mrsmess

-Why do you have to keep going through the story over and over? -It’s got to come out differently one day.

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lumina - animus

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Do you want the easy way or the hard way? / The best way. Charlize Theron & Taron Egerton as Sasha & Ben in Apex (2026) | written by Jeremy Robbins & directed by Baltasar Kormákur

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the ladybugs’ sgt pepper’s outfits

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~ Etiquette, Jr., by Mary Elizabeth Clark and Margery Closey Quigley, 1965

[mrsmess]

[kaizsche]

SPEAK NO EVIL (2024) dir. james watkins

[lostinmac]

Roofman (2025)

Dir. Derek Cianfrance

[mrsmess]

[mrsmess]

folding laundry is made considerably harder by crying over your son having outgrown all his cute animal t-shirts

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THRASH [2026] dir. Tommy Wirkola

[mrsmess]

[dailyflicks]

MAXXXINE (2024) dir. Ti West

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Pet Sematary (2019) | dir.  Dennis Widmyer &  Kevin Kölsch

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Welcome to the headquarters of the human resistance. Bugonia (2025) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

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[Video of venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough standing amid vegetation.  On a near-horizontal branch above his head is a brown and yellow greater bird of paradise, about the size of a crow, with big floaty yellow plumage puffing out along its back.]

Bird:  Pwuk.  Pwuk. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  This, surely – Bird (hopping along the branch):  WUKWUKWUkwukwukwukoooh.  Oooh.  Oooh.

[Cut.  Same shot.]

Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  This, surely, is one – Bird:  Kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark kark. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  This, surely –

[Cut.  Same shot but the bird is on the other side now and venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough has his hand on the branch.]

Bird (hopping up and down on venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough’s fingers):  Eh-eh.  Eh-eh.  Eh-urrrr.  Eh-urrrr. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  Close up – Bird (hopping away from him):  Tiktiktiktik.  Tiktiktiktik. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – the plumes – Bird (hopping around):  Huek. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough: – are truly – Bird:  Huek. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – exquisite. Bird:  Huek.  Eh-eh. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  The gauzy – Bird (hopping and spinning on the spot):  HukWUKWUKWukwukoooh.  Oooh. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  …

[Cut.  Same shot but the bird is back on the original side of the branch.]

Bird:  Aark. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  Of course, by the eighteenth century – Bird:  Ehhh. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – naturalists realized that birds of paradise – Bird (hops across to the other side of the branch) Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – did have – Bird (hopping back again):  Krrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – legs.  Even so – Bird:  WUKWUKWUKWukwukwukooh.

[Cut.  Same shot.] Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough (apparently trying to tickle the bird’s tummy):  – by about the eighteenth century – Bird (hops away and spins round) Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – and so – Bird:  AAAAAK AAAK AAAK AAAK AAAK AAAK AAAK AAAK AAAK AAAK AAAK aaak. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough (wearily):  …  Very well.

[Cut.  Same shot.]

Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – but Karl Linnaeus, the great – Bird (vibrating rapidly on the spot and then flapping its wings):  PWAAAAAAAK. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – classifier of the natural world – Bird:  AAAAAUUUH AAAUUUH AAAUUUH AAAUUUH AAAUUUH AAAUUUH AAAUUUH AAUUH. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – when he came to allocate a scientific name – Bird:  … Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – to this bird – Bird:  … Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – called it – Bird:  Wooo-ooo. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – wooo-ooo – Bird (surveys the surroundings with a dignified turn of the head) Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  ‘paradisia apoda’: the bird of paradise – Bird:  Hoooo. Venerable TV naturalist David Attenborough:  – without legs. Bird:  Eh-eh.

[Close-up of the bird.]

Bird:  WUKWUKWUKWUkwukwukwukwukoooh.  Ooh. Bird:  Ooh.

[Fade to black.]

[thefirst3chapters]

The Literati scene at Truncheon is bittersweet for many reasons, but it really brings their car scene from S2 full circle.

Rory's boyfriend is out of town and would hate knowing she's with Jess tonight, but here they are, talking about who they are and who they're becoming. The first time, they're full of curiosity about each other's dreams, encouraging with kindness and sharpness all at once. Four years later, their lives have taken them through all sorts of twists and turns, and they're both doing something they love, a bit bashful about their own accomplishments while so happy for each other.

Luke doesn't understand Jess's workplace per his own words, but he expresses sincere pride anyway, something he didn't do with any of Jess's previous jobs and something Jess obviously finds meaningful. Rory does understand. She feels inspired here! She knows his writing is all his own. Jess knows Rory can win over people with different personalities, guide them to collaborate, and meticulously edit to tell cohesive stories, and more than that, he can tell she's thriving and loves it.

Jess offers the choice to let the moment go on and on, and Rory accepts. ("Turn right.") Then comes the crash; the kiss shatters just as Jess reaches for the same arm Rory broke. In the aftermath, Rory is upset over Jess being treated unfairly, even by her, and Jess's final act is also an echo. ("I made sure she was okay.")

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Companion dir. Drew Hancock | 2025