In related news: in the past you needed to type well into her last name before type ahead search results on the various sites considered you might be meaning "Jenna Ortega", but I can report that now for IMDb "Jen" is enough and for Netflix a simple "Je".

The autocomplete on my phone needs nothing more than "J", or in fact just a #, but that's years of training...
#JennaOrtega

Now watching Karen Gillan twice in Dual. I haven't seen this before but from what I gather the premise of this film is that in some sci-fi future, before someone dies, they can have their whole being copied into a new body. Karen's character is in that situation and does that, but then she doesn't die but her copy also doesn't want to go away. Karen plays both the original and the copy.

Karen Gillan is of course known as one of the great companions from Doctor Who: Amy. (There have been many... Clara, Rose, Martha, Yaz, Ace...)
#KarenGillan #Dual

From that post I recently shared, with the interview with Queen Rania, I also like to highlight the quote:

There can never be a resolution except around the negotiating table. And there's only one path to this: a free, sovereign, and independent Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with the state of Israel.

These are words I can get behind. Better worded than some loaded slogans.

This time of year:

*looking up from my monitor after a debug session* Who made it dark?

Trailer for Finestkind is on YouTube. The film will be on Paramount+ from 15 December. The great thing: Jenna Ortega is in it!

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#JennaOrtega #Finestkind

Finestkind | Official Trailer | Paramount+

Finestkind tells the story of two brothers (Ben Foster & Toby Wallace), raised in different worlds, who are reunited as adults over a fateful summer. Set aga...

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You're the Raven in my bloodline
-- Goody

#Wednesday

Just saw Pearl, the prequel to X, and it's quite a good film. It's not a prequel in the traditional sense, but something they made on the back of filming X while they were at that location anyway. Basically it seems like after the actress playing Pearl and the director had worked out the backstory, they figured why not film it.

There's an amazing monologue in that film, as well as other great things.

Interesting that they basically put the whole cast and crew of X in the thanks session in the credits here, acknowledging how connected making these films were. (So yeah, technically Jenna is in the Pearl credits)
#Pearl

Looking for an Emilia Clarke film to watch... The Pod Generation is still not available here and neither are the other films of her I still have to watch.

I was already thinking to rewatch Voice from the Stone for Emilia's 37th birthday today, so that one it is. From my own blu-ray, since this one is also not available on the services of course.
#EmiliaClarke #VoiceFromTheStone

Opened a substack reader account as yet another rss-like app to probably ignore over time and have new buildup of stuff to read.

From what I can tell so far it really is just rss but with better looks. Except they also have non-free subscriptions, but since credit card is the only option, probably not.

Now trying to remember who of those I follow here said they had a substack.

In honour of Katie Douglas' 25th birthday last Thursday, I'm rewatching Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey. It's moved from Netflix to Disney+, where I've nicely searched for the film via Katie's name so the statistics show why people are watching this (as opposed to any recommendation by algorithm). I've got my tea and popcorn ready.

It's a harrowing story played intensely and touchingly by Katie. The deep misery her character Lisa is in even before she's abducted, then the strength of character Katie portrays to fight her way out of it, make a lasting impression. And it's a true story.

More films of Katie should be released in my country, she's certainly made more.

"Wings up and wands out!"
-- Tooth

#Tooth

Yasmin Paige is an actress I wish I'd hear more about. She did some great things. She was in the Doctor Who spinoff The Sarah Jane Adventures as Maria and also in Pramface and the film Submarine. She was the reason I watched Ballet Shoes, a film with the very talented trio of Yasmin, Emma Watson (yes, the Hermione) and Lucy Boyton (who I've recently seen is still very good). I saw her first in The Mysti Show (yes, I knew Maria before TSJA).

Now I'm watching this film from that same early time, Tooth. Her name may not be on the cover, but she is as the title character, presumably a young tooth fairy. I like how sparkly this cover is! It changes colour with the light falling on it differently.

As a lifelong Helena Bonham Carter fan I've of course seen Wings of the Dove already (in the cinema even I think). It's long ago and this is the first time watching it from my own blu-ray.
#HelenaBonhamCarter #WingsOfTheDove #NowWatching

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The Wings of the Dove (1997)

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict.

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I hope someone somewhere finds a solution for the Israel/Gaza problem, but the only ones I can make up are utterly unrealistic. Of course the militants and instigators of the 7 October massacre need to be brought to justice (not necessarily by Israel). And of course the Israeli military needs to safeguard Palestinian civilians and definitely not block water and food. But with Hamas operating among civilian populations and no other Palestinian authority being present in Gaza to arrest and try them, any military action by Israel against Hamas can only be (and already is) disastrous. So hoping that Israel will stop its military actions and its siege is hoping for a miracle, but hoping for a miracle is all I've got.

And eventually, will Israelis and Palestinians be able to coexist? Will the factions that want to eliminate the other side give in? Or is this also an impossible dream of mine.

"Your trauma's more fun than mine"
-- Carly

#iCarly

HG = Hit Girl

Yes, I'm watching Kick Ass 2 again since Chloë Grace Moretz is so great in it. I think I can tell she does a lot of her own stunts too. This film focuses a lot more on her character and less on Kick Ass himself.
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#ChloëGraceMoretz #KickAss2

Chloë Grace Moretz in Kick Ass 2

These are some screenshots I took of Chloë Grace Moretz in Kick Ass 2. She is so good, in every film and also in this film. There are basically two characters she plays: the superhero Hit Girl and …

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Now watching Death Note, the 2006 Japanese film. I understand this story has rather a high status here on fedi, but that's likely because of the manga this film is based on. I don't know much about the story though, going in fresh, except that I'm surprised there isn't a fediverse account posting posts each with just a single name of one of the world's bad persons on it.

Though this is probably one of those things where you shouldn't mix fantasy and reality.

No particular actress I'm watching this for this time, just that way back this dvd was 3 for €25 at the shop.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_…
#DeathNote #NowWatching

"They do have a right to defend themselves, but they don't have the right to breach international humanitarian law"

That's well put by the Irish Taoiseach, I was looking for these words myself.