice, Tyson says he’s only here to serve the Presidictator and any resistance must be met with death. Tyson goes after her as Hilary jumps into her Beyblade and attempts to escape Tyson, while begging him that he’s hypnotized. Tyson doesn’t listen as he attempts to knock her off the cliffsides of DC (that have formed there since the initial Beyblade attack of many years ago). During this, we cut back to Margot, who sees Bobby and goes down to rescue him quickly, letting him ride along in the giant Beyblade. Finally, Hilary hails Margot, saying she can’t take him. She can’t fight her own brother. The Beyblade then takes off to reattach to the original giant one. Devlin screeches in anger, calling her a wimp. He then orders all weapons on the Resistance base. The next Beyblade he sends will destroy them all, and this time, he’ll be sure to destroy the big Beyblade permanently. Margot and Hilary make it back to the base and tell Jean they need to escape quickly, all in the giant Beyblade. Jean says that won’t stop Devlin from following them. Jean knows it more than anyone else, since Devlin is her brother. Margot gasps at this, and Jean says she’s kept too many secrets in her time. Max and Ray run up and say they have an idea. They pull out a USB drive and say this is their sassy AI for Beyblades. Jean rolls her eyes and says that won’t help at all, and Bobby says that maybe if they download the sassy AI into Devlin’s Beyblade, those Beyblades will just wanna watch TV instead of help Devlin. Jean asks if the science is really there for that, and Max and Ray insist that Bobby is right. Bobby says that he’s gonna have to be the one to do it, as he knows from when he was being chased earlier where the White House control room is. Hilary is incredibly iffy on this but says as long as she goes with him to do it, that’s okay. Jean is iffy on letting someone who isn’t the child of the prophecy pilot the Beyblade and Hilary says she’d trust Margot with her life. With everyone loaded onto the Giant Beyblade, the plan is put into motion. They will sit there and wait until the White House Beyblade arrives to destroy them, then Hilary will pilot a smaller Beyblade with Bobby and the USB stick. Sure enough, that happens, with Devlin demanding all weapons on the Giant Beyblade. Spade begins to shoot at them and another great Beyblade chase begins! Hilary and Bobby are able to easily sneak onto the White House, and Bobby leads Hilary to the control room, where Spade is. Spade quickly draws his lazer mace, and Bobby throws Hilary a lazer axe from a closet nearby. Hilary and Spade get into an intense fight as Bobby quickly downloads the sassy AI onto the White House mainframe. Meanwhile, Devlin is about to hit the Giant Beyblade one last time, destroying it, when suddenly the White House slows down. He screams asking what’s going on, and the White House’s AI replies that he just wants to watch some TV. Meanwhile, Spade looks in horror at Bobby and then in anger, but in his distraction, Hilary knocks him out with the metal part of her axe. They need to escape quickly, but on their way out, they run into Tyson, still stuck as a robot. Bobby walks up to him, slowly, as Tyson says he plans on killing them both once he can override this new operating system preventing him from moving. Bobby leaves him the inhaler that Hilary got him earlier in the movie as Tyson looks at him in confusion. Hilary and Bobby then leave, quickly getting in their Beyblade and returning to the moving base. With the White House frozen behind them, they’re able to make a quick getaway using parkour, as Margot turns the Giant Beyblade to stealth mode. As they make a new base in the middle of old Utah, Jean gives Bobby, Hilary, Margot, Max and Ray medals for their valor in the first real victory of the resistance, but acknowledges that in order to bring freedom to the world, they’ll need to return to fighting. After all, the war has only just been unleashed. For now though, it’s time for celebrating. As they throw a wild party, Hilary runs into another Beyblade pilot on the dance floor, who instantly recognizes her. He introduces himself as Corey Plightbourne (Jharrell Jerome, and Margot gives Hilary a thumbs-up, excited. As they dance, Hilary realizes her new life is exciting, but she can’t forget her old one. Meanwhile, as Devlin rants at Slade his failure, Tyson turns over the inhaler in his Beyblade clawhands, perplexed, but ready for the future of the fight. Back with the resistance, Hilary returns to give Bobby a much-needed hug after all they’ve done. THE END. Mid-credits scene: Max and Ray present their findings to one of the world’s leading scientists about the use of weaponizing AI. Dr. Kaz Rigatello (Joe Pantaliano). Dr. Rigatello, currently unalligned with anyone, tells them that they have sold him on the Resistance, as long as he can work with the fabled Beyblades. Post-credits scene: As Devlin is about to kill Slade, the phone rings. Devlin picks it up and the person on the other end says he hopes he isn’t