Dark Victory

It's another Manic Monday, thus I felt it was a time for tears and Bette Davis. That's correct Minions, Dark Victory is one of the best tearjerkers ever and it stars none other than one of the  most commanding of screen presences Ms. Bette Davis.

At this poing and juncture I am guessing you want to know more? I guessed correctly so why don't I leave you in the expert hands of my buddy Jay Jacobson and his Classic Movie Blog.

Jay knows all about this sort of thing and his plethora of knowledge will enlighten and entertain.

Hit the link to Dark Victory after the jump and be sure to bring plenty of tissue...

https://www.jaysclassicmovieblog.com/post/dark-victory-1939  

Tonight's The Night...

"Tonight's the night
It's gonna be alright" - Tonight's The Night, Rod Stewart

I am remiss that I missed this by two days, but being a Twin Peaks person I thought we should remember Laura Palmer today, naturally.

She's here to put a little pep in your step on this Sunday Funday, just because. 

Thus in memory of Laura, go fourth and share the love today and every day Minions!

Indeed...

Twin Peaks on Wikipedia -

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

Vogue

Madonna & Pamela Anderson

"Come on, vogue

Let your body move to the music [move to the music]

Hey, hey, hey

Come on, vogue

Let your body go with the flow [go with the flow]

You know you can do it" - Madonna, Vogue

Here's an image for the ages, Madonna & Pamela Anderson on stage during Vogue for Madonna's Celebration tour in Vancouver, BC. 

Let's call this when two icons unite. If you have been living in your own Private Idaho and don't know either of these women it's called Google Minions! 

Icon powers activated, indeed...

Check out the Celbration Tour Here -

https://www.madonna.com/tour

And Aren't You Happy???

With the release of Love Lies Bleeding drawing nigh, March 8th to be exact. Here is it's star Kristen Stewart proclaiming she wants to do the gayest thing you've ever seen in your life. And aren't you happy???

From the buzz on Love Lies Bleeding this could be just that! Here's the 411 on it:

"Lou is a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who's heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love soon leads to violence as they get pulled deep into the web of Lou's criminal family."

Personally I can't wait to see this and plan on going opening day. I'll be the judge of whether or not it achieves the "gayest thing I've ever seen" status. If it isn't I'm sure KStew has something more in store for us on those terms past this...

Mark my words!

Love Lies Bleeding on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Lies_Bleeding_(2024_film)

Michael's Musings

No Dark Sarcasm
Michael Shinafelt

 All in all, it's just another brick in the wall...I'm feeling my provocative side of late, thus I am retalitating against being just another "brick" today (and every day for that matter) that's it, that's all.

So, what's on your agenda today? All hail dark sarcasm! Time to get it Minions!!!

I'm not just going to Hell...I'm going to Hell on a full scholarship, so there!

Sometimes we ought to go mad, so we can heal buried wounds

Overthinkers at 3am: Where the Hell is my Birth Certificate?!?!

Dear music, thank you for always clearing my head, healing my heart, and lifting my spirits. 

So how about that anti-climatic season finale of RHOBH last night???

BTW Spread cheeks, not hate

Enjoy the meaty peaness, think about it, but not too much

This week's earworm? Padam, Padam by Kylie Minogue 

Woman Crush of the Week - Phoebe Cates  in Fast Times At Ridgemont High, if you know, you know.

Happy belated 21st Birthday to Olivia Rodrigo

Mark Ruffalo, that's all anyone needs 

You can go deeper than that Archie, the more you know...

Slowly realizing that this is going to be a very long year...sigh

I'm off into the world to provoke, have a great day!

Find out what dark sarcasm I get up to here -

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt   

Hump Day & Chill

"Crash" Cast
l-r
James Spader, Holly Hunter, Debra Kara Unger
Rosanna Arquette & Elias Koteas

Vaughan: "The car crash is a fertilizing rather than a destructive event." 

This quote from Vaughan played by Elias Koteas in David Croneneberg's Crash is pretty much the perfect summation of the film. I feel we need to have a Hump Day & Chill in honor of this masterpiece of cinema right here, right now.

Crash was a lighning rod of controversy so much so that Ted Turner who owned Fine Line Pictures at the time tried to block the studio from releasing it.

It won a Special Jury Award at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival for originiality, daring and audacity. That gives a pretty good barometer of what you can expect from this NC-17 rated film for those of you who haven't seen it.

What's that, you want more 411? Well here you go: 

"Crash" is about the strange lure of the auto collision, provoking as it does the human fascination with death and the tendency to eroticize danger. Most motorists will slow down to stare at the scene of a collision; they may feel their pulses quickening and become aware of the fragility of their own bodies. The characters of "Crash" carry this awareness a step further, cherishing and nurturing it. For them, a car collision is a sexual turn-on, and a jolting life force they come to crave.

This film deserves to be honored with a Hump Day & Chill and that's exactly what I'm going to do, join me, or not...

Crash on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_(1996_film)  

Current Mood

I effen love Ricky Gervais! This being stated this perfectly reflects my Current Mood in every single little way!

That's all...

Ricky on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/rickygervais/