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☆ 'Do Revenge' links teen strangers on a train that runs out of steam
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

(CNN) "Do Revenge" has all the makings of an attention-generating machine, combining a "Mean Girls" vibe with the stars of two popular teen franchises in Camila Mendes ("Riverdale") and Maya Hawke ("Stranger Things"). It's too bad the Netflix movie doesn't match those qualities, offering a mishmash of homages that's mildly diverting but can't ace the final. Yet the plot (based on a script by Robinson and Celeste Ballard) doesn't pursue that enticing prospect with much conviction, which might explain why it runs out of steam down the stretch. The movie also owes debts to a lot of other teen fare, such as "Cruel Intentions," itself an adaptation of the French novel that became "Dangerous Liaisons." Mostly, it's a story of unlikely friendship, set against the backdrop of another private school where the parties make Roman bacchanals seem restrained and pale by comparison.

☆ ‘Confess, Fletch’ lets Jon Hamm show off his lighter side without Chase-ing the past
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Jon Hamm hasn’t found many roles to rival his breakthrough “Mad Men” part, and “Confess, Fletch” certainly doesn’t either. “Confess, Fletch” doesn’t possess a whole lot of heft, but it manages to serve as an old-fashioned and playful star vehicle, carving out a version of the character that’s distinctive from Chase’s broader, more slapstick-oriented take. There are also small but playful touches, like Fletch wearing Lakers gear in, you know, Boston. Fletch might not really have any reason to confess, but on that modest level, the movie qualifies as a not-so-guilty pleasure. “Confess, Fletch” premieres in US theaters and on digital platforms on September 16.

☆ 'Blonde' review: Ana de Armas stars as Marilyn Monroe in a pretentious, overlong, NC-17 Netflix movie
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Netflix will surely get its money’s worth attention-wise thanks in part to its restrictive NC-17 rating, but the film’s merits burn out long before its credits ever roll. It’s not a fresh take or a wrong one, but the tone is so self-conscious and surreal as to blunt those insights. Norma Jeane is eventually transformed into Marilyn Monroe, but even then she consistently speaks of her star persona in the third person, as if the image stands apart and utterly separate from the human being behind it. Still, “Blonde” is almost wholly de Armas’ show, and to the extent it’s worth sitting through at all give her every ounce of credit. Indeed, once you get past admiring de Armas’ immersion into the role, that’s the only itch that “Blonde” seems to know how to scratch.

☆ 'The Woman King' review: Viola Davis stars in an action spectacle about female warriors
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Although “inspired by true events,” “The Woman King” clearly isn’t tethered to them, using the underlying story of 19th-century female warriors in an African kingdom as the jumping-off point for a rousing action vehicle, augmented by plenty of melodrama. It’s an egalitarian streak within a society where the king (John Boyega) still possesses a sprawling harem. Nanisca worries that her warriors “do not know an evil is coming,” a tease for the pending battle against the Oyo. If the finish is a bit too busy to be as rousing as intended, by then, “The Woman King” has made the most of its formidable arsenal. “The Woman King” premieres September 16 in US theaters.

☆ 'Clerks III' review: Kevin Smith's sequel is a sentimental valentine to the movie that launched his career
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Grappling with middle age, “Clerks III” turns out to be unexpectedly sentimental and nostalgic, reflecting that writer-director-editor-co-star Kevin Smith inherently recognizes this will likely be the gang’s final visit to Quick Stop Groceries. If so, it’s an uneven if gentle way to hang out the “We’re closed” sign. Things take a rather abrupt and darker turn, however, when Randal suffers a near-death experience, clearly inspired by Smith’s own cardiac episode in 2018. The weightlessness of the material was, initially, basically the point, which makes the reach for more emotional heft ungainly. “Clerks III” will play exclusively in theaters via Fathom Events from September 13-18.

☆ 'Cobra Kai' Season 5 review: The 'Karate Kid' series sequel hasn't lost its kicks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-09 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

(CNN) Crossing the streams with its sequels, the fifth season of "Cobra Kai" features heavy dollops of the second and third "The Karate Kid" movies while continue to carve out its own next-generation melodrama, all in extraordinarily nimble fashion. While it's not the best series on TV (OK, Netflix), there should be some kind of prize for the best revival culled from limited source material. Still, in order to battle the bad guy from "Karate Kid III," Daniel (Ralph Macchio) has enlisted the heavy from "II," Chozen (Yuji Okumoto), in an unlikely but utterly hysterical alliance. (A little fuzzy on his English, when Daniel suggests they need to cut off the head of the snake, the literal-minded Chozen pulls out a knife and is ready to go.) The kids, in fact, have as many shifting allegiances as the elder generation, whose AARP-eligible karate masters continue to prove remarkably spry.

