30 April 2019

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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29 April 2019

KKR (Finally๐Ÿ˜‡) Wins a Match!

Whew, #KKR (finally๐Ÿ˜‡) wins a match!


Thank goodness (again๐Ÿ˜‡) for the awesome #AndreRussell (80off40 + 2-25!๐Ÿ’ช) & young #ShubmanGill (76off45!๐Ÿ’ช) & #ChrisLynn (54off29!๐Ÿ’ช) &... 


#IPL playoff hopes spring eternal!


#KKRvMI #IPL 



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28 April 2019

Game of Thrones: The Long Night

#GameOfThrones 

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#TheLongNight 

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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!๐Ÿ‘#BattleOfWinterfell

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PPS [redacted]๐Ÿ˜ฉ

PPPS JJ's iconic #Sicario theme๐Ÿ™





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27 April 2019

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 

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for putthing this whole dang universe together! Part of the journey is the end๐Ÿ˜ญ




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Avengers: Endgame (1/2)

#AvengersEndgame 


OMBGGREATESTMOVIEVERITBLEWMYBL**DYMINDINTHEHISTORYOFCINEMATHERESNEVERBEENANYTHINGLIKETHISIMNOTCRYINGYOURECRYINGYOURENOTCRYINGEVERYONEISCRYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿ˜Ÿ๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฆ๐Ÿ˜ง๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฒ๐Ÿ˜ต๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ซ




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26 April 2019

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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25 April 2019

Superman II (1981)

#SupermanII (1981)


The one that started the superhero movie craze for me *all*(๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฒ) 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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23 April 2019

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 #AstraSharma๐Ÿ‘)on their bounceback/coming-of-age titles. Hopefully, this means bigger things for both!


#ATP #WTA #tennis





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22 April 2019

Missing Link

#MissingLink


Delightful, charming #stopmotion gem. Kudos to #LAIKA for another superbly-crafted film (what visuals๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘!). Voice cast has a blast, esp. #Galifianakis. Hopefully, live-action directors will give us a chance to experience non-antic ZG in the flesh! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ



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18 April 2019

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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17 April 2019

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!๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฒ


Woah! ⚽️๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘Š✊๐ŸคŸ๐Ÿค˜


#PORLIV... does that mean for life?! ๐Ÿคช


#LFC




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16 April 2019

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 ratio๐Ÿ™Œ! DP+DI ๐Ÿ‘ for digital "film" grain& "dust"!๐ŸŽฅ๐Ÿ‘



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15 April 2019

Shubho Noboborsho / Happy Bengali New Year 2019

#ShubhoNoboborsho / Happy #BengaliNewYear everyone!


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


๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅฎ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿ˜‹




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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ Tiger Woods Wins!!!! 2019 Masters!!!! ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ

๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ณ


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!


๐Ÿšจ#TigerWoods #GOAT๐Ÿšจ


PS. Bad luck for #Molinari/#Finau/#Koepka...but #Spieth redeemed himself a bit๐Ÿ‘



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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 ๐Ÿคฃ


Is there enough server capacity in the world to handle the media industrial complex meltdown if(when?!๐Ÿ˜Œ) #Tiger wins the #Masters?!๐Ÿ˜ณ



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13 April 2019

NBA Playoffs Wild Start ... Without LeBron ๐Ÿ˜”

"Real" #NBA season gets off to a rollicking start but sadly #LeBron (ie #Lakers๐Ÿ˜‡) 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 #DAngelo๐Ÿ˜


PPS. #Magic/#Nets๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿคฉ



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!๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘)








11 April 2019

Coraline (2009)

#Coraline (2009)

Delightfully creepy subversive kids' flick that started it all for #LAIKA 10(๐Ÿ˜ฑ!) 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!




10 April 2019

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!!๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ€



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!๐Ÿ€๐Ÿฆ’




09 April 2019

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



05 April 2019

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?





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?!๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

PS. Very soulful hashtag, no?๐Ÿ˜€: #SOULIV




04 April 2019

Big (1988)

#Big (1988) 

Take this test: say the title & see if you can stop from smiling! So charming/funny/melancholy(๐Ÿฅบ!) after(/because of?!) all these (30?!๐Ÿ˜ณ)years. So many names behind/front of the camera, led by #TomHanks(best role?) & the dearly departed #PennyMarshall.Great movie!



03 April 2019

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!๐Ÿ˜‡DeVito๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘!



02 April 2019

Hearts Beat Loud

#HeartsBeatLoud


Lovely li'l feel-good indie-hipster fairy tale (kid gets into college on her *own* merit๐Ÿ˜‡). 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 kid๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฃ!



01 April 2019

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