about to kill his vice presidictator. Devlin apologizes and says he won’t. The man on the other end of the phone he just wishes his only son wasn’t a disappointment. Devlin apologizes to his dad, as we get a full reveal of Sovereign Presidictator of the U.S. Empire, Bernard Devlin (Robert De Niro). Bernard tells his son that he hopes he doesn’t not disappoint him again. Cut to black. Edited April 28, 2020 by Blankments 1 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCKillswitch123 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) LOVE AFTER LOVING Studio: Phoenix Fire Entertainment Based On: Amar Después de Amar, by Erika Halvorsen, Esteban Garrido and Micaela Libson Director: James Foley Release Date: February 10 Y7 Genre: Thriller, Romance Rating: R, for language, disturbing imagery, sex and nudity Format: 2D Budget: $20M Theater Count: 3,279 theaters Runtime: 1 hour and 55 minutes Cast: - Jon Hamm as Matthew Andrews - Laura Dern as Rachel Alvor - David DeLuise as Damien Alvor - Rosa Blasi as Caroline Andrews - Jace Norman as Nicholas Andrews - Kira Kosarin as Alice Alvor - Blake Michael as Fred Alvor - and Tony Todd as Detective Frederick Walsh Plot Summary: A vicious car crash leads to the investigation of the dark private lives of two secret lovers. Plot: Spoiler The film starts in a brutal car crash scene. In the passenger seat of the wrecked car is an unconscious and bloodied Damien Alvor (David DeLuise). We hear and see emergency workers rushing to the scene, taking Damien to the hospital. We also see a gun and a picture of Damien with a woman (Rosa Blasi) in the between the wreck. We then see a group of people literally screaming at each other. A man, who we understand is called Matthew Andrews (Jon Hamm), is accusing a woman named Rachel Alvor (Laura Dern) of letting "them" escape for no reason, and Rachel responds that she had no clue in Heaven what to do at that point. Nicholas (Jace Norman), joins his father Matthew in the accusation, and siblings Alice (Kira Kosarin) and Fred (Blake Michael) fiersomely defend their mother. It's absolute mayhem as everyone tries to outscream each other. We then hear Rachel's phone ring. "It's from the hospital", she says. Right afterwards, we see Rachel, Matthew, Nicholas, Alice and Fred all rush to the hospital to see the unconscious Damien. Matthew screams at Damien about the whereabouts of Caroline, but no answer. Rachel begs Matthew to calm down, and cries with her children next to Damien. Matthew and Nicholas try to call Caroline, but no answer. Detective Frederick Walsh (Tony Todd) enters the hospital. He immediately goes to ask different members of both families questions about how did they know each other. We then go back 3 years earlier. We learn that the Andrews family is moving to Atlanta, where Nicholas will attend 12th grade and the couple will settle for new jobs. In school, Nicholas meets Alice and Fred, who are popular. They quickly become friends and Alice and Fred invite Nicholas to their home. Chemistry begins to spark between Nicholas and Alice. Later, Damien offers to take Nicholas back home, and Rachel joins in as she wants to meet Nicholas' parents. Damien and Rachel meet Matthew and Caroline, and, overtime, the two couples become really, really close. We see fun moments and parties between the two families, as well as the development of a close confident relationship between Damien and Caroline, who share their lives with each other. They become best friends, like brother and sister, albeit in secret as not to disturb their marriages. Back in the present time, Matthew meets up with Rachel, and he apologizes for his behaviour earlier that night. Rachel apologizes for her own too. They hug and cry for their injured husband and missing wife respectively. Matthew and Nicholas go home, in hopes that Caroline shows up there, while the Alvor family stays. The next day, with no news of Caroline, Matthew and Nicholas return to the hospital, where they encounter Detective Walsh. Walsh, as he had done the previous day, interrogates Matthew and Nicholas about what else do they know about the Alvors and why would Caroline be in the same car as Damien. Matthew says he suspects that they must've been lovers, but he isn't sure of that. However, he is certain of one thing: they had a dark side. We return to the past, now 1.5 years before the crash. where we see the Alvors and Andrews with a much, much deeper friendship. Nicholas and Alice have now been dating for a good while, which only made the families even closer, although Matthew and Damien get in fun disputes about their children's future. Drunken and high parties galore, even letting the children get in. In one of these parties, Nicholas announces that he and Alice are planning to get engaged in the future, and Fred looks at them in disappointment. Meanwhile, Rachel and Caroline shoot the shit about their husbands' best and worst things, and it's revealed that Caroline feels kind of attracted to Damien. Rachel doesn't suspect of anything, she just