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[thecolebrothers]

Joe Cole attends the opening of the 2023 Choose Love pop-up shop for Help Refugees on Carnaby Street on November 21, 2023 in London, England.

[richdadpoor]

Cryptozoologists Enlist Drones to Find the Loch Ness Monster

Image: Public Domain There are plenty of urban legends that live rent-free in our minds, but few as notorious as the Loch Ness Monster. This weekend, a group of cryptozoologists will be taking to the namesake body of water to hunt for the mythological creature with a suite of technology in the biggest manhunt—or “monster-hunt”—in over five decades. This Giant Company Owns Almost Every Dating…

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[mixedracevibes]

Based on a true story.

The mixed-race daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in eighteenth century England and plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.

[leighlim]

Whoa....Matthew really did well in this scene! One of the best examples of how to hit the right emotional beats!

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(Hopefully by this point you’ve finished watching ‘Belle’, the kind of person who isn’t bothered by spoilers, or are just deciding if you still want to keep watching.)

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After a loooooong...long wait...I finally got to watch the film with captions! I noticed that the On Demand title on SBS doesn't have captions...which is odd (maybe in a couple of days...they'll load it?). Every time I spot this in the TV guide...I instantly get it onto the DVR and of course...I'd be disappointed that there wasn't captions. This one was different though...as I noticed that there was Audio description...

...and of course...I hoped that it also meant that it included captions!!!! Glad I took a chance...even the DVR was filling up again (I'm down to 1 hour of space! So...I'll have to frantically delete!!!)

I did not expect how watchable this would be. I mean...maybe because I was lucky that my first Gugu film was 'Miss Sloane'? There are definitely other roles that she wasn't able to stretch.

Plus Tom! Wow! Come on....he was also killing it!!!

PS: The English so scandalised when it's revealed that their kids speak French (or at least show off their French fluency)!

PPS: It's a shame that we don't see Gugu and Matthew have a scene together...that would have been really interesting to see how capable Matthew is (which I know he is!).

PPPS: I did not expect the number of times I found certain scenes and dialogue funny! Was expecting really...dramatic moments (which there are...but at least it's not...well...the kind that I need to pick myself up sobbing on the floor...or having gone through a mountain of tissue like 'Beautiful Boy'

PPPPS: I considered cutting off the highlight 'Screen To Script' right when John says: "It's about all of us. It's about everything. Everything that's important." --- but then decided to go until the scene finishes as it's a reminder that sometimes...we have made an impact...but it isn't obvious that we have.

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EXT. HOUSE OF COMMONS - DAY

JOHN catches up to LORD MANSFIELD as he approaches his carriage.

JOHN

M'lord if you find for the traders you would be formalising the law of the concept of insuring human cargo.

LORD MANSFIELD gives JOHN a glance, takes off his hat---

LORD MANSFIELD

That's correct.

---- puts his hat on the seat, turns to the chauffer ---

LORD MANSFIELD

Drive.

--- then climbs into the carriage.

The driver closes the door and goes to take his place. JOHN steps closer.

JOHN

Then know when you are gone, your legacy would have left Miss Lidnsay in a world worth more dead than alive.

The carriage starts moving.

LORD MANSFIELD

Miss Lindsay is not a slave.

JOHN starts walking to keep up.

JOHN

By the very grace of God!

LORD MANSFIELD gives the roof two knocks and the carriage stops.

LORD MANSFIELD

This is not about Miss Lindsay.

JOHN

Of course it is.

The nobleman stares back, seemingly stoically. But those eyes are drawn to fellow human equally as passionate about justice. A human teetering between anger and tears.

JOHN

It's about all of us. It's about everything. Everything that's important.

The father looks into the eyes of this young man intently. Searching. Clearly moved.

JOHN just stares back. Earnest.

LORD MANSFIELD breaks it. A small smile escapes as he considers what's been said.

LORD MANSFIELD

Mr. Davinier...

He stares at the youngster dead in the eye.

LORD MANSFIELD

...The world is a devastating place. You must learn to protect your emotions if you wish to prevent both matter of the law and love from devastating you.

JOHN casts his eyes down. Defeated. -------- My verdict of the film: 7/10 Link to the timestamp commentary: I was tempted to do one as I had a couple of reactions but then decided to just watch the whole way through (I'll put one up if there are requests for it! A Formal Review: None More of my comments about the film: None Instagram Entries: TBA? (Maybe? Maybe not?)

[kwebtv]

The Spanish Princess -  Starz  -  May 5, 2019 - June 23, 2019

Period Drama (8 episodes)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

Alicia Borrachero as Queen Isabella

Laura Carmichael as Margaret "Maggie" Pole

Daniel Cerqueira as De Fuensalida

Aaron Cobham as Oviedo

Elliot Cowan as Henry VII, King of England

Philip Cumbus as Thomas Wolsey

Georgie Henley as Margaret "Meg" Tudor

Charlotte Hope as Catherine of Aragon

Angus Imrie as Arthur, Prince of Wales

Stephanie Levi-John as Lina de Cardonnes, Lady-in-Waiting to Catherine of Aragon

Alan McKenna as Sir Richard Pole

Alexandra Moen as Elizabeth of York

Ruairi O'Connor as Harry, Duke of York

Nadia Parkes as Rosa de Vargas

Richard Pepper as Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire

Jordan Renzo as Charles "Charlie" Brandon

Olly Rix as Edward Stafford

Harriet Walter as Margaret Beaufort

Recurring

Mamadou Doumbia as John Blanke

Isla Merrick-Lawless as Princess Mary

Guest

Patrick Gibson as Richard of York

Kenneth Cranham as Bishop John Morton

Luka Perros as Christopher Columbus

Norman Bowman as William Dunbar

[behindfairytales]

Alan McKenna in The Spanish Princess (s1) as Richard Pole

[genevieveetguy]

My greatest misfortune would be to marry into a family who would carry me as their shame.

Belle, Amma Asante (2013)

[elizabethboleyn]

Members of The Pole Family: Margaret Pole, Ursula Pole, and Richard Pole  [Starz The Spanish Princess Promotional Material]