Monday Motivation

I Shot The...
Daryl Hannah

The world keeps turning and Monday Motivation keeps evolving, you'll find out shortly what I mean. "Yes" Minions today's MM is brought to you by Elle Driver and Vaccines.

Elle (played by Daryl Hannah) in Kill Bill is the Pfizer Vaccine poster entity, translation: I am getting my first round of Pfizer today, Yay!

I like many of you have been waiting to be able to receive a COVID vaccine and I am finally in today, on a Monday no less.

What's that you say? Ell Driver is kind of an odd choice given she tried to off someone in Kill Bill in the guise of a nurse? Why "Yes" she did, but it is all in good fun from my POV, and let's face it even though I am thrilled to be getting the shot, there is still that element of the unknown in the mix.

"No" it doesn't mean I am scared, it means I am cheeky 😜

Hit me with your best shot!

Monday Motivation on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_Motivation  

Sunday Sinema: Donnie Darko

 What would Easter be without Frank???

Fifteen years before Stranger Things combined science fiction, Spielbergian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the template - and the high-water mark - with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium.

Donnie is a troubled high school student: in therapy, prone to sleepwalking and in possession of an imaginary friend, a six-foot rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world is going to end in 28 days, 06 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. During that time he will navigate teenage life, narrowly avoid death in the form of a falling jet engine, follow Frank's maladjusted instructions and try to maintain the space-time continuum.

Described by its director as "The Catcher in the Rye as told by Philip K. Dick", Donnie Darko combines an eye-catching, eclectic cast - pre-stardom Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, heartthrob Patrick Swayze, former child star Drew Barrymore, Oscar nominees Mary McDonnell and Katharine Ross, and television favorite Noah Wyle - and an evocative soundtrack of 80s classics by Echo and the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears and Duran Duran. This brand-new 4K restoration, carried out exclusively for this release by Arrow Films, allows a modern classic to finally receive the home video treatment it deserves.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• New 4K restorations of both the Theatrical Cut and the Director’s Cut from the original camera negatives by Arrow Films, supervised and approved by director Richard Kelly and cinematographer Steven Poster
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations of both cuts in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• 100-page hardcover book featuring writing by Nathan Rabin, Anton Bitel and Jamie Graham, an in-depth interview with Richard Kelly, an introduction by Jake Gyllenhaal and contemporary coverage, illustrated with original stills and promotional materials
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Luke Preece
• Six double-sided collector’s postcards
• Limited Edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Preece
• DISC 1 – THE THEATRICAL CUT [4K UHD BLU-RAY]
• Audio commentary by writer-director Richard Kelly and actor Jake Gyllenhaal
• Audio commentary by Kelly, producer Sean McKittrick and actors Drew Barrymore, Jena Malone, Beth Grant, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Katharine Ross and James Duval
• Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of Donnie Darko, a documentary by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures on the making of Donnie Darko
• The Goodbye Place, Kelly’s 1996 short film, which anticipates some of the themes and ideas of his feature films
• 20 deleted and alternate scenes with optional commentary by Kelly
• Trailer
• DISC 2 – THE DIRECTOR’S CUT [4K UHD BLU-RAY]
• Audio commentary by Kelly and filmmaker Kevin Smith
• The Donnie Darko Production Diary, an archival documentary charting the film’s production, with optional commentary by cinematographer Steven Poster
• Archive interviews with Kelly, actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, James Duval, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Noah Wyle and Katharine Ross, producers Sean McKittrick, Nancy Juvonen, Hunt Lowry and Casey La Scala, and Steven Poster
• Three archive featurettes: They Made Me Do It, They Made Me Do It Too and #1 Fan: A Darkomentary
• Storyboard comparisons
• B-roll footage
• Cunning Visions infomercials
• Music video: Mad World by Gary Jules
• Galleries
• Director’s Cut trailer
• TV spots

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National Joe Day

Got Joe?
Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn

In today's turn and face the strange news, did you know that guys named Joe have their own day? Well now you do today is National Joe Day! Seriously, it is, look it up if you don't believe me. 

So if you have an actual friend named Joe, perhaps you want to meet up for a cup of Joe or two to celebrate. Of course we all know how Taylor Swift will be celebrating this day being as she has a beau named Joe, actor Joe Alwyn to be exact.

Now I don't think they will celebrate dressed to the nines as they are in the above moment, but I am sure they will most likely be up to something, something.

Remember today the world belongs to all the Joe's and you just live in it...

Mic Drop!

