The Sandman's main character is Dream, the Lord of Dreams (also known, to various characters throughout the series, as Morpheus, Oneiros, the Shaper, the Shaper of Form, Lord of the Dreaming, the Dream King, Dream-Sneak, Dream Cat, Murphy, Kai'ckul, and Lord L'Zoril), who is essentially the anthropomorphic personification of dreams. At the start of the series, Morpheus is captured by an occult ritual and held prisoner for 70 years. Morpheus escapes in the modern day and, after avenging himself upon his captors, sets about rebuilding his kingdom, which has fallen into disrepair in his absence. Gaiman himself has summarized the plot of the series (in the foreword to Endless Nights) as "The Lord of Dreams learns that one must change or die, and makes his decision."
The character's initial haughty and often cruel manner begins to soften after his years of imprisonment at the start of the series, but the challenge of undoing past sins and changing old ways is an enormous one for a being who has been set in his ways for billions of years. In its beginnings, the series is a very dark horror comic. Later, the series evolves into an elaborate fantasy series, incorporating elements of classical and contemporary mythology, ultimately placing its protagonist in the role of a tragic hero.
The storylines primarily take place in the Dreaming, Morpheus's realm, and the waking world, with occasional visits to other domains, such as Hell, Faerie, Asgard, and the domains of the other Endless. Many use the contemporary United States of America and the United Kingdom as a backdrop. The DC Universe was the official setting of the series, but well-known DC characters and places were rarely featured after 1990. A notable exception is Lyta Hall, formerly Fury of the 1980s super-team Infinity, Inc., who figures prominently in the "Kindly Ones" story arc, and her superhuman abilities are not ignored.
Most of the storylines take place in modern times, but many short stories are set in the past, taking advantage of the immortal nature of many of the characters, and deal with historical individuals and events such as in the short story "Men of Good Fortune."
I hope it follows the footsteps of something like The Perks of Being a Wallflower that really does justice to a teenage story rather than being a crappy adaption like the Nicholas Spark's novels are. It needs and deserves to have that merit that Perks received.
That's the sort of film I'm hoping, looking for in this. A great adaptation, faithful and strong in its own merits.
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It'll probably be, if not better. The writers are the same ones that made 500 Days of Summer and The Spectacular Now, it's all fine, maybe they even write a better ending than the one in the book (as happened with TSN).
Quaalude fight: because drunk fight is too mainstream.
Marvel’s “Ant-Man” has found its hero in Paul Rudd, who will star in the new film from director Edgar Wright hitting theaters July 31, 2015!
The casting of Rudd represents the actor that Marvel had long ago identified as its first choice to play Ant-Man, continuing the studio’s desire to cast actors that bring several dimensions to its onscreen heroes. The film’s plot is being kept under wraps.
“When Edgar Wright came to us with the idea of Paul Rudd, we felt a huge sense of relief because the first step in creating any Marvel Studios film is finding the right star," said Marvel's Kevin Feige. "We knew early on that we had found the right person in Paul. When he not only agreed to do it but became as enthusiastic as any actor we’d ever met with about doing the work, we knew we’d found the right guy. We couldn’t be more excited for our audiences to see what he’s going to do to bring Ant-Man to life.”
According to the change log on the moderator dashboard, @yonythemoony deleted the previous Rate/Review thread, along with the official Breaking Bad thread.
Well, they ended the second film showing that several of the gods died. So I don't see a third film going on. Also, love what Iwanyk mentions about special effects.
Best Film 12 Years a Slave American Hustle Captain Phillips Gravity Philomena
Best Director Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave David O. Russell – American Hustle Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor in a Leading Role Christian Bale – American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld Bruce Dern – Nebraska as Woody Grant Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips as Captain Richard Phillips Best Actress in a Leading Role Amy Adams – American Hustle as Sydney Prosser Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone Judi Dench – Philomena as Philomena Lee Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks as P. L. Travers
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse Daniel Brühl – Rush as Niki Lauda Bradley Cooper – American Hustle as Richie DiMaso Matt Damon – Behind the Candelabra as Scott Thorson Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine as Ginger Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave as Patsey Julia Roberts – August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-Fordham Oprah Winfrey – The Butler as Kate Grant
Best Original Screenplay Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine Joel & Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón – Gravity Bob Nelson – Nebraska Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell – American Hustle
Best Adapted Screenplay Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – Philomena Richard LaGravenese – Behind the Candelabra Billy Ray – Captain Phillips John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Cinematography 12 Years a Slave Captain Phillips Gravity Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Colin Carberry (Writer) & Glenn Patterson (Writer) – Good Vibrations Kieran Evans (Director/Writer) – Kelly + Victor Scott Graham (Director/Writer) – Shell Kelly Marcel (Writer) – Saving Mr. Banks Paul Wright (Director/Writer) & Polly Stokes (Producer) – For Those in Peril
Outstanding British Film Gravity Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Philomena Rush Saving Mr. Banks The Selfish Giant
Best Documentary The Act of Killing The Armstrong Lie Blackfish Tim's Vermeer We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Best Original Music 12 Years a Slave The Book Thief Captain Phillips Gravity Saving Mr. Banks
Best Sound All Is Lost Captain Phillips Gravity Inside Llewyn Davis Rush
Best Production Design 12 Years a Slave American Hustle Behind the Candelabra Gravity The Great Gatsby
Best Special Visual Effects Gravity The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Iron Man 3 Pacific Rim Star Trek Into Darkness
Best Costume Design American Hustle Behind the Candelabra The Great Gatsby The Invisible Woman Saving Mr. Banks
Best Makeup and Hair American Hustle Behind the Candelabra The Butler The Great Gatsby The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Best Editing 12 Years a Slave Captain Phillips Gravity Rush The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Film Not in the English Language The Act of Killing Blue Is the Warmest Colour The Great Beauty Metro Manila Wadjda
Best Animated Film Despicable Me 2 Frozen Monsters University
Best Short Animation Everything I Can See From Here I Am Tom Moody Sleeping With the Fishes
Best Short Film Island Queen Keeping Up With the Joneses Orbit Ever After Room 8 Sea View
EE Rising Star Award Dane DeHaan George Mackay Lupita Nyong'o Will Poulter Léa Seydoux
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Quaalude fight: because drunk fight is too mainstream.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z9a4PvzlqoQMaybe it was anger by the giant reviews.