☆ 'Pinocchio' review: Tom Hanks plays Geppetto in a lifeless Disney+ remake
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis’ reunion should be a source of curiosity, but their little puppet made of wood is in a movie that’s not so good. They build toward his encounter with the seafaring Monstro, upgraded to “sea monster” status, having maligned whales quite enough. It also largely squanders the vocal talents of the likes of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Keegan-Michael Key as Jiminy Cricket and “Honest” John, respectively. While it’s perhaps unreasonable to expect a whole lot more from this sort of highly calculated leveraging of the studio’s library than a simple diversion for parents to share with kids, it’s not unreasonable to wish the live-action “Pinocchio” might have possessed a little more dimension than this. “Pinocchio” premieres September 8 on Disney+.

☆ 'House of the Dragon' plays a less-addictive game for an earlier throne
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-19 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN) HBO has followed the majesty of "Game of Thrones" with what might be called "games of throne" in "House of the Dragon," a series whose epic visual grandeur belies a smaller and less addictive power struggle, more narrowly focused on the Targaryen line. It's not bad, and there are dragons aplenty, but it doesn't produce the sort of characters that defined and elevated its predecessor to prestige-TV royalty. Martin 's prequel "Fire & Blood," the new series has the disadvantage of being set almost two centuries before the key events in "Game of Thrones," taking place 172 years prior to the birth of Daenerys Targaryen. That ratchets up the pressure to sink or swim -- or rather, soar or sputter -- strictly on its own terms. (As an aside, all those flowing blond-white Targaryen locks should lock up a hairdressing Emmy, if nothing else.)

☆ 'Only Murders in the Building' Season 2 review
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-28 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Understandably determined not to mess with success, “Only Murders in the Building” returns with a second season that self-consciously plays to its strengths, while layering the new mystery laid out by its cliffhanger ending on top of the old one. It’s every bit as breezy and fun, with lots of winking references to “Season 2” (the podcast, naturally, but you get the idea). While the show perhaps inevitably doesn’t feel quite as fresh this second time around, it gets plenty of mileage out of those small touches and the general obsession with true crime. You can indeed, which doesn’t prevent “Only Murders” from living up to its modestly scaled ambitions and once again knocking ‘em dead. “Only Murders in the Building” begins its second season June 28 on Hulu.

☆ I'm a commercial pilot for Frontier. The commute and unruly passengers are a challenge, but I love that I get paid to travel.
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-20 | by ( David Silverberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ron Fishman is a commercial pilot for Frontier Airlines with more than 17 years of experience. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ron Fishman, a 42-year-old commercial pilot from Toronto, Ontario, who's been flying for more than 17 years. This one-year certificate gave me my private pilot license (PPL), commercial pilot license (CPL), instrument rating (IR), and other things like night ratingsA private pilot license allows you to fly for fun, meaning you aren't allowed to profit from piloting. A commercial license allows you to make money as a pilot, with limitations. I'm not anxious and I support United, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, and each airline's decisions, regardless of their stance on masks.

Talking about money in the real world, I learned, is still as taboo as it was in college. Getting honest about money in your relationshipsOne of the biggest reasons people feel uncomfortable talking about money is because it requires vulnerability, says Lowry. For example, tell your friend you're trying to pay off your credit card debt or working in a profession that's low paying. Both apps will use information about your income and expenses to determine how much money to allocate money towards your savings goals. When it comes to navigating money conversations in romantic relationships, Lowry stresses that honesty about your finances is essential, especially when making major life decisions like moving in together.

I was a bit naive about money when I started "Broke Millennial," but reading it has been a big help. What started as a blog titled "Broke Millennial" has now turned into three books, online courses, and multiple presentations about personal finance as it relates to young adults. As a young adult myself, I'd been aware of Lowry's books for a while, and recently sat down to read the first book in her "Broke Millennial" series. I liked that "Broke Millennial" promised to do more than just cover credit cards, debt, investing, and budgeting. "Broke Millennial" certainly lived up to these promises.