National Joe Day on the WWW (see I told you it was real) -

https://nationaltoday.com/national-joe-day/

Good Vibes Only

Cowabunga! 
Liam Hemsworth

Do you feel them? They're coming...Good Vibes, yeah that's the ticket! We need to constantly remind ourselves that their is good in this world of chaos, fer sure!

Thus Surfer Dude Liam Hemsworth seen, well surfing, in Byron Bay Australia seems like an apt conduit to them. 

Seriously, what says Good Vibes more than a laid back Surfer Dude in casual attire and bare feet? I ask you, I know you won't tell, whatever...

If something is working your last nerve today, think of  Liam, surfing in Australia, it most likely will help bring on a better vibration for you.

Surfs Up!

Liam on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/liamhemsworth/?hl=en

Michael's Musings

I Am The Warrior!
Michael Shinafelt

Energy is the name of the game today, use it to release your inner warrior and then some. "Yes" there is always that mystery area that we all have that when we dare to go to that place, well that's when the magic happens.

Why don't we make some magic today? I decree we shall!!!

Not all responses have to be smart, some can be purely for cinematic value

What's life without a little Burlesque?

R.I.P. George Segal 

Try to stay left of the far side of crazy

If you took a shot every time one of the Kardashian's said "Yeah" you would have alcohol poisoning

#LaurenBoebertIsSoDumb

FYI - You can be authentic and private at the same time

It's been a long week, have a donut 

Woman Crush of the Week - Emma Mackey, she's so good as Maeve Wiley in Sex Education on Netflix 

I wouldn't eat Cinnamon Toast Crunch with a corpse in it

Did someone say "iron rod?"

Hope I don't get shot on my way to the gym today...

Rumor has it cruise ships are coming back, have we learned nothing as a society?!

If you need some rainbows in your life, I know a great rainbow dealer

Find out who it is here:

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt  

Hump Day & Chill

Mike Sodini

Let's Hump Day & Chill to a classic, as in a 1999 Playgirl spread of model Mike Sodini. Turns out Mike has an interesting back story on his way to becoming a Supermodel. He started out as an aspiring Screenwriter and Public Relations man, that was until one day...

"No" I am not going to tell the rest of the tale, that's in the capable hands of Tye Briggs who tells it and posted many images of the "Full Mike" on his Favorite Hunks & Other Things blog.

So I don't know about you butt I'm ready for it are you? Of course you are, so click on the link below and read Mike's story (if you can peel your eyes away from his full exposure) and Hump Day & Chill!!!

In the words of Mike: "Let's Watch The Passion Develop" Yours Truly, Mike

https://favoritehunks.blogspot.com/2014/03/mike-sodini-classic-playgirl-september.html

Contemporary Construction

Strictly Elizabeth
Photo:
Jeaneen Lund

STRICTLY ELIZABETH CONFIRMS NEW ALBUM RELEASE CONTEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION ON MAY 28

 

Eight-Song Album Will Be Released Digitally and On Vinyl from Multi-Disciplined Artist Via DashGo

 Strictly Elizabeth confirmed today the release of her new album Contemporary Construction set for release on Friday May 28 digitally with vinyl to follow. It will be distributed via DashGo on Data Water Records. 

 

Recorded at Misphonia Studios, Contemporary Construction is a collaboration between Strictly Elizabeth and producer/musician Shane Soloski (Brian Wilson, Five For Fighting). It’s a deeply personal album made of hard work and dedication in the studio touching on themes of sex, grief, vanity and getting clean.

 

It's almost all original tunes including an ode to Coretta Scott King entitled "Coretta". In reference to two of the songs on the album Jessica Elizabeth said, " ' Coretta ' and ' You and Free ' have their origins in New York City ", she explained. " When I picked them back up in California, I began to feel them as premonitions. I realized that my searching for meaning and purpose in life was already here in these songs and the experiences of my grief shed light on their completion. In addition to the original material, three cover versions from Everclear, Billy Joel and Love & Rockets complement it. 

Contemporary Construction follows the 2020 release of Shelter in Place as well as the animated short film, What Happened to Stephanie? Shelter in Place which was released to great acclaim and built a solid following at college radio. The short film received the Best Music Video Award at the LA Film Awards in March of 2021. This three-song EP/Video features a new version of the track “Oscillation Friday” with noted producer and musician Ira Ingber (Bob Dylan, Van Dyke Parks, Danny Elfman) as well as previously released tracks “Baby, C’Mon” and “Seduction Trash” from Shelter in Place.

 

Contemporary Construction is awash in musical and lyrical complexity and contradiction, a hymn to her and a psalm to silence. Dreamy, heavy, light and dark, the sweetly vicious confessions of Strictly Elizabeth's music cuts and soothes with post punk grooves you won't soon forget.