![]() ![]() ![]() The film grossed over $100 million worldwide against a $58 million budget. ![]() It received mostly positive reviews, with praise for its acting, visuals and screenplay, but was compared unfavorably with films like Alien (1979). The only co-production between Skydance Media and Sony Pictures, the film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 18, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States by Columbia Pictures on March 24, 2017. The visual effects were handled by DNEG, Industrial Light & Magic, NVIZIBLE, One of Us, Outpost VFX and Atomic Fiction. The casting call took place in January 2016, and filming took place in France, New York City and Vietnam between February and July. After the deal with Paramount Pictures was not confirmed, Sony Pictures signed on to handle the worldwide distribution rights and co-finance the film, with Skydance in March 2016. The development of Life began in November 2015, when it was announced that Espinosa would direct a film set in space, with Wernick and Reese writing the screenplay. When members of the crew conduct their research, the rapidly evolving life-form proves far more intelligent and terrifying. In the film, a six-member crew of the International Space Station uncovers the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. ![]() Life is a 2017 American science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and starring an ensemble cast consisting of Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare and Olga Dihovichnaya. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Once they were primarily serious medical conditions, perhaps ones of which to be ashamed. In many online circles - particularly those frequented by young, white, middle-class women like me - certain diagnoses are treated like zodiac signs or Myers-Briggs types. ![]() In them, “neurodiversity advocates” encourage me to consider which of my personality quirks is instead a sign of mental illness or neurodiversity. Videos with titles like “ 6 Signs You May Have A.D.H.D.” and “ Signs That You Might Have O.C.D.” can rack up millions of views. or autism.Īnd yet, everywhere I look online, someone is trying to diagnose me with something, using “symptoms” unrelated to clinical diagnostic criteria. 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Or does something even more sinister stalk the woods?Ĭhristina Henry books are always a treat, and this new release is another book that was perfect for my October spooky mood. But then Ben and a friend stumble across the headless body of a child in the woods near the village, and the sinister discovery makes Ben question everything the adults in Sleepy Hollow have ever said. Fourteen-year-old Ben loves to play Sleepy Hollow boys, reenacting the events Brom once lived through. Twenty years after those storied events, the village is a quiet place. Brom says that’s just legend, the village gossips talking. ![]() Not even Ben Van Brunt’s grandfather, Brom Bones, who was there when it was said the Horseman chased the upstart Crane out of town. Everyone in Sleepy Hollow knows about the Horseman, but no one really believes in him. ![]() ![]() The novel is presented and structured as a story told to one of its characters, a visitor named Lockwood. Wuthering Heights is a tragedy about the intricate affairs between multiple generations of people. ![]() Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, was published in 1847, a year before her death. Since childhood, she has written a lot of poems detailing the events in different fantasy worlds. Some modern reviewers even thought that she was a man. Her style was gripping, unique, and emotional. These family tragedies have affected her writing and the general outlook on life. The girl grew up shy but had a great adoration for animals and her sister, Anne.Įnrolled in a school at the age of six, Bronte suffered abuse and lost 2 of her sisters to an epidemic. Her mother died when Emily was only three, leaving the children in the care of their aunt. A daughter in a larger family of five, she faced a lot of loss and hardship in life. Her work is regarded as a classic of English literature.Įmily Jane Bronte, born 1818 in Thornton, England, was a poet and a novelist. She is also credited with writing several poems. ![]() ![]() Emily Brontë wrote only one book during her lifetime. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Here’s a post all about it: How Radio Helped a Garden Grow.) I carried it all over the city, seeking out the places Helene described. The first one I encountered was her Letter from New York, which I read just before I moved to NYC. I’ve blogged a lot about why I love Helene Hanff’s books so much. Of course the conversation made me want to reread everything, and that’s how I spent yesterday afternoon. 84 Charing Cross Road is one of my favorite books of all time, and Hanff’s other books are way up there too. But the rest of the day is for rest and reading.Įarlier this week I was chatting with Naomi Bulger about our shared love of Helene Hanff. But I know the end is in sight and I’m trying to be good and take it easy. I’m like a phone that won’t hold a charge for long anymore. As I head into the home stretch of radiation (only three treatments to go!!), I’m feeling pretty wiped. ![]() ![]() ![]() And the she asked me 'What’s next?' These two questions guided me towards writing The Poet X. Within two weeks this student who was not a reader had sped through every book I put in front of her. Whatever I could get my hands on that seemed to reflect this “us” my student wanted to see: young, urban, characters of color. Where are the books about us?' So, I went out and bought books by Jacqueline Woodson, Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez. She said, 'None of these books are about us. In her speech Acevedo said, "Finally, I asked her, 'What would you like to read?' And her reply took me aback. ![]() She spoke of a student who did not like to read refusing all the books Acevedo offered her. The author used to be a teacher and she explained a student inspired her to write this book. However she gets a chance to join the slam poetry club of her school and she's torn, for though she has a lot to say, she knows the world does not want to hear it. The Poet X is about Xiomara Batista, a young girl who gives vent to her emotions by writing poetry. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not something she discounts altogether, but it’s not on the cards right now. She knows exactly what her priorities are, and love simply isn’t among them. Jill feels a great amount of loyalty to the sorority in general, and to Ginger, the vamp she feeds in particular, but sisterhood is as far as her feelings go. She’s a member of the prestigious Alpha Beta Omega sorority which serves as a feeding pool for a group of vampires who, for reasons that were never very clear to me, hang around the university campus. ![]() Jill Babineux is a college junior, working her butt off to carry a full course load, do countless hours of community service, and feed a very demanding vampire. This will ensure you have a better understanding of the characters and their world. Weatherspoon’s work a try, I recommend starting with book one, Better Off Red. ![]() ![]() Things might have gone a bit better if I had started at the beginning of the series so, if, after reading this review, you decide you want to give Ms. I was initially intrigued by the premise, but very quickly determined that, for a few critical reasons, the story simply didn’t work for me. Soul To Keep is book 3 in Rebekah Weatherspoon’s Vampire Sorority Sisters series. ![]() ![]() I found her charming and funny - she complimented me on my dress, my hair, my shoes. In hindsight I suppose we were flirting in a way that felt completely devoid of meaning or jeopardy because we were both straight. I’d spent time with them as a couple but before this wedding Sarah and I had never really talked. ![]() But then he brought her to meet us and she was perfect: fun but calm, wild without the violence. 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