Persons: Erin Lowry, —, Lowry, I'd, you'll, George Mason Organizations: Service, George, George Mason University, Temple University, Quicken

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☆ (video) „Remember, remember the 5th of November.” Lista filmelor unde lupta împotriva sistemului este ideea de bază
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

„Remember, remember the 5th of November”, cu aceste cuvinte începe unul dintre cele mai apreciate filme din istoria cinematografiei. Astfel, V îndeamnă concetățenii să i se alăture și să participe la complotul de pe 5 noiembrie împotriva guvernării, parlamentului, întregului sistem. Pe 5 noiembrie 1605, Guy Fawkes a fost descoperit într-un tunel de dedesubtul Parlamentului cu 36 de butoaie de praf de pușcă. Departamentul pompierilor dintr-un orășel de provincie dă o petrecere mare pentru a celebra a 86-a aniversare a fostului lider. Joker devine nu doar un sumbru caz social, ci și o poveste moralizatoare.

Persons: James, Guy Fawkes, James I . Fawkes, Fawkes, Milos Forman, Patrick McMurphy, Mildred Ratched, McMurphy, J.J . Dawson, Michael, Winston Smith, John Hurt, Gregor Fisher, Smith, Julia, Suzanna, Terry Gilliam, Sam Lowry, Jill, François Truffaut, Montag, Linda, Cineva, Todd Phillips, Arthur Fleck Organizations: Adevărului Locations: Marii Britanii, Angliei, Americii, Londra, Oceaniei

☆ There's a simple rule to determine whether investing while paying off student loan debt is a smart move, according to the experts
▼ + stars: | 2019-04-21 | by ( Hillary Hoffower | Economics Correspondent | Millennial Wealth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyStudent loan debt is at an all-time high — the national total student debt is over $1.5 trillion and the average student loan debt per graduating student in 2018 who took out loans is $29,800, according to Student Loan Hero. So should millennials still invest while they have student loan debt — or should they pay it off first? Based on that, any student loan debt with interest higher than 7% should be paid off first, she said. Consider the economic climate and company-match programsWhether you invest while paying off student loan debt also depends on the climate in which you're investing, according to Virta. A company match means your company will match whatever contribution you put towards your 401(k) up to a certain amount.

☆ Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop must stop making bogus claims about its $66 'vaginal eggs' because of a legal settlement. Here's the real science.
▼ + stars: | 2018-09-05 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A "vaginal egg" will not balance your hormones, regulate your menstrual cycle, or help with bladder control. On Tuesday, Goop settled a lawsuit brought by the Santa Clara District Attorney’s office and others that alleged the company's claims about its "vaginal eggs" were hogwash. Candace Lowry/YoutubeThe statement added: "Goop provides a forum for practitioners to present their views and experiences with various products like the jade egg. I need to start my jade egg practice," she said with a laugh. Jen Gunter, a California-based obstetrician and gynecologist, wrote a widely cited blog post in 2017 about why Goop's vaginal jade eggs are a bad idea.

☆ (foto) Tradiție! O tânără va fi a 11-a mireasă care îmbracă aceeași rochie, veche de 120 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2015-09-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | Olesea Este Redactor-Şef Al Site-Ului Și Face Parte Din Echipa Diez.Md Încă De La Lansarea Acestuia | Aprilie Vine În Presa Online Din Economie. Scrie Pe Domenii Precum Educație Și Social. | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Conform unei zicători importate, o mireasă ar trebui să aibă la nuntă „ceva nou, ceva vechi, ceva împrumutat și ceva albastru”. O mireasă din Pennsylvania s-a descurcat perfect la capitolul ceva vechi, ea urmând să poarte la nuntă o rochie de 120 de ani. Abigail Kingston va fi a 11-a mireasă care îmbracă aceeași rochie moștenită din generație în generație în familia sa, scrie Bored PandaPrima care a purtat-o a fost Mary Lowry Warren, care s-a căsătorit în 1895. Ultima, până la Abigail, a fost mama ei, Leslie Kingston, căsătorită în 1991. Abigail însăși afirmă că a considerat că rochia e o „cauză pierdută”, necrezând că există vreo cale de a fi îmbrăcată.

Persons: Abigail Kingston, Mary Lowry Warren, Abigail, Leslie Kingston Locations: Pennsylvania

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