All about the icons of pop culture. Including art, music, TV series, movies and fashion. Queer in nature, straight forward in its approach and classical in an unconventional manner. From review to preview, I'll talk about it, analyze it and celebrate it! Icon Art Marilyn loves pop culture.
An icon is someone who makes an effort. Art makes an effort. Therefore art is an icon. Marilyn Monroe was and is an icon and a work of art as well. Hence Marilyn Monroe and art have a nature in common. Icon - Art - Marilyn is iconic.
I love me some Whoopie Goldberg! And the first movie I have ever seen by her is the award winning movie : "Sister Act" And good girl i love it soo much! So lets start!
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The story has probably been told so much that so many people could probably re do the movie on their own. Anyways im gonna tell it to you again!
The stage singer and casino performer Deloris Van Cartier. She is in an affair with the boss of the mafia and sees him killing another man. So she needs to hide since he will kill her and the police puts her into a monastry to hide. She has a hard time to adapt to the lifestyle of a nun. But day after day she fits in a bit better and takes over the chior. The new choir is even gonna sing for the pope. But Deloris past is right behind her .. with guns.
Not only is the movie funny and a family entertainment but also it has a huge potion of social lessons and tension. A need to watch since Whoopi makes the cherry on top of the cream!
And if they ever ask about me, tell them I was more than just a great set of boobs. I was also an incredible pair of legs. And tell them... tell them that I never turned down a friend. I... never turned down a stranger for that matter. And tell them... tell them that when all is said and done, I only ask that people remember me by two simple words. Any two, as long as they're simple.
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Hey you there! If you haven't guessed up to now whom this quote is about you seriously need to do some research for your knowledge of pop culture! I am talking about Elvira: The Mistress of the Dark. Caassandra Peterson's classic goth character is a catch! The Mistress of the Dark is a vamp first class with 2 lovely boo.. uhm i mean 2 lovely qualities: humor and rapier wit! The b-class horror movie hostess with the bimbo bombshell figure might come across as the dumb girl that is easy to get. But believe me, she might be a lil slutty, but she is not easy to get! She uses her body to get what she wants but, she is not for hire! And Elvira is something else: dumb, dumb, dumb. But in a very lovely and surprisingly world working way.
In the movie she works as a horror hostess and quits her job, to follow her dream: a Vegas show. She needs money to do so, and the death of her aunt Morgana promises her a huge inheritance, at least she thinks so. All she gets is a poodle, an old house and a 300 years old "recipe" book, which is a magic book, which her uncle Vinnie is after since its existence. But of course Elvira does nit know that. She tries to sell the house and has it pretty difficult in the little town where her aunt lived. She makes friends with the teenager but has lots of trouble with the morality committee. Most of the inhabitants of the village don't like her. She does nit fit into the world of the town, which honestly is a world of bigotry. And besides the fact that she does not fit into the town, her boobs nearly do not fit the dress.
All in all a definite watch! Funny, comedic and if you read it in some ways also a picture of a torn society: The US. A must, not only for 80s and goth fans but also for everyone who is interested in good movies! Watch the trailer below!
Look what amazon.de has left in my mailbox. Okay more directly speaking my bank account has paid for that shit, and im pretty sure it would have kept that money. But I am into pop-culture and movies. But what am I talking about? You would not be reading this if you weren't into this as well.
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Right now can tell you that I have been to the movie when it came out. And besides the fact that I had to pee so bad since the movie was so long, but I can tell you it was amazing! And it is amazing! The Cloud Atlas topic in general could be either that life's are connected throughout time or / and that humankind has always had bad and good sides. The third thing that I have seen in the movie is that humankind always repeats its mistakes. But only in other incarnations and or forms.
The movie is based on the book and since I haven't read the book now I cannot tell you if its good or not and where the differences between movie and book are. But like in the book there are 6 time periods. In 1849 we get to know a young American lawyer who discovers that slavery is wrong, through the kind acts of an escaped slave who is a blind passenger on a ride over the Atlantic ocean. In the next period, 1963, we learn about the life and work of a young, British, gay composer and his first big work, and sadly his last. Actually it is surprising to me that this "Love hate" story is one of my 2 favorite periods in the movie. And: it is an LGBT segment! Wuhuu! In 1973 we learn about a journalist who risks her life to lay open a intrigue in a nuclear power plant. In 2012 an old publisher gets to learn about the worth of freedom ad free decision when he fights his way out of a retirement home. Now we get to my second favorite time period: 2144. In a futuristic city called Neo-Seoul. In this absolute and repressive regime clones are used as servants without any rights. They are used for 13 years or so and then they are killed and serve as food for new clones. This period has many facets and I don't want to give away any more from it, so you just have to watch! And the last period plays in 2346, in the post apocalyptic setting of Hawaii.
Go and buy that DVD! The extras include a Making of and details about the premier in Europe. Also there is a link included in the box for a free download of the movie in HD quality! So: Buy! Buy! Buy!
