RIP John Singleton

RIP #JohnSingleton

Gone way too soon. I'll never forget the impact #BoyzNTheHood had half a world away. Superb filmmaker, his impeccable technique never overwhelmed emotion & chars which powered his best work. Deserved better from Hollywood. So many under-appreciated films. Sigh

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KKR (Finally😇) Wins a Match!

Whew, #KKR (finally😇) wins a match!

Thank goodness (again😇) for the awesome #AndreRussell (80off40 + 2-25!💪) & young #ShubmanGill (76off45!💪) & #ChrisLynn (54off29!💪) &... 

#IPL playoff hopes spring eternal!

#KKRvMI #IPL 

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Game of Thrones: The Long Night

#GameOfThrones 

#TheLongNight 

Bl**dy H*ll(fire)! Lives up to *all* hype! Give #MiguelSapochnik (& DP+music) *all* the #Emmys! WWZ-lib scene, HTTYD-above-cloud bit, the...*all* of it!#HBO!👏#BattleOfWinterfell

PS [redacted]😳💪

PPS [redacted]😩

PPPS JJ's iconic #Sicario theme🙏

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Avengers: Endgame (2/2)

#AvengersEndgame 

Tremendously-satisfying, chapter-closing, clever-self-valedictory-meta-trip-down-greatest-hits-memory-lane valentine-to-the-fans. Kudos to cast, Russo Bros & the great #KevinFeige 

 

for putthing this whole dang universe together! Part of the journey is the end😭

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Avengers: Endgame (1/2)

#AvengersEndgame 

OMBGGREATESTMOVIEVERITBLEWMYBL**DYMINDINTHEHISTORYOFCINEMATHERESNEVERBEENANYTHINGLIKETHISIMNOTCRYINGYOURECRYINGYOURENOTCRYINGEVERYONEISCRYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😢😭😫😩😢🥺😕😟😯😦😧😮😲😵😩😫

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RIP Bibi Andersson

RIP #BibiAndersson

Legendary actress & iconic moviestar. First "discovered" her in Babette's Feast never realising the massive career that had come before. What a series of stunning performances, esp the Bergman run. So many wonderful films I look forward to to catching up with

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Superman II (1981)

#SupermanII (1981)

The one that started the superhero movie craze for me *all*(😱😬😲) those years ago! What a fantastic, iconic, ahem, super, flick! Icnonic villain-teamup! Iconic character intro! And of course, the iconic Kidder & Reeve! Nobody did it better than those two!

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Fognini / Keys / Anisimova Win Titles

PS. Congrats to crazy #Fognini on #MonteCarlo title. If the dude keeps his head, he's a fun watch!

PPS. Congrats to #MadisonKeys & #Anisimova (big ups to #AstraSharma👍)on their bounceback/coming-of-age titles. Hopefully, this means bigger things for both!

#ATP #WTA #tennis

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Missing Link

#MissingLink

Delightful, charming #stopmotion gem. Kudos to #LAIKA for another superbly-crafted film (what visuals👀👍!). Voice cast has a blast, esp. #Galifianakis. Hopefully, live-action directors will give us a chance to experience non-antic ZG in the flesh! 😃

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Lady in White (1988)

#LadyInWhite (1988)

Terrifying, creepy, handsomely-mounted horror that also happens to be an character-driven emotionally affecting  film. *Truly* indie under-the-radar gem put together by (Rochester's own!) quadruple(!)-threat LaLoggia. Great cast, esp Rocco(RIP) & young Haas.

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Liverpool Sets up CL Semis vs... Barcelona!

Life's good when you join the Big 3, no?

#Salah//#Mane/#Firmino...& #VanDijk score to send #Liverpool into #UCL semis vs an up-and-comer...#Barca!😱😲

Woah! ⚽️💪👍👊✊🤟🤘

#PORLIV... does that mean for life?! 🤪

#LFC

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Guava Island

#GuavaIsland

Very, ahem, sweet little Island-#Bollywood quasi-musical/#Coachella hype film, proving that young Murai can pretty much do everything. Hipsters resurrected vinyl, film, polaroid, then tapes... & now 4:3 aspect ratio🙌! DP+DI 👍 for digital "film" grain& "dust"!🎥👍

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Shubho Noboborsho / Happy Bengali New Year 2019

#ShubhoNoboborsho / Happy #BengaliNewYear everyone!

To celebrate please enjoy this virtual mishti from Ganguram's!

🧁🥮🎂😋

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🚨🚨🚨 Tiger Woods Wins!!!! 2019 Masters!!!! 🚨🚨🚨

😱😳

The universe has been tilted off its axis & history will always be known as what happened to us before #Tiger won #TheMasters, & every insignificant event that followed!