finds it funny and tells Matthew to be careful in joking fashion. In the present day, Rachel listens to Matthew and Nicholas' testimonies, and joins in to say that Damien and Caroline had secretly snuck off the party. She also remembers that Damien had eyed Caroline funny a couple times by that point. They theorize that something could have only sparked between the two. The audience then sees that, indeed, something happened: back in the past, while away from the party, Damien meets up with Caroline, and tells her that he's been waiting for years now to finally reveal to her that he too feels attracted to her. And that he wants to be with her. Caroline says that while she does feel attraction for him, she doesn't want to hurt Matthew or Rachel, and denies to be with Damien for that night. Detective Walsh asks Matthew about the "dark side" of Damien and Caroline that he had mentioned, and Matthew replies that it was inevitable this day would come, and it had come, but it came sooner than he thought he would. Matthew asks Nicholas and Rachel to tell this side of the story with him, and we see the eyes of tragedy in these broken families. The three lead Walsh to a secret place somewhere in the wild of Georgia. They enter the place, and it's basically a BDSM Fifty Shades Of Grey-like dark room. Rachel reveals that it was here where Damien had impregnated her with both their children. It was a place of sick pleasure for the two of them. Matthew reveals that he found out about this place when he, by the time he started to have suspictions that Caroline was cheating on him with Damien, followed her to this place. We flashback to the day of the crash, where Matthew's car is following Caroline's from a distance. He sees Caroline drive into the wilderness and park in that place. He parks his car far enough from the location where Caroline wouldn't spot it, and then follows Caroline into the dark room. Caroline is taking pictures of the dark room. After Caroline leaves, Matthew enters the room, and finds out that there's blood spurt all over the place. He's in complete shock. And he realizes that Caroline knew something about Damien. In present time, Rachel denies knowing anything about this bloodshed, which Walsh identifies in small samples in the room. Walsh says he's bringing in DNA experts to figure this out, and asks Matthew and Rachel permission to see their bedrooms. They grant it. First, he goes to Matthew and Caroline's, where he discovers the camera that Caroline used to take the pictures, as well as a USB drive where she had copies of the pics. Then, they go to Damien and Rachel's, and there, hidden amongst pictures of the Alvor family, were many, many pics of Damien and Caroline. Walsh asks why would a man actively create proof of his cheating and leave it laying there for his wife to find out, and Rachel says it was common for the family to take pictures of each other, but she finds the amount of pictures present in the room as baffling. The group also finds many other pictures of Damien with dogs and start throwing theories in the air. Rachel mentions that Damien loved dogs - they owned 3 of them - but Damien sometimes took them out for hours without Rachel knowing anything about that. In the hospital, Alice and Fred are sitting next to Damien, still unconscious, and they talk about their need to resolve their feud over Nicholas. It's revealed that Fred had been feeling jealous over Alice and Nicholas for years at that point, and not just for Nicholas... but for Alice as well. Alice tries to hold back, saying those days are over now, but Fred believes there's still hope they can go back and have Nicholas join in with them, because he feels desperately in love with both of them. So does Alice. They almost kiss, but Alice pushes Fred and tells him she doesn't want to do this in front of dad. Nicholas, already relieved from being in the presence of the law for testimonies, calls Fred, who doesn't tell Alice who is calling, and asks him to meet him outside of the hospital. Fred goes outside, Nicholas is there, and the two kiss. Fred then apologizes for the scandal at their home, and Nicholas says he's sorry too. Fred mentions he believes he's convinced Alice to accept the idea, and Nicholas tells Fred that he's dreamed forever about seeing him fuck his sister and joining in. Or the other way, it's all the same for him. Fred says that it's coming soon. Nicholas openly and graphically talks about ways he wants Fred to have sex with Alice, and the ways he wants to have sex with Alice, and the ways he wants to have sex with him. He really needs the three of them to be a thing soon. Fred once again reassures Nicholas that it's not too far from happening. Some time later, police has concluded DNA investigation over the blood samples in Damien's dark room. It concludes that the blood does not match that of any known person... however, it seems like it may have come from dogs. Rachel is scared about the prospect that Damien may have harmed dogs in any way, and Walsh theorizes that Damien took dogs to the dark room for the purpose of living out any brutal fantasies... and Caroline probably knew, and didn't wanna say. Matthew, in his and Caroline's bedroom, now desperate to know any news of his wife's whereabouts, decides to tell Walsh that he's going to open his wife's laptop, something that he had sworn off from ever doing. Walsh stops him from doing it before his arrival, and when he gets there, he tells Matthew that the blood found in the dark room was dog blood. Matthew becomes revolted at this discovery. Then, with Walsh's permission, he opens Caroline's laptop and finds a hidden diary there that reveals gruesome details about her relationship with Damien. We find out exactly what Caroline knows: we return back to 1.5 years before the crash. Caroline and Damien, in secret, start developing a relationship. They admit that they love each other and give in to temptation, despite Caroline's hesitations and profound hurt that she has for betraying Matthew and Rachel. But, nevertheless, she follows on with her intimacy with Damien. Later on, they talk about their affection for animals, especially dogs. Damien reveals that he was loving dogs all life long, and despite a talk with his father over just how deep his love was and his marriage with Rachel that made him hold back, he believes that his relationship with Caroline has awakened this other hidden love as well. Damien then takes Caroline to the dark room, where they begin to have a BDSM relationship, despite Caroline's cries against this idea at first. They live on this idea as well. For 1.5 years, Damien and Caroline had hidden this BDSM relationship from the world. Rachel and Matthew hadn't suspected of anything. Even though Matthew sometimes would ask Caroline about the wounds she had in her body, Caroline would just make up excuses like she had fallen and hit her back on the floor. We then fast forward to 1 month before the crash. Caroline finally gives Damien permission to live out his dog fantasies. And so it happens. Damien takes his dogs to the dark room with Caroline, and there, he gives Caroline a strap-on, so that she has relations does things to the poor dogs. To her disgust, Caroline accepts, and the audience - luckily - doesn't get to see the two do things to the dogs. We keep seeing Damien bring in other dogs besides his own, that he says were tramps found in the streets, and starts having implied BDSM torture relations to the dogs. We also see that Damien sometimes goes too far with the dogs, and even winds up killing at least two of them. He buries the bodies of the dogs in the outside. Caroline sustains deep psychological trauma with these images in her head, and she decides that she's had enough of this toxic relationship. That's when she goes in to take pictures of the dark room, which happened on the day of the crash. The diary ends. We return to the present day and Walsh believes that Damien found out Caroline was going to frame him for animal cruelty and murder and decided to threaten Caroline - hence the reason why there were in the car a gun (for a physical threat) and a picture of the two (for psychological manipulation). Who knows... maybe Caroline caused the crash on purpose. We then see the rest of the day of the crash play out: this scene play out exactly like Walsh mentions it: Matthew returns to Atlanta and tells Rachel what he saw. The two try to call their spouses, to no avail. Later, Rachel says Caroline went to her home, but right before she could say anything, a mystery person called her. Caroline goes back outside, and Rachel sees through the window that it's Damien. Damien, with a gun pointed at Caroline, tells her to drive away, where they will be happy together, or he will kill her like he killed those dogs. Rachel sees them drive away and tries immediately to call Damien, who doesn't reply. Later, when she realizes neither of the two were answering calls, she calls Matthew to tell him what happened. Matthew drives to Rachel's and the argument over why did Rachel let Caroline and Damien escape begins. Caroline then purposefully drives the car into a tree at full speed. As Walsh finishes describing this theory, Matthew storms off to the hospital and tries to beat up Damien for being a monster, getting into a fight with Fred. Nicholas, Alice and Rachel step in to pull the two apart and stop the scandal breaking in the hospital. Matthew begins to demand Damien where is Caroline, to no avail. One week later, we see the Alvors and the Andrews talk it out outside of the hospital, making amends for the scandal last week. They all agree that this is all Damien and Caroline's fault, and, knowing that the two families agree to move on with their lives. Matthew and Rachel try to rekindle their friendship. Meanwhile, Fred and Nicholas reveal their secret relationship to Alice. Alice, while freaking out at first, also admits to Nicholas that she had a sexual/love relationship with her brother Fred all this time, and Nicholas says that he knew all along. The three slowly begin to bond over each other, and it quickly turns into a rough orgy where Nicholas dominates Alice and Fred at the same time. Some days later, Matthew then recieves a letter, where someone talks about the meaning of rebirth. Matthew identifies the writing as undoubtedly made by Caroline. We then see a shot of a bruised Caroline looking over at the horizon, limping out of the scene, and saying, in voice over, "I promise I'll be back". Edited April 1, 2020 by MCKillswitch123 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Whoopsie-Daisy Studio: New Journey Pictures Director: Ben Falcone Genre: Comedy Release Date: April 28th Rating: PG-13 Budget: $30 Million Theater Count: 2,700 Runtime: 92 Minutes Cast Melissa McCarthy as Daisy Cooke Alexis Bledel as Martha Nasim Pedrad as Susan Mickey Sumner as Cheryl with Ali Wong as Joan with Vince Vaughn as Harold and Jason Sudeikis as Ben Cooke Spoiler 14 Advanced issues found ▲ 1 Spoiler Daisy (McCarthy) wants to be one of the greatest receptionists in New York City. Unfortunately, she's an infamous klutz. She drops paperwork, gets names wrong... She ruins everything! And what's more: the Receptionist Regiment--Martha, Susan, and Cheryl (Bledel, Pedrad, and Sumner respectively)--bully her for being a bad receptionist. The Receptionist Regiment is a group of three younger receptionists who are very good at their job, and they bully her both in person and on social media for being a bad receptionist. Daisy's husband Ben (Jason Sudeikis) tries to motivate Daisy to keep pressing forward in her dream to be a great receptionist, but Daisy seems irreversibly depressed--they call her "Whoopsie-Daisy" for a reason! But suddenly, Joan (Ali Wong) creates an app that ranks receptionists on how well they're doing their job. The app works like this: customers rate the receptionist 1-5 stars like they would for an Uber Driver. Daisy quits her job because she wants a clean slate, and she becomes the receptionist of a business owned by Harold (Vince Vaughn). Daisy, Martha, Susan, and Cheryl engage in funny hijinks to make sure they're perceived as great receptionists. Daisy haplessly oscillates between being a good receptionist and living up to the nickname "Whoopsie-Daisy," but to her surprise, she racks up 5-star ratings easily. The Receptionist Regiment retaliates, devising a plan to destroy Daisy's chance of being the best receptionist once and for all. They sneak into Harold's business at night and leave banana peels all over the lobby. The next morning, Daisy and Harold come in for work, but they slip around the lobby because there's a lot of banana peels. Harold comments to Daisy that they're in a rather slippery predicament as both of them painfully fall to the floor over and over again. The banana peel scandal leaks into the national media and everyone blames Daisy for it, so millions of people review bomb Daisy with one-star ratings on Joan's app. Joan surmises that something is amiss, and she personally pays Daisy a visit. Daisy tells her that because of her app, she'll never be perceived as a great receptionist. Joan disagrees, stating that if her heart is truly in the job, that's all that matters--she doesn't need an app or another person's approval to tell her that she's a great receptionist. She just needs to be in it for the right reasons. Ben is really thankful that Joan talked to his wife about the "woman's issue," as he says. The Receptionist Regiment are caught and become blacklisted, Daisy divorces Ben and marries Harold (because the woman's issue comment was way out of line), and Daisy lives happily ever after as a receptionist for Harold's business. Edited April 2, 2020 by SLAM! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Studio: New Journey Pictures Animation Director: Karey Kirkpatrick Genre: Animation Release Date: September 15th Theater Count: 3,825 MPAA Rating: PG for Cartoon Violence, Crude Humor, and Thematic Elements Runtime: 1 hr 28 min Production Budget: $85 Million Composer: Grant Kirkhope Songwriters: Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick "The Spiral Mountain Song" "Going On An Adventure" "Mumbo Jumbo Mamba" "Try and Try Again" "Bad Obligation" "The Wicked Ones Win" "If I Could Fly" "The Spiral Mountain Song (Reprise)" Major Cast Freddie Highmore as Banjo Beanie Feldstein as Kazooie Gael Garcia Bernal as Mumbo Jumbo Pixie Davies as Tooty Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Bottles Alan Tudyk as Banjo's Dad Minnie Driver as Banjo's Mom Giancarlo Esposito as Boggy with Madeline Madden as Humba Wumba and Frances McDormand as Gruntilda Plot Summary: A well-mannered bear and spunky bird--quite the inseparable duo--traverse through neighboring lands to save a family member from the clutches of an evil witch. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SLY46Kl-VSIyat6P_8_A-IQzs8IVDA4aOorBJ6rasZ4/edit?usp=sharing (Special thanks to @Reddroast, @YourMother the Edgelord, and @cookie.) Edited April 6, 2020 by SLAM! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
