pick31 Oct-4 Nov 24 (audiobook)
A look at some of the more interesting stories, characters and controversies that have surrounded the Academy Awards over the course of its history including the Fontaine/deHavilland rivalry, Citizen Kane debacle, House of Unamerican Activities, #Oscarssowhite and Harvey Weinstein. Recommend to those with an interest.
pickIt was pretty cool learning about the women of Disney Studios history. They had to put up with a lot in order to follow their career dreams. I also really enjoyed learning the history of many of the films these women worked on, and learning a bit of cinima history along the way. Check content warnings before reading. #WomensHistory #FilmHistory #Animation
Hiked out to a nearby reservoir and put up my hammock to read while my mom and husband fished. Conditions were absolutely perfect, and mom took two trout home! #OutdoorReading #PerfectSpot #Hammock
#tlt #ThreeListsThursday
These are some of my favorites
1. Saturday Night Fever
2. Hakuba Matata
3. Singing in the Rain
Where was Eye of the Tiger? 🤔
Thank you for the tag @Kshakal and @dabbe
so-soI saw this sitting unlocked on my Audible wish list and decided it would make a nice palate cleanser, considering the general pattern of my nonfiction listens. (And yes I am aware that I just described a book about horror movies as a ‘palate cleanser‘).
Anyway, it‘s about what I expected and wanted: Most of the info here isn‘t anything too earth shattering for horror hounds. There‘s a sort of fanboy patina around it all. I liked it enough.
pickMy exact niche. Knew a good chunk going in but also learned a ton of BTS stuff. So fun reading the final chapter which was the “Moonlight” debacle.
#Thanks for the #ThreeListThursday #TLT tag @TheSpineView (better late than never!)😉
Not quite up to my 80s & 90s scores but still pretty good!
3 favorites from the list: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Up & Ocean‘s 11
10 favorites not on the list (& my comfort movies)🍿❤️
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Best in Show
3. Stranger Than Fiction
4. The Holiday
5. Bridget Jones‘s Diary
6. 13 Going on 30
7. Elf
8.Napoleon Dynamite
9. Juno
10. Legally Blonde
The definitive oral history of the making of Mad Max: Fury Road, one of the longest-gestating and most ambitious movies ever filmed. After seeing Furiosa, I wanted to go back and learn the crazy story of how they made this wild movie.