🚨#TigerWoods #GOAT🚨

PS. Bad luck for #Molinari/#Finau/#Koepka...but #Spieth redeemed himself a bit👍

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Tiger Woods On His Way to Winning 2019 Masters!!!!!!!!

We are witnessing the greatest moment in History, period!

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Tiger Woods 1 Shot Off the Lead!!! 2019 Masters

Those broadcasters better get their thesaurus apps ready, they've already run out of adjectives 🤣

Is there enough server capacity in the world to handle the media industrial complex meltdown if(when?!😌) #Tiger wins the #Masters?!😳

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NBA Playoffs Wild Start ... Without LeBron 😔

"Real" #NBA season gets off to a rollicking start but sadly #LeBron (ie #Lakers😇) didn't make it. Too bad, with young kids like #Kuzma/#Lonzo/#Ingram/#JoshHart & nice-guy coach #LukeWalton there was so much promise...

PS. Whatever happened to #DAngelo😏

PPS. #Magic/#Nets😱🤩

J.S. Ondara (The Casbah)

#JSOndara (#TheCasbah)

Fantastic folksinger-songwriter with some pretty funny, ahem, #TalesOfAmerica between-song banter. Tremendous backstory matched by that unforgettable voice!

h/t TBH (as always!🤩👍👏)

Coraline (2009)

#Coraline (2009)

Delightfully creepy subversive kids' flick that started it all for #LAIKA 10(😱!) years ago. Just gets better (& stranger/darker) with repeated viewings. Great cast - everyone's fave actors/actresses. All credit to the great, underappreciated, director Selick!

Dwyane Wade Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #DwyaneWade Retires

Love that guy! Hard to imagine #NBA without him! I *love* #LeBron & #Shaq, but they don't win their titles w/o him. G7 LBJ fadeaway doesn't happen without #DWade firing daggers from the start. One of the *all*-time greats!!😭👏🏀

Dirk Nowitzki Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #DirkNowitzki Retires

Changed the game, no? Put the stretch in Stretch 4(/5?)! Beneath his endearing, affable Euro goofiness was an #NBA *machine*! 1-leg fadeaway+FTs in 2011 finals was the closest thing to an unstoppable force in years. #Dirk!🏀🦒

RIP Seymour Cassel

RIP #SeymourCassel 

One of my *all*-time favourite *love*-that-guy character actors. Legendary run w/ Cassavetes+Rowlands. 90s resurgence in all my fave mainstream movies. 2000s indie-stretch kickstarted by Rushmore (the film's quiet gutwrenching heart). Incredible career.Legend

Kurt Cobain 25th(!) Death Anniversary

Bl**dy H*ll! Has it really been 25(!) years since #KurtCobain sadly passed. My goodness, where does the time go?! 

I don't have the academic purview to call him the voice of a generation but #Nirvana, at the very least, was an all-time rock band, no?

https://youtu.be/pkcJEvMcnEg

Liverpool Beats Southampton

Yo! Isn't #Southampton the place where all the cruise ships are... when did they get an #EPL team?!

Well, thank G*d for that...& for #MoSalah for putting #Liverpool on top...can the season end now?!😬😱

PS. Very soulful hashtag, no?😀: #SOULIV

Big (1988)

#Big (1988) 

Take this test: say the title & see if you can stop from smiling! So charming/funny/melancholy(🥺!) after(/because of?!) all these (30?!😳)years. So many names behind/front of the camera, led by #TomHanks(best role?) & the dearly departed #PennyMarshall.Great movie!

Dumbo (2019)

#Dumbo (2019)

Wherein a charming, larger than life huckster showman takes whimsical childhood delight and turns it into a corporate behemoth centered around an amusement park replete with merchandised nostalgia… oh #TimBurton, you SOB (Subversive Old Ba*tard), you!😇DeVito😂👍!

Hearts Beat Loud

#HeartsBeatLoud

Lovely li'l feel-good indie-hipster fairy tale (kid gets into college on her *own* merit😇). Huge kudos to composer DeWitt for those earworm indie-pop songs & esp. prod designer Magill...I now want to move to #RedHook & start a band with my theoretical kid🤩🤣!

Federer Wins 101st Title! 2019 Miami Open

Man, #RF101 was just one glimpse of #GOAT-mode after another! 

Incredible win for #Federer over hobbled #Isner. Not quite the #SunshineDouble; I doubt Fed minds. 2019 may be fun after all!

PS. Great win by (ex-cricketer!) #AshBarty over always-aggressive #Pliskova

#MiamiOpen