Quaalude fight: because drunk fight is too mainstream.
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The casting of Rudd represents the actor that Marvel had long ago identified as its first choice to play Ant-Man, continuing the studio’s desire to cast actors that bring several dimensions to its onscreen heroes. The film’s plot is being kept under wraps.
“When Edgar Wright came to us with the idea of Paul Rudd, we felt a huge sense of relief because the first step in creating any Marvel Studios film is finding the right star," said Marvel's Kevin Feige. "We knew early on that we had found the right person in Paul. When he not only agreed to do it but became as enthusiastic as any actor we’d ever met with about doing the work, we knew we’d found the right guy. We couldn’t be more excited for our audiences to see what he’s going to do to bring Ant-Man to life.”
http://marvel.com/news/movies/2013/12/19/21669/paul_rudd_set_to_star_in_marvels_ant-man
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Quaalude fight: because drunk fight is too mainstream.
And, oh, thanks for the restoring of the Review Thread, yonny. :P
Quaalude fight: because drunk fight is too mainstream.
Quaalude fight: because drunk fight is too mainstream.
http://harrypotterforum.com/discussion/11487/the-official-transcendence-thread-teaser-trailer-s-out
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James Avery, who played the beloved Uncle Phil on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," died Tuesday. He was 65
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/01/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/james-avery-obit/
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Best Film
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Best Director
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale – American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld
Bruce Dern – Nebraska as Woody Grant
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips as Captain Richard Phillips
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams – American Hustle as Sydney Prosser
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone
Judi Dench – Philomena as Philomena Lee
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks as P. L. Travers
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse
Daniel Brühl – Rush as Niki Lauda
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle as Richie DiMaso
Matt Damon – Behind the Candelabra as Scott Thorson
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine as Ginger
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld
Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave as Patsey
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-Fordham
Oprah Winfrey – The Butler as Kate Grant
Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
Joel & Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón – Gravity
Bob Nelson – Nebraska
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell – American Hustle
Best Adapted Screenplay
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – Philomena
Richard LaGravenese – Behind the Candelabra
Billy Ray – Captain Phillips
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Cinematography
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Colin Carberry (Writer) & Glenn Patterson (Writer) – Good Vibrations
Kieran Evans (Director/Writer) – Kelly + Victor
Scott Graham (Director/Writer) – Shell
Kelly Marcel (Writer) – Saving Mr. Banks
Paul Wright (Director/Writer) & Polly Stokes (Producer) – For Those in Peril
Outstanding British Film
Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr. Banks
The Selfish Giant
Best Documentary
The Act of Killing
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Tim's Vermeer
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Best Original Music
12 Years a Slave
The Book Thief
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
Best Sound
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Rush
Best Production Design
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Behind the Candelabra
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Best Special Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
Best Costume Design
American Hustle
Behind the Candelabra
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Saving Mr. Banks
Best Makeup and Hair
American Hustle
Behind the Candelabra
The Butler
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Best Editing
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Rush
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Film Not in the English Language
The Act of Killing
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
The Great Beauty
Metro Manila
Wadjda
Best Animated Film
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University
Best Short Animation
Everything I Can See From Here
I Am Tom Moody
Sleeping With the Fishes
Best Short Film
Island Queen
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Orbit Ever After
Room 8
Sea View
EE Rising Star Award
Dane DeHaan
George Mackay
Lupita Nyong'o
Will Poulter
Léa Seydoux
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http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Armond-White-Kicked-Out-York-Film-Critics-Circle-41